Going veg is a great way to halt global warming

AlterNet has recently published an article entitled, "Vegetarian is the New Prius", written by Kathy Freston. Although none of the information is new, I still recommend reading it.

I've been a vegetarian for around six years, and vegan since June. Mainly I chose this path for moral reasons; I feel that specieism (sp?) is just as wrong as any other form of prejudice. However, I knew that wasn't the only argument one could make for veganism. One of those other reasons is almost as important as the morality argument; our planet.

A paragraph from the AlterNet post sums it up nicely:

...the University of Chicago... noted that feeding animals for meat, dairy, and egg production requires growing some ten times as much crops as we'd need if we just ate pasta primavera, faux chicken nuggets, and other plant foods. On top of that, we have transport the animals to slaughterhouses, slaughter them, refrigerate their carcasses, and distribute their flesh all across the country. Producing a calorie of meat protein means burning more than ten times as much fossil fuels -- and spewing more than ten times as much heat-trapping carbon dioxide -- as does a calorie of plant protein. The researchers found that, when it's all added up, the average American does more to reduce global warming emissions by going vegetarian than by switching to a Prius.

I think a great resource for this wealth of information is Factoryfarming.com. Please take some time to read through it.

AlterNet's "Vegetarian Is The New Prius"

Bill O'Reily hates America and is a loon

Below is a video from YouTube containing a segment where Bill O'Reily interviews Jim Fetzer, part of Scholars for 9/11 Truth.



Unbelievably, there are people who are hailing this video as proof that the theories put forth by the 9/11 Truth Movement can't hold up. What the hell? If anything, the only thing this video proves is that the media won't cover the story because they're too busy brainwashing it's viewers. The reason Mr. Fetzer can't provide any evidence during this taping is because O'Reily didn't give him a chance to. He was much to busy yelling "You hate America" repeatedly.

At one point toward the end of the video, O'Reily says "Number one, you hate your country; and number two, you're a loon." I disagree. It is in fact Bill O'Reily who hates this country; he represents the American media. The American media that refuse to provide unbiased and important news stories to the citizens to whom it concerns. The American media that makes up stories, cover-up legitimate stories that disagree with their particular angle, and uses propaganda that could rival the best Orwellian world.

There's a very real reason so many people despise America. It's because this garbage is what they see; it's because powerful Americans deny reality; it's because powerful Americans don't give a damn about the common people. I'm ashamed of this country and everyone who runs it.

One frame can say it all

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The Strokes' "Juicebox"

I've never been a big Strokes fan, but this song grew on me.

Daily Show vs. FOX News

Bush quotes of the day

"I think that the Vice President is a person reflecting a 'half-glass-full' mentality."

"All timetables embolden the enemy."

Heard here:
Crooks and Liars

Cigarette ban a good thing

Al Jazeera

France has outlawed smoking in public places like schools and hospitals. According to this article from Al Jezeera, "there has been no sign of any widespread revolt".

I don't have a problem with people smoking. In private. Personally, I don't give a damn if people want to do harmful things to their bodies. I just don't want those things to harm me as well. Secondhand smoke kills 53,800 people every year. So a law that reduced that number is just.

France isn't the first country to put this law into practice, and I'm sure it won't be the last. I doubt that America will follow anytime soon, but we can always hope.