Comments for The Price Signal http://mattglewis.wordpress.com Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:25:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Langara Island Drowning by richard http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/langara-island-drowning/#comment-77 richard Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:25:39 +0000 http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/?p=21#comment-77 We were in the NIL boat which pulled the daughter off the boat which was wedged in the rocks at the lighthouse. The lighthouse keeper called in the mayday. Conditions were very rough as usual for the lighthouse. The other NIL guided boat tried cpr -no avail. Numerous other obmg boats in the area unfortunately oblivious to what just happened. Nil guide did quit, and returned later in season as also we did. Witnesed later in the day obmg fishmaster marabel boat towing the capsized whaler upside down back to dock-*another sombering site that day for us- Our NIL guides performed heroically in the face on danger. Daughter returned later in season to scatter her dad's ashes at Langara. Thanks Richard We were in the NIL boat which pulled the daughter off the boat which was wedged in the rocks at the lighthouse.
The lighthouse keeper called in the mayday.
Conditions were very rough as usual for the lighthouse.
The other NIL guided boat tried cpr -no avail.
Numerous other obmg boats in the area unfortunately oblivious to what just happened.
Nil guide did quit, and returned later in season as also we did.
Witnesed later in the day obmg fishmaster marabel boat towing the capsized whaler upside down back to dock-*another sombering site that day for us-
Our NIL guides performed heroically in the face on danger.
Daughter returned later in season to scatter her dad’s ashes at Langara.
Thanks
Richard

]]> Comment on Al Gore Changes His Mind? by akbaxter http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/al-gore-changes-his-mind/#comment-75 akbaxter Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:52:53 +0000 http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/?p=97#comment-75 A quick note about technological fixes... It seems to me that a fascination with technology as a solution to environmental problems is essentially insane. I subscribe to the 'people killing people' not necessarily the gun, and our current climate change troubles are a result of lifestyle, a particular American lifestyle that values huge amounts of personal space and spatial freedom that is grounded in a love affair with the internal combustion engine. The car as a technology is not responsible for the problems, its the individual need to own one, to drive it to the corner store, to have a double car garage and single-family detached house with a yard somewhere in the suburbs. Any sort of technological fix that simpy tries to adapt to our present lifestyle is doomed. What we need is to fundamentally rethink how we live, not simply the technology that undergirds it. A quick note about technological fixes…

It seems to me that a fascination with technology as a solution to environmental problems is essentially insane. I subscribe to the ‘people killing people’ not necessarily the gun, and our current climate change troubles are a result of lifestyle, a particular American lifestyle that values huge amounts of personal space and spatial freedom that is grounded in a love affair with the internal combustion engine. The car as a technology is not responsible for the problems, its the individual need to own one, to drive it to the corner store, to have a double car garage and single-family detached house with a yard somewhere in the suburbs.

Any sort of technological fix that simpy tries to adapt to our present lifestyle is doomed. What we need is to fundamentally rethink how we live, not simply the technology that undergirds it.

]]> Comment on Al Gore Changes His Mind? by Allen Taylor http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/al-gore-changes-his-mind/#comment-73 Allen Taylor Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:15:31 +0000 http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/?p=97#comment-73 Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road. Allen Taylor Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road.

Allen Taylor

]]> Comment on A New Post by mglewis http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/a-new-post/#comment-68 mglewis Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:38:20 +0000 http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-68 Well played sir. I have no rejoinder. Well played sir. I have no rejoinder.

]]> Comment on A New Post by akbaxter http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/a-new-post/#comment-67 akbaxter Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:43:29 +0000 http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-67 We want a blog, not a rotten log!! We want a blog, not a rotten log!!

]]> Comment on Alaskans on Palin by thenonconformer http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/alaskans-on-palin/#comment-62 thenonconformer Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:42:40 +0000 http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-62 Democrats too now can learn from the Canadian elections .. no party won cause they really did not care about the voters, but only about winning themselves http://anyonecare.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/canada-harper-failed-again-in-an-attempt-to-win-majority-government/ Democrats too now can learn from the Canadian elections .. no party won cause they really did not care about the voters, but only about winning themselves http://anyonecare.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/canada-harper-failed-again-in-an-attempt-to-win-majority-government/

]]> Comment on Buffett and The Banks by mglewis http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/buffett-and-thebanks/#comment-60 mglewis Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:35:16 +0000 http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-60 As long as that comment was made with a smile and slightly raised eyebrow.. ;-) As long as that comment was made with a smile and slightly raised eyebrow.. ;-)

]]> Comment on Dion at the Empire Club by akbaxter http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/dion-at-the-empire-club/#comment-59 akbaxter Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:30:49 +0000 http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-59 I have to say that the more I see of this guy, the more I like him. He comes across as a genuine human being, who, while not necessarily smarter than me, impresses me. Low key, not overly confident, and to be quite truthful, he seems to be honest; and this is the one and only thing that I'm looking for in a politician right now and for ever more. I have to say that the more I see of this guy, the more I like him. He comes across as a genuine human being, who, while not necessarily smarter than me, impresses me.

Low key, not overly confident, and to be quite truthful, he seems to be honest; and this is the one and only thing that I’m looking for in a politician right now and for ever more.

]]> Comment on Buffett and The Banks by akbaxter http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/buffett-and-thebanks/#comment-58 akbaxter Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:27:11 +0000 http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-58 Indeed. Indeed.

]]> Comment on Buffett and The Banks by mglewis http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/buffett-and-thebanks/#comment-57 mglewis Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:13:21 +0000 http://mattglewis.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-57 Noble sentiment. I agree there are better things to drop a trillion dollars on, but the scope of the problem is hard to fathom. What does it mean that banks are unwilling to lend money, to each other and to business? In the short term, not very much. If things settle down and business as usual gets going, wide ranging consequences might be mitigated. But dragging it out over months and longer would be moving us into uncharted territory. On the brighter side of things, maybe shaking up the status quo with economic turmoil would encourage more people to plant gardens, have tea parties, and get to know their neighbours, forgoing international flights and ipods for a pound of grain and a block of butter. Noble sentiment. I agree there are better things to drop a trillion dollars on, but the scope of the problem is hard to fathom. What does it mean that banks are unwilling to lend money, to each other and to business? In the short term, not very much. If things settle down and business as usual gets going, wide ranging consequences might be mitigated. But dragging it out over months and longer would be moving us into uncharted territory.

On the brighter side of things, maybe shaking up the status quo with economic turmoil would encourage more people to plant gardens, have tea parties, and get to know their neighbours, forgoing international flights and ipods for a pound of grain and a block of butter.

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