Comments on: Tent City in the Promised Land http://polizeros.com/2007/12/25/tent-city-in-the-promised-land/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:24:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Bob Morris http://polizeros.com/2007/12/25/tent-city-in-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-146775 Bob Morris Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:32:53 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/12/25/tent-city-in-the-promised-land/#comment-146775 Well, I was sort of right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Owens "In 1937, his family migrated to Mesa, Arizona, during the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression.' And of course, he called Bakersfield home. I think he had a song with a lyric, "I'm a second generation California Okie." Well, I was sort of right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Owens

“In 1937, his family migrated to Mesa, Arizona, during the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression.’

And of course, he called Bakersfield home. I think he had a song with a lyric, “I’m a second generation California Okie.”

]]> By: Eileen http://polizeros.com/2007/12/25/tent-city-in-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-146773 Eileen Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:53:15 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/12/25/tent-city-in-the-promised-land/#comment-146773 Buck Owens was from Texas. Buck Owens was from Texas.

]]> By: DJ http://polizeros.com/2007/12/25/tent-city-in-the-promised-land/comment-page-1/#comment-146772 DJ Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:43:36 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/12/25/tent-city-in-the-promised-land/#comment-146772 Democracy and economic parity seem to go together. Conventional wisdom suggests that democracy brings better economic parity. But my observation suggests the contrary: that economic parity is essential for democracy. Thus preventing too great a gap between rich and poor is not just an exercise in compassion: it's necessary if we want to remain a democracy. Democracy and economic parity seem to go together. Conventional wisdom suggests that democracy brings better economic parity. But my observation suggests the contrary: that economic parity is essential for democracy. Thus preventing too great a gap between rich and poor is not just an exercise in compassion: it’s necessary if we want to remain a democracy.

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