Ideas from a run down cabin

The father of American Economic policy must be so proud in the current administration.

While the nation is in shock over the failure of banks, insurance companies and businesses nation wide our Top leaders are trying to push through legislation that deeply affects each and every citizen in this country, However it does not help the citizens it only helps the companies.  This is, as Milton Friedman called it, "Shock Doctrine" and it is based on  the idea that if you push legislation through when there is a major event that leaves people confussed or worried you stand a better chance of getting the legislation through than if you try to push the same legislation through when people are thinking clearly and have no major worries.

This 700 billion dollar bailout is a bad Idea.  Period end of story.  No room for debate. just plain bad...bad bad bad. Phooy phooy phooy. Bad. 

"What we've got here is failure to communicate,  some men you just can't reach"---

Dr. Eric--- North Carolina interm Superintendent--- previously forced to resign under pressure.

Dr. Donnie Evans--- Former Superintendent in Providence RI.   Suspended or forces to resign under pressure.

Dr. Kelvin Adams-- chief of staff of new orleans Recovery school district. The worst school district in the country.

Ladies and Gentlemen,  is the School board daft?  Have the citizens of St. Louis not made it clear that they want a good leader who can be trusted and counted on?  I really wonder if they want a better system for the kids in the district.  Dr. Kelvin Adams is the only one out of the three that may have the credentials to fix the problem only because he has'nt been forced to resign from a previous post due to inpropriety.  Hey  I have a question?   Has Anyone contacted JOE CLARK?  sure he'd be in his 80's if he's not dead but he gets it.  He knows that the kids come before politics, budgets, and pride.  Just a thought.

Yep, Another great Idea from the Pacific Rim.

I have to say this is one of the greatest Ideas I have seen in a while.  What is so good is that it encourages both the use of public transportation and alternative forms of transportation like bicycle riding. I guess that neccessity is the father of invention.

There are those who drink bottled water that will find this to be liberal drivel for those people might I suggest that you stop reading right now.

Those who are still reading I want to bring to light an issue of responsibility that we all must accept as our own.

In my research into the environmental impacts of bottled water I began to delve into the various brands and the conditions that these waters are bottled under.  One in particular struck a chord with me.  Fiji Brand water.

Fiji Brand water is a product of (you guessed it) Fiji.  It is bottled and shipped over seas to various markets around the world.  The United States being one of the biggest consumers of the water.

Now as we are all aware bottled water poses a huge environmental hazzard in the fact that millions of barrels of oil go into the production of the plastic used in the manufacture of these bottles.  Recycling of these bottles accounts for about 10 percent of the total amount produced. The others go to landfill creating a waste of valuable petroleum. However the issue with Fiji Bottled water is much worse.

Fiji Water is an independent bottling company that bottles and sells Fijian water to the world while at the same time depleting the water supply on the island itself. Other issues that surround this endevour are more important and dire in that the water used is among the small quantity of water that is truely fit for human consumption.  Statistics from a 2000 WHO report show that  "the coverage of the population in Fiji with access to an improved water supply was 43% for rural areas and 51% for urban areas." This one fact in and of itself is of concern in that in most cases 57% of the Fijian population has no access to treated Clean water.  Many towns are faced with having water brought in by barge in times of drought or are faced with drinking contaminated water stored in resevours above the villages that have been created by dams. While the availability of clean water is absent for most of the citizens of Fiji we here in the states are buying and drinking Designer water bottled in Fiji. Does this make sense to you?  I should hope not.

If you Drink "Fiji Water" stop  if you don't  but know someone who does tell them to stop and tell them why.  Don't support Fiji Water Company until all of fiji has access to clean drinkable and healthy water. In this the year of Democratic opportunity its important to remember that you vote every day in the dollar that you spend.  Every dollar you spend on products that hurt people or the environment is a vote to continue the way business is transacted that is harmful. Send your message by not buying harmful products.

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