To anonymous, wouldn’t it be nice if there was simply less of a demand for all sugar and if food producers decided to cut at least half the sugar from the already saturated food market? HFCS is like crack funnelled into the body and there is no reason why nearly every single processed food needs to have it in there. Take, bread for instance, why does bread need to contain HFCS? Why do canned fruits, which are already high in natural sugars, need to be saturated in HFCS? It makes no sense. I think you have a good point, I just wish we used less sugar period. Nice article, btw. The Everglades are a national treasure and they need to be preserved.

Personally, I agree with many of the posts on here, that it most certainly is sexist; regardless of what the world actually thinks of Sarah Palin. Newsweek wouldn’t dare post a picture of Nancy Pelosi or Hilary Clinton like that. In my eyes it diminishes my respect for Newsweek. It feels like they are telling America what to think of Sarah Palin and that’s about as slanted as slanted journalism gets and then you might as well slash journalism from the title altogether; so, say what you like about Sarah Palin, but this time she is right about Gotcha journalism .

This is a good article and a great suggestion. Two of the best Dr’s I ever had a) sat down to talk with me and didn’t look at their watches, b) listened to me and responded with care, empathy and consideration, c) touched and examined my body with care and dignity. One experience helped me, I believe to overcome what could have been a huge mobility issue; he refused to believe that I wouldn’t get better and his positive and empathetic attitude helped me to press on through surgery, twelve weeks on crutches, and to run again. It was because he cared about helping me and healing me that I got better. I recommend this Orthopaedic surgeon to everyone I know who is ever in need. He should probably train interns on how to treat patients. In the past I have come across other Dr’s who didn’t want to spend more than five minutes helping me, and one who looked at me was if I had just climbed out of a garbage dumpster with the Ewe gross! expression on their face and this was when I was sick and suffering from a terrible cold. She didn’t even prescribe anything for me and just left the room. Those experiences were humiliating, degrading and did nothing for me; I didn’t get better from seeing them, but they sure got to charge me through the nose. Something needs to be done about this attitude that doctors get to treat people however they wish, and that God complex isn’t helpful.  To backtrack to the empathy issue; I do believe that 95% of doctors who go into the medical profession do so because they care about helping people get better. Maybe something happens in school, maybe they are trained to become impersonal and create that barrier between the patient; but that barrier hurts more than it helps. Cultivating empathy can only help both parties.

Love this video, love the message; overall, I do feel a trend towards more compassion, and hopefully the good will transcend the bad and we can all bring good towards each other. I for one have been working on not being so judgemental. I try to think: what can I do better so that I am reaching out and being a better person, and how can this affect others. So, I’m trying to broaden my horizons. Sometimes I haven’t been as compassionate as I could have been and I think its important for me to try to recognize that and change to be a better person. I would like to say that it would help me if when I talk about believing in God, that athiests or people who don’t believe didn’t get so upset with me for my beliefs, after all, I allow them their beliefs. I don’t know if this is a human characteristic, it probably is, but I get judged for things that aren’t even true about me before I even open my mouth; and if I had a wish, it would be that we didn’t judge each other so harshly or unfairly. It feels like a losing battle, I’m trying not to pre-judge someone and then they pre-judge me, or vice versa. Just my 2 cents. Overall, I like the message and feel that it transcends cultures.

This is an informative article that gives me hope for sustainable energy sources for the future. I worry when I think about our dependence on oil, coal, and fossil fuels. I would rather that a solution was 10 years away than no solution on the horizon. If it weren’t for visionaries and people who believed in an idea enough to work on it and work towards that solution, whether it is ten years away, or not even within a lifetime, we really wouldn’t have progressed as a species. I will say that in my state with the lakes in the summertime, there is a terrible algae problem that is a health hazard, it would be great if someone could take that algae and do something with it, harvest the algae and purify the water. I hope something happens with this and if not, that other forms of sustainable energy are found; cars are not going to disappear, nor is our need for energy. Good Article!

This is a fabulous article regarding restorative justice. Hopefully, other communities will take notice. I remember many years ago (20), when I was studying Pre-Law, my professor told me about the gun problem in Great Brittain; there wasn’t one. He told the story with glee in his eyes to my surprised classroom that no one had any guns there. I thought, wow! a world without guns, now that’s something. I think things have certainly changed there, but for a short time, they didn’t have the kind of gun problem that we have here in the US. Maybe they still don’t; anyway, I applaud them for that. I applaud Ireland for taking this approach as well. There are many ways to punish a person, yet, putting a person in jail and never giving them a chance to apologize to the victim or to have a dialogue regarding the crime and why it happened, really creates a disconnect between the punishment and the crime. I think it would help the victim to get to talk to the perpetrator about what happened and also to talk to them about the pain they experienced. This is such a humanistic approach, so much more so than putting someone in jail. Great article, and it is nice to know that programs like this one are catching on in other places as well.

To anonymous, wouldn’t it be nice if there was simply less of a demand for all sugar and if food producers decided to cut at least half the sugar from the already saturated food market? HFCS is like crack funnelled into the body and there is no reason why nearly every single processed food needs to have it in there. Take, bread for instance, why does bread need to contain HFCS? Why do canned fruits, which are already high in natural sugars, need to be saturated in HFCS? It makes no sense. I think you have a good point, I just wish we used less sugar period. Nice article, btw. The Everglades are a national treasure and they need to be preserved.

Personally, I agree with many of the posts on here, that it most certainly is sexist; regardless of what the world actually thinks of Sarah Palin. Newsweek wouldn’t dare post a picture of Nancy Pelosi or Hilary Clinton like that. In my eyes it diminishes my respect for Newsweek. It feels like they are telling America what to think of Sarah Palin and that’s about as slanted as slanted journalism gets and then you might as well slash journalism from the title altogether; so, say what you like about Sarah Palin, but this time she is right about Gotcha journalism .

This is a good article and a great suggestion. Two of the best Dr’s I ever had a) sat down to talk with me and didn’t look at their watches, b) listened to me and responded with care, empathy and consideration, c) touched and examined my body with care and dignity. One experience helped me, I believe to overcome what could have been a huge mobility issue; he refused to believe that I wouldn’t get better and his positive and empathetic attitude helped me to press on through surgery, twelve weeks on crutches, and to run again. It was because he cared about helping me and healing me that I got better. I recommend this Orthopaedic surgeon to everyone I know who is ever in need. He should probably train interns on how to treat patients. In the past I have come across other Dr’s who didn’t want to spend more than five minutes helping me, and one who looked at me was if I had just climbed out of a garbage dumpster with the Ewe gross! expression on their face and this was when I was sick and suffering from a terrible cold. She didn’t even prescribe anything for me and just left the room. Those experiences were humiliating, degrading and did nothing for me; I didn’t get better from seeing them, but they sure got to charge me through the nose. Something needs to be done about this attitude that doctors get to treat people however they wish, and that God complex isn’t helpful.  To backtrack to the empathy issue; I do believe that 95% of doctors who go into the medical profession do so because they care about helping people get better. Maybe something happens in school, maybe they are trained to become impersonal and create that barrier between the patient; but that barrier hurts more than it helps. Cultivating empathy can only help both parties.

Love this video, love the message; overall, I do feel a trend towards more compassion, and hopefully the good will transcend the bad and we can all bring good towards each other. I for one have been working on not being so judgemental. I try to think: what can I do better so that I am reaching out and being a better person, and how can this affect others. So, I’m trying to broaden my horizons. Sometimes I haven’t been as compassionate as I could have been and I think its important for me to try to recognize that and change to be a better person. I would like to say that it would help me if when I talk about believing in God, that athiests or people who don’t believe didn’t get so upset with me for my beliefs, after all, I allow them their beliefs. I don’t know if this is a human characteristic, it probably is, but I get judged for things that aren’t even true about me before I even open my mouth; and if I had a wish, it would be that we didn’t judge each other so harshly or unfairly. It feels like a losing battle, I’m trying not to pre-judge someone and then they pre-judge me, or vice versa. Just my 2 cents. Overall, I like the message and feel that it transcends cultures.

This is an informative article that gives me hope for sustainable energy sources for the future. I worry when I think about our dependence on oil, coal, and fossil fuels. I would rather that a solution was 10 years away than no solution on the horizon. If it weren’t for visionaries and people who believed in an idea enough to work on it and work towards that solution, whether it is ten years away, or not even within a lifetime, we really wouldn’t have progressed as a species. I will say that in my state with the lakes in the summertime, there is a terrible algae problem that is a health hazard, it would be great if someone could take that algae and do something with it, harvest the algae and purify the water. I hope something happens with this and if not, that other forms of sustainable energy are found; cars are not going to disappear, nor is our need for energy. Good Article!

This is a fabulous article regarding restorative justice. Hopefully, other communities will take notice. I remember many years ago (20), when I was studying Pre-Law, my professor told me about the gun problem in Great Brittain; there wasn’t one. He told the story with glee in his eyes to my surprised classroom that no one had any guns there. I thought, wow! a world without guns, now that’s something. I think things have certainly changed there, but for a short time, they didn’t have the kind of gun problem that we have here in the US. Maybe they still don’t; anyway, I applaud them for that. I applaud Ireland for taking this approach as well. There are many ways to punish a person, yet, putting a person in jail and never giving them a chance to apologize to the victim or to have a dialogue regarding the crime and why it happened, really creates a disconnect between the punishment and the crime. I think it would help the victim to get to talk to the perpetrator about what happened and also to talk to them about the pain they experienced. This is such a humanistic approach, so much more so than putting someone in jail. Great article, and it is nice to know that programs like this one are catching on in other places as well.

Ps ~ That was a nice recipe and generous of you to share it. Happy Thanksgiving

I personally didn’t feel there was anything misleading or wrong with the article posted; even though, I too have mixed feelings about this holiday. There were many sentiments expressed here that I agree with; and from different sides of the issue. Loving the human race is so paramount now and for the future survival of everyone; I agree with the idea that we have to love one another and be thankful for what we have. That said, I don’t think its right to ignore the ethnic cleansing that took place when as a whole the United States tried to destroy the Native Americans. Regardless of where the Native Americans came from, they were 1)here first, b) had their own lifestyle and culture (that we did our best to destroy, and c) Thanksgiving will always smack of that bitter apple bite. I wouldn’t blame any Native Americans for despising and cursing this holiday. Though I always cherished a chance to come together with family and be thankful and share love, it does remain contentious. Maybe things will always be this way; I just hope that we can all find some common ground. I admit that terrible bad things happened, and that cultures have been annhialated (sp?), but I will always keep an empty place setting for anyone who would like a free warm meal.  Give Thanks & Promote Peace ~ Don’t forget the past, learn from it instead; be better human beings. Another important note is that the poor are always being destroyed and regardless of their race can rarely get a let up; Classism is alive and well in this country and I don’t see it going away anytime soon. We have many sins, not just racism. That’s my soapbox folks, please don’t hold my feet to the fire.

I love my credit cards. My companies are always nice to me, and it makes me feel like I have some help in case something happens. I know that I pay an interest rate on my debt; but if something happens, like an emergency, I know those cards are there. I hope they never go away and I hope they continue to be accessible to low income people like myself who have no other alternative.  They have helped me to survive on more than one occassion.

This is such a fabulous program. If I had the money I would take advantage of it ASAP. I hope it doesn’t go away for at least another two or three years, or at least as long as it takes to get people back into homes. The posting makes an argument that the Tax Credit is about luring homebuyers away from the cities and into suburbs and takes a bit of a pot shot at gas guzzling; however, I don’t believe that is the aim of the credit, nor is the the main use of the credit. Sure, there are people who will use this for homes in the suburbs, but is the author saying that we should just let all those living spaces dry up and turn into ghost towns if no one can afford to live there? I don’t believe this supports mansions, or buying out of one’s means. Nor does it do more harm than good, rather the opposite. I will happily pay extra taxes for this as opposed to some ridiculous bank bail out with rewards that will never be passed on and that I will never see.