Sunday, April 12, 2009

Have a Blessed Passover & A Happy Easter

Chag Pesach! (and don't forget the schmaltz!)

May the Lord make his face to shine upon you and keep you safe in His mighty hand.

Passover is one of the most sacred times of the year. Our forefathers were delivered from terrible captivity and led into a brighter future. Now is the time that we, as Americans, should join together in the battle against the economic and political evils facing us. Using creativity and the ideal of personal responsibility in partnership with each other and our government we have a marvelous opportunity to retake the American dream. This is not just a time of recession but a time of limitless opportunity.

Stock prices are lower now than you will probably ever see them again. This will create some excellent buying opportunities for the shrewd investor. Also there is the whole "going green" and sustainable resource movement creating whole new market niches to exploit.
A good example of this is bamboo cloth and clothing. The cloth is soft as silk and sturdy. It has natural anti-bacterial properties to prevent body odor. I mean, what more could you ask? It's a silk shirt with built in deodorant!

My point is simple. Instead of crying "Oy! I'm dying here!" trust in God and sell some goods. The market is rich with people looking to buy.
Until later my friends,and Chag Pesach! Have a blessed Passover and a Happy Easter.

Changing The Face of American Business


The Grassroots Approach
This article is to inform you about something that is so American in it's application as to be revolutionary. There are small groups of brave souls all across our land taking responsibility for their own lives and destiny. They are not content to simply bemoan their distress and difficulties. Make no mistake, they are in dire distress. These are not the elite and powerful in our midst. They are the meanest of us and yet representative of all of us and that which is best in us.

Who are these valiant champions of responsibility and self-improvement?

They are groups of lower income workers all across America who have joined into a grassroots coalition and created manufacturing co-ops in order to gain economic stability and a better life for their families. Not content to take the Uncle Tom's (Sam) hand out and live in misery, these great souls have embraced what it is to be American and work hard to build economic freedom for themselves.

Sustainable Business

They are making organic clothing and accessories in Ohio at Esperanza Threads Co. where unemployed low-income workers create attractive items for sale and everyone in the co-operative shares in the work and the reward. It's not a top-down company where the CEO collects all the money and the workers toil for low wages. It's a true co-operative effort and is growing steadily. The result is a stable and growing business which is based on ecologic sustain-ability and economic justice and lifts hundreds of workers out of poverty.

This is just one example of people who heard the message "Yes, we can" and went out and did.
The American dream isn't just for slick young executives or wall street tycoons. It's for everyone in America. That's what it is to be American.