1. Gas prices - over $4! No relief in sight! Americans feeling the pinch...
Ok, so who the hell doesn't know that gas is expensive right now? Who doesn't know that this expensive gas is hitting everyone's budget?
Here is something much more interesting on the topic which I found through http://www.digg.com/. This article actually tells me something I don't know! Problem is, you would never see something like this on msnbc.com or cnn.com.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8878
"Perhaps 60% of today’s oil price is pure speculation
The price of crude oil today is not made according to any traditional
relation of supply to demand. It’s controlled by an elaborate financial market
system as well as by the four major Anglo-American oil companies. As much as 60%
of today’s crude oil price is pure speculation driven by large trader banks and
hedge funds. It has nothing to do with the convenient myths of Peak Oil. It has
to do with control of oil and its price. How?"
Gee, maybe the mainstream media should be saying more than "Ouch, gas prices really hurt. Sucks for Americans." Instead, the mainstream media could be discussing if we should regulate speculation on oil futures, or if (on the flip side) prices need to get to the height of European prices ($8-$10 a gallon) before companies start truly investing in alternative fuel and power. Maybe these high gas prices are a good thing! Maybe they aren't a good thing and all those banks and hedge funds trading oil futures should get regulated (thus discontinuing one avenue for a few people to get rich off of all the middle and lower class people). But no... mainstream media thinks, somehow, that it's interesting to remind us that "Gas prices really hurt!"
Ok. I get it. There has been a salmonella outbreak. New headlines about this every day aren't really telling me anything. Unfortunately, these articles are just making everyone freak out, making everyone throw all their tomatoes out.
Perhaps the mainstream media could do an article which actually informed us as to how to properly clean our own tomatoes. There is this thing called Fruit and Vegetable Wash (made by various companies) that kills bad bacteria on the surface of fruits and veggies. You soak your produce for a minute or two and voila - no fecal bacteria. If you are paranoid (or traveling in India) you can do this to all of your produce, regardless of if you know of a particular outbreak or not. It might seem like such a product would be toxic (since they kill bacteria and some residue remains when you eat the raw veggie), but in fact these products can be pretty natural (natural enzymes that eat the bad bacteria, don't kill everything) and are safe to consume on the produce. In fact my teacher recommends that when you have an intestinal bug, you drink a small amount of very diluted Fruit and Veggie wash (note - he only recommends Sunrider brand as it is very clean and natural) to kill the bad bacteria in your body. I have used this remedy before and it works like a charm!
Anyway, is it just me or would an article titled "Keeping yourself safe without throwing out all your produce" be interesting?
Mainstream media sucks.
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