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The nightly newscasts (here and here) and President Barack Obama (here, here and here) have already discovered Elkhart Ind as the poster town for a recessionary economy. It is where recreational vehicles used to be built and where even the Dakota Restaurant (here and here) had to shutter its doors. Now Feed the Children, the Oklahoma based charity network, has found Elkhart too. NBC's Kevin Tibbles was on hand when it trucked in 1,600 care packages for local hungry families. "Each box is designed to provide a family of four with the basics for five days--cereal, cooking oil, canned goods, mac-&-cheese."
Thank you David It's funny to me that you see some of my comments as blunt'.Sometimes it takes me a while to form a stnrog opinion as I am much more often on the fence, seeing all sides very clearly. As you can imagine, that aspect of me has its pros and cons.So when I do form a stnrog opinion, often from direct experience, I guess with it comes my passion. And I forget the effect that can have. It's something I should remember as I know it can be taken the wrong way and be offensive. Not that you did, of course. Just your reaction to my comment, gave me pause for thought a while.Anyway, thanks for providing a forum for exploring these sensitive issues.
The enthusiasm for the protest at channel 62 is enormous which is requiring careful & strategic planning. WeÂ've gotten a bus & driver donated to us so weÂ're going to meet at the SW corner of Rainbow Blvd and Southwest Blvd at 4pm on Wednesday, October 20th. The bus will leave promptly at 4:10pm so if you cannot make it there by then, please drive yourselves directly to KSMO. HOWEVER, there will be limited parking available there so drive the largest vehicle you have access to and carpool wherever possible. Powell Avenue is a city street and runs parallel to I-35, directly in front of KSMO. PARK LEGALLY, observing common sense, no parking, and no trespassing signs. The quickest way for KSMO to disperse this crowd is to have the cops start towing people because theyÂ're blocking traffic. DO NOT PARK IN THE CHANNEL 62 PARKING LOT.If you are driving yourselves and will be headed northbound on I-35, the Cambridge Cir exit is closed, due to construction. Alternate directions are to exit at Rainbow and turn right (south). Go to first light, which is Southwest Blvd and turn left (east). Go about a mile, just past 31st and turn left (north) on Genesee. Genesee curves around across the railroad tracks and under I-35 then intersects with Powell Ave. at KSMO. None of the mapping websites I looked at reflected this closure so be sure to keep this email. If you will be headed southbound on I-35, no need to take an alternate route – Cambridge Cir is open in that direction.Other important information:What to bring: No Kerry Campaign placards or signs. While most of us are Kerry supporters, and if asked by the media who will cover this who we support, we should tell them we support Kerry, it will be more effective if we donÂ't have Kerry signs or Kerry gear. This issue transcends this election. We also want to make sure we arenÂ't any kind of a negative issue to the Kerry campaign. Remember, this is a grassroots effort not affiliated with or endor
I did not attend an ivy league school by any means and I wasn’t a star performer. However, I was blessed to be able to do reasonably well with minimal effort. Reward equalled results, for me at least. All the while growing up and through to the end of university. Then I entered the work place and the harsh realities of inequality truly hit me. It was a rude shock, let me tell you. One I still don’t really like to look at, nor even acknowledge.In my ideal world I can have a family and be a successful career woman, equal to any man. Except that’s not really the truth, is it. A woman has to make harsh decisions and often it has to be a either/or choice…a family or a career. I hate it. Let me rephrase. I hated it. Now the organization that doesn’t support me in having a family can go to hell. They are not worthy of my time, effort and devotion. Took me along time to get to that place.Has it worsened over the last 20 years? To be truthful, I don’t know. Maybe I’m not old enough to see it yet.Have I been given any ‘special’ treatment and positions because I am a woman? I don’t think so. Or not that I recognize anyway.I think the whole man/woman equality thing has a long way to come. I used to think I was equal to men. Now I know I can never be equal. I am not inferior or superior either. I am different. What I bring to a workplace is immeasurably different than a man. Both male and female qualities are needed to make successful businesses and countries.…Stepping off soapbox now…Thanks for a thought provoking discussion.
"Juandos, Jacobsen looked at "ozone," but ignored CO which, it seems, is also very active in creating smog"...Well rufus I'm afraid you might be in error regarding which is worse creator of smog...CO tends to be a stable molecule where as ozone is a very active molecule relatively speaking, so Jacobsen was right to look at the ozone component...Regarding California, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and New York city, Jacobsen noted that those places were already using bouquet gasoline blends so adding or subtracting ethanol for them is an entirely different story...Regarding food shortages due to diverted corn supplies, that will happen and that will pass I believe rather quickly as farmers adjust to the market conditions...One must also remember that one reason for the price spike in food is not only the costs of moving it has gone up but a weak dollar isn't helping either..."I mention that a recent study there found 1.2 Billion Acres of abandoned, fertile land, worldwide"...So who are you going to attempt to talk into moving to and farm those fertile but abandoned acres?...:-)
... American Economy for Sale:It's estimated that the ethanol mandate is saving American motorists $35 Billion/Yr at the pump. It's, also, employing 268,000 Americans. Couple good answers to this:What, you don't think American motorists pay taxes, that pay for the subsidies?What, you don't think that drilling more oil, building more refinery capacity, making more nuclear power plants, and turning coal into liquids will also create jobs?I have read that just drilling in ANWR would create over 700,000 jobs across the United States. This whole thing is a great example of how Bush Derrangement Syndrome can actually become a self fullfilling prophecy. Talk down the eonomy so badly that people lose confidence and move their investments from equities to gold and commodities - which creates a bubble, which feeds back and hurts the eonomy and puts normal folks out of work (perhaps, eventually). Go Media, Go!
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