List Dump

Items still made in the U.S.A. are now the exception.Some of us feel much better buying these items and feel that the best way to make an impact on our quality of living as well as environmetal issues, is to buy local whenever possible.Supporting workers and unions is as AMERICAN as your sick crippled grandparents having insurance and a pension. Oh yeah I guess , apple pie too.

Mabye they are right.mabye they are wrong.Speculative?

The special and unique local restaurant is getting harder to find. The massive infrastructure of the corporations is making it harder and harder to compete or harder to resist selling out. Thus creating an empty homogeized version of a truly special thing. These places have been built on dreams and YEARS of hard hard work. We know them when we see them and some of us consider them one of the "simple pleasures" in life that make it worth living! Let's celebrate them as SHINING EXAMPLES!