tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post1755818396887735433..comments2023-09-29T06:57:06.991-07:00Comments on Anglachel's Journal: Whole Foods Nation BetrayedAnglachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110546252851760414noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-13957472878886459712009-08-24T08:38:22.655-07:002009-08-24T08:38:22.655-07:00My partner and I opened a shop in Kennebunkport Ma...My partner and I opened a shop in Kennebunkport Maine this spring - we sell all-natural, non-toxic nature-based goods we hand-craft, and have created space for customers to create ones of their own. The basis of each product is beeswax, which supports honeybee farmers thereby helping keep bees out there pollinating our food.<br /><br />We've met all kinds of warm-hearted, generous people and have been suprised at who is most likely to put their $ where their mouth is.<br /><br />If they have a Hopey Changey bumper sticker and are youthful, hip, wealthy, and can't stop about how awesome and revolutionary our shop is, they will, guaranteed, spend ZERO dollars. I do see them walking around town with plastic bags full of plastic toys made by asian children, though.<br /><br />Never thought moderates and conservatives would be the ones to put bread on our table.<br /><br />We refer to them as BAMAS, and have long sinced having conversations about the earth that help them feel better about not supporting REAL change and retail/consumption that harms less and means more.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09011516293047973425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-32596769310964876892009-08-24T08:34:54.183-07:002009-08-24T08:34:54.183-07:00They already had theirs, and don't think it...<em>They already had theirs, and don't think it's glamourour or cool to work on issues now.<br /></em><br /><br />Absolutely Historiann. <br /><br />I just watched Patton Oswalt's new special(which was horridly misogynistic, fatphobic, and rape-jokey) and when he got to talking about the election, it was full of that mindset. "Yea! We elected a black man! W00t!" <br /><br />You can tell that the policy outcomes, aside from torture and the war, did not really factor into his concerns.Aerylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442074043571201717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-59490328076599848302009-08-24T07:43:04.903-07:002009-08-24T07:43:04.903-07:00There were just as people at Woodstock as there we...There were just as people at Woodstock as there were in Vietnam and at the same time.<br /><br />Welcome back and most excellent post.Bob Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05242937151007030508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-66249254292823472592009-08-23T19:13:52.580-07:002009-08-23T19:13:52.580-07:00Lord, I am glad you are back. This is so exact on ...Lord, I am glad you are back. This is so exact on the 'hide behind, look what I do", liberal "I've got mine" people that voted for Obama. It reminds me of how many "boomers" I talk to that have told me they were at Woodstock.By now it must be at the level of the Million Man March. Remember when Tim Russert said he was there, HA! Sometimes, I think they were never anywhere that people were dying in the civil rights movement, in any war protest, etc., it just makes them "feel" better about themselves to say they were.pdgreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809459683115453054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-76335924507347174862009-08-23T18:50:16.885-07:002009-08-23T18:50:16.885-07:00Brilliant post--it's good to read you again. ...Brilliant post--it's good to read you again. And your parting shot--"[t]he "progressives" are a social class, not a political movement, and they are all about image," explains why "heath care" reform is where it is and why Obama's "friends" on Fb aren't anywhere to be seen in the debate. They already had theirs, and don't think it's glamourour or cool to work on issues now.<br /><br />Historiann.comHistoriannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10615954696251174822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-56013339629938159452009-08-23T18:11:36.849-07:002009-08-23T18:11:36.849-07:00"I think too many of them bought into the who..."I think too many of them bought into the whole "West Wing" fantasy - mistaking that fairy tale cooked up by Lawrence O'Donnell and Dee Dee Myers for the way that politics really works."<br /><br />Yes. They also bought into season 1 of "24."Palominohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797386939480032699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-74848110227139406852009-08-23T17:52:29.468-07:002009-08-23T17:52:29.468-07:00Just wanted to say how wonderful if is to see you ...Just wanted to say how wonderful if is to see you back. I've been dying for your take on the events of the past few weeks. "The 'progressives" are a social class, not a political movement' quote may be the best take that anyone has yet had on the "creative class" that foisted Obama upon us. Beautiful. <br /><br />I also completely agree with your thesis that they are looking for their own little slice of Camelot. I think too many of them bought into the whole "West Wing" fantasy - mistaking that fairy tale cooked up by Lawrence O'Donnell and Dee Dee Myers for the way that politics really works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-78093997278328543542009-08-23T17:41:35.623-07:002009-08-23T17:41:35.623-07:00My own local favorite was when the "libruls&q...My own local favorite was when the "libruls" felt we should boycott a popular local produce grower/fruit stand because they occasionally used Mexican labor, implying low pay. (They also hire loads and loads of college kids and locals. They resell produce from other local farms too.)<br /><br />Ow gawd, talk about bigger fish to fry, starting with Whole Foods!<br /><br />I will admit, we do get our Pero at Whole Foods, since we can't get it anywhere else.<br /><br />Good to see you back even for a little while.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704607178106828945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-13057638397730228042009-08-23T17:27:53.441-07:002009-08-23T17:27:53.441-07:00Just back after a long layoff, Anglachel swings fo...Just back after a long layoff, Anglachel swings for the fences and knocks one into the next county! Boy, oh, boy, she's just what the doctor ordered. Even the opposing team is cheering her return to the game.Elisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594477709835944165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-5054364477455853362009-08-23T15:18:06.442-07:002009-08-23T15:18:06.442-07:00Yeah! You are back! Hilarious post...please stay i...Yeah! You are back! Hilarious post...please stay in the mix and write about healthcare!show mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06083761336244657868noreply@blogger.com