Comments on: Perspective and Priorities http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:51:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: wraithc88 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-198310 wraithc88 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:52:39 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-198310 Charity multplies misery. Why we should care for irresponsible Africans who breed like rabbits? We should give them back their culture and way of life so they will live the way they were intended to live. Charity multplies misery. Why we should care for irresponsible Africans who breed like rabbits? We should give them back their culture and way of life so they will live the way they were intended to live.

]]> By: Mark http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5148 Mark Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:27:12 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5148 As long as there is the psychological gratification, it seems we don't genuinely care. As long as there is the psychological gratification, it seems we don’t genuinely care.

]]> By: Brian http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5131 Brian Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:44:57 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5131 hey there Sara--how's it going? ethos water was purchased in 2005 by Starbucks for $8 million. Last year Starbuck's signed a distribution agreement with Pepsi to increase distribution points from 5,000 to 100,000. When Starbuck's reaches the $10 million donation goal, they will have made $292 million, while consumers will have spent $360 million...what a racket. hey there Sara–how’s it going?

ethos water was purchased in 2005 by Starbucks for $8 million. Last year Starbuck’s signed a distribution agreement with Pepsi to increase distribution points from 5,000 to 100,000. When Starbuck’s reaches the $10 million donation goal, they will have made $292 million, while consumers will have spent $360 million…what a racket.

]]> By: Sara http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5129 Sara Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:23:16 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5129 Well, looks like www.ethos-water.com is no more, but here's a snippet about the scam: http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.ethos-water.com/ Well, looks like http://www.ethos-water.com is no more, but here’s a snippet about the scam: http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.ethos-water.com/

]]> By: Sara http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5128 Sara Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:21:47 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5128 Have you all seen the ethos water scam mock website? Apparently the CEO and founders have made a fortune off this bottled water that is a) not even anything more than filtered tap water b) bad for the environment to produce and ship and c) very little of the revenues actually go to the kids. We'd be better off sending the ethos water to the kids, not buying it. (BTW What up Brian! Thanks for the comments!) Have you all seen the ethos water scam mock website? Apparently the CEO and founders have made a fortune off this bottled water that is a) not even anything more than filtered tap water b) bad for the environment to produce and ship and c) very little of the revenues actually go to the kids. We’d be better off sending the ethos water to the kids, not buying it. (BTW What up Brian! Thanks for the comments!)

]]> By: Brian http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5125 Brian Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:10:41 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5125 We (Americans) need to wake up. Places like Starbuck's try and convince us we are saving the world by drinking $1.80 water that costs them $.30 to make -that includes the $.05 to charity... Celebrities tell us that we need to save the planet while they run around in jets...I can go on and on, but the bottom line is we are turning into a society of fat, lazy decadents who will care for there poor and helpless only enough to make themselves not feel guilty...which for some is not at all. We (Americans) need to wake up. Places like Starbuck’s try and convince us we are saving the world by drinking $1.80 water that costs them $.30 to make -that includes the $.05 to charity… Celebrities tell us that we need to save the planet while they run around in jets…I can go on and on, but the bottom line is we are turning into a society of fat, lazy decadents who will care for there poor and helpless only enough to make themselves not feel guilty…which for some is not at all.

]]> By: Mark http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5100 Mark Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:06:39 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5100 I think the more we look the more we are going to find these sorts of comparisons. It's unfortunate that we need to be shocked to act - and even then, we still don't always act. I think the more we look the more we are going to find these sorts of comparisons. It’s unfortunate that we need to be shocked to act – and even then, we still don’t always act.

]]> By: Interactive Health - Information on Health and Technology » Blog Archive » Perspective and Priorities http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5098 Interactive Health - Information on Health and Technology » Blog Archive » Perspective and Priorities Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:47:37 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5098 [...] friends over at Mark’s Daily Apple have written a thought provoking post that I think is well worth reading and commenting [...] [...] friends over at Mark’s Daily Apple have written a thought provoking post that I think is well worth reading and commenting [...]

]]> By: Sara http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5087 Sara Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:26:54 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5087 It really saddens me to see what we prioritize. Even a fraction of what we spend on weapons we'll never use could educate, feed and clothe not only children abroad, but the millions of American children who have no adequate nutrition, health care, lack access to better schools, college, etc. Sorry to be a big bleeding heart liberal about this, but it's totally unacceptable what we choose to spend our money on. I know we have to defend ourselves, of course, but the military waste is ridiculous and well-documented (though of course military pay manages to be nice and low). It really saddens me to see what we prioritize. Even a fraction of what we spend on weapons we’ll never use could educate, feed and clothe not only children abroad, but the millions of American children who have no adequate nutrition, health care, lack access to better schools, college, etc. Sorry to be a big bleeding heart liberal about this, but it’s totally unacceptable what we choose to spend our money on. I know we have to defend ourselves, of course, but the military waste is ridiculous and well-documented (though of course military pay manages to be nice and low).

]]> By: phil http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5086 phil Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:12:38 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/water-2/#comment-5086 The lack of drinkable water for all people is entirely unacceptable given the advancement of mass communications of today. But, I guess we here in America have become willfully ignorant/ gotten used to spending 8 times more on defense than the runner up on weapons spending. Imagine the good that could be done if we took a piece of that money and spent on food and water for the world. We could feed and cloth this world, not one child truly, left behind. The lack of drinkable water for all people is entirely unacceptable given the advancement of mass communications of today. But, I guess we here in America have become willfully ignorant/ gotten used to spending 8 times more on defense than the runner up on weapons spending. Imagine the good that could be done if we took a piece of that money and spent on food and water for the world. We could feed and cloth this world, not one child truly, left behind.

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