Gas Prices – Why They’re So High

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

It's a question just about every American wants to know. Why are gas prices so high? While the cost of barrels are hovering at about $100 a barrel it's no wonder that we would be concerned about the non-stop rise of gas prices. Just in the US alone, personal vehicles ...

Lead Toy Recalls Continue While Congress Piddles, Parents Urged to Fill Gap With Advocacy, Vigilance

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

With all the attention on lead in toys after the seven Mattel/Fisher-Price recalls in 2007, you might have assumed the issue was resolved. Think again. From January through June 2008, the there have been more than 50 recalls of over a million products due to high lead content. The vast ...

Rising Oil Prices – What Do They Keep Rising?

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

What effects oil prices is increasingly a point of debate amongst economists, politicians and investors. The fact is that oil prices have more than doubled in the last 12 months and there are many different arguments as to why the price has risen so dramatically. Diminishing supplies One argument states that it ...

We Need a Miracle

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Food costs will keep increasing and the hungry will have to peddle to the farmlands to find affordable food. There the farmers will let them gather unsold crops for a few bucks. Those without bikes will have to beg in the streets for food, but there will not be enough ...

Want to Get Gas Back Down to $1.30 Per Gallon?

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

I just checked out the "most popular" Facebook group in the Tampa Bay, FL network: "Want to get gas back down to $1.30 per gallon?" The group is trying to get people to stop buying gas from two big oil companies in an effort to "force" a "price war" among the ...

Electricity Failures in the First World

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

It happens and more often than I would have expected. That something as basic as electricity becomes unavailable is sometimes hard to imagine. There are many reasons. Sometimes it's due to maintenance work on the central in the neighborhood. Some other times it is due to extreme warmth where the ...

The Health Care Crisis

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Everywhere we turn today we are bombarded with news about the current health care crisis in the United States. We are inundated with the negative aspects of our medical system on TV, the radio and newspapers. In Michael Moore's docudrama "Sicko" our health care system is portrayed as a beast ...

Diamonds and Oil

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Diamonds may be a woman's best friend but it is not a man's. The average engagement ring costs over one thousand dollars. Many women will break up a relationship if their lover could not afford the ring. This practice has been going on for over two hundred years since diamond ...

Are Women To Rule The Human Race By Controlling Sex And Money?

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Women are appointed to be the temptress of the human race. Women hold the key to most crimes in the world. Are women to blame? Or are men just weaklings? Women hold the purse strings and control your sex life. You say not? What do you think might happen if men ...

Why Is Health Care So Expensive

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

There is a variety of opinions on how our health care system ended up in the mess it is today, and just as many ideas on how to fix it. Bottom line I wouldn't count on a miracle solution that fixes everything. I look at the problem different than a lot ...