Comments for The Grass Roots Syndrome - James Howard Kunstler at http://atlanticfreepress.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://atlanticfreepress.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:41:26 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2588-the-grass-roots-syndrome-james-howard-kunstler.html#comment-3200 Old habits only change when there is a pressing need to change them. As the slope of declining supply of oil progresses there will come an inflection point where, suddenly, public discourse will shoot off in a totally unexpected (for the powers that be) course. The day this happens can't be predicted, but the boy that cried wolf never said when either. Kunstler has been crying "wolf" for some time... Day after day his views are being vindicated by reality, yet Mainstream media keeps mum... human nature: __________ herd. - pleiotropik Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:23:54 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2588-the-grass-roots-syndrome-james-howard-kunstler.html#comment-3180 I couldn't agree with Mr. Kunstler's reality-based view more. I live in the Town of Providence two miles from the Adirondack Blue Line. Even here, in the country, we are seeing farmsteads being bought up by developers who are turning them into miniature communities. It is jaw-dropping to see the incongruity. After driving past old farms and plots of land with trailers, you come across a development with groups of brand-new, 3000 sf houses. It's like watching a bad movie being rewound and started all over again. And I also agree that this is not a George W. Bush problem. We lack true leadership at all levels. - Richard E. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:05:48 +0100