stickin' it to the man

It's fairly obvious that the Bush administration doesn't put the environment on their Top 10 Issues of Importance for America. Yesterday a federal court overturned the revised rules for management of our nation's national forests. Lawyer Tim Presto was quoted in the New York Times today saying, "Basically, the importance of this decision is that the Bush administration had been trying to take all mandatory environmental protections out of forest planning process and this decision puts them back in.” The previous rules cut back on requirements to help protect wildlife and forest ecosystems. The plans will be redone by the Agriculture Department upon consulting the public and other wildlife protection agencies.
It figures that the original rules cut back on any environmental reviews, yet gave overwhelming use of power to forest managers. Under the 2005 rules, forest managers were allowed to decide where it would be okay to development forest land. What do forest managers know about ecosystems, or how their development could destroy them. And even more so, what do they care? They don't, and clearly the Bush administration doesn't either. Development means money and money talks, allowing the Bush administration to sleep at night. And let's face it, anything that will allow Mr. Bush to continue getting his ten hours of sleep a night works for him.

Would you like...paper??

How many times has a bagger at your local grocery store asked you, "Paper or plastic?" I worked in super market retail for years and know what a pain in the ass people can be about their bag preference.(paper and plastic is the worst!)
San Fransico has now put a city wide ban into effect meaning, you guessed it, NO MORE PLASTIC BAGS!! To all of you baggers out in San Fran...I pray for your fingers after bagging with nothing but paper. However, this means great things for us earth friendly people. Store like BJ's and Costco don't offer bagging, and they still do great business. People would be bound to bitch if plastic bags were done away with for good, but I'm sure we could be conditioned to be okay with it.

our ever changing fast food nation

Could Buger King be single handedly starting a fast food revolution? On Tuesday, the fast food giant known for its "manly" burgers announced that they would gradually begin buying eggs and pork from farmers that don't confine their animals to cages and crates. Animal rights activists and environmentalists alike are optimistic that this will result in major reform throughout the food industry, and could potentially put an end to factory farms.
This is a huge move for Burger King as the number two hamburger chain. This could put some serious pressure on other restaurants and fast food chains to follow suit, which could force farmers to use a more humane treatment of their livestock. This could mean big changes potentially, and a maybe start toward a (dare I say), socially conscious America.