My letter:
Dear Mr. Lafley,
I am very concerned that the American Family Association has nothing better to do than harass Procter & Gamble. I would suggest that P&G continue making the best As The World Turns show possible instead of catering to a very narrow conservative agenda. Most Americans, including me, aren't offended by a relatively chaste kiss, compared to what straight couples get away with doing on soap operas.
Sincerely,
Johnathan Grant
Computer Information Systems BS'11 // Student, Master of Public Management, School of Public & Environmental Affairs / Department of Public Administration & Health Management, Indiana University Kokomo.
Friday, April 25, 2008
tell P&G it's okay
AFA ActionAlert - Procter & Gamble promotes explicit open-mouth homosexual kissing
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
food prices skyrocket
Food Costs Rising Fastest in 17 Years: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance:
Wonder Bagels, in Jersey City, N.J., posted a letter from its wheat supplier, A. Oliveri & Sons, saying the recent situation was unprecedented.
'The major mills across the country are using words like 'rationing' and 'shortages' if things continue,' it said. 'We will sweat out the summer together, hoping there will be some flour left to purchase at any price.'
wholesale inflation hits the stratosphere
Wholesale inflation is now at a 13.2% annualized rate!
Wholesale prices soared in March: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance:
Wholesale prices soared in March: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance:
Inflation at the wholesale level soared in March at nearly triple the rate that had been forecast as energy prices kept rising and food costs posted a much bigger jump than anticipated.
The Labor Department reported Tuesday that wholesale prices rose by 1.1 percent last month, the largest increase since a 2.6 percent rise last November. The November gain in the Producer Price Index was the biggest one-month jump in 33 years.
prescription rx drug costs soar for sicker patients
Co-Payments for Expensive Drugs Soar - New York Times:
But the new system sticks seriously ill people with huge bills, said James Robinson, a health economist at the University of California, Berkeley. “It is very unfortunate social policy,” Dr. Robinson said. “The more the sick person pays, the less the healthy person pays.”
Traditionally, the idea of insurance was to spread the costs of paying for the sick.
“This is an erosion of the traditional concept of insurance,” Mr. Mendelson said. “Those beneficiaries who bear the burden of illness are also bearing the burden of cost.”
chinese no longer means cheap
Is the era of cheap Chinese products over? - By Alexandra Harney - Slate Magazine
... A perfect storm has hit China's manufacturers. So far this year, the renminbi has been appreciating at a 16 percent annualized rate. And prices for raw materials, which account for 60 percent to 70 percent of manufacturers' costs, are soaring.
sub-prime mortgage fallout?
Try this - prime borrowers who can't pay it back!
Why the next mortgage crisis may be worse. - By Mark Gimein - Slate Magazine
Why the next mortgage crisis may be worse. - By Mark Gimein - Slate Magazine
Sunday, April 13, 2008
rx wait times explained
Why it really takes so long for a pharmacist to count out a few pills.
The Joy of Tech comic... laughter is the best tech support.
The Joy of Tech comic... laughter is the best tech support.
food prices moving up, up, up
BBC NEWS | Business | IMF head gives food price warning: "The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that hundreds of thousands of people will face starvation if food prices keep rising.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn said that social unrest from continuing food price inflation could cause conflict."
Dominique Strauss-Kahn said that social unrest from continuing food price inflation could cause conflict."