Wal-Mart et al aren't as concerned as they'd have you believe!

According to their PR departments, the big retailers would have you believe they are concerned about the workers in the Third World who are making all those inexpensive items for us here in the U.S. of A.  Maybe at some level, they are concerned but they are not concerned enough to ask the right question or even to show up unannounced.  Check out this item (MS WORD document) if you would:  Wal-Mart, Other Big Retailers Driving Down Working Conditions Worldwide.

My "Mood" is a combination of concern, indignation, and curmudgeon-itis which is not an AOL available selection option.

Our visit to the nation's birthplace

Daphne was able to join me in Mount Laurel, New Jersey from late at night on Thursday, 29 January to early Monday, 02 February.  On Saturday, we walked around Independence Mall in downtown Philadelphia to see the Visitors' Center, the Liberty Bell, City Tavern where we took a fine luncheon, and Independence Hall wherein once hung & rang the bell now called Liberty.

Christmas at Camp Pendleton

It is my fond hope to follow the picture upload with some actual text about our time at Camp Pendleton with Lance Corporal Madden.  It took a long time before AOL got the picture upload software working again.