Showing posts with label big business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label big business. Show all posts

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Silly Bandz: The Silent Killer


Maybe from now on I'll just diss on other sites/news outlets' (is JOP a news outlet?) writing. Today's is an insane alarmist piece on (shocker) Fox News...about Silly Bandz!

“See these cute little bracelets? They’re called Silly Bandz, and I think they could potentially be harmful to children if they’re not careful...Dr. Manny was especially concerned for kids who wear numerous Silly Bandz for hours at a time, or even fall asleep at night with them on."
Hmm, food for thought. Speaking of food, I think the only way this could be any kind of problem (the issue is apparently that they could cut off your circulation temporarily)(shaking and crying over here, just thinking about it) is if your child is so morbidly obese that a rubber band is that tight on her/his wrists. Which...you got other problems, in that case.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Crusading Citizens

Mrs. Hill's crusade against bottled water in Concord, Mass is an admirable cause - esp for an 82 year old. I hope she wins! I had no idea the International Bottled Water Association even existed. For regulation purposes it makes sense (I guess?), but also it's kind of sickening.