Comments on: Go back to the States - you complainer you! http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/go-back-to-the-states-you-complainer-you/2008/04 A mother in the jungle of Costa Rica gets to the heart of the matter of living in paradise and Down Syndrome. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:21:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sandpiper http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/go-back-to-the-states-you-complainer-you/2008/04#comment-180 Sandpiper Fri, 02 May 2008 12:11:48 +0000 http://www.motherjungle.com/?p=254#comment-180 Takes all kinds, Susan. Blow it off and keep on keepin' on. Plastic bags are an issue everywhere. When I visited South Africa they decorated the trees like you wouldn't believe. I think they've banned them there now. Here, they are finally phasing them out to some degree where I live in the States. The situation is what it is. Trying to turn it into a hateful "Yankee go home" issue is out of line. Your issue with plastic bags is environmentally valid. Takes all kinds, Susan. Blow it off and keep on keepin’ on. Plastic bags are an issue everywhere. When I visited South Africa they decorated the trees like you wouldn’t believe. I think they’ve banned them there now. Here, they are finally phasing them out to some degree where I live in the States. The situation is what it is. Trying to turn it into a hateful “Yankee go home” issue is out of line. Your issue with plastic bags is environmentally valid.

]]> By: Marika http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/go-back-to-the-states-you-complainer-you/2008/04#comment-170 Marika Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:22:55 +0000 http://www.motherjungle.com/?p=254#comment-170 You go girl! You go girl!

]]> By: Arp http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/go-back-to-the-states-you-complainer-you/2008/04#comment-168 Arp Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:20:20 +0000 http://www.motherjungle.com/?p=254#comment-168 I was unaware that plastic bags were an issue of political correctness. Heaven forbid we give a crap about the world we live in. I'd say that TacoGrande (aka Tim) is <a href="http://www.c4vct.com/kym/humor/stupid.htm" rel="nofollow">one taco short of a combination plate</a>. I was unaware that plastic bags were an issue of political correctness. Heaven forbid we give a crap about the world we live in. I’d say that TacoGrande (aka Tim) is one taco short of a combination plate.

]]> By: Arp http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/go-back-to-the-states-you-complainer-you/2008/04#comment-165 Arp Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:05:43 +0000 http://www.motherjungle.com/?p=254#comment-165 His site has a lot of good information, but the opinions are a different story. CR's abundant natural beauty draws many, and why not try to make a difference? If you're going to try to keep the status quo of something, I choose nature over blind habits. All the little things add up. And I believe they're magnified when we teach our children by example. His site has a lot of good information, but the opinions are a different story. CR’s abundant natural beauty draws many, and why not try to make a difference? If you’re going to try to keep the status quo of something, I choose nature over blind habits. All the little things add up. And I believe they’re magnified when we teach our children by example.

]]> By: Tim http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/go-back-to-the-states-you-complainer-you/2008/04#comment-164 Tim Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:02:44 +0000 http://www.motherjungle.com/?p=254#comment-164 I almost did not publish that comment. There are just getting to be so many idiots here... they want to dictate everyone's behavior. The PC police in the USA seem to want to export their tripe to Costa Rica. Ignore it! T I almost did not publish that comment.

There are just getting to be so many idiots here… they want to dictate everyone’s behavior. The PC police in the USA seem to want to export their tripe to Costa Rica.

Ignore it!

T

]]> By: Wendy http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/go-back-to-the-states-you-complainer-you/2008/04#comment-162 Wendy Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:31:22 +0000 http://www.motherjungle.com/?p=254#comment-162 It's unfortunate that the individual who commented so negatively did not read your post with the spirit in which it was delivered. After posting so many wonderfully insightful and entertaining posts you were bound to encounter one killjoy. Shake it off! Most of us think you totally rock! It’s unfortunate that the individual who commented so negatively did not read your post with the spirit in which it was delivered. After posting so many wonderfully insightful and entertaining posts you were bound to encounter one killjoy. Shake it off! Most of us think you totally rock!

]]> By: Dennis http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/go-back-to-the-states-you-complainer-you/2008/04#comment-161 Dennis Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:54:30 +0000 http://www.motherjungle.com/?p=254#comment-161 He probably is a Product of the 60's and The Graduate. Remember Dustin Hoffman at the graduation party when the man of the house is telling Hoffman that the future is in plastics. This guy is probably heavy into Plastics and he is pissed that you are complaining about it. Or just a typical AH who has nothing better to do than for find someone every day to chastise because it makes him feel like a man....... I sure wouldn't loose any sleep over this guy or woman. I have been reading your blog. and have found nothing that even comes close to what this man is claiming. In fact just the opposite. He probably is a Product of the 60’s and The Graduate. Remember Dustin Hoffman at the graduation party when the man of the house is telling Hoffman that the future is in plastics. This guy is probably heavy into Plastics and he is pissed that you are complaining about it. Or just a typical AH who has nothing better to do than for find someone every day to chastise because it makes him feel like a man……. I sure wouldn’t loose any sleep over this guy or woman. I have been reading your blog. and have found nothing that even comes close to what this man is claiming. In fact just the opposite.

]]> By: Alison http://www.motherjungle.com/costa-rica/go-back-to-the-states-you-complainer-you/2008/04#comment-159 Alison Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:23:33 +0000 http://www.motherjungle.com/?p=254#comment-159 Sounds like you've touched on a pretty sensitive subject. How brave of you to have criticized the over use of plastic bags! I think this guy is so high on "Pura Vida" that he is going to smack anything that comes close to suggesting that Costa Rica is not totally perfect. By the way, what's he selling? They tend to be the most determined to maintain that vision of utopia, right down to the last baggie. Sounds like you’ve touched on a pretty sensitive subject. How brave of you to have criticized the over use of plastic bags! I think this guy is so high on “Pura Vida” that he is going to smack anything that comes close to suggesting that Costa Rica is not totally perfect. By the way, what’s he selling? They tend to be the most determined to maintain that vision of utopia, right down to the last baggie.

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