Transitions, Foods that Kill

In Britain, when one political party wins an election, it gets to take over the very next day. It should happen here, too. If you want to see what the Obama transition team is up to, or give them suggestions, go to www.change.gov. It's the first time something like this is being put out over the Internet, and Barack Obama is also making weekly broadcasts over You Tube. You can keep informed the same way the newspapers do, and write your own speculations on them. The transition team wants to hit the ground running and make a lot of changes, mostly to reverse decisions made by President Bush designed to monkey wrench the Democratic majority.

In the meantime, 2.8 trillion dollars have been lost in the global economy, and we are having such a hard time figuring out how to correct it because it started in our own backyard. What, I don't see any 200 pound gorilla thrashing through my rose bushes..!?

It's a good example of how corrupt our politicians have become: On one face, Bush welcomes Barack Obama to the White House and promising to do everything he could for a smooth transition, while with the other face, he writes Presidential Orders to undermine environmental regulations, secure the partisan appointees that have burrowed into government agencies, and hamper any quick reversals of what Cheney thinks is important doctrine.

A smaller test of the President elect happened earlier this week, when he and his wife decided to send their two daughters to a private school instead of the local public one. It may be indicative of the discrepancy between his populist rhetoric and the more elitist decisions he's making.

I'm a diabetic, didn't plan on becoming one. I have to read every label on every food item I buy because sugar is used in everything, from frozen vegetables to bread to pizza. Diet foods may have more sugar than their less healthy brethren. And though I may go into a coma, loose my eyesight, ruin my kidney or liver, and eventually have my feet chopped off, I'm better off than those folks who suffer from food allergies.

In an investigation done by the Chicago Tribune, they found that many manufacturers mislabel the ingredients on their labels, and that the government doesn't police any products that are already on the shelves. For many food allergy sufferers, it can be a life or death situation, especially among children. The Tribune has established a searchable database for foods that have been recalled within the last ten years. If you feel that it is useful, click on my link and add it to your bookmarks, you may be using it a lot...