Guest guest Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 http://wholeboycott.com/ Judy Pokras vegwriter http://Green-Advertising.blogspot.com Specializing in promoting raw vegan and other green businesses. Editor/founder/publisher Raw Foods News Magazine www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com An online magazine celebrating raw vegan cuisine since March 2001, and featuring authoritative info, breaking news, and fun interactive features on the raw vegan lifestyle. Have you signed up for our free e-newsletter? Author The Little e-Book of Raw Holiday Recipes http://www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com/modules.php?op=modload & name=News & file=articl\ e & sid=205 STOP GLOBAL WARMING GO VEGAN bumper sticker: http://www.cafepress.com/rawfoods.86920766 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 John Mackey says: " Health-care reform is very important. Whatever reforms are enacted it is essential that they be financially responsible, and that we have the freedom to choose doctors and the health-care services that best suit our own unique set of lifestyle choices. We are all responsible for our own lives and our own health. We should take that responsibility very seriously and use our freedom to make wise lifestyle choices that will protect our health. Doing so will enrich our lives and will help create a vibrant and sustainable American society. " For sure, raw foodies will want to deny support to people who recommend that we uphold responsibility for our own health and the liberty to make our own choices. It is wise to realize when one is shooting oneself in the foot. Blanc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Not everyone is enlightened as raw foodies are are what is the best food to eat. I care about my fellow humans. Not everyone takes the same path. Let's be compassionate and help the less fortunate! Judy Pokras vegwriter http://Green-Advertising.blogspot.com Specializing in promoting raw vegan and other green businesses. Editor/founder/publisher Raw Foods News Magazine www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com An online magazine celebrating raw vegan cuisine since March 2001, and featuring authoritative info, breaking news, and fun interactive features on the raw vegan lifestyle. Have you signed up for our free e-newsletter? Author The Little e-Book of Raw Holiday Recipes http://www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com/modules.php?op=modload & name=News & file=articl\ e & sid=205 STOP GLOBAL WARMING GO VEGAN bumper sticker: http://www.cafepress.com/rawfoods.86920766 On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Blanc <blancw wrote: > > > John Mackey says: > > " Health-care reform is very important. Whatever reforms are enacted it > is essential that they be financially responsible, and that we have > the freedom to choose doctors and the health-care services that best > suit our own unique set of lifestyle choices. We are all responsible > for our own lives and our own health. We should take that > responsibility very seriously and use our freedom to make wise > lifestyle choices that will protect our health. Doing so will enrich > our lives and will help create a vibrant and sustainable American > society. " > > For sure, raw foodies will want to deny support to people who > recommend that we uphold responsibility for our own health and the > liberty to make our own choices. > It is wise to realize when one is shooting oneself in the foot. > > Blanc > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Because their CEO, John Mackey, is a greedy pig. He wrote an op ed piece for the Wall Street Journal recently (google it) quoting Margaret Thatcher and saying only the rich like himself deserve the best health care. He's against any public option. On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 3:12 AM, <IraPhotog wrote: > Sorry, I love WFM. My friend Norm and I eat there often. They know us on a > first name basis. Why do you want to boycot them? > In a message dated 8/21/09 10:11:02 PM, vegwriter writes: > > > http://wholeboycott.com/ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Judy, Your insulting and false statements about John Mackey are unfortunate. Nowhere in his opinion piece did he say that only the rich like himself deserve the best health care, which you would you know if you had read the article. Instead, he offered 8 ideas for lowering the cost of health care for everyone. Here it is: http://is.gd/2sXJ6 But thanks for bringing his piece to attention. As I said in my earlier post about your call for this absurd boycott, his plan is far better than anything I have seen coming from our rulers in Washington, D.C. Mark _____ On Behalf Of Judy Pokras Saturday, August 22, 2009 12:19 AM IraPhotog Cc: Re: Join me in boycotting Whole Foods Market Because their CEO, John Mackey, is a greedy pig. He wrote an op ed piece for the Wall Street Journal recently (google it) quoting Margaret Thatcher and saying only the rich like himself deserve the best health care. He's against any public option. On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 3:12 AM, <IraPhotog (AT) aol (DOT) <IraPhotog%40aol.com> com> wrote: > Sorry, I love WFM. My friend Norm and I eat there often. They know us on a > first name basis. Why do you want to boycot them? > In a message dated 8/21/09 10:11:02 PM, vegwriter (AT) gmail (DOT) <vegwriter%40gmail.com> com writes: > > > http://wholeboycott <http://wholeboycott.com/> .com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Judy, What a cheap shot to call somebody a " greedy pig " and to then call for people to boycott one of the best businesses in America because you don't like what he wrote. And what an insult to the pig, a noble and intelligent animal, to use its name as an epithet. In response to the " Never Question Authority " crowd which is calling for this ridiculous boycott, new Facebook groups in support of John Mackey and Whole Foods are gathering steam, e.g.: http://is.gd/2tcKg and http://is.gd/2tcS0 Mark http://hovila.wordpress.com <http://hovila.wordpress.com/> _____ @ <%40> [@ <%40> ] On Behalf Of Judy Pokras Saturday, August 22, 2009 12:19 AM IraPhotog (AT) aol (DOT) <IraPhotog%40aol.com> com Cc: @ <%40> Re: Join me in boycotting Whole Foods Market Because their CEO, John Mackey, is a greedy pig. He wrote an op ed piece for the Wall Street Journal recently (google it) quoting Margaret Thatcher and saying only the rich like himself deserve the best health care. He's against any public option. On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 3:12 AM, <IraPhotog (AT) aol (DOT) <IraPhotog%40aol.com> com> wrote: > Sorry, I love WFM. My friend Norm and I eat there often. They know us on a > first name basis. Why do you want to boycot them? > In a message dated 8/21/09 10:11:02 PM, vegwriter (AT) gmail (DOT) <vegwriter%40gmail.com> com writes: > > > http://wholeboycott <http://wholeboycott <http://wholeboycott.com/> .com/> ..com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 That *might* be a good idea if we had a sustainable system set up that emphasized prevention, but I don't think we as a community can afford for the majority of our population to take expensive drugs, have open heart surgeries, radiation, cancer surgeries, etc. That's simply the reality, and that was one of Mackey's main points. Laurie , Judy Pokras <vegwriter wrote: > > Not everyone is enlightened as raw foodies are are what is the best food to > eat. > I care about my fellow humans. Not everyone takes the same path. Let's be > compassionate and help the less fortunate! > > Judy Pokras > vegwriter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Judy, just a reminder that name-calling, judging, and character attacks, etc. are not welcome on the list. Thanks, Jeff On Aug 22, 2009, at 12:18 AM, Judy Pokras wrote: > is a greedy pig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 When you are free to use your own money as you wish, you are also free to express your compassion financially to help your fellow humans get acquainted with organic tomatoes. Whereas, if you are forcibly prevented from keeping that money which you earned, so that the government can decide, manage, and administer a health care program for everyone, then you are no longer as endowed to contribute $ to those unfortunate SAD ones which you elect to help - and neither will anyone else. It will no longer be a matter of personal decision how (or whether) you promote your own health, you no longer need to think so much about it (or even understand what you've been doing to yourself) - the administrators will make take care of all that for you. And if you disagree with what is available at the doctor's, you can only use the remainder of your cash, after those extra $ deductions from your paycheck, to get the goji berries and ocean minerals and raw almonds and durian you'd rather consume instead. Blanc On Aug 22, 2009, at 12:17 AM, Judy Pokras wrote: > Not everyone is enlightened as raw foodies are are what is the best > food to > eat. > I care about my fellow humans. Not everyone takes the same path. > Let's be > compassionate and help the less fortunate! > > Judy Pokras > vegwriter > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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