Riot 4 Austerity

Yes, it can.

I can’t help it, I have ADD. No, really.

It’s true. I resisted as long as I could, but unlike Kevin McCarthy, I closed my eyes and turned into one of THEM.

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Obamas Prepare to Plant White House Vegetable Garden
On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president doesn’t like them) but arugula will make the cut.
While the organic […]

Let’s cut to the chase. Forget about the stimulus; suppose we just took that $780 billion and gave an equal share to every American? Let’s see… $780 billion divided by 300 million… is $260,000. I wonder if THAT would jump start the economy.
Do you think these folks could find a good use for it? […]

The President and First Lady, head-bumping on Inauguration Night

…come see my cousin’s new blog, My World of Soaps! We’ve been working feverishly on it since we got the idea a couple of weeks ago, and today is launch day. Here’s a little sample of what you can expect:
Sami and Rafe find out this week that Hilda has been murdered by the mayor’s killer. […]

So let’s see… $780 billion divided by 300 million is…$260,000.
I wonder if giving every American a quarter of a million in cold cash would solve the economic crisis. It would sure solve mine.

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That’s all it takes to make a big difference in someone’s life. Kiva is one of the coolest ideas ever. The idea is to pool $25, $50, whatever, from millions of folks like us on the web, and grant micro loans to small entrepreneurs in developing countries.
Watch the video and see if you aren’t […]

I’ve had a horrible diet most of my life [think Diet Coke and Doritos], until the past few years since I switched to organic, whole foods. No wonder my health went down the toilet — um, pardon the metaphor. But I really had no idea how delicious healthy eating could be. Still working on eating […]