BIRD FARM SOUTHWhen I am Queen - Thursday
The queen, today, asks you to read a
letter to the editor published by the Seattle Times:
Democratic Party fails to keep politicians accountable
The Democratic Party is dead. It might be walking, but it is effectively dead. It is time for a third party. Sure the Democrats have had ups and downs but the long, slow slide started when we failed to prosecute Richard Nixon for obvious crimes.
We let the oil companies steal from us during the gas shortages. We failed to stand up to the "government is the problem" propaganda of Ronald Reagan. We failed to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine. We didn't prosecute George H.W. Bush and his cronies for crimes committed in Central America. We said nothing when Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1997, which allowed unparalleled consolidation in news media and the spread of anti-public propaganda worthy of Tokyo Rose or Joseph Goebbels.
We allowed the Supreme Court to appoint George W. Bush to a position he was clearly unsuited for and then re-elected him again four years later. We let Bush take away civil rights, violate the Constitution and lie us into two illegal wars.
We allowed the appointment of Supreme Court justices that only serve the mega-corporations and their leaders. And now we are allowing the right wing to kill true health-care reform, change that could transform the lives of millions of Americans for the better, free citizens from dead-end jobs just to maintain health insurance and create a new business climate that would add jobs for millions.
For decades the Democratic Party has failed to stand strong in the face of propaganda, lies and those who have stolen our prosperity. It is time to start a true progressive party, wooing actual liberals from the Democratic Party and wooing true patriots from the Republican Party.
We must start now, with the next election, and never fail to stand up to the bullies who are screaming in our faces as they reach into our pockets.
-- John S. Snow, Woodinville
Mr. Snow makes an enormous amount of sense. The queen has
concerns about the quantity, quality and functionality of grey brain
matter in the United States of America. There are sheep-like sounds
across the country. The baa-ing is nearly deafening.
On the home front, the queen has purchased 3 kinds of seed potatoes.
The bird farm is going to plant potatoes in hay bales this year. Due to
a misunderstanding between the queen and mother nature last year,
there are large numbers of bad (read wet, moldy) hay bales at
Bird Farm South. We shall see how this experiment progresses.
If you have 20 minutes to spare, please listen to a woman who speaks the truth about
children and the future of this country, please click on the link I've listed below.
Her name is Ann Cooper. She is one smart cookie.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/348
letter to the editor published by the Seattle Times:
Democratic Party fails to keep politicians accountable
The Democratic Party is dead. It might be walking, but it is effectively dead. It is time for a third party. Sure the Democrats have had ups and downs but the long, slow slide started when we failed to prosecute Richard Nixon for obvious crimes.
We let the oil companies steal from us during the gas shortages. We failed to stand up to the "government is the problem" propaganda of Ronald Reagan. We failed to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine. We didn't prosecute George H.W. Bush and his cronies for crimes committed in Central America. We said nothing when Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1997, which allowed unparalleled consolidation in news media and the spread of anti-public propaganda worthy of Tokyo Rose or Joseph Goebbels.
We allowed the Supreme Court to appoint George W. Bush to a position he was clearly unsuited for and then re-elected him again four years later. We let Bush take away civil rights, violate the Constitution and lie us into two illegal wars.
We allowed the appointment of Supreme Court justices that only serve the mega-corporations and their leaders. And now we are allowing the right wing to kill true health-care reform, change that could transform the lives of millions of Americans for the better, free citizens from dead-end jobs just to maintain health insurance and create a new business climate that would add jobs for millions.
For decades the Democratic Party has failed to stand strong in the face of propaganda, lies and those who have stolen our prosperity. It is time to start a true progressive party, wooing actual liberals from the Democratic Party and wooing true patriots from the Republican Party.
We must start now, with the next election, and never fail to stand up to the bullies who are screaming in our faces as they reach into our pockets.
-- John S. Snow, Woodinville
Mr. Snow makes an enormous amount of sense. The queen has
concerns about the quantity, quality and functionality of grey brain
matter in the United States of America. There are sheep-like sounds
across the country. The baa-ing is nearly deafening.
On the home front, the queen has purchased 3 kinds of seed potatoes.
The bird farm is going to plant potatoes in hay bales this year. Due to
a misunderstanding between the queen and mother nature last year,
there are large numbers of bad (read wet, moldy) hay bales at
Bird Farm South. We shall see how this experiment progresses.
If you have 20 minutes to spare, please listen to a woman who speaks the truth about
children and the future of this country, please click on the link I've listed below.
Her name is Ann Cooper. She is one smart cookie.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/348
Posted by Lisa Strafford at 4/1/2010 11:57 AM 
Categories: Queen Day
Tags: queen day food quality gardening politics
Categories: Queen Day
Tags: queen day food quality gardening politics
Hi Queenie!
You will love potatoes grown in hay. I just scatter my seed potatoes on the cleared, but untilled ground, throw a lay of hay or straw over them and let them go until they start to poke through. Then I throw another layer on, and another, and so on. Until I feel like letting them go. Then when it's time to harvest, I put on a pair of gloves, get down on my hands and knees and start at one side of the potatoe patch reaching beneath the straw and pulling out potatoes. I throw all the left over hay/straw in a wheelbarrow as I go so I can clear the whole area and know I've gathered everything. When I'm all done, I dump it all back on the spot to compost/decompose. There is no digging of potatoes or piercing them with a tool. I love it! They are the simplest thing in the garden.
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