Ever wake up in the middle of the night and turn on the radio? This is the show that prevented us from falling back to sleep:
MIDDLE EAST AND CHINA
Saturday August 18, 2012
Joining John B. Wells in the first half, CEO of Red Mind Solutions and retired Naval Intelligence Officer, Frank Wuco, discussed the situation in the Middle East.
Learning just how much of the United States of America China strategically owns - bought with all that money made by selling products to American merchants that we buy from - ought to inspire you to do without or make more of an effort to buy MADE IN THE USA products.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
HOPE YOU SAVED SOME JELLY JARS!
This time of the year, summer, is traditional for growing your own garden, maybe doing some picking or canning, to preserve for the coming winter months.
This may be the time to learn or teach how to garden, when to pick a veggie, how to can or preserve it, how to use spices, and so on. If you can't have a garden, take the kids to the market and show them how to "feel" a cantaloupe!
(We hear some of you are trying your luck at growing grapes and making wine!)
After all, what would you do if you couldn't buy canned goods at the store? Do you know that canned foods can last years and yet the last time we bought canned veggies we were suprised to see "best if used before 2013" on them, making us wonder if these had been in a warehouse for 9 years already!
What would you do if food from other countries was no longer imported into the United States?
If all the seeds that were sold were "terminator" seeds that can't reproduce?
With crops failing in the United States due to drought, we know that the prices of corn and soy will be going up, and with them the cost of all the products including frozen foods that use corn or soy including corn starch, corn syrup, and the like.
We know that home cooking offers the best possibilities for preserving your health as well.
Having a stay at home mom who cooked the daily meals is a rarity these days, so we as a nation have gone for the salty, sugary, fast foods and the frozen foods, and these out weight on especially if they're fried. But making an event out of cooking and eating a home made meal once a week and having family time can be a lot of fun - and don't forget to invite the friends over too!
Monday, August 6, 2012
CHICK-FIL-A ? STARBUCKS? WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE LATEST HOOPLA ABOUT CHICK-FIL-A
Chick-Fil-A dares to be closed on Sundays. Dares to express the Bible-based beliefs of it's ownership and management.
Gay activists in particular are angry. So while they stage a day of protest - or a lifelong boycott of this chicken restaurant - they also stage a day of Starbucks appreciation.
Should we be stunned that some Americans are using their buying power to sponsor the business that they believe supports their world view? Not at all.
Seems to us that some people still buy chicken where they like the flavor and don't know a thing about who runs that business or how they run in. For many people it's not really that important. So we know people who will only eat McDonald's and not Carl's Jr. for similiar reasons.
Are we for forcing Chick-fil-a to be open on Sundays. No!
Gay activists in particular are angry. So while they stage a day of protest - or a lifelong boycott of this chicken restaurant - they also stage a day of Starbucks appreciation.
Should we be stunned that some Americans are using their buying power to sponsor the business that they believe supports their world view? Not at all.
Seems to us that some people still buy chicken where they like the flavor and don't know a thing about who runs that business or how they run in. For many people it's not really that important. So we know people who will only eat McDonald's and not Carl's Jr. for similiar reasons.
Are we for forcing Chick-fil-a to be open on Sundays. No!
Friday, August 3, 2012
WALMART : THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE : A ROBERT GREENWALD FILM : DVD RECOMMENDATION
WALMART : THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE : A ROBERT GREENWALD FILM : DVD RECOMMENDATION
You have to see this film, even if - especially if - you work for Walmart or shop there. This film is about how the lower cost of made in China and other sweat shop tolerant countries puts small businesses out of business, makes employees dependent on government housing, food stamps, and medical care, and breaks unions. It includes interviews with ex employees including upper management.
WHY SHOULD YOU WORK FULL TIME and still need Section 8 apartments, Medicare, or Food Stamps? OK, now some of this is about your decisions such as having more children than you could afford, even if that is one child, and some of it is about not being qualified for a higher paying job somewhere else, but the WALTON FAMILY IS WORTH BILLIONS while their company promotions and the reality of working there just don't match. (See the conditions that Chinese live and work in to save you a dollar.)
We know how this works. Currently we have wasted about $100 on made in China products that we bought in dollar or discount stores, often because we were running out of time and threw something in the shopping cart. In our landfills now sit 2 umbrellas, a bathmat (that lasted 6 months before ripping underfoot), plastic bowls, etc. See we aren't perfect. We're striving, like you to find and buy American-made products of fine quality - lasting value.
We at PATRIOTIC PURCHASE have advised you not to buy products made in China or other sweatshop tolerant countries. We've advised you to not put fellow American's out of work. Do we hate the Chinese people? No we do not. We know that they have a culture that is not our own and believe they need to work out their own problems. Currently the way to work out their problems is to manufacture for below American market prices, then buy as much realestate in the United States.
Off the subject, Walmart, a little. We are proud to say that through there is a Walmart not far from where we live, we rarely go there. We will go to Target, K-mart, or another" five and dime" before we will go to Walmart.
You have to see this film, even if - especially if - you work for Walmart or shop there. This film is about how the lower cost of made in China and other sweat shop tolerant countries puts small businesses out of business, makes employees dependent on government housing, food stamps, and medical care, and breaks unions. It includes interviews with ex employees including upper management.
WHY SHOULD YOU WORK FULL TIME and still need Section 8 apartments, Medicare, or Food Stamps? OK, now some of this is about your decisions such as having more children than you could afford, even if that is one child, and some of it is about not being qualified for a higher paying job somewhere else, but the WALTON FAMILY IS WORTH BILLIONS while their company promotions and the reality of working there just don't match. (See the conditions that Chinese live and work in to save you a dollar.)
We know how this works. Currently we have wasted about $100 on made in China products that we bought in dollar or discount stores, often because we were running out of time and threw something in the shopping cart. In our landfills now sit 2 umbrellas, a bathmat (that lasted 6 months before ripping underfoot), plastic bowls, etc. See we aren't perfect. We're striving, like you to find and buy American-made products of fine quality - lasting value.
We at PATRIOTIC PURCHASE have advised you not to buy products made in China or other sweatshop tolerant countries. We've advised you to not put fellow American's out of work. Do we hate the Chinese people? No we do not. We know that they have a culture that is not our own and believe they need to work out their own problems. Currently the way to work out their problems is to manufacture for below American market prices, then buy as much realestate in the United States.
Off the subject, Walmart, a little. We are proud to say that through there is a Walmart not far from where we live, we rarely go there. We will go to Target, K-mart, or another" five and dime" before we will go to Walmart.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
CANIDAE DOG FOOD : MADE IN THE USA
The shelter where we got our dog was a county facility but the dogs were fed one of the finer dog foods, CANIDAE, which is made in the USA. This company did experience a recall in recent history, which is always upsetting, but it's not the whole story. Linking to their site!
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
ADOPTING PETS FROM THE SHELTER
If you've been wondering where we've been, well, we adopted a rescue animal - a dog, on July 3rd!
We adopted from a local county shelter where there are usually a hundred or more adoptable "used" pets on any day of the year, many who do not make it into a new home, but are put to sleep, or put to death, because no one wanted them.
We brought our dog home, and are happy to report she made it through the Fourth of July parties and fireworks without bolting. Then began new parenting, watching her poops, learning her ways, and training her to our lifestyle.
Summer is a great time to introduce a pet into your home if you have children and they're home from school. YOU MUST, JUST AS YOU TRAIN A DOG, TRAIN YOUR CHILDREN the proper care of a pet.
There's a good way to learn this responsibility without actually adopting the animal outright, and that's by FOSTERING!
First, you can become part of a Rescue organizations program to nurture an animal ONLY UNTIL IT IS ADOPTED.
Secondly, some shelters also have a fostering program. You get to take the animal home and take care of it for 30 days and then return it to the shelter for a second go at adoption. If you decide this is the pet for you, you can complete the adoption and keep it.
Shelter dogs are often other people's pets who ran away, or worse, were put on the street rather than being turned into a shelter. Some people are too broke to take care of the animal, too broke to even pay a $20 intake fee at the shelter. They may fear, and sometimes for good reason, that the animal will be put to sleep right away. However, an animal who was a pet usually does not learn to forage out of garbage cans, kill birds, and avoid getting hit by traffic very quickly, and may be picked up by the "dog catcher" after it has become sick. A SICK ANIMAL WHO IS NOT LICENCED OR MICRO CHIPPED is very likely to be put to sleep shortly after it is picked up.
As evidence of an increasingly dire economy, the people at the shelter told me that even licenced and chipped animals are RARELY PICKED UP BY THEIR OWNERS. Now adays you can even get a pure bred dog for very little money from either a shelter or a rescue organization. People may simply not be able to afford the fees.
The initial cost of a dog is the start of a financial responsibility as well because animals need food and sometimes veterinary care. Shelter animals are often not released until they are spayed or neutered, have their shots, have been de-wormed, and are considered healthy. Sometimes you do get someone else's problem pet but sometimes reading a few books on dog training or care can make all the difference.
If you are getting a dog or cat for your children, make sure that you train them to take care of the animal and FROM THE START insist they do their part, as they promised you if you got an animal. TAKE THEM TO THE SHELTER to see the pets that have been given up or picked up. If you as a parent are concerned that you will be "Stuck" doing "All The Work," maybe it's not such a good idea to own a pet, other than, maybe a goldfish!
We adopted from a local county shelter where there are usually a hundred or more adoptable "used" pets on any day of the year, many who do not make it into a new home, but are put to sleep, or put to death, because no one wanted them.
We brought our dog home, and are happy to report she made it through the Fourth of July parties and fireworks without bolting. Then began new parenting, watching her poops, learning her ways, and training her to our lifestyle.
Summer is a great time to introduce a pet into your home if you have children and they're home from school. YOU MUST, JUST AS YOU TRAIN A DOG, TRAIN YOUR CHILDREN the proper care of a pet.
There's a good way to learn this responsibility without actually adopting the animal outright, and that's by FOSTERING!
First, you can become part of a Rescue organizations program to nurture an animal ONLY UNTIL IT IS ADOPTED.
Secondly, some shelters also have a fostering program. You get to take the animal home and take care of it for 30 days and then return it to the shelter for a second go at adoption. If you decide this is the pet for you, you can complete the adoption and keep it.
Shelter dogs are often other people's pets who ran away, or worse, were put on the street rather than being turned into a shelter. Some people are too broke to take care of the animal, too broke to even pay a $20 intake fee at the shelter. They may fear, and sometimes for good reason, that the animal will be put to sleep right away. However, an animal who was a pet usually does not learn to forage out of garbage cans, kill birds, and avoid getting hit by traffic very quickly, and may be picked up by the "dog catcher" after it has become sick. A SICK ANIMAL WHO IS NOT LICENCED OR MICRO CHIPPED is very likely to be put to sleep shortly after it is picked up.
As evidence of an increasingly dire economy, the people at the shelter told me that even licenced and chipped animals are RARELY PICKED UP BY THEIR OWNERS. Now adays you can even get a pure bred dog for very little money from either a shelter or a rescue organization. People may simply not be able to afford the fees.
The initial cost of a dog is the start of a financial responsibility as well because animals need food and sometimes veterinary care. Shelter animals are often not released until they are spayed or neutered, have their shots, have been de-wormed, and are considered healthy. Sometimes you do get someone else's problem pet but sometimes reading a few books on dog training or care can make all the difference.
If you are getting a dog or cat for your children, make sure that you train them to take care of the animal and FROM THE START insist they do their part, as they promised you if you got an animal. TAKE THEM TO THE SHELTER to see the pets that have been given up or picked up. If you as a parent are concerned that you will be "Stuck" doing "All The Work," maybe it's not such a good idea to own a pet, other than, maybe a goldfish!
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
WE'RE GETTING READY FOR OUR FOURTH OF JULY PICNIC !
We're almost ready for our Fourth of July Picnic. All we have to do is buy the food. On the menu, corn of course, along with the usual - burgers, chicken, hotdogs... pickles, relish, mustard, ketchup, mayo, and some home made potato salad with onions and bell peppers, cut small.
We also plan to run a couple movies on DVD borrowed from our public library and play some patriotic music, before we watch the fireworks, which luckily we can see without having to travel to a fairgrounds or football stadium to watch...
We challenge you to have a Fourth of July Picnic, where the tablecloth, the plastic utencils, paper plates, and decorations are all MADE IN THE USA!
We also plan to run a couple movies on DVD borrowed from our public library and play some patriotic music, before we watch the fireworks, which luckily we can see without having to travel to a fairgrounds or football stadium to watch...
We challenge you to have a Fourth of July Picnic, where the tablecloth, the plastic utencils, paper plates, and decorations are all MADE IN THE USA!
Thursday, June 14, 2012
IT'S FLAG DAY! JUNE 14 2012
"The stars and stripes of the American flag are important icons of the United States. The flag led every battle the country has fought, and is so important many Americans pledge their allegiance to it to commemorate their loyalty to their country. The U.S. flag stands proudly on the surface of the moon, in commemoration of the U.S. moon landing in 1969. Because of these and many more reasons, the United States celebrates Flag Day on June 14th every year. In this video, WatchMojo.com learns more about the history and origins of Flag Day in the United States. Be sure to check the site for more videos on American history!"
Videos from Watch Mojo about the development of the American Flag and the way the day became Flag Day.
Trivia Question: What do the colors White, Red, and Blue, stand for.
Videos from Watch Mojo about the development of the American Flag and the way the day became Flag Day.
Trivia Question: What do the colors White, Red, and Blue, stand for.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
VETERANS CONNECTION : YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Click on the title and go to the Veteran's Connection site, which includes a YouTube Channel where you can virtually meet some of the younger veterans who are suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. If you're a veteran there are some resource links here for you.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
MEMORIAL DAY TRAVEL : BEAT UP AMERICAN FLAGS STILL FLYING OVER MADE IN THE USA CAR DEALERSHIPS
The Memorial Day weekend was glorious.
We decided to spend most of our time at home, but we were also hoping to visit a veteran we know who had recently been admitted to the closest VA hospital. Sadly, we were informed that he didn't want any visitors. Our friend is a senior citizen now and we had to respect his wishes that he only wanted his closest family near him. We knew he was depressed about his own condition as well as the condition of the United States and the younger veterans he was meeting there. We wished there were something we could say or do that could lift him out of the depression he's feeling.
So we decided to do something really old fashioned, something people used to do when gas prices were so low that fun meant cruising the boulevards, showing off your car, and meeting up with friends. We decided to drive around with nowhere in particular to go. We drove right up the boulevard where there are numerous car dealerships in our town, and what we saw were a lot of shiny, bright, new cars, each with two small new American flags attached to the front doors, and a big flag blowing in the wonderful breeze, faded and torn to shreds, not because it had made it through a historic battle, but because WHEN IT COMES TO USING THE AMERICAN FLAG TO MARKET CARS the flags are new, but when it comes to hoisting a flag that is the symbol of our country, of which we are proud, a flag we salute, there's apparently nothing wrong with shabby.
WE HAD TO WONDER IF THE DEALERSHIP EVEN TAKES IT DOWN EACH NIGHT the way public libraries do, for if anyone did that, surely they would notice it's faded and shredded. At our local public library an employee who is slow is assigned to raise and take down the flag each day, and he does so with reverence and proper folding technique so how difficult can it be?
Later we talked some young veterans who had noticed that same flag. One was of Mexican American background and the other of Armenian American background. They both said how sad that was and put down greed and materialism.
We would rather companies who do not respect our flag NOT FLY IT!
And we sincerely hope the next flag they raise will not be that of China!
We decided to spend most of our time at home, but we were also hoping to visit a veteran we know who had recently been admitted to the closest VA hospital. Sadly, we were informed that he didn't want any visitors. Our friend is a senior citizen now and we had to respect his wishes that he only wanted his closest family near him. We knew he was depressed about his own condition as well as the condition of the United States and the younger veterans he was meeting there. We wished there were something we could say or do that could lift him out of the depression he's feeling.
So we decided to do something really old fashioned, something people used to do when gas prices were so low that fun meant cruising the boulevards, showing off your car, and meeting up with friends. We decided to drive around with nowhere in particular to go. We drove right up the boulevard where there are numerous car dealerships in our town, and what we saw were a lot of shiny, bright, new cars, each with two small new American flags attached to the front doors, and a big flag blowing in the wonderful breeze, faded and torn to shreds, not because it had made it through a historic battle, but because WHEN IT COMES TO USING THE AMERICAN FLAG TO MARKET CARS the flags are new, but when it comes to hoisting a flag that is the symbol of our country, of which we are proud, a flag we salute, there's apparently nothing wrong with shabby.
WE HAD TO WONDER IF THE DEALERSHIP EVEN TAKES IT DOWN EACH NIGHT the way public libraries do, for if anyone did that, surely they would notice it's faded and shredded. At our local public library an employee who is slow is assigned to raise and take down the flag each day, and he does so with reverence and proper folding technique so how difficult can it be?
Later we talked some young veterans who had noticed that same flag. One was of Mexican American background and the other of Armenian American background. They both said how sad that was and put down greed and materialism.
We would rather companies who do not respect our flag NOT FLY IT!
And we sincerely hope the next flag they raise will not be that of China!
Thursday, May 10, 2012
NOWS THE TIME TO PLAN A PATRIOTIC PARTY! 4TH OF JULY? THE ELECTIONS?
It's not too soon to host a PATRIOTIC PARTY. Fouth of July is the obvious choice, but you might also want to think about election parties, President's Day, or, well YOU DON'T NEED AN EXCUSE TO THROW A PATRIOTIC PARTY, especially not for the kids.
HERE IS THE CHALLENGE!
Everything you serve, everything you use to serve, everything you use to decorate, everything from the TP and the GUEST TOWELS IN THE BATHROOM to the GRILL, OVEN, or MICROWAVE must be MADE IN THE USA - even if it's VINTAGE!
More, all guests should be advised that they need to wear clothes and shoes and hats MADE IN THE USA - even it it's VINTAGE!
We went shopping to a variety of dollar themed stores in our area from chains to independents and we know you can find CHEAP PARTY DECORATIONS that aren't made here...
Tempting to buy them, but then what do you do after? Usually throw away all that paper and plastic to fill our landfills where, covered with earth, it will take them years - even hundreds of years - to deteriorate. You're throwing away your time, energy, effort, and making more expense ultimately for yourself by doing so.
Look through what you already have, or go thrift shopping! We found mugs from the last Presidential Election at a thrift store for both Democrats and Republicans!
HERE IS THE CHALLENGE!
Everything you serve, everything you use to serve, everything you use to decorate, everything from the TP and the GUEST TOWELS IN THE BATHROOM to the GRILL, OVEN, or MICROWAVE must be MADE IN THE USA - even if it's VINTAGE!
More, all guests should be advised that they need to wear clothes and shoes and hats MADE IN THE USA - even it it's VINTAGE!
We went shopping to a variety of dollar themed stores in our area from chains to independents and we know you can find CHEAP PARTY DECORATIONS that aren't made here...
Tempting to buy them, but then what do you do after? Usually throw away all that paper and plastic to fill our landfills where, covered with earth, it will take them years - even hundreds of years - to deteriorate. You're throwing away your time, energy, effort, and making more expense ultimately for yourself by doing so.
Look through what you already have, or go thrift shopping! We found mugs from the last Presidential Election at a thrift store for both Democrats and Republicans!
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