A Leftist and Her Money Are Soon Parted

Canada Free Press ^ | 03/11/16 | Michael Shannon

[Sean_Anthony]

The altitude at Finca Sophia is 6,300 feet, which means the plants are as oxygen–starved as a socialist’s brain

San Francisco leftists have once again decided to inflict another socialist utopia on an unsuspecting South American nation. What’s more, just like at Jonestown, a popular liquid is playing a prominent role.

This time instead of a male heretic imposing a fanatical religion, we have two women, Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell, doing orthodox socialist missionary work.

The ladies are owners of Equator Coffee, a trendy gourmet emporium with two San Francisco area locations. The utopia is Finca Sophia a coffee farm owned by the company and located in Panama. The duo has decided to upend traditional coffee–growing practices in favor of importing California thinking, but since the ladies are card–carrying progressives this is not cultural imperialism.

[ShadowAce]

Uhh--what?

You could've at least put in the point of the article.

[winner3000]

The point is that socialists make terrible entrepreneurs...

[Blue Jays]

The author of the newspaper story was not compelling. My mind began wandering, too.

[corkoman]

Poorly written article - horrible.

The lib business owners tried to grow coffee in Panama at an altitude above which coffee normally grows.

Here is the best line: "The altitude at Finca Sophia is 6,300 feet, which means the plants are as oxygen–starved as a socialist’s brain.

Yeah, plants don't use oxygen but I suppose the writer wanted to use the phrase.

[PIF]

Article conclusion:

Equator owners do deserve credit on two fronts: First, for using their own money to subsidize this fantasy and not my tax dollars.

And second, for providing the answer to the question of what’s going to happen if government continues arbitrarily raising wages and increasing benefits without any economic justification. Even $240-a-gallon coffee won’t generate enough revenue to cover the cost.

[Night Hides Not]

Perhaps they can try their hand at viticulture...at 55 degrees latitude. lol

[IronJack]

plants don't use oxygen

Uh ... yes, they do. So do socialits. But the plants actually yield something useful ... even belladonna and cacti.

[reg45]

Yes, it is correct that plants do not consume oxygen. However, they do consume carbon dioxide and the amount of CO₂ is also diminished at higher altitudes. In fact, the effect of altitude on CO₂ is actually greater than on O₂ because CO₂ is denser than O₂.

[alexander_busek]

Equator provided free health care and education for employee families.

For some reason, I'm doubtful that Equator really provided free First-World health care (hospitalization, routine blood work, periodic check-ups, dental, etc.).

I'm inclined to believe that it was more like a barefoot "doctor" saying "You got Dengue Fever? Here, take these bootlegged pharmaceuticals of uncertain provenance and call me in the morning," or "Incipient dementia? Try doing more crossword puzzles!"

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

In fact, plants both PRODUCE oxygen (when the sun is shining, thus allowing them to perform photosynthesis and take CO2 and H2O and create glucose while simultaneously releasing oxygen into the atmosphere) and CONSUME oxygen (at night, when they take that glucose they stored up during the day and combine it with oxygen taken from the atmosphere to release ENERGY to power their metabolisms - while releasing CO2 as a waste product).

A plant kept under a belljar (otherwise sealed off from the environment) will do just fine as long as it gets enough sunlight (and starts with enough soil and water). It will produce oxygen during the day and consume that very same oxygen during the night. (I realize that this is a simplification.)

The only reason we have a net PLUS of oxygen in our atmosphere is because - can you guess? - the SINK of the biomass in the plants, themselves. When that biomass dies and is allowed to decay, it will "take up" all of the free oxygen that it once generated in life. The only way to maintain a net plus is to remove the biomass from the biosphere - e.g., to prevent it from rotting, by fossilizing it.

Your biology lesson for today.

Regards,

[corkoman]

Nice ! Thanks for taking the time to splain all that. We all benefit BTW. Hence the benefits of being part of a forum w smart people.

[publius911]

The altitude at Finca Sophia is 6,300 feet, which means the plants are as oxygen–starved as a socialist’s brain...

Methinks Mikey should have been more attentive during science class in grammar (lower) school. Or even high school, his second chance.

Plants can't be deprived of oxygen; Plants produce oxygen...

[publius911]

Perhaps they can try their hand at viticulture...at 55 degrees latitude. lol

OMG!

Somebody moved Panama!!!

[publius911]

Perhaps they can try their hand at viticulture...at 55 degrees latitude. lol

Panama?
Try 8-9 degrees North latitude...

[US_MilitaryRules]

Thanks