I'm on this side not by choice. People generally care about the environment but you have to make going green cost effective and convenient or it will always lack support.
When I lived in California, the city had trash service that picked up trash, glass, aluminum, and paper in separate bins. If my current city made it convenient to go green I'd do it but I'm not going to pile dirty aluminum cans in my car and drive it five miles out of the way. If I had a truck I'd consider it but still driving the additional ten miles may cancel out the environmental benefits.
Bottom line: Make it affordable and convenient and I'm on board.
I recycle to help ease landfills and to help have a cleaner environment and to get things reused. Why throw away aluminum cans, or plastic jugs or newspapers or magazines and junk mail? Turn it all in and let it be made into something else to be reused. It can be a pain but should be something we all find necessary. I keep several boxes in my trunk to keep items separated. I keep plastic totes at home and even have boxes for waste at my salon. It doesn't take a lot of time to throw something in the right box INSTEAD of the trash can. The most time consuming thing is taking it to the recycle center but most of us pass by them everyday any way.
I can't help with every cause but that doesn't mean I can't be man enough to say "No thanks" when approached. Believe me, I'm human and it does make me feel kind of bad but I'm not made of money. Everything from food collections to girl scout cookies and boy scout popcorn. Of course, having been in scouting from ages 8 to 20, I don't like saying know to the boys but I don't really need a $15 box of popcorn. Actually, at Lowe's last weekend, the same scout asked us twice on our way in and didn't even realize he'd already asked us. Oh, and now it's getting to the season of the red buckets of the prejudiced Salvation Army. At least I can always go to Target because they don't allow groups to do this on their property.
mama kaz, Bush did enough wrong during his 8 years of secrecy. We don't need to start with the "What if this had been done under the Bush administration?" We're still dealing with a war that's 8 years old now, a terrible economy, most countries hating America, a huge deficit, etc. But this isn't the place for those arguments.
I agree that no religion should be taught in school. Not just Christianity but Buddhism, Judaism, and so forth. A "separation of church and state" doesn't just mean Christianity.
School is a place to learn. Whether school is teaching how bad smoking is or how bad drunk and driving is or about volunteerism or about our political system or whatever the cause....it is brought about to inform students about their world. In my day, we listened, talked to our family and made our own opinions. Watching a video or listening to a lecture didn't mean it was being shoved down our throats or forced upon us. Isn't that the whole point of going to school? None of us will ever agree on everything that schools should teach.
After buying several boxes of girl scout cookies and donating a couple dollars to Shiners I have to admit I dodged the boys couts selling popcorn outside of Wal-Mart by sneaking in the side door. Enough is enough, times are rough.
It's wrong because it's being force fed to our kids in school. This isn't about left or right. This is about right and wrong. It is wrong for schools to serve as a platform for any agenda. This video has terrible role models in it so I wouldn't approve even if they hadn't pledged allegiance to Obama. Why did they think it was necessary to put that in at all? It reminds me of some of the communist propaganda I've seen over the years. Can you imagine what would have happened if this had been done under the Bush administration? I know there is separation of church and state but schools are allowed to teach about every religion except Christianity.
I forgot to make my main point. Forcing everyone to pay for insurance is just their way of pushing through government health care. They are counting on the fact that many people who choose not to buy health care now will gladly jump on the free government health care bandwagon instead of paying for insurance or paying the stiff fines. This is the most underhanded thing I've seen the govt do yet. This is just a step they are taking toward govt healthcare. Our rights are being trampled by those we elect to uphold the constitution. What will be next?
After working in the medical field for 20 years I have a clear understanding of what government healthcare means. Physicians can only afford to take medicare and other govt health plans now because the private insurance patients and cash pay patients bring in enough money to make their job worthwhile. Look at the reimbursement rates for government care and that will tell you the quality of doctors we will have. Even if they leave the private option in the insurance companies will be quickly driven out of business for 3 reasons. 1. They will NOT be able to compete with "free" govt healthcare. 2. A lot of people who pay for healthcare now will choose not to buy insurance in lieu of vacations and other luxuries knowing they can get it for free. 3. Many companies who provide healthcare to their employees will run to the govt option because it will save them a lot of money. There will be no choice and we will all be forced to endure inferior health care from inferior providers. The good doctors will not work for pennies on the dollar. I don't think a lot of people realize how long and hard the days are for physicians. Most of them really care about their patients but will draw the line at making the same amount of money as a garbage collector or janitor. I've seen the reimbursement rate for doctors on government health care and it is pennies on the dollar. Would you perform an appendectomy for less than 50 dollars? I wouldn't. We also have to ask how we are going to pay for this "FREE" health care. When they finish taxing us for this we could have all paid for the best private insurance out there. It's going to cost US a fortune.
I think most supplements are safe when used as directed. The food we purchase at the grocery store today is so over processed and full of additives that unless you cook from scratch, can your own foods, and use only fresh fruits and vegetables, you are going to come up short on nutrition. I don't use supplements but I would probably feel better if I did. I should also be taking advantage of my gym membership but I'm not doing that either. Shame on me!
A good diet and exercise are important but I don't see any problem with a person using supplements, as long as it's in moderation and they're legal. Moderation is the key to most things in life whether it be tanning, supplements, wine, chocolate, etc.
When I lived in California, the city had trash service that picked up trash, glass, aluminum, and paper in separate bins. If my current city made it convenient to go green I'd do it but I'm not going to pile dirty aluminum cans in my car and drive it five miles out of the way. If I had a truck I'd consider it but still driving the additional ten miles may cancel out the environmental benefits.
Bottom line: Make it affordable and convenient and I'm on board.
I agree that no religion should be taught in school. Not just Christianity but Buddhism, Judaism, and so forth. A "separation of church and state" doesn't just mean Christianity.
School is a place to learn. Whether school is teaching how bad smoking is or how bad drunk and driving is or about volunteerism or about our political system or whatever the cause....it is brought about to inform students about their world. In my day, we listened, talked to our family and made our own opinions. Watching a video or listening to a lecture didn't mean it was being shoved down our throats or forced upon us. Isn't that the whole point of going to school? None of us will ever agree on everything that schools should teach.