Journeytaker

@Journeytaker (24)

United States • Age 52

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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Honestly, do you like Obama?

petebaja @petebaja (516) • Mexico 11 Feb 08

It seems like the nation is getting swept up in Obama Fever. I wonder if this affection for him is genuine or an attempt to be politically correct. The more I hear him speak, I find something else to like about him. What do...

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Journeytaker Exactly!!! I tell you he is a rock star. This is what I have been saying to so many who support him. What is he really saying? A whole lotta NOTHING!

20 Feb 08

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Have you noticed that you cannot buy anything that is not from China?

Yestheypayme2dothis @Yestheypayme2dothis (7874) • United States 9 Feb 08

Have you noticed that you cannot buy anything that is not from China? It is not just Big Lots, Ollie's Gab's and other discount store. It is at places like Kohl's, etc. All kinds of items are involved from clothing, to housewares,...

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Journeytaker I have tons of articles and am currently doing extensive research on this subject. This problem is so wide spread. I read the other day that Japan was banning fish from China because it was laced with some toxin. A canadian friend of mine told me that she...

11 Feb 08

Have you noticed that you cannot buy anything that is not from China?

Yestheypayme2dothis @Yestheypayme2dothis (7874) • United States 9 Feb 08

Have you noticed that you cannot buy anything that is not from China? It is not just Big Lots, Ollie's Gab's and other discount store. It is at places like Kohl's, etc. All kinds of items are involved from clothing, to housewares,...

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Journeytaker See, people don't understand WHY it is cheaper. It is cheaper because they don't pay these people making these items a living wage!!! They can give them pennies a day and still get the same product. China does not care about human rights either so how could we...

11 Feb 08

Have you noticed that you cannot buy anything that is not from China?

Yestheypayme2dothis @Yestheypayme2dothis (7874) • United States 9 Feb 08

Have you noticed that you cannot buy anything that is not from China? It is not just Big Lots, Ollie's Gab's and other discount store. It is at places like Kohl's, etc. All kinds of items are involved from clothing, to housewares,...

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Journeytaker I am sorry, but there is no way our Government CAN check everything that comes into this country from China!!! Everyday there are things that are not declared for their proper use that gets by. China does not make the best products just ask those people who...

11 Feb 08

Food From China: Do you know where your food comes from?

Journeytaker @Journeytaker (24) • United States 3 Feb 08

I am so beside myself right now. I went to Wal-Mart to buy groceries, and I went to the frozen fish section to get salmon. I pick up the package and on the back it said " distributed by Wal mart" I said "hmmmm; what does that...

food from china

salmon from china

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Journeytaker Yep, those are the folks I mean. I did not know how bad it was in Canada until I encountered a woman from Canada who said that Cod was coming from the Japanese! I am sorry, but there is NO excuse for that! Cod should never come from anywhere else when you live...

5 Feb 08

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Attn: People who like to Write or Type...

skinnychick @skinnychick (6905) • United States 29 Jan 08

This is just a discussion because I'm curious. For those of you who like to write- do you like to write in personal journals or diaries? Is that a lost art replaced by blogging? Why do you like to write in journals? I used to...

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Journeytaker I understand why you quit writing, but I am so glad you are doing it again! Your story is your's and your's alone. Don't let anyone stop you again! Hiding your journal is a necessary evil at times and I do hide mine as well. I view my life as a journey, and it...

30 Jan 08