Re: [Goanet] Foreigners buying land in Goa and all that trash....
Welcome to Goanet Carmen Miranda. If your name is really Carmen Miranda then you have as much spirit and passion as the erstwhile world famous Brazilian samba singer of the same name. Bring that passion and spirit to Goanet on an ongoing basis. At the moment we have too few with that talent. Selma you will soon experience, she outruns the best of the boys. Venita Coelho from Goa, sometimes. Jane Gillian of Bombay shows promise but unlike you her energies are misdirected (at Gabriel, Mario and me). Ruby Goes from Down Under who loves dancing and scotch, not to mention news clippings from the BBC. Ana Maria de Souza Goswami who was once battleworthy but now is happy merely to employ cooks, gardeners and houseboys for her large estate. Of spirited males there is no shortage. There is Mario Goveia of the US who is the self-appointed voice of truth, peace and reason and an enduring friend of George Bush. Alfred Tavares of Sweden whose posts are short but pungent like a Goa sausage. There's Mervyn Lobo a Canadian compatriot who will tell you of bush planes launched by coconut tree catapults and that gold as an investment is a good buy perenially. Valmiki Faleiro who will take you back to a Goa that you never imagined. Gabriel de Figueiredo who would be Salazar's spokesman if Salazar was living and too many others whom it would take a lot of bandwith to do justice to but whom I would allow you to discover for yourself. With regards Roland. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Carmen Mirandacarmitamira...@gmail.com wrote: Fiddle while Rome burns.(meaning to occupy oneself with unimportant matters and neglect priorities during a crisis.) ...I just joined goanet a week ago, and I have been amazed at the passion, energy and time spent discussing who is TRASH and who is not TRASH , when the biggest trash are our politicians and their policies or lack of them in Goa.
Re: [Goanet] Foreigners buying land in Goa and all that trash....
Welcome, D. Carmita. Recently, there was an e-petition relating to Goa's disappearing natural forest cover. I hope those who received that petition signed it. Anyhow, one of the issues of denuding forests is the reduction of updrafts, which in turn will make the coastline un-bearably hot pre-Monsoon, a fact which is currently being touted as being a result of man-made CO2 (greenhouse gases). Greenhouse gases could be having an effect along with changes in the Solar system as a whole, but my reasoning is that if there is no updraft due to trees in the interior, there will not be any cooling breezes coming inland; and if this updraft eventually disappears due to drastic reduction of forest cover to give way to industrial development, residential buildings and mining industry, I do not have to spell out the end effects in a few years - it will go the Sahara way. I remember reading this warning in the late 60s (advancing deserts or something like that), and then again something similar appeared recently on New Scientist. Gabriel. - Original Message From: Carmen Miranda carmitamira...@gmail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Sunday, 12 July, 2009 8:50:32 PM Subject: [Goanet] Foreigners buying land in Goa and all that trash Fiddle while Rome burns.(meaning to occupy oneself with unimportant matters and neglect priorities during a crisis.) ...I just joined goanet a week ago, and I have been amazed at the passion, energy and time spent discussing who is TRASH and who is not TRASH , when the biggest trash are our politicians and their policies or lack of them in Goa. If you all are such fervent Goenkars, it is about time you find out what is going on in the interior of Goa Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail
