There is a wonderful example of Madison Liberal Logik posted today at this web address:( http://www.pastpeak.com/archives/2005/05/the_price_of_be.htm ) This is a copy and paste project because to observe the true behavior of a Madison Moonbat you must remain hidden and quiet. If they realize you are watching they get agitated and flustered.
A synopsis of the story goes as follows. A local Madison resident is writing about a National Public Radio program where a prominent environmentalist author tempers his gloomy predictions just slightly enough to find glimmers of hope for mankind and nature to co-exist “at the local level”. The wisdom of Think Global, Act Local, Eat Local is perfectly clear, obviously rational and worthy of great praise.
“One calorie's worth of California iceberg lettuce requires 90 calories of petroleum energy to bring it to your table. (Maybe we should visualize our typical salads as swimming in a big bowl of diesel fuel. Now, that's appealing.) Clearly, a local food economy is a lot more rational than what we have now, and, as the age of cheap oil winds down, it's going to become increasingly necessary for our very survival. Any other way of doing things will come to seem crazy.”The story then turns to a personal journey of discovery as the writer leaves Madison to visit Ashland, Wisconsin. Near the edge of true wilderness he experiences first hand the rapture of rural community poverty. In this place “absolute good” can be obtained.
“It was a wonderful visit and a deep learning experience. The Ashland area is rural, northwoods Wisconsin, and people generally have a lower economic standard of living there than many people do here in Madison. They have chores that urban folks don't even think about. But they also have deep bonds of community and a progressive ethos that suffuses every aspect of their lives. They are happier, more grounded, more connected with their environment and with one another — by far — than the great majority of city-dwellers. In their neck of the woods, community is an absolute good, friendships are deep, and newcomers are welcomed.”North of Highway 29 there are places where everyone is a neighbor and all neighbors are friends. Chores like shopping take a little longer but that is a price worth paying to live in local harmony with authentic individuals like store owner Harry Demorest.
“For the tea, we stopped off to see a neighbor named Harry Demorest who runs a coffee, tea, and spice business out of a little workshop out back of his farmhouse. When we turned into the gravel driveway, we were greeted by Harry's dog, barking excitedly. Harry heard the barking and emerged from a shed in back. He took us into his fragrant, impeccably organized workshop, filled with containers of coffee, tea, and spices from all over the world. Organic products, handled with a craftsman's care.”Madison Moonbat Logik: Act Local, Eat Local, Drink whatever arrives in cargo holds. Season to taste.
