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Christmas google searches more spiritual this year
This holiday season more people went online to look for terms like “spirit” and “letter,” rather than “shopping.” This is in contrast to 2007, when top keyword searches all had to do with gift-buying and... Global Warming
TECHNOLOGY promotes EVER INCREASING conveyor belt SPEEDS in stacking SHELVES ever HIGHER with GOODS "toughting" for CUSTOMERS as OPPOSE to "CUSTOMER DEMANDS" being met by PRIOR GOODS ORDERING in filling DEMAND... Wal-Mart's Black Friday: the Tragic Death of Jdimypai Damour
The death of Jdimypai Damour is a tragedy that has been further compounded by the circumstances under which it occurred.Mr. Damour, 34, a temporary employee of the retail behemoth Wal-Mart who worked at a Long... 2680 views | 47 recommendations | 16 comments
What Does Buy Nothing Day Mean this Holiday Season?
When I was growing up my mother worked in a small local book and gift store. I would always go there after school and sit in the back room watching the employees dart about. This is where I learned about Black...
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5 Ways to CRUSH CONFORMITY this Holiday Season
Esteemed readers, as of November 1 consumer confidence in these United States has plunged at the greatest rate in over 30 years. It is my contention that in recent economic quarters citizens who were once malleable and obedient have become accomplices in dragging down the... 98 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
American Ideals: Paris Hilton and Tiger Woods
Esteemed audience, in these days when brazen attempts at resisting and dismantling our great nation's time-honored class distinctions are all too common, it is consoling to know that there are two bustling, energetic young people of significant stature who stand as stalwart... 140 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Sedition, Complacency, and the Role of Today's Museums
My Esteemed Readers, one recent morning I found myself taking a detour through the Hirshhorn Museum while finding a new route from Constitution Avenue. Once inside, I decided to peruse the galleries in order to make certain these pop culture images are keeping the button-down... 55 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Will Aliens find carbon footprints?
Alien Zlog and his side kick Asbo are back and on the look out for our carbon footprints. They find the ‘higher ups’ frown upon the footprints of the ‘lower downs’, especially when they are ‘holidaying’. Asbo visits the beach to find out more. Zlog and Asbo... The alien Zlog and sidekick Asbo investigate ‘anti-consumerism’
Alien Zlog and his sidekick Asbo report back to their planet, Zorlich, on the terrible plight of robotic shoppers, known as people. From Eastenders to Knightsbridge, shopping for ‘stuff’ is out of fashion;... Opinion: China Isn't Fair, Neither Are We.
China isn't fair- then again what is; when I see a new industrial revolution developing that takes advantage of it's workers like the US and Britain did to its marginalized citizens in the early 19th century, to...When Green Thinking And Consumerism Collide :: MAXINE
"Ever ask yourself, “When is enough, enough?" In February 2009, our television technical standards are due to changeover to High Definition broadcast transmission standards. The impacts of this changeover will...Buy Everything Day
this is not how buy nothing day was supposed to go down."NEW YORK - Shoppers — shrugging off a spate of lead-tainted toy recalls and higher prices for food and gas — jammed stores before dawn Friday to grab discounted TVs, toys and the hard-to-find Nintendo Wii, for the...What in the Sam Hill is a Black Friday?
Americans have a retail ritual in November not unlike our Canadian Boxing Day.We in Canada have no such day, but with our dollar the way it is lately, it appears we're not opposed to the idea. Many Canadian... Buy Nothing Day aims to cut consumption rates
"Buy Nothing Day is an informal day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists. In 2007, Buy Nothing Day falls on November 23rd in North America and November 24th internationally.[1] It was... Shaping a Sustainable Future
"Shaping a Sustainable Future ACF President Professor Ian Lowe, AO + ACF President Professor Ian Lowe, AO Professor Ian Lowe, Spirituality and Sustainability Forum – 6 June, 2007 I begin by thanking His Holiness the Dalai Lama for being in Australia to share with us his...
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