Unnecessary and excessive packaging and waste contribute to dangerous climate change. It also adds to the cost to local authorities and the public managing waste. Until supermarkets demonstrate clearly that they are willing to lead by example we cannot expect consumers to get fully engaged with reducing their own waste.Ben Bradshaw, U.K. Minister for Local Environment, discussing government attempts to reduce the amount of packaging materials that grocers foist onto their customers, including urging consumers to leave "excessive food packaging at shops and supermarkets for them to deal with in a bid to reduce the volume of waste that ends up in rubbish bins and landfill sites across the UK."
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Quote of the dayNoe convicted in coingate; it's turning into a pretty good monthIt's turning into a pretty good month for honesty, common sense, and the public interest: Those Lieberman headlinesYou've probably seen them, like this one at NewsMax: Lieberman Won't Rule Out GOP Change Jonah Goldberg still loves the religious rightIn discussing the election results, specifically the feeling of many analysts that Republicans have gone too far in catering to the religious right, Jonah Goldberg offers up a rather misguided defense: Quote of the day:Second, corporate America and wealthy individuals contribute a lot of money to political campaigns through various channels. Politicians understand this, and few are apt to "bite the hand that feeds them." As such, neither political party wants to do anything that would cut off funding, particularly with a presidential election in just two short years.John Norris, in today's Montgomery Advertiser, explaining why people are unlikely to see any drastic differences in the economic realm as a result of the Democratic victory in the congressional elections. Karl Rove's Bad Math: Not All Stats Are AccuratePundits and others are scratching their heads: How did Rove's predictions for a GOP hold on Congress fall so far off target?.... First Order Of Business For New Congress: Pestering!Future Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says scrutinizing the executive branch will be a top priority come January.... They lost but they aren't going away; the propaganda war enduresSo the propaganda battles are in full swing, while most Americans gently snooze the day away or, at best, hoist a glass or three in celebration of the Republican defeat.
Propaganda, you say? About what? Um, Actually, I Coined That Word First!Apparently one of the wounded Rethugs thinks they own a word I actually coined right there at WTW... The new corporate con: ethics law is killing usFollowing up on the post r.e. attempts by business groups to weaken regulatory controls on Corporate Kings, here's a hell of a good candidate for Con of the Year: the corporate types are crying and crying about how hard it is to comply with those silly things like the Sarbanes-Oxley law. |
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