Jim Macdonald has left a new comment on your post "Petrified No More: Return to the Stone Trees":
Okay, to see this, you need to actually have a Facebook account - otherwise, it's public.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on Petrified No More: Return to the Stone Trees.
Jim Macdonald has left a new comment on your post "Petrified No More: Return to the Stone Trees":
You can see pictures from my trip, including this hike on my Facebook account, if you are a friend of mine. https://www.facebook.com/jsmacdonaldjr/media_set?set=a.10152871244836485.1073741832.607941484.
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You can see pictures from my trip, including this hike on my Facebook account, if you are a friend of mine. https://www.facebook.com/jsmacdonaldjr/media_set?set=a.10152871244836485.1073741832.607941484.
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Friday, May 10, 2013
[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on Senator Baucus Put on Notice by Occupy Bozeman.
Gruene Outfitters Gruene has left a new comment on your post "Senator Baucus Put on Notice by Occupy Bozeman":
Watch out for those terrorist Occupiers
The Boston bombers were rumored to have ties with them..
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Watch out for those terrorist Occupiers
The Boston bombers were rumored to have ties with them..
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[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on The Man in the Sculpture.
Arcadian Highlander has left a new comment on your post "The Man in the Sculpture":
ola jim! i can take care of your inflexibility with a good ole-fashioned arcadian beatdown. let me know when you are back east. cheers, pete12425
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ola jim! i can take care of your inflexibility with a good ole-fashioned arcadian beatdown. let me know when you are back east. cheers, pete12425
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Saturday, May 15, 2010
[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on Buffalo torture 2010: Firsthand witness account of....
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Buffalo torture 2010: Firsthand witness account of...":
The cruelty towards our last wild and sacred bison is unconscionable in every way. I stopped eating beef years ago, and every letter I write on this issue screams: GET ALL THAT DAMN LIVESTOCK OFF OUR PUBLIC LANDS! All of this, so people can have cheap hamburgers. We all pay for those poison burgers with the soul of our land.
Jane Eagle
Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth - Rumi
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The cruelty towards our last wild and sacred bison is unconscionable in every way. I stopped eating beef years ago, and every letter I write on this issue screams: GET ALL THAT DAMN LIVESTOCK OFF OUR PUBLIC LANDS! All of this, so people can have cheap hamburgers. We all pay for those poison burgers with the soul of our land.
Jane Eagle
Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth - Rumi
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Friday, May 14, 2010
[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on Buffalo torture 2010: Firsthand witness account of....
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Thank you for witnessing and documenting this for those of us who can't be there. There are so many cruelties in the world, and yet this seems like sacrilege as well. Can there be no respect at all shown for these majestic animals? The hazers just want to be cowboys for a day, but what they are is sadistic bullies. I am ashamed to be the same species.
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Thank you for witnessing and documenting this for those of us who can't be there. There are so many cruelties in the world, and yet this seems like sacrilege as well. Can there be no respect at all shown for these majestic animals? The hazers just want to be cowboys for a day, but what they are is sadistic bullies. I am ashamed to be the same species.
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on Buffalo torture 2010: Firsthand witness account of....
Jim Macdonald has left a new comment on your post "Buffalo torture 2010: Firsthand witness account of...":
You would have to contact Buffalo Field Campaign; they may be posting video from the various patrols soon. See http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org. There is where the edited footage would be posted; it would also have contact information on who to reach about getting any raw footage that they didn't post.
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You would have to contact Buffalo Field Campaign; they may be posting video from the various patrols soon. See http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org. There is where the edited footage would be posted; it would also have contact information on who to reach about getting any raw footage that they didn't post.
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Great article, where can I find the video footage?
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Great article, where can I find the video footage?
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[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on Buffalo torture 2010: Firsthand witness account of....
Jim Macdonald has left a new comment on your post "Buffalo torture 2010: Firsthand witness account of...":
Do you know how many actual cattle ranchers there are in the entire area?
Want to venture a guess?
1, and he's a hobby rancher with cows there only part of the year.
His name is Pat Povah; his family used to run the Hamilton Stores general stores in the park; his brother Terry and his mother Ellie used to be my boss!
But, regardless of that fact, that's a false choice. So much justification of bison management practices sets up one draconian solution against one that's even worse - then people justify choosing one instead of seeing that the choice is a false one. (the Royal Teton Ranch deal in the north was one; the moving of quarantined buffalo to the Turner ranch was another).
But, it's also clear that my account failed to reach you because one of the points of it was to show how abysmally awful the practice of hazing is ... that set up as an alternative to anything - no matter how awful - this isn't an alternative.
An impossible task I set up for myself ... because you really have to run some of that gauntlet to understand it, and you can try to convey it with words ... but if you aren't pre-disposed to feel what the words on a page mean, they will fall flat like every other maddening abstraction (like your false choice).
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Do you know how many actual cattle ranchers there are in the entire area?
Want to venture a guess?
1, and he's a hobby rancher with cows there only part of the year.
His name is Pat Povah; his family used to run the Hamilton Stores general stores in the park; his brother Terry and his mother Ellie used to be my boss!
But, regardless of that fact, that's a false choice. So much justification of bison management practices sets up one draconian solution against one that's even worse - then people justify choosing one instead of seeing that the choice is a false one. (the Royal Teton Ranch deal in the north was one; the moving of quarantined buffalo to the Turner ranch was another).
But, it's also clear that my account failed to reach you because one of the points of it was to show how abysmally awful the practice of hazing is ... that set up as an alternative to anything - no matter how awful - this isn't an alternative.
An impossible task I set up for myself ... because you really have to run some of that gauntlet to understand it, and you can try to convey it with words ... but if you aren't pre-disposed to feel what the words on a page mean, they will fall flat like every other maddening abstraction (like your false choice).
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It's not great, but what is the alternative? Let them be shot by ranchers? I'm just glad this is all they're doing.
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It's not great, but what is the alternative? Let them be shot by ranchers? I'm just glad this is all they're doing.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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and as I said, before, thank you , Jim, now rest body, mind , and soul, and DO NOT LOSE HEART! Dad
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and as I said, before, thank you , Jim, now rest body, mind , and soul, and DO NOT LOSE HEART! Dad
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[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on 2007 Yellowstone employee experiences.
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I am traveling from missiouri to yellowstone for the summer and I would really like to know how conditions are going to be. I don't even know the size of the dorm and what I should and shouldn't bring.
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I am traveling from missiouri to yellowstone for the summer and I would really like to know how conditions are going to be. I don't even know the size of the dorm and what I should and shouldn't bring.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on Looking Back at Alston Chase’s Playing God in Yell....
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This is a great summation of Chase's book. Playing God has stuck with me for a long time. I also enjoyed his .
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This is a great summation of Chase's book. Playing God has stuck with me for a long time. I also enjoyed his .
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on A critique of national parks as "America's best id....
Dave has left a new comment on your post "A critique of national parks as "America's best id...":
Thanks for recommending your article to me. And yes you were correct in saying that I do not agree with it 100 percent. I found your perspective to be unique. For those who have not seen the series or are simply on the fence about park preservation as a whole, it offers a view that is not completely bashing to the movement, but attempts to reveal the truth about the history behind the parks. Very interesting.
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Thanks for recommending your article to me. And yes you were correct in saying that I do not agree with it 100 percent. I found your perspective to be unique. For those who have not seen the series or are simply on the fence about park preservation as a whole, it offers a view that is not completely bashing to the movement, but attempts to reveal the truth about the history behind the parks. Very interesting.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on A critique of national parks as "America's best id....
troutbirder has left a new comment on your post "A critique of national parks as "America's best id...":
I found your essay/articles interesting. Somewhat overly cynical and pessimistic, I would say. The tide has turned slowly but surely. There will be setbacks but a new generation, with different values, has begun to work for a better future for the environment, for all of us.
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I found your essay/articles interesting. Somewhat overly cynical and pessimistic, I would say. The tide has turned slowly but surely. There will be setbacks but a new generation, with different values, has begun to work for a better future for the environment, for all of us.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on A critique of national parks as "America's best id....
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "A critique of national parks as "America's best id...":
It's critical that western peoples not be greedy, not be self-serving; but that is not possible for most peoples much of the time, really. The motives of civilized peoples are a complex conundrum of both positive and harmful values. You phrase your points well.
It is useless but hopeful, in my opinion, to believe that western culture can ever do better than it has. There are limits, unfortunately, to what can be achieved altruistically.
Posted by Anonymous to Jim's Eclectic World at 9/30/09 9:21 AM
It's critical that western peoples not be greedy, not be self-serving; but that is not possible for most peoples much of the time, really. The motives of civilized peoples are a complex conundrum of both positive and harmful values. You phrase your points well.
It is useless but hopeful, in my opinion, to believe that western culture can ever do better than it has. There are limits, unfortunately, to what can be achieved altruistically.
Posted by Anonymous to Jim's Eclectic World at 9/30/09 9:21 AM
[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on A critique of national parks as "America's best id....
thedispersalofdarwin (http://thedispersalofdarwin.wordpress.com/) has left a new comment on your post "A critique of national parks as "America's best id...":
I watched episode 1, but am going to Netflix the rest when they come out on DVD Oct. 6th or so, because I can't just devote 2 hours every night this week. But I will definitely keep in mind your thoughts while watching it. I did cringe at the statement that the best idea was Jefferson's, without any "Yes, but...."
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I watched episode 1, but am going to Netflix the rest when they come out on DVD Oct. 6th or so, because I can't just devote 2 hours every night this week. But I will definitely keep in mind your thoughts while watching it. I did cringe at the statement that the best idea was Jefferson's, without any "Yes, but...."
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Saturday, August 29, 2009
[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on Part 3: John Locke, Yellowstone, and the Dogma of ....
Jim Macdonald has left a new comment on your post "Part 3: John Locke, Yellowstone, and the Dogma of ...":
gothie,
Thanks for the kind words.
Are you arguing something like "might makes right"? I suppose so, but that only opens another Pandora's box - what then is might exactly? And, there, we "might" find some interesting conversation.
I'll definitely look into what you wrote in your blog.
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gothie,
Thanks for the kind words.
Are you arguing something like "might makes right"? I suppose so, but that only opens another Pandora's box - what then is might exactly? And, there, we "might" find some interesting conversation.
I'll definitely look into what you wrote in your blog.
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[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on Part 3: John Locke, Yellowstone, and the Dogma of ....
gothie (http://gothie.wordpress.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Part 3: John Locke, Yellowstone, and the Dogma of ...":
Jim -
You present a lovely argument and I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent reading and digesting it.
I'd say Locke makes a few pretty huge assumptions about reality but the largest by far is that any human, animal, plant, or ecosystem has any rights at all. I assert there are no rights save those one or others acting on your behalf can through force or threat of force require relevant parties to recognize.
As a result humans were not born with rights, did not band together/give up rights to the state to better protect existing rights. The formed groups to create rights, economies, and laws.
I've posted a longer piece on my blog on this topic. Also I recommend that, if you haven't, you give a book called "On Private Property" a read.
Respectfully,
Posted by gothie to Jim's Eclectic World at 8/29/09 10:14 AM
Jim -
You present a lovely argument and I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent reading and digesting it.
I'd say Locke makes a few pretty huge assumptions about reality but the largest by far is that any human, animal, plant, or ecosystem has any rights at all. I assert there are no rights save those one or others acting on your behalf can through force or threat of force require relevant parties to recognize.
As a result humans were not born with rights, did not band together/give up rights to the state to better protect existing rights. The formed groups to create rights, economies, and laws.
I've posted a longer piece on my blog on this topic. Also I recommend that, if you haven't, you give a book called "On Private Property" a read.
Respectfully,
Posted by gothie to Jim's Eclectic World at 8/29/09 10:14 AM
Friday, July 31, 2009
[Jim's Eclectic World] New comment on Tom Hoyle's firsthand account of the rescue on the....
Jim Macdonald has left a new comment on your post "Tom Hoyle's firsthand account of the rescue on the...":
Robert Williams has reported to me that Tom's story has one inaccuracy, namely that Robert is not a police officer but rather a volunteer with the police department. He asked me to post that correction, and so here it is.
Posted by Jim Macdonald to Jim's Eclectic World at 7/31/09 3:08 AM
Robert Williams has reported to me that Tom's story has one inaccuracy, namely that Robert is not a police officer but rather a volunteer with the police department. He asked me to post that correction, and so here it is.
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