A Modest Humanitarian Proposal

You know you live under a rock if:

You don't know most coffee is grown by farmers too poor to send their children to school.

Nike exploits their workers in sweatshops.

Slave children farm the chocolate for Hershey's.

The list goes on. It ridiculous that we the consumer let this happen. However, especially during this economic hardship, we willingly ignore this because of the results it yields. Namely; a much cheaper product.

But I think it is time we did something about it. A lot of this behavior goes unnoticed because it takes place in other countries. I propose that no good gets sold in the U.S. that does not meet certain specifications.

I understand this would be extremely difficult to police. However, that is of no concern as of now because if the above mentioned proposal was law and it wasn't policed, we would be no worse off now than we were before. The only difference is that we would have this law that could be policed at any time.

Limbaugh Challenges Obama to a Debate

"You are one of the most gifted public speakers of our age. I would think, Mr. President, you would jump at this opportunity." -Rush

This debate will obviously not happen. The quote above would think to make sense, but if you think about it, Obama has zero incentive to accept this debate. What does Obama have to gain from it? If he wins, nothing happens. If he loses, he is humiliated.