Class System Collapse

I'm right back where I was four years ago.
1. System doesn't work, it's time to share the wealth.  Tax the poor, but not the rich?!!
2. Drug war is a waste of time and money - duh, it's not working.
3. Why on earth aren't George W. and his crew being prosecuted for gutting the country?!

http://www.helium.com/items/2292846-us-class-system-collapse

Trees Please

In praise of trees, their status must be elevated.  Trees require more rights, the right to clean air, water, and soil.  Please let's stop the poison spewing unchecked into the environment.

http://www.squidoo.com/trees-please

Positive body image: Get it now

Rising above the influence of our plastic society is a worthwhile endeavor.  This should be taught in preschool, long before the learned guilt and snobbery of society can taint the well.  Self love and self respect are the result. 
http://www.helium.com/items/2286988-learning-to-accept-ones-body-image

Should bonuses be paid to executives in bankrupt companies?

The creditors have not been paid and the cash flow is backward, that is after all, what bankrupt means.  The company can no longer operate as before, that is why they are asking for legal protection from creditors.  Should our corporate sponsors then about-face and reward themselves?  Hell, no!  Any sane person would not think so.  For this question to even rear its ugly head is a blasphemy; and the system exposes itself to be deeply corrupt and very arrogant.
http://www.helium.com/items/2172898-corporate-greed-failing-economy-class-discrepancy-corporations-bonuses-bankrupt-company

Why many women have a negative body image

Women are taught to have negative body images and our plastic society is responsible for much of this.  Appearances are everything and most people do not look beyond the surface.  Advertising, television, and photos of thin models in glossy magazines all glamorize thin women.  Little girls look for the glamour, the heels, the nail polish, the makeup, the jewelry, and the hair.  Advertisers can tell which women are self-confident and are drawn to that image.  Does having the hair, the makeup, etc. cause a woman to feel self-confident?  You bet it does! 
http://www.helium.com/items/2176814-self-confidence-body-image-negative-body-image

Whose fault is childhood obesity?

Indulgence has been the name of the game for several generations.  This is the age of I want it, I am having it.  No waiting in this culture.  Television the great babysitter indoctrinates the children.  Buy this, buy that.  Eat this, eat that.  You do not have to wait for one single thing.  The age of entitlement is manifest.  And a pall passes over the land.
http://www.helium.com/items/2180792-childhood-obesityhealthfat-kidsnutritionexercisehealthy-living

A guide to corporate ethics

Our corporate sponsors have a Big Business mentality that is predatory, the ethics of the  world be damned. In a rational world the smoke and mirrors method of counting all the pretty beans leaves the rationalist dazed and outraged.  For the individual, it’s a short lived fantasy lark, unless they join hands, hearts, and souls with a corporation, for the betterment of all.  The safe family environment of a corporation sells the concept.
http://www.helium.com/items/2185958-corporationbig-businesscorporate-mentalityethics-in-businesscorporate-ethicspolitical-influence

How to best recycle plastics

Plastics come from petroleum, our favorite source of non-renewable fuel. How many strikes is it going to take for petroleum products to be banned? Oh wait, right, we can just wait until they run out naturally. The drastic far reaching dangers inherent in ignoring this problem are stupendous and plastic is the most visible symbol of it all. Extracting oil from the earth costs a fortune, takes a toll on the earth and the animals, affects earthquakes and assorted weather phenomena, and pollutes the air, the water, the earth. And now it has to take responsibility for the huge garbage pile of plastic the earth is becoming.
http://www.helium.com/items/2198440-recycle-plasticgreen-livingsustainabilityhow-to-recycledoes-recycling-count

Failures of the US Prison System

More and more prisons are built every year. The United States just cannot get enough of them. 
http://www.helium.com/items/2258979-failures-of-the-us-prison-system

The rich get rich faster: The poor get rich slower

Everyone has to pay a bit in order for society to move on, grow, and evolve into a better society.  Development of all forms is essential to life. However, the poor by their very definition are stagnant.  Their growth is likely to be on the loss side, whether in terms of health, education, or employment. They sink to the lowest dregs of the bottom of the barrel.  Here there is no room for movement, very much like the fact that the elite really have nowhere to go to get away from the rest of us.  It behooves them to play nice.
http://www.helium.com/items/2260373-the-poor-get-poorer-the-rich-get-richer