8 Years In 8 Minutes
Posted by Michelle Moquin on January 17th, 2009
Good morning….
I slept in late…for once in a very long time. Doug joined me and and I have to say it was delightful to not be in a rush to get up. I needed this. Therefore, I have very little time to be with all of you this morning….as alas…it is another work day. Hmm….
So I decided to post an 8-minute version of Bush’s 8 years. Thank you Keith Olbermann. It is a bit of shock and awe, but at this point…nothing should shock us. if you haven’t seen it, it is so worth your time, as well as passing it around for all to see. Yes, peeps that is who we voted in. We brought this upon ourselves.
Here’s a few stats from the video:
- We are now 10 trilllion in debt!
- Median income down $2000.
- Unemployment up from 4.2% to 7.2
- The dow down 10,587 to 8,277
- 6 million more now in poverty.
- 7 million more now without heathcare.
Not to mention Bush’s criminal acts. Enough.
So what can we do about it now? Prosecute. This man must be prosecuted. If we don’t move toward prosecution, we will have set a precedent that could take our country to a worse state than it is now. If Bush isn’t prosecuted it tells the world that some people are above the law. What grounds will a law hold if it is not applied to everyone? Oh…If I were Bush I’d be shaking in my cowboy boots.
*********
ZL: Dates? Oh…you’re getting too far ahead for me. I need to consult. I’ll check in with you tomorrow.
Hi Riis: How wonderful! I wish I was attending the ceremonies. Please write back in and tell us all about it.
Hello Mahima: Thank you for being persistant and writing in. I am aware that this movie was very Bollywood and far from the real lives and the plight of women in India. I saw this movie and appreciated it strictly for the art form and the love story. Sometimes one just has to slip into a dream. Movies tend to do that. And as much as I am drawn to real life movies (do any really truly exist besides documentaries?), I am also drawn to those that give me hope. This was one of those.
So that being said, I am grateful that you have written in to tell the truth of what really happens…and what real life is, compared to what others want us to see and believe. I am not naive to what you have spoken of, nor did I not question the glossing over of some scenes. I have heard of the burnings and it stuns me knowing that it ever happened in the first place, let alone that it still continues to this day now.
The more that I learn of the plight of women around the world, the more fuel I have for my fighting fire….the more I want to do. Thank you.
Hi Doug: This exact subject has been in my blog notes for weeks. Thanks for bringing it up. Hopefully I will get around to chatting about it myself in the next day or so. Oh…so many subjects to write about and so little time. Until then…
Readers: Here is the website for you to sign the petition to help reverse Bush’s final attack on reproductive-health services. Women need your support now. Thanks.
Gratefully your blog host,
michelle
Aka BABE: Your Bad Ass Bitch Editor
For archives dated before January 17, 2008 click on my Blogroll:
or click here: “A Day in the life of…”
All content on this site are property of Michelle Moquin © copyright 2008
" Politics, god, Life, News, Music, Family, Personal, Travel, Random, Photography, Religion, Aliens, Art, Entertainment, Food, Books, Thoughts, Media, Culture, Love, Sex, Poetry, Prose, Friends, Technology, Humor, Health, Writing, Events, Movies, Sports, Video, Christianity, Atheist, Blogging, History, Work, Education, Business, Fashion, Barack Obama, People, Internet, Relationships, Faith, Photos, Videos, Hillary Clinton, School, Reviews, God, TV, Philosophy, Fun, Science, Environment, Design, The Page, Rants, Pictures, Church, Blog, Nature, Marketing, Television, Democrats, Parenting, Miscellaneous, Current Events, Film, Spirituality, Obama, Musings, Home, Human Rights, Society, Comedy, Me, Random Thoughts, Research, Government, Election 2008, Baseball, Opinion, Recipes, Children, Iraq, Funny, Women, Economics, America, Misc, Commentary, John McCain, Reflections, All, Celebrities, Inspiration, Lifestyle, Theology, Linux, Kids, Games, World, India, Literature, China, Ramblings, Fitness, Money, Review, War, Articles, Economy, Journal, Quotes, NBA, Crime, Anime, Islam, 2008, Stories, Prayer, Diary, Jesus, Buddha, Muslim, Israel, Europe, Links, Marriage, Fiction, American Idol, Software, Leadership, Pop culture, Rants, Video Games, Republicans, Updates, Political, Football, Healing, Blogs, Shopping, USA, Class, Matrix, Course, Work, Web 2.0, My Life, Psychology, Gay, Happiness, Advertising, Field Hockey, Hip-hop, sex, fucking, ass, Soccer, sox"
January 17th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
I think I will get my law degree and prosecute him!!
January 18th, 2009 at 7:09 am
EDIBLE “PLASTIC WRAP”
Microbes in our food supply are a chronic problem, as we’ve seen with E. coli and Salmonella outbreaks in recent years. Though our country’s food supply remains safer than most, outbreaks still occur and they can be deadly. This makes new food safety developments especially welcome. I recently heard about an intriguing one that might soon provide an unusual and completely natural means of protecting certain foods, like meats. These are edible food films — if that term means nothing to you (which is likely the case), picture those melt-in-your-mouth “paper” strips of breath fresheners that have snatched away the halitosis market from mouthwash, mints and chewing gum. Food films are sort of like those — and in other ways, very different.
Edible food films are not an entirely new phenomenon. For example, Origami Foods in Pleasanton, California, working with the USDA Agriculture Research Service, already makes carrot-, spinach-, lemon- and apple-flavored films made from fruits, vegetables and spices, as an alternative sushi wrapping for people who don’t like seaweed (nori). As sometimes happens, two seemingly disconnected ideas became a new avenue for research… scientists wondered if such food-based films might be used to protect against the microbes that invade food and make people sick. At Rutgers University’s New Brunswick campus, where scientists had been working with polymers composed of bioactive molecules for medical and dental applications, they began to explore how natural bioactive molecules might be put to work in other ways.
Kathryn Uhrich, PhD, who heads the Rutgers lab, explained how her team began to experiment with utilizing food-based molecules derived from known antimicrobial plant and food extracts for food and food packaging. These bacteria-fighting polymers could not only guard against food-borne illness, but might also present an alternative to the antibiotics currently used to protect against the development of disease in meat-producing animals raised under crowded conditions. The hope is that all this might be helpful in the battle against the growing menace of drug-resistant bacteria.
GETTING TO WORK
The lab crew at Rutgers selected molecules from known anti-bacterial spices, including thyme, cinnamon and clove extracts, to develop the films. Polymers made with naturally occurring food molecules would then be presumably safe for scientists to manipulate into useful forms of film or powder. Plus they theorized that it might also be possible to use the protective polymers to add flavor, say that of cloves, in a polymer wrap on ham. Moisture, from humidity or water, degrades the antimicrobial food-based polymers so diners who don’t want the added flavor can simply rinse away the wrap. Although a food-enhancing polymer is not yet proven, Dr. Uhrich says she sees no reason it wouldn’t work.
Dr. Uhrich says the technology is already in place and safety testing is currently underway for food-derived polymer powders that can protect meats and deli foods, in the hope of soon bringing them to market. This could be an important development, since the process of taking meats from prep to packaging makes it especially vulnerable to outside contaminants, Dr. Uhrich says.
IT’S A WRAP
These food-film polymers may eventually be adapted into a plastic wrap to protect food and leftovers at home, as well as for wraps and sprays to protect a wide variety of other foods. The USDA is hard at work getting this technology to prove effective against E. coli, but for the time being that question remains unanswered. In labs around the US, scientists are studying other food-derived molecules, including from milk proteins, shrimp and crab shells to manipulate them into a variety of polymer forms. Clearly the scientific and marketing communities view the technology as promising… and if safety and performance are proven, we can expect to soon see food protecting our food.
Source(s):
Kathryn Uhrich, PhD, Professor of Chemistry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.