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Now That’s Rich – New York Times op-ed piece by Paul Krugman
From the article:
“We need to pinch pennies these days. Don’t you know we have a budget deficit? For months that has been the word from Republicans and conservative Democrats, who have rejected every suggestion that we do more to avoid deep cuts in public services and help the ailing economy.
But these same politicians are eager to cut checks averaging $3 million Continue reading “The Raping of America”
Is Your Favorite Ice Cream Made With Monsanto’s Artificial Hormones? – Huffington Post Article
Why my title? It is a quick synopsis of the article by John Robbins in Huffington Posts. Basically rBGH, artificial growth hormone that is so prevalent in our milk supply was developed, pushed through FDA approval, and promoted by Monsanto Chemicals. One of the effects in cows of rBGH is increased IGF-1 in their milk. Monsanto’s own research showed Continue reading “Does Ice Cream Cause Breast Cancer?”
Rosemary was two-thyming Basil? Many folks were wondering how sage this was.
Lessons From the Egg Recall: Cheap Food Makes You Sick – Huffington Post Article
I moved to cage free and preferably free range eggs a while back. I’ve given up mayonnaise because the eggs in it come from such places. While the eggs are pasteurized it would be an economic vote for such places as the Iowa factory farms producing the tainted eggs to buy such a product.
And eggs are not the only cheap food that has a high cost. Just about all the meat (chicken, turkey, beef, and pork) in the supermarkets of this country comes from industrialized farms. It has been well documented why these are not good places, and definitely not good places to get the food that nourishes your body. As much as I love a good steak, I cannot in good conscience eat one anymore.
This is a capitalistic society. Dollars are economic votes. Is seemingly cheap more important than the environment, the workers in such places, the animals welfare, or if self interest motivates, your health? Is it really ethical to sustain such places with your continued participation by buying their product? Unfortunately, for so many of these corporate operations, the bottom line is what matters. It should be different, but they only change when they see their bottom lines headed the wrong way.
How are you voting?
I was curious when scanning the local theater offerings to find a movie that was not on my radar. Reading the first few lines of the synopsis, I became curiouser and curiouser. The film was shot in Southwest Missouri, directed by a woman and winner at Sundance. My hubby, being of a good nature, often lets me drag him to the latest movie that I want to see. But he does tend to like little known, artsy and foreign films. We have an agreement that certain percentage of rentals must be in English.
Another story for the grandkids…about grandkids.
When my son was around 3 or so we were all at my mother’s house for dinner. My mother is very strict about manners and all the grandkids knew that unquestionably. They all tried their darnedest (at least at that point in their young lives) to avoid a run in with Grandma about manners. My son burps, and we all look at him expecting an “excuse me”. He looks back at us and says, “It was the burp bird in my pocket.” What you do after that?
We did not know it then, but that incidence was a good foreshadowing of my son’s future personality.
Fast forward 30 some odd years, Continue reading “Sexy Defined”
This is for the grandkids…
When my son was but a wee laddie, say around 4 or 5 I told him the following joke:
An American was driving in France. He sees a pretty, young French woman walking besides the road. He stops besides her, opens the passenger door and asks her Continue reading “Oui, Oui”
I am not religious. I do not even consider myself spiritual. I made the last comment a while back and I had a couple folks arguing with me as they thought I was very spiritual. One problem with the word spiritual is that it has an old school dictionary definition, and common usage that is of a more new age derivative. The dictionary definition, to me, is not that much different than the dictionary definition for religious . Spiritual in this context seems to imply a less structured version of religious. I have trouble getting my head around the new age definition. It is very much like E=mc2. I understand the parts, but the whole is another matter.
My goal is to live an ethical and a genuine life. However, most of the time I fail miserably at these tasks. Continue reading “Rev. Joe stumbles”
Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein @ Amazon.com
They say that you should not look back at some things. One example would be looking up old girlfriends. Another I’ve discovered is reading a book from your adolescence.
I should have known better. When I was but a wee lad, I loved the movie Swiss Family Robinson. It was a movie I had viewed several times as a youngster. After VCRs became popular I rented a copy one night to share with my two children. I wanted them to experience the joy I had felt watching this movie. My kids thought it absolutely lame, Continue reading “Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein”
My short (5’ 3”) and short legged girlfriend was so tickled. I’ve lost enough weight that she can wrap her legs around my waist and cross them at the ankles…