"An industrial capitalist society that does not recognize ecological limits but only perpetual economic expansion and has the profit motive as driver, will eventually consume and destroy itself."
"But we will all be taken down with it."




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Funny day for parking and seeing people. I was buzzing around downtown, running errands. First I parked over at Judiciary Square in a spot that had a broken meter. I was worried about it, but there was no ticket when I got back. Then I parked in the motorcycle parking across from the World Bank. While sitting in a meeting I realized that I had forgotten to plug the meter. So rarely do I park in metered spots, the thought just never occurs to me. But amazingly I managed to go two hours and not get a ticket, though I suppose it's possible that it blew off...Following that I parked in motorcycle parking over by the EEOC office. I crossed the street, and realized I hadn't plugged the meter. I hurried back and who should I find there but a city employee lazily writing out a ticket. But it wasn't for me! It was for the person next to me. Amazingly, she hadn't gotten to my bike yet. I asked her if I'd really beaten her. She laughed. She hadn't even noticed my meter yet. I slammed in a quarter and headed off to the EEOC. I suppose I could have gotten away with less than a quarter, that giving me a whole hour, but I was too happy to care.
I also saw three people I know today: (1) Dan Smith from the National Lawyers Guild; (2) Ian from school; and (3) Joel Kravetz from the Employment Justice Center. Dan and Ian I saw while I was on my bike, so I didn't say anything. Joel I met in the lobby of the EEOC office building. We shook hands briefly. He's an administrative law judge there and kind of an intimidating guy.