To Capt. Harpie and First Mate Jim Flatulence - “Listen to Mother”

Captain Harpie loves to tell Canadians (while wearing a cardigan) that his mother is his favorite pipeline for speedy financial and economic news.

Touching?

Not.

He should listen to Mother Nature as closely.

She packs quite a clout when it comes to our environmental and economic health and proves the two components of healthy living cannot be separated.

This just in:

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, says hurricanes hurt its September results in the U.S., causing same-store sales to be lower than analysts predicted. [yesterday - Associated Press]

Don’t reach for a hanky.

Though ‘341 stores were temporarily closed because of hurricanes’ W-M still made a truckload of money.


[Courtesy photo link]

(None of it from me. I’ve been Wal-Mart free for over 8 years.)

Excessive consumerism, excessive mass-production (Do you really need a plastic Elvis?), excessive reliance on fossil fuels, increased carbon, increased degradation of life-support systems (air, water, land), climate change and instability, higher numbers of hurricanes, less profit for Wal-Mart.

Such an ugly cycle for the sake of (for so many) an indebted-lifestyle.

Will Capt. Harpie listen? Change course?

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