Mississippi oil spill

I"m guessing most of you, all two of you, have heard about the barge that hit a railroad bridge in the Mississippi river and started leaking oil all over the place. I just read an article the blew my mind. They have a "plan" to remove the oil from the damaged barge to another one. WHATTTTTTTTT. A PLAN?!! What the hell are they thinking. The "plan" should have already been in place for such a thing! How many barges and ships loaded with hazardous materials travel up & down that river on a daily basis?! It's a major thoroughfare for shipping. And you don't have a hazardous spill protocol in place? What the hell kind of idiot is running that?! This just flat out pissed me off and highlights what the hell is wrong with some of your systems in the US. Meanwhile while we wait for the "plan" to be implemented more oil leaks into the river and destroys more habitat and kills more wildlife. They have already cleaned up 2300 gallons of oil but can't account for another 7000 gallons. SERIOUSLY?!! How do you not account for that? And how do you account for standing by and watching while oil leaks all over the damn place? Which is what the "plan" amounts to.  And on top of the fact that the "plan" hasn't been immediately implemented they don't know how long it will take to implement it. HUH?! good freakin grief! find a damn tanker and get it up there and get the oil off that barge! How in the hell hard is it? I know for a fact that tankers are on the ocean now that aren't even full. Or how about getting some oil tanker from land, or a rail road tanker, get that oil out of the damn water!!! okay, rant over for the moment. I'm so incredibly mad about this. unbelievable.

Eat where you live, live where you eat

A friend posted this on facebook today. Depressing. Western civilization sucks. Our greed and over indulgence is destroying the lives of others, not to mention the earth itself. After this information, I think I'll pass on the quinoa from now on. 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/16/vegans-stomach-unpalatable-truth-quinoa 

This other link is about rice in Haiti. I don't know what to do about this, since we eat a lot of rice. 

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/01/11/Riceland%20 

My thoughts on foods is to end subsidies. I think we should end subsidies on most things, but I'm sure I have no idea the extent of their existence. No one pays the real price for anything anymore. I think if subsidies were gone the prices of everything would sky rocket and we would end up in another great depression. For solutions to this issue, I have no answers. Community gardens & pot gardens & backyard agriculture are a good thing. People need to get involved. Which is just one more reason I love my little plot of dirt in my backyard. While small, I feel like my little garden is contributing to the decrease in all the crap created by super-farms. Ever little bit helps!

Did you know?

Did you know you can opt out of the yellow pages?! I was so excited to learn this. While the yellow pages doesn't use any virgin wood to create their books, it still uses a large amount of water & energy to create them. The statistics say that 70% of the people that receive them don't even use them. That would be me. Here is the website to opt out of the yellow pages.
https://www.yellowpagesoptout.com/