Obama’s presidential campaign produced more promises than (to quote an old saying) ‘Carter’s got little liver pills.’
Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) printed a checklist of Obama’s many promises that my husband cut out and posted in his office.
Below is that IBD list broken down into the following categories: Taxes, Energy, Environment, Labor, National Security, Social Security, Education (only one???), [...]
Posts Tagged ‘environment’
America has AED (Acquired Energy Deficiency)
Posted in Current Events, Education, Family, Food, Moms, Parenting, Political, environment, tagged America, ANWR, Bush, economy, environment, families, food prices, gas prices, Nancy Pelosi, oil, quality of life, working class on April 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
America has AED (Acquired Energy Deficiency). I say ‘acquired’ because we have let this happen without thought of the extent of the damage. The fact that we are so heavily dependant on foreign oil when we have many resources here at home is a joke. We have let people like Nancy Pelosi [...]
The Enigma of Organic
Posted in Current Events, Family, Food, Green/Organic, Health, Parenting, environment, tagged Africa, carbon offset, environment, food costs, Friends of the Earth, geneticaly modified, Ghana, green, organic, pesticides, Sierra Leone, world hunger on April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Amidst all the controversy of organic vs. genetically modified (GM) and natural vs. unnatural, my mind is beginning to feel like a pretzel. The pros and cons of each are compelling. Who wouldn’t want to eat organically grown, non GM food? Unfortunately ‘organic’ comes with a hefty price tag.
The pros [...]
It Isn’t Easy Being Green
Posted in Current Events, Family, Food, Health, Moms, Political, environment, tagged America, ANWR, carbon footprint, carbon offset, environment, ethanol, green, oil, price of food, price of gas, wildlife on April 14, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Food prices have gone up so much I’m in ‘sticker shock’ from my last grocery receipt.
Gas prices are rising as predicted and I have no doubt they could actually hit the unimaginable but predicted price of $5 a gallon by this summer. These price surges affect all of us, some more than others [...]
Plastic ‘Sets Stains’ into Fabrics
Posted in Family, Moms, Tips & Ideas, environment, tagged dry cleaner, environment, fabric stains, go green, plastic bags, stains, storing linens on April 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Everyone knows the longer a stain ‘sets’ the harder it is to get out. But, did you know that if you wrap anything fabric in plastic it will permanently set any stain that is there? Worse yet, it will also set stains you don’t even see! A friend of mine was the [...]
Global Warming-A ‘Convenient Truth’?
Posted in Current Events, Political, environment, tagged Al Gore, carbon dioxide, carbon footprints, carbon offsets, CO2, energy, environment, Federal Trad Commission, global warming, hoax, Little Ice Age, renewable energy, technology, The World Bank, U.N. International Panel of Climate Change on March 7, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Global warming is such a dichotomy.
On one side we have people like John Coleman, the first weatherman for ABC’s “Good Morning America” and the founder of the Weather Channel who wants to sue those who perpetuate “the fraud that is global warming”, calling it a “manufactured crisis”. He is outraged that ‘his’ Weather Channel is [...]
Employer Burnout
Posted in Family, Health, Life Skills, Work, environment, tagged commuting, Employer Burnout, employers, environment, George Jetson, jobs, making money, peace of mind, work from home on March 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I am the product of Employer Burnout. It’s a new term I’ve coined to describe the mind bending, hair tearing frustration of being taken advantage of by employers and allowing myself to be so abused.
For most of my working life I have been an excellent employee, giving every job my all and then some. [...]
Ethanol – A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing?
Posted in Current Events, Political, environment, tagged ANWR, biofuel, environment, ethanol, global hunger, oil, Prudhoe Bay, windmills on February 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
With the price of oil over $100 a barrel, biofuel alternatives such as ethanol are being touted as the heroes of environmental and foreign oil issues.
Now that farmers are giving over growing their staple crops in favor of planting corn to produce ethanol, soy prices have skyrocketed and the price of food in the US [...]
Environmentally Sound?
Posted in Current Events, environment, tagged California, California law, environment, homeowner, law, neighbors, redwood, solar panels, sunlight, trees, violation on February 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A man filed charges against his next door neighbors in Sunnyvale, California because two of the eight redwood trees on their property prevented sunlight from reaching his solar panels. Though the neighbors’ trees were planted long before the solar panels were installed in 2001, they were found to be in violation of an obscure state [...]
