Comments on The Green Phone Booth: Obamas: Make Our Lives Safer and Easier, Please

Susannah - yes, you articulate so well what I appr...

2009-01-16T15:21:00.000-08:00

Susannah - yes, you articulate so well what I appreciate - the grasping by a person in power of The Juggle, as you so aptly put it.

Anon - agreed. If they'd read the law, much less listened to the hubbub over its unintended consequences online, it'd be hard to see them wanting to hinder a thriving marketplace in this economy.

According to change.org - the CPSIA issue made the...

2009-01-16T10:50:00.000-08:00

According to change.org - the CPSIA issue made the top 10 issues that will be presented to Mr. Obama (not sure when - a week or so?). I think if any member of Congress had actually READ this law, they would have had some serious concerns.

One thing I like about Michelle Obama (and she has...

2009-01-16T08:41:00.000-08:00

One thing I like about Michelle Obama (and she has this in common with Barbara Bush) is that she talks like a regular person. Yes, they are First Ladies and in the top 1% financially in the U.S. But they still talked about life in a way that made it clear they understand The Juggle (whether that's work/home, organic/not, designer/off the rack). They are both people who have tried and failed to get a kid to eat a pruney grape.

Crunchy Christian Mom -- better isn't always easie...

2009-01-15T17:06:00.000-08:00

Crunchy Christian Mom -- better isn't always easier. But I don't necessarily view it as a virtue that I may spend time searching six stores to find tomato paste in a glass jar because I don't want to eat BPA in my canned goods. That's the kind of easy I want to sign up for -- and I think someone who's had an aha moment about HFCS is much more likely to think carefully about other environmental toxins.

GB - school lunch programs are a perfect example of what I hope the Obamas will impact. My school doesn't even have a kitchen much less a chef cooking up local and sustainable organic fare. But yes, I would love to have, step by step, the mainstream school lunch program more closely approximating the food I eat at home: hormone free grass fed milk/meat, fruits and veggies, healthy whole foods. And I would love for these things to be mainstream and easily accessible. Yep, I want it to be easy to allow my kid to get hot lunch.

EGoose :)

"Basically, Obamas? I'd like you to make ...

2009-01-15T14:16:00.000-08:00

"Basically, Obamas? I'd like you to make it easier for my family to live my life safely and lightly on the planet. That's all." <---YES. Yes, yes, yes, yes!

It will be nice to have someone in the White House...

2009-01-15T13:35:00.000-08:00

It will be nice to have someone in the White House who at least talks about the need for organic, about the not-so-great benefits of corn syrup and the hope for healthier food.

I do understand Crunchy Christian Mom's comment. It is pretty insane that Michelle cannot get her kids fresh fruit a few times a week but I do think many Americans experience that. A wise friend once told me - when I was all hot and bothered to turn the school hot lunch program into one that sold only local, organic food - that the way most of us (in the green blogosphere) eat is not the norm. Maybe the first step would be hormone free milk. Then fresh fruit. Then organic sometimes. And so on. I think it is a step in the right direction for all of America even if it is way behind the way many of us here eat.

Hmm, safer and easier? If buying fresh fruit is a...

2009-01-15T12:52:00.000-08:00

Hmm, safer and easier? If buying fresh fruit is a challenge for Michelle Obama, I'm not sure how she's going to make MY life any easier -- or that I even want her to.

A better life doesn't necessarily mean an "easier" life.