The California ban on restaurants using trans fats is a big topic of discussion where I live ~ There are a handful of cities that have also placed similar bans but California will be the first state to do so ... Not only is it a health concern but also affects the economy as well - Here is one of the articles about the ban ~ Be well, be blessed ~

The deficit is an important indicator of a weak or strong economy as everyone knows ~

There are two kinds of deficits ~

One is the government budget deficit (money spent on social security, Medicare, VA benefits and so forth). The second kind of deficit is the trade deficit

This was sent to me by a friend today. More things that make you go HMMMMMM!!!!

(This is worth reading. It is short and to the point.)
Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years.

Our Senators and Congresswomen do not pay into Social Security and, of course, they do not collect from it.

In Nigeria, corporate commandos exchange fire with local rebels attacking an oil platform. In Afghanistan, private bodyguards help to foil yet another assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai. In Colombia, a contracted pilot comes under fire from guerrillas while spraying coca fields with pesticides.

Hello DEO. WOW you guys have been on fire!!!! I was away in Ottawa with my children for four days and DEO exploded. You never know what you are going to miss!!

Fair Trade Coffee - An Ethical Choice for Co-op
Monday, June 11, 2007 - In the "Gabriola Sounder"

Making a difference... Mid Island Co-op takes the initiative to be the first on Vancouver Island area to switch all coffee sold in its gas bars to fairly traded. This includes Ladysmith, Nanaimo, Gabriola Island and the newly renovated Parksville gas bar.

African trade fears carbon footprint backlash

By Victoria Averill
Nairobi, Kenya

"What is global warming?", asks Samuel Mauthike, a small scale vegetable farmer in Kirinyaga, Kenya's central province, as he crouches down compressing the moist soil around his green bean plants.

"Is it something caused by us in Africa?"

2-9-7 -- Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce legislation to restore financial stability to America's economy by abolishing the Federal Reserve. I also ask unanimous consent to insert the attached article by Lew Rockwell, president of the Ludwig Von Mises Institute, which explains the benefits of abolishing the Fed and restoring the gold standard, into the record.