There has been a bit of a titter over microsoft asking for refunds from employees they laid-off, this past week, with microsoft claiming that they over-paid employees that now don't have a job.

My instant reaction toward microsoft was, "What scum!", but that always seems to be my reaction to them--because they are scum.

Somebody thoroughly and self-righteously chided me for my opinion, saying that the over-payment might amount to millions of dollars.

My response was along the lines of, "Even if the overpayment amounted to 3 million dollars, you would be hard-pressed to see a change in microsoft's balance sheet, and these people won't be getting jobs anytime soon. They need the money, so microsoft should just shove-it and shut-up"

microsoft, of course, backtracked. They always seem to when the public calls them scum, too; but the situation is worse than even I thought--much, I'd imagine, to the chagrin of microsoft fanbois everywhere.

25 microsoft former employees were over-paid to the tune of a maximum of $5000.00 each, and 20 former microsoft employees were underpaid.

miscosoft went whinging-about over $125,000.00, and actually wanted refunds from people who won't be getting a next pay check!

GREED, people. It's what makes microsoft go-round.

IMHO, the existence of giga-corps, like microsoft and the oil companies, have damaged our global economy and have materially contributed to the tanking of the American financial system. That giga-corps exist; when we have starving and homeless people in our society, when we have people freezing to death in their homes because they can't afford to pay their gas or electric bills; is an insult to humanity, and in direct conflict with everything we hold to be morally-correct.

I hate socialism, folks. It's a doomed system; however, organizations like microsoft, Tyco, Enron, the oil companies, movie and recording studios...I could go on-and-on...make an excellent argument FOR socialism; because people are--at heart--basically wicked.

Life has taught me this: Most human beings are only as good as the eyes watching them. They are only as good as the degree to which they are held accountable for their own actions.

My proof? Our society today...it has proven me 100% correct, and that grieves me to no end.

Google "mexican coke" and you will find a host of articles mentioning three truths:
(1.) Coca-Cola made with real cane sugar tastes better.
(2.) American Coca-Cola bottlers deny this truth because using high fructose corn sweetener is cheaper than using cane sugar.
(3.) American Coca-Cola bottlers don't want you drinking Mexican Coke.
Another fact not revealed by the search results is this: Corporate America does business by regularly lying to consumers. Corporate America has zero credibility.

Google "high fructose corn syrup" mercury and you will discover another truth:
Almost half of tested samples of commercial high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) contained mercury, which was also found in nearly a third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the first- or second-highest labeled ingredient, according to two new U.S. studies.

'Nuff said on that count.

We, as a family, avoid any product containing HFCS; because we count as credible the earlier evidence which shows HFCS to be harmful to human health, not to mention the fact that HFCS-free foods and beverages taste better. We no longer buy any soft drink containing HFCS--believe me, we are religious about checking labels for the express absence of HFCS and express use of cane sugar--and encourage you to do similarly.

Note to The Coca-Cola Co.:
You'd do well to return to the exclusive use of cane sugar to sweeten your products.

Needless to say, the issue of mercury in HFCS deepens our resolve to boycott all HFCS-containing products; so, you'll find several recipes here, in the coming days and months, which are designed to break your dependence upon commercially produced foods which typically contain HFCS.

Did you hear that bombastic Blagojevich was ousted by the Illinois senate today?

It seems that his Security entourage had, "Good riddance!" feelings about the whole debacle, since they dropped him like a hot potato as soon as the Senate announced their decision--one officer leaving a child's car seat by Blagojevich's garage and driving away.

Now, if we can get Sarah Palin to make a similar fade into political obscurity, we can concentrate on reading about octuplets and boggling at the logistics ahead for that family.

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