The Los Angeles House: Decoration and Design in America's 20th-Century City, 1995
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Had to go up to Illinois for work this week to give a legal update to Illinois Farm Bureau on Clean Water Act issues and a state level wetlands protection bill that the Illinois Legislatire is trying to pass. I've talked on here before about my dislike of the farmer class and the modern U.S. agricultural industry, but I think these Illinois farmers may just take the cake. These were some of the most entitled farmers I've ever come across. The idea that they might experience any kind of environmental regulation whatsoever was appalling to them. Most of their questions to me were either some flavor of how they could get around any new wetlands regulation, or some sort of "but really, can the state really do this, to ME??"
And what was really particularly galling was how dismissive, almost disdainful they were about the ecology of the land they claim to steward. At one point, one of the women who worked for Farm Bureau was asking me a question about the types of areas that states can designate as wetlands, and she said, and I quote, "Illinois used to be a wetland-prairie region, but that was like a billion years ago." No. Illinois was not a wetland-prairie region in some imagined, distant past. It is a wetland-prairie region right now. Right now, today, so-called Illinois is a vast wetland complex that is experiencing violent degradation by colonial farmers who maintain a sprawling system of drainage ditches and tiles to drain away water in order to grow soybeans and corn.
I cannot stress enough that when we talk about on-going colonization on Turle Island, we need to emphasize the role of agriculture in maintaining that violence. And we need to talk about the farmer class and their on-going complicity in maintaining that violence. They are key to this system. Not only do they squat on vast acreage of land, they are in a perpetual battle to destroy that land and the indigenous peoples and traditional ways of life that land supported.
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Transitional Basement - Lookout
Mid-sized transitional look-out porcelain tile and brown floor basement photo with gray walls
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Here is another attractive way to handle an L-shaped kitchen. One end - down front and to the left - is arranged for the heavy-duty working area; the other end - receding into the background - is designed primarily for cabinetry, storage, and a salad preparation counter with small sink and a few spices and herbal ingredients.
Beyond The Kitchen: A Dreamer’s Guide, 1985
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