BlueBloggin

Americans have become soft and impractical. Americans are consumer robots that are mesmerized by ‘image over substance’. That is exactly where America’s marketing geniuses have brought us. Some Americans are waking up to a world known by their grand parents and great grand parents. Frugal is no longer a ‘quaint concept’. Gas prices and their effect on food and necessities is the slap in the face we need to come out of the hypnosis we have been enjoying.

Posted by bosskitty May 25th, 2008 | Tags: big rigs, fuel crisis, Oil, transportation, trucking industry, trucks | Category: Accountability, Corporate corruption, Global Economy, Health, Mismanagement, Oil, Politics, Sino-Russian, Waste, changing planet, commercialism, consequences, consumerism, contradictions, denial, disinformation, economics, economy, fiscal responsibility, food, fuel crisis, fuel-efficiency, gas, marketing, profiteers, renewable energy, scams, trucking industry | Comments (2)

UN raises Burma cyclone estimate
The UN has sharply increased its estimate of those severely affected by Burma’s cyclone to 2.5m people.
The figure was revised up from the 1.5m previously thought to be in need, following the storm 12 days ago.
Since Cyclone Nargis struck, hardly any foreign aid workers have been allowed into [...]

Posted by bosskitty May 14th, 2008 | Tags: Accountability, Burma, China, consequences, cyclone, Disaster, earthquake, humanitarian, Myanmar, Red Cross, relief, survivors, Three Gorges Dam, UN, victims | Category: Accountability, Burma, Casualties, China, Disaster, Emergency Management, Environment, Human Rights, Myanmar, Red Cross, World Health, bio hazards, catastrophe, consequences, critical resources, cyclone, food, global community, humanitarian, hunger, infrastructure, pollution, state of emergency | Leave a comment

Bush digs into reserves after World Bank food warning
President Bush and Robert Zoellick, head of the World Bank, are urging rich nations to help to raise $500 million for food aid (Larry Downing/Reuters)
President Bush has responded to a World Bank warning on the dangers of soaring food prices by ording the release of $200 [...]

Posted by bosskitty April 15th, 2008 | Tags: Global Food Crisis | Category: Global Economy, Human Rights, food | Comments (7)

It used to be oil for food. Now, its oil substitute OR food. Super Powers are focusing on a dying concept. Cheap energy the old fashioned way is no longer viable.

Posted by bosskitty April 13th, 2008 | Category: Corporate Corruption, Environment, Foreign Policy, Global Economy, Global Power, Global Warming, Health, Human Rights, Mismanagement, Oil, Oversight, Planet, Politics, Power Shift, Public Health, Statistics, War Cost, Waste, World Health, World Order, contradictions, critical resources, economics, energy, fiscal responsibility, food, global community, hunger, jobless, negligence, oil-for-food, poverty, recession, refugees, renewable energy, unemployment | Leave a comment

Global Food Crisis At A Store Near You, Lifestyles To Change Soon

Posted by bosskitty April 11th, 2008 | Category: Banquet, Business, Casualties, Disaster, Foreign Policy, Health, Human Rights, Poor, Power Shift, Public Health, Rice, World Health, consequences, consumerism, economy, endanger, food, global community, markets, oil-for-food | Leave a comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FDA Warns of Salmonella Risk with Cantaloupes from Agropecuaria Montelibano. The agency detains products from the Honduran manufacturer.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an import alert regarding entry of cantaloupe from Agropecuaria Montelibano, a Honduran grower and packer, because, based on current information, fruit from this company appears to be associated [...]

Posted by nytexan March 22nd, 2008 | Category: FDA, Food Safety, food, recall | Comments (3)