Turn out. Take action. Be part of this historic event. March 28, 2009, 8:30 pm local time World Wildlife Fund is asking individuals, businesses, governments and organizations around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – Earth Hour – to make a global statement of concern about climate change and to demonstrate commitment to finding solutions.   For more go to this link: http://www.earthhourus.org/main.php   Check out Twitterland!&n...

You know, I'm really sick of this thing!  Firstly, why are we still doing it?  Yea, yea, saving energy, blah, blah...but I'm all for saving energy!   Though I can't stand it when the mornings are so dark for the kids going out to school and having to get your body-clock reset and adjust itself!  The first Monday at work after a time change is usually one of those days that drags on, or speeds up, depending on how your day is going!  ...

R. Allen Stanford is a financier on the run.  He ripped off his clients money!  Another one!  How many are out there I wonder?  It is amazing how he and Bernard Madoff got away with their scams for so long!  While Madoff is still living his life, seemingly free from worry and jail, Stanford is now on the run from the law! Many people invested their life savings with these two men, all for nothing!  I can't imagine how they feel.  Is it a good thing that ...

OK, let us start from scratch.  I keep saying one thing, you keep saying another.  I try to reference and analogise that the new government, the new era that is on us, is a reason for hope for our nation.  I see it that way, a lot of people see it that way, whether they supported Obama or not in the election. And yes, I know most of you at JU don't see it that way. I agreed that Obama is not a S aviour, or God, or whatever else you guys (can I call you detractors?)  Ok...

I listen to the news because I like to know what is going on.  I heard today that two really big organizations in my hometown will be cutting positions, including management, full-time and administrative!  A Police Department in another town is cutting back.  They said they can't guarantee any one's job anymore.   No one is safe! There are still a few Job Open House happening too.  So there are some hiring going on.  However some of the people there...

Earth Day was the baby of Senator Gaylord Nelson.  See the attached link to read about what has evolved into today's Earth Day!

The crux of it is now, there are so many people who are concerned for the world that they live in!  Major changes might not happen today or tomorrow, but it is a wonderful thought to know that one day our children are going to care as much about our world as we do!  They will learn how to make choices that will have less of an impact on the environment around them, as we are all now learning to do.

I know what you're thinking!  Here we go again, another cockamamie crap about saving the Earth!  You're getting sick and tired of these do-gooders-environmentalist-global warming creepos-wannabees telling you what to do again! I know, irritating isn't it?!  But think about it this way....somehow, someway what they are saying must be a ring of truth to it?  So many people from all over the world are talking about something to do with the changes our Earth is and has been...

I've been thinking about this recently.  Especially with what has occurred with situation in Tibet.  Once again its the bigger country wanting to take over the little one, especially when there's a sense of entitlement to it.  But then hasn't China been wanting Tibet for years now?   First Tibet, then Taiwan and the other independent nations close to it?  Where do they stop? 

 

The little knowledge I have of Tibet is of it being a peaceful place and very spiritual, ran by monks under the Dalai Lama's leadership.  At least they were peaceful until China try to forcibly take over so many years ago that put the Dalai Lama in hiding for many years.

In light of the scandalous news about Governor Elliot Spitzer, the press and other online magazine sites are having a field day! I read an article on slate.com entitled, "Why is Prostitution Illegal"?   Emily Bazelon examines the reasons why prostitution is illegal and/or why it should be legal. She said that the reasons why it is illegal is because of it is exploitation of the women in the industry and it would only help the pimps who are the ones who exploit...

Slaughter house sold beef from cows that were not healthy and unfit for human consumption.   Recently there were recalls for 143 Million pounds of beef!   This is beef dating back from February 1, 2006!   A lot of people buy extra beef and freeze it, just like the do any other meat.   So, some folks might still have these beef in their homes.   It is said that a lot of school lunch rooms had these beef and that’s why I’ve told my kids not to eat a...

I'm not politically inclined, in that I don't listen to or watch everything that happens on politics. I hear about some things, but I don't make it my business to be up front and center for every controversy or not, when it comes to what is going on with the candidates. I don't have fancy words or provocative thoughts or debatable rhetoric. I do keep myself aware of what is going on and what I hear, some good, some not so good, leaves me with lots of thoughts to mull over. The one th...

I'm not sure if you guys have heard about the latest scam methods out there. This one has been all over the news recently and now the United States Postal Service has gotten involved because those checks was sent through the mail from Canada and England. How the scam works is that you get a mail that says that you won a lottery in Canada, or England. The trick is for you to collect, you have to pay the lottery you receive the winnings from a fee to process. They instruct the receive to ...

I was just listening to the news and there seems to be some new deal between North Korea and the US? As part of the deal, North Korea will willingly invite and allow the US to come in and help it to denuclearize it's Nuclear arms and they plan on dismantling their arms by the end of the year. Is that possible at all, we're in October! For doing this, The US will give North Korea several million tonnes of oil! Do we really have this to give away and how can Bush plan to give them somet...

I was surprise to hear last week about toys that are being recalled because their lead content was enough to be of danger to our children! Why is that so? According to the news report I just listened to, the government do check (i.e., inspect) products coming in but they can only do so much! To me both the government, to reinforce their rules, and the company that will sell the toys, should be working in tandem to make sure what comes in to our country is safe. Fisher-Price and it's par...

I've been looking at pictures and reading articles about teachers who are protesting their salary and the right to have their jobs in Iran and India and what their government does to them. They are beaten, they are locked up in detention centers and they are forced to sign documents stating that they will not participate in any protests. Link This is a picture on MSNBC showing a teacher about to be beaten by two police officers. Link Yes, we are lucky that we live in ...