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Your Christmas 2008 wishlist, what are they NOT going to give you?

Wed, 17th Dec 2008 at 10:57 am Leon said; Kim Kardashian on a bed of roses.

Wed, 17th Dec 2008 at 8:25 am Gussie said; Hmmmmmm. How about the abolition of General Consumption Tax?

Wed, 17th Dec 2008 at 12:58 am Tami said; 1.Casio EX-F1 Camera

*60 still images per second
This means i can photograph someone falling from a roof and see the every inch and second of their very hurtful fall. It's like a mini movie.

*High speed movie recording at 1200 fps
You know what this means? Neither do i, but it sounds awesome and really fast.

2.Love, peace and orgies; for everyone

3. A nice car with paid insurance, servicing, gas and a cheauffer

Tue, 16th Dec 2008 at 8:55 pm dutty said; You did say LIST right, wishLIST

1. The entire season of the Sorpranos on DVD.
2. The New HP Magic touch screen PC.
3. The Blackberry Storm
4. ipod crush
5. Cash
6. and of course peace and love (seriously)       

Tue, 16th Dec 2008 at 8:12 pm Stunner said; My Nikon D60 for an affordable price       

Tue, 16th Dec 2008 at 7:47 pm trini said; I want a version of Mac OS that runs on a PC without hacks.

Would you trust food if it had the label 'Made in U.S.A for international sales only'?

Tue, 16th Dec 2008 at 3:51 pm Infidel said; nope -_- wouldn't trust it at all.

Tue, 16th Dec 2008 at 11:35 am owen said; Aunties are good people but I don't see the need to buy bananas from California

Sun, 14th Dec 2008 at 7:51 pm ESTEBAN AGOSTO REID said; The issues regarding food will become even much more controversial in the medium term, when metropolitan societies start to export CLONED products, ranging from produce to meats and poultry to Third World societies. Culturally, religiously, and ethically, as a society and a people, we in Jamaica are not ready for that/this type of food consumption, but with global food shortages, as a consequence of prices and crises in various areas of food production, the cloning of certain types of foods for consumption is inevitable and may be the answer for starvation/famine in Africa and Asia. As a matter of fact, the science and technology is already available to produce food in this manner.Certainly,this is the time we in the Third World will be crying out conspiracy, where the developed countries are trying to control us via food science and technology.It will be interesting to see how we respond to cloned beef,mutton, and chicken for our protein consumption. Surely,this may force some of us back into our own farming/intensive agriculture and some limited variant of animal husbandry,like raising our own pigs, goats and chickens. Nuff respect!!

Sun, 14th Dec 2008 at 6:06 pm Stunner said; I often wonder about that label too. I don't trust it! It's a conspiracy! I think they are selling the inferior ones to us, or putting some unknown chemical in it it influence us in some way!

Sun, 14th Dec 2008 at 5:15 pm Gods Child said; very good question Tami
I'm suspicious

I'm curious about the ingredients. I have a box right here. Tell me if it's the same:
enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, robflavin, folic acid) sugar, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate) salt, calcium carbonate (a course of calcium).
Goes on to say "Contains wheat ingredients, may contain traces of milk, egg and soy."

Syrup says: Corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, cellulose gum, caramel color, salt, sodium benzoate and sorbic acid (preservatives), artificial and natural flavors, sodium hexametaphosphate.

note that there is both corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup (which produces a lot of mucus).

Sun, 14th Dec 2008 at 2:11 pm ESTEBAN AGOSTO REID said; Why not!! It is not the American food that we should be worried about, with respect to proper quality controls, inspections, and the general quality and health of such foods. In general, American foods are pretty good, despite the labelling and marketing re international sales, only. The country that we need to be focusing our attention on, with regard to quality consumer goods including food items is CHINA. A considerable number of items being exported to the west from the factories of China including pharmaceuticals, baby food, inter alia are not passing the various quality controls and inspection test, in comparison to American produced foods, and many westerners succumb to various types of illnesses and even deaths post consumption of such foods.Interestingly, many food items coming from China are not even subjected to inspection tests. Concerning the labelling of packages on the part of American producers, indeed, they the Americans can do much better, in terms of their labelling of packages, but one should not be too worried about consuming such items. Also, it is incumbent on the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Trade in Jamaica to make sure when food items enter the island from other countries, that they meet the appropriate guidelines and regulations specified and expected by the government. Nuff Respect!!

Sun, 14th Dec 2008 at 9:51 am mad bull said; I have often wondered about that myself too. Leon is right still, and in many cases, the food is good, but it has some blemish or other. Its still good, but when people have plenty of everything, its not so good. They won't buy these slightly damaged items. Then you turn to the newspapers and read of people in some places eating dirt, and you say, "Maybe they would want this slightly damaged food, after all, its got to be better than dirt!".
I just hope they are asking way less for this fod than they do for the food that passes U.S. specs...

Sun, 14th Dec 2008 at 1:54 am Leon said; I've pondered that question myself. It basically means "not good enough to pass American standards but good enough for third world countries."

Sat, 13th Dec 2008 at 9:51 pm dutty said; it might have anthrax