There are a number of movements related to the foods we eat.  The tiny little bananas with brown spots labeled as “organic” at WalMart intrigue me, for they sport a price tag at least twice what I normally pay.  It seems an awkward spot to find such foods, like a wave to a market that hates WalMart on principle and thus unlikely to ever shop there anyway.

But apparently, the massive supermarket change has been making a number of changes in how it runs its operation, including a greater investment in local agriculture resulting in fresher, tastier produce.  In a little taste-off between foods purchased at Whole Foods and WalMart, Walmart did surprisingly well, beating the competition in many areas.

But food and taste are very subjective things, and I doubt even the foodies upset to discover they had preferred something from WalMart will begin shopping there after this little event.

I don’t know that much about organic foods on its own, and tend to make my purchasing decisions based more on price.  I was quite pleased to see WalMart’s commitment to local agriculture which only benefits everyone in a community through a larger market for local farmers and fresher, better tasting food for all of us.

Dana Hanley is a homeschooling mother of five, living out her dreams on a small acreage in the country.  You can learn more of her family’s adventure at Roscommon Acres.

by Gary Fouse
fousesquawk

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/7278532/Jews-leave-Swedish-city-after-sharp-rise-in-anti-Semitic-hate-crimes.html

The London Telegraph is carrying a story on what is an on-going outrage in the southern Swedish city of Malmo. The city’s long resident Jewish community, some of whom are Holocaust survivors, are leaving the city in droves. Why?

It is because of continuous hostility, harassment and hate directed at them from many of the city’s more recent Muslim immigrants, who now make up some one-fifth of the population. Jewish people have been attacked, synagogues have been attacked and cemetries desecrated. How could this be happening in 21st century Europe-especially Sweden?

I have been writing sometime about the outrages committed by certain members of the Muslim immigrant community of Malmo- violent protests and demonstrations, crime and the inability/unwillingness of the city’s mayor, Ilmar Reepalu, to confront it. Reepalu is outwardly unsympathetic to Malmo’s Jewish community. While he condemns anti-Semitism, he condemns Israel and Zionism in the same breath.

Now he says in the above article that if the city’s Jews want to emigrate to Israel, that is not (the city’s) concern.

What a disgrace.

During the German occupation of Denmark, that country succeeded in saving most of their Jews from the Nazis by smuggling them to southern Sweden. Denmark stood in contrast to other countries under German occupation who cooperated with the Germans in rounding up their Jews and handing them over to the occupiers. Now places like Malmo are cooperating with the new occupiers, the new Nazis, radical Islamists who are taking over European cities and bending them to their will. How sickening that mayors like Reepalu take the position that if the new occupiers don’t like Jews then screw the Jews.

It makes one want to cry.

Did you see all the UNION Socialist Squirrels present?

What a NUT!

Remember their old failed playbook?  Here it is:

• Class Envy
• Big Biz is your Satan
• In order to lie, lie big
• Celebrity over morals and ethics
• Tax the Rich
• The DNC and Al Franken have all the answers…LOL!

Reality:

• They are selling hatred for those that have earned their wealth, yet they in turn gain their wealth through Corruption and Tyranny…They are thieves!
• Big Biz is not our Satan, but our salvation!  We don’t need jobs, we need more small business growing into Big business so that someone besides the Government can hire Americans!
• Just because it is in the media does not mean it is legitimate.  In fact, the media is in the pocket of these Socialist Squirrels.
• Celebrity is just that, but it is morals and ethics that are the measure of the man and Al Franken is very wanting.
• Taxing the Rich is the most stupidest thing I have ever heard!  If you tax the rich you will have the rich leaving America and taking their money with them.  They will no longer innovate and grow business providing jobs!  This is what is happening!  No one wants to risk loosing their lifes work to nationalization or redistribution!
• I am laughing my ass off here!  Can you imagine going to the DNC or Al Franken for any Answers?  Seriously!  Who would be so silly?  The DNC is all about Socialism and stealing from the productive to enslave the slothful.  It is all about power, corruption and Tyranny my friends!

If I missed any please leave in comments!

One of the great things that happens to me every time I go to a conference is that my mind is truly expanded beyond anything I ever thought.  The same thing is happening once again at CPAC.

The strength and creativity of the Conservative movement in social media, traditional media, fundraising and general communication is astounding.  As I go from booth to booth I see the array of services, groups, and agencies all dedicated to advancing freedom and my soul is lifted.

The most uplifting thing is that all these people are coming up with ideas I never could have thought of in my wildest dreams!  The fact that there are people succeeding genuinely makes me happy!  And then I realized, that is what separates conservatives from liberals!

A conservative loves to see others succeed.  Liberals assume that for someone to succeed somewhere else someone must be failing.  This is the problem liberals have with capitalism.  If someone is getting richer liberals assume that someone, somewhere, must be getting poorer.

This is why there is such a liberal dislike of American exceptionalism.  If America is getting a bigger piece of the pie, they assume someone else’s piece must be getting smaller.  Liberals have no vision of the pie actually getting bigger!  (Thanks to Albert Quaye with Victory Solutions for giving me that analogy in a conversation earlier today!!)

I’ve always had a vision of the pie getting bigger.  I’ve always enjoyed the notion of expanding our horizons whether economically, socially, mentally, or territorially.  Liberals don’t seem to get this.  Thus the support of government redistribution.  Thus the lack of support for the space program.

Conservatism holds the real vision of hope because only conservatism tries to increase the size of the pie so that everyone get a bigger piece.  That’s why liberalism stagnates and eventually fails every time it is implemented.

Reporting live from CPAC 2010 where we have had an amazing day of speeches, workshops, mixers and all around good times.

The energy here is unbelievable.  There is a renewed confidence in the mesage and hope that Conservatism has to offer.  The overarching message this weekend is one that we are on a path to victory in 2010.  More than a political movement, Conservatism offers hope for individuals and hope for the country.

More to come!  I’ll send extra reports this week!

Hat tip to Creeping Shariah and Act for America

I have been accused by a couple of my readers of being homophobic because I oppose gay marriage. I don’t give that charge a lot of attention because it doesn’t really deserve a response.

Yet I have in the past pointed out the hypocrisy of the organized gay lobby in ignoring the hate-and worse-directed to gays within Islam-including gays in the Western countries. The above video by ACT for America gives an insight into Sharia’s position on homosexuality. It is disturbing, especially in light of the advances and increasing acceptance that gays have achieved in western countries.

The problem is that we in the West are afraid to point this out lest we be condemned as religious bigots. The problem is that Islam is more than a religion. It is a political ideology that exerts full control over its members-and seeks to exert control over non-Muslims as well. Sharia, as the gentleman points out, is Islam’s law.

At some point, we need to stand up and tell our Muslim immigrants that we are not going to reverse the advances made by gays in our countries. The gay-rights groups need to be taking the lead in that. Yet, they have not probably for the same reasons that women’s rights advocates fall silent on the status of Muslim women in western societies.

It is all so hypocritical. And all so troubling.