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  • Reply to: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Switch the Subject   14 years 3 months ago
    Stop Avoiding The Real Subjects
    This is ridiculous. In the famous words of Truman "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
  • Reply to: Safeway Tries to Pull a Fake "Farmers Market"   14 years 3 months ago
    Farmers market or Not

    I guess this is similar to many instances where people are selling in 'the style of'.

    It is so tempting to sell like that without a thought for who it is actually harming. I'm sure Safeway meant no harm to actual farmers but should have considered the matter a little more closely.

  • Reply to: Derivatives Reform Suffers Midnight Mangling   14 years 3 months ago
    Capitulation to Banks and Other Powers That Be
    It's time all of us align our interests in something other than tv, sports and fast food. This is why we're so easily manipulated and taken advantage of. Our interests seldom extend beyond the safety and relative sanctity of our living rooms. Let's all seek out organizations where volunteering our time and convictions WILL make a difference. I've been reading about WDM in the U.K. which has been around since 1970 and effectively putting in check bad legislation and power mongering entities there. We have Democracy Now and other organizations with the same dedication, clarity of purpose and willingness to take on any and all violators of democratic principles here and elsewhere. It's time for a little less awareness of celebrity lives, and more commitment to taking charge of our own to become the kind of citizens our country can count on. It's time now.
  • Reply to: Can Eating Junk Food Cure Breast Cancer?   14 years 3 months ago
    I understand that an ounce
    I understand that an ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure, but the thing is that no one knows for sure just how far out we are from finding a cure. In the mean time though, I think it's more important to focus on the tasks at hand - for instance, methods of treatment for those who already have it. Having survived breast cancer myself, I found it a little frustrating that there was this relatively huge amount of support for breast cancer research, and little for those who are currently suffering. It's not that I don't appreciate all these donation commercials and pink ribbon stickers for your car and what not, but those do nothing for the ones like me, who have already undergone treatment, and are now focusing on breast reconstruction and getting their lives back.
  • Reply to: "Toning Shoes" or Phony Shoes?   14 years 3 months ago
    Not Plausible

    If you buy this story, I got a bridge in Brooklyn you may be interested in buying.

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