Shopaholic Reform: Weekend Damages (6/19

Sunday, June 20

Weekend Damages (6/19 - 6/20)

Saturday

Sunday

$57.82 - Planet Dog

So, I went home to little Rhody for a Father's Day BBQ on Sunday. It was a good time. You know the usual harassment from my father...I need to move back to Rhode Island and live with my parents because I'm going to get murdered in Boston, according to him it's only a matter of time...comforting. And of course the taunts that bacon fat was added to my veggie crumbles and that's why they tasted so good...riiight. Thanks Dad, but anyways that's not what this blog is about, so let's stay on task, shall we?

I was horrified by the state of my pups Puppia harnesses. I mean they both looked homeless. The front of Megs's harness was half shredded and the clasp on her spare was broken so it's a precarious situation walking her in it for she could break loose at any moment. And then there's Snickers who's harness is duct taped together. So while my parents have totally high-jacked my dogs and I've been told that I can't take them back in October after I will be safely settled in the burbs...I felt the need to buy them new harnesses, because well, they're still my babies. Not to mention if my dad was left to his own devices he'd be fashioning something out of rope and duct tape. So I bought them each a Cozy Hemp Harness from Planet Dog. Hopefully these hold up a little better than Puppia, which I've decided are designed for small dogs who don't play rough (whimps)...not a good fit for my nuggets, not a good fit at all.

And just for fun, I give you... the NUGGETS!

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Something to Chew On...

The downside to Globalization

1. “The general complaint about globalization is that it has made the rich richer while making the non-rich poorer. It is wonderful for managers and investors, but hell on workers and nature.”¹

2. Multinational corporations are accused of social injustice, unfair working conditions (including slave labor wages and poor living and working conditions), as well as a lack of concern for the environment, mismanagement of natural resources, and ecological damage.

3. Multinational corporations which were previously restricted to commercial activities are increasingly influencing political decisions. Many think there is a threat of corporations ruling the world because they are gaining power due to globalization.

4. Opponents say globalization makes it easier for rich companies to act with less accountability. They also claim that countries’ individual cultures are becoming overpowered by Americanization.

5. Anti-globalists also claim that globalization is not working for the majority of the world. During the most recent period of rapid growth in global trade and investment, 1960 to 1998, inequality worsened both internationally and within countries. The UN Development Program reports that the richest 20 percent of the world's population consume 86 percent of the world's resources, while the poorest 80 percent consume just 14 percent.

6. Some experts think that globalization is also leading to the incursion of communicable diseases. Deadly diseases like HIV/AIDS are being spread by travelers to the remotest corners of the globe.

7. Globalization has led to exploitation of labor. Prisoners and child workers are used to work in inhumane conditions. Safety standards are ignored to produce cheap goods. There is also an increase in human trafficking.

8. Social welfare schemes or “safety nets” are under great pressure in developed countries because of deficits and other economic ramifications of globalization.

As manufacturing continues to decline, so does our ability to innovate. In the long term, this means fewer well-paid jobs, lower productivity, declining wages, declining living standards and low economic growth. Globalization is a big part of this decline and will affect all jobs and all sectors of the economy. From the point of view of multinational corporations and Wall Street investors, globalization is probably viewed as a wonderful phenomenon with many opportunities. But from the point of view of American manufacturers, manufacturing workers, the middle class, professional service workers and overall economic growth, I think the disadvantages far out weigh the advantages.

-Mike Collins, The Pros and Cons of Globalization (2010)