Household cleaning and the environment

It should be a no brainer by now, but it isn't. Using commercially produced cleaners in your home is harmful. Most of those cleaners are harmful poisons, that are not necessary. All you really need to clean your home is vinegar. It does just as good a job, and cost a fraction of what commercial cleaners do. So why are people not catching on? Are we really that easily manipulated by these companies? Well, lets see... we buy what they want, we vote for the candidates they want, and we protect them with laws that they want. I guess the answer is "Hell Yes!"


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Politicians and public schools

So, it looks like our politicians don't believe in the schools system that they are responsible for providing us. (see this link) Some conspiracy theories believe that our school system is purposely getting worse, and that the elite want to dumb Americans down. Then they can have a dumb, unquestioning workforce, and they can stay at the top. But even if this isn't intentional, why is it so? Is education just not that important, or do politicians not concern themselves with it, because they can afford alternatives? And regardless of all of this what is the solution?

As Nelson Mandela said, "Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation."

Of course, if the majority of our good education is only going to those who can afford it, then that makes a statement like this null and void. Doesn't it?

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America, oil, and government interference

So, if you watch this video on US oil , you may ask yourself, as I do, "why is government even involved in this?" Shouldn't market forces be what determines what natural resources we use and how? If natural gas is the cheaper better way to go, then market forces would make that happen naturally. But our huge government has to have it's hand in everything, so things get delayed indefinitely. That's "our" politicians and tax dollars at work folks. Makes you wonder if they really want us to be less dependent on foreign oil, especially after investing so many American lives in getting more.

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The truth about schools and lottery money

So, we all know, at least here in San Antonio, that schools are laying off teachers. And I thought, wait a minute, what about all of that money the schools are suppose to be getting from the state lotteries? I asked my dad, the genius and he set me straight. So I looked into, and found out very little ends up going to the schools. And what does go to them only replaces what they would have gotten anyway from taxes, so that the taxes go somewhere else. In other words, education is still a low priority and society is obviously paying the price. At least a few of these individuals who get short changed by the school system have a chance at the lottery some day, right? Here's some details form CBS news, if you're interested. Is The Lottery Shortchanging Schools?

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New Blogger

Dear Friends, I constantly have ideas in my head and wonder how important other people think they are. For example, with the Presidential race going on, I noticed right away that my favorite candidate, Ron Paul was doing much better than I expected, but that nobody in the media was talking about it. Of course, once I noticed this, I started to find that others noticed it too, including some pretty well known media sources, so I felt much better. (see this example The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ) Now, if only the mainstream media would do it's job and do some unbiased reporting. But that would be asking too much, I guess.

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