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Saturday, March 31, 2012

On Pink Slime and Jobs

Why pink slime shouldn't be a political issue.

Politicians just don’t get it. If a product is no good, why keep pushing it? One word –jobs – and in this case the term is just another sacred cow. We’re talking about pink slime, of course, whose existence hit the airwaves just a few weeks ago. We all found out that our hamburgers, which have never been health food but are full of that all-American taste, were not what we thought they were.  We at least expected that they came from main parts of cows, but not true.  Up to 70 percent of all ground beef includes “pink slime,” or fatty meat by-products that are liquefied then treated with ammonia to ensure consumer “safety.” Yuk.  No wonder the public outcry and concern.  Even if it’s really safe, who wants to eat that?  But of course, our …

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6:56 am on Saturday, March 31, 2012

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Friday, September 2, 2011

Remembering Irene

Its easy to forget how reliant we are on our modern technologies.

It’s another brilliant day of sunshine in the aftermath of Irene, and I’m happily sitting at my computer, with blow-dried hair, and a cold yogurt and iced tea by my side. Last week, they were comforts that I never thought twice about, but today, what a difference.  I spent only two and a half days without power, and yet I feel like I revisited the 19th century again, living the life of  Laura Ingalls Wilder, on Little House on the Prairie.   Well, maybe just a little.  I wasn’t exactly wringing out clothes, or making home-made biscuits to cook in a wood-fired oven. But, I did spend a few hours buying ice bags, trying to keep meat and milk from spoiling.  And for two evenings, I actually read a few pages of a book by candlelight.  My eyes …

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