Recent Headlines with a Charlotte twist

Bloomberg sez, "IndyMac Seized by U.S. Regulators; Schumer Blamed for Failure", Charlottemom sez, "Make any and all of your bank deposits fall under the FDIC insured deposit amount of $100,000. And yes, that includes Wachovia and Bank of America.

Wired Magazine denounces agribusiness and Green Daily ponders, "Organic food: It does a body good, but is it green?" and notes that "organic plants take more space and more resources than their non-organic counterparts. Even worse, they then require refrigerated trucks to transport their products to market, further deepening a rather large carbon footprint. " Charlottemom sez, check out locally-grown markets, such as Tailgate in Charlotte's Southend. And you avoid overly-packaged, expensively-priced foodstuffs found in organic supermarkets.