DROP THAT HAMBURGER!

On this recent New Science blog researcher Lucy Middleton, a vegetarian herself, declared that we can cut CO2 Emissions 85% by eating locally grown non meat products or locally grown organic meat products. She made her point in a non accusatory way; her point came across as seeming to say that this is a good way to live and it may not be for everyone and you are not a terrible person for not choosing to live this way.

I respect her for her sentiments but i believe that it is impossible to ask people to live by this. These products, like other good for the environment products are expensive. The average family could not possibly be able to live like this. As a former vegetarian myself I understand the burden of this. Many times my food bill for soy and organic products was much more then that of the rest of my house.

Instead of just telling everyone to do this they should be lobbying in congress or trying to get subsidies for these good for the environment products. Why not have some sort of initiative to get farmers and meatpackers to do this. I am not by any means advocating that the government should supply these goods but they can help with making it more profitable for the companies leading them to want to do this

Everyones Favorite Blondes

"The Girls Next Door" is a peculiar hit show featuring Hugh Hefner's three girlfriend, Holly, Bridget and Kendra. On an episode that recently aired again from season 1, A Mid Summer's Night Dream, "The Girls" as they are commonly referred to were preparing for the summer's biggest lingerie party. Bridget's sister, who was staying at the mansion for the summer became the girl's project. They gave the girl the complete bunny makeover, including of course blonde extensions.

Watching this young lady go from ordinary girl to playboy bunny in a half-hour made me wonder about what it is we value. It was clear that she enjoyed the process as well as the party but it was also obvious that it was a character she was playing. This is what this entire show is about. These three girls get to live celebrity lifestyle just because they are blonde. It is quite clear that they are a publicity stunt for Hef. He has to live every guys fantasy to sell his product and in order to do this he needs to have beautiful girls vying for him.



The friendship that is forged between these girls makes it apparent that they are not looking for a life time with Hef. They are like a musical act; they are around for photo ops and the impression that is left on people is that they are good friends who all love the same man. We enjoy laughing at the show because of how outrageous it is. Anything less then this belief is silly. We understand and hope that parents have enough brains to not allow their daughters to watch this type of television and if they do that they point out the positive things about this show. That is the friendship between the girls, or the careers they have made outside of being a girlfriend. One of them even has a masters while the other is attending classes to be a massage therapist while the other is earning her bachelors.


All in all this show may be silly but its over all kind of an endearing show with more of a neutral impact on girls then a negative or a positive.