Kraft foods is trying to buy the English candy company Cadbury for $18.9 billion. Cadbury has always stood out as a unique, high quality product. If the shareholders end up going for the Kraft bid, they will be just another brand added to the mega company Kraft. Below is a list of all the Kraft [...]

My father fought in World War II, volunteered for the Army and volunteered to be a forward artillery observer. He lasted about 50 days in combat, twice as long as most FOAs. One side of his face was blown off and he lost an eye. I didn’t know he won a bronze [...]

At this point, I am neither in favor of health care reform nor against it.  No doubt change needs to be made; however, until Congress brings forward a final bill, I do not have enough information to know if the plan is a good one or bad one.  The American public may not be able [...]

I like to listen to NPR in the mornings. The programming in my area plays Marketplace. Recently, I have started hearing ads for Monsanto on Marketplace. The ad says:
 
“Marketplace Morning Report is supported by Monsanto. Committed to sustainable agriculture, breeding hybrid and bio-tech seeds designed to increase crop yields and conserve natural resources. ProduceMoreConserveMore.com.”
 
Hear it [...]

“Delays or major restrictions in accessing our needed resources for environmentally responsibly development are not in the nation’s or state’s best interest.”
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- Sarah Palin
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But Ms. Palin, why is it not in our nation’s best interest to try not to destroy the planet? I personally kinda enjoy breathing clean air and knowing that wildlife still exists [...]

Check out this awesome video
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This video is an excellent example of how when you invest in quality design, people will actually get the point. If this were a nomal public service annoucement, not many people would care to watch it. Instead, the video is entertaining and fun and cool and (most of all) informative.  High [...]

Everybody has probably heard about this already, but Congress is going to vote on a bill that will put a 90% federal tax on the bonusus that AIG paid out with taxpayer money. While this bill was drafted because of the actions of AIG, it actually targets anybody who makes a lot of money and [...]

Bernard Madoff.  Ponzi schemes. Most of us have heard about them by now. I don’t really want to write about them. What I want to do, is use his example of how our law systems caters to the rich and doesn’t give a damn about the poor.
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If I robbed somebody else — and lets even [...]

Congratulations President Obama.

Check out this awesome video I ran across at vimeo.com/scene360. I love how this video is extremely Russian Constructivist in design and merges those ideas in a new-age multimedia format.  The lyrics behind the song also have good ideas; basically saying that today’s society run’s too much off money. So take a look and enjoy.
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