Well, that explains it...

South Park Nails It...

They manage to skewer Beck and his viewers. Classic.



You can watch the entire episode here.

You mean this wasn't a terrible idea?

Back in June I wrote about San Francisco's new composting law which was causing a bit of an uproar. Mind you, most of the outrage wasn't coming from the fine citizens of San Francisco. Rather, people from all over the country were bemoaning yet another attack on individual freedom. Some seem to believe that the right to trash the planet can be found somewhere in the Constitution or Bill of Rights. And of course, the Bible clearly states that we are to have dominion over the earth which means it's perfectly okay, nay, even advisable to gobble up resources. And since Jesus is coming soon, there is simply no need to worry our pretty little heads about pollution or climate change.

San Francisco's composting law goes into effect today but a lot of people didn't wait to get on board.

Jared Blumenfeld, the city's environmental officer, says the Organic Annex is already processing about half of the city's food waste, which is more than 500 tons per day.

It turns out that people are already figuring out that it can save them money. An apartment complex manager has found that they were able to cut their garbage collection in half and that their trash room no longer stinks.

Like any other change, there will be a period of adjustment but it won't be long before sorting out food waste from other trash will be second nature. And what a difference it will make. San Francisco currently keeps 72% of its garbage out of landfills via recycling. Their goal is to have NO garbage going into landfills by 2020. That's a pretty lofty goal and it remains to be seen whether that can be accomplished but without a doubt, they will come a lot closer than cities which don't even try.

You can read more about this here on NPR.

Volunteerism is bad???

“Are we running out of volunteers in this country? I mean, Americans are some of the most caring and generous people in the world. Are we trying to fix a problem that doesn’t exist…?”~Glenn Beck

Yeah, right. Every volunteer need in this whole country is currently being met. There are no children who need a tutor after school. There are no lonely, elderly people in nursing homes who would enjoy a visit. Parks are litter-free. Meals on Wheels is turning away potential volunteers. Soup kitchens and food pantries have waiting lists for people who want to volunteer. *rolling my eyes*

"A thousand points of light" was an inspiration but any encouragement to volunteer now is a leftist, socialist, "Hollywood", Maoist attempt to take away your freedom. Oh, brother.




Glenn, there are medications that can help you.

Videos of the Week...

This has been a stellar week for funny videos on Facebook so I thought I'd share a few of my favorites. If you are easily offended, you might want to just skip this post. Kthnxbye...

It's a good thing she's cute:




Creativity in a hotel room:



Sarah Silverman has a solution for world hunger:



The Balloon Boy and His Bros:



Jon Stewart, the most trusted name for news:

CNN Leaves it There

(Couldn't find an embed-able clip for this episode so you'll have to click on the link. It's worth it; I promise.)

Blog Action Day: Climate Change

Check out my Tea With Dee blog for some of my thoughts on climate change, as well as several links to other bloggers who actually know what they are talking about. ;)

And because I adore Ed Begley, Jr. and believe that humor is a good way to learn, take a look at this video. The video quality is horrible but the sound is fine.

They Like Us...They Really Like Us!

A recent poll found that the good ol' U.S. of A. tops the list of countries most admired and appreciated world-wide. Last year we were number seven.

"What’s really remarkable is that in all my years studying national reputation, I have never seen any country experience such a dramatic change in its standing as we see for the United States in 2009,” explains Simon Anholt, NBI founder and an independent advisor to over a dozen national governments around the world. "Despite recent economic turmoil, the U.S. actually gained significant ground. The results suggest that the new U.S. administration has been well received abroad and the American electorate’s decision to vote in President Obama has given the United States the status of the world’s most admired country.”

But no, Obama hasn't done anything at all to deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Nope, not a thing.