No one is talking about the olympics(china...)

[Cindyloo]

As for the human rights aspect who is it that said something like "let he who is without sin cast the first stone"?

That would be Jesus who said that.

As for the olympics, I have no idea how China was chosen in the first place.

[Trek420]

That would be Jesus who said that.

Oh right, right, silly of me to forget. But seriously I remember in Jr. High doing a book report on a book about the internment of Japanese American Citizens during World War II and being told by my history teacher "where did you read this fiction? This never happened!!! " This would have been about '70 so only a few decades later.

As for the olympics, I have no idea how China was chosen in the first place.

Money? Could it have been money?

But let's keep this on a positive note. And since this is not a regional board there are folks on the board who don't have easy access to local business shopping options. We've got ourself into this mess where for some saying "buy local from local businesses" is not an easy option.

Politics aside I think it does not make sense to ride my bike to the store .... to buy stuff flown or shipped from overseas. But how do you find local and or greener stuff?

[tulip]

Politics aside I think it does not make sense to ride my bike to the store .... to buy stuff flown or shipped from overseas. But how do you find local and or greener stuff?

Baby steps. Start looking. Start looking at labels. Start looking around at local shops and markets. I recently needed a skillet. I found a cast iron skillet at a junk shop, cleaned it up, seasoned it, and it's ready for my french toast. That's just one example of a baby step.

Start by asking ourselves how much STUFF do we actually need? And then decide what we can do, and act on that. It's not all or nothing. It's small acts that do make a difference.

[Brandi]

All you can do is try to be a good shopper who reads labels. And if you can't afford the US made product then try and maybe find something else. I don't know? Even though I think we should ban the games, who are we to say anything. It makes me sad to say that. But our government hasn't been to nice to people either. I know families who are struggling so hard right now. Yet we can spend billions on how an apple is shipped from farm to store. it has never made much since to me.