Povey Prattle

Oh it's so darned hard to live with a conscience which calls for consistent ethical actions.) I struggle with this in my many and various purchases. You all know that I am a great fan of the Trader Joe's stores. When I enter one of these stores I sometimes think that I am in a secret cult with all manner of bargains for  initiates, or I think that I am in a place which leads me to a kind of evangelical fervor. See http://www.traderjoes.com/about/index.asp   and especially check out the "Customer Updates" The prices are good and most of the products are of excellent quality. But please note that T'J's is not a health foods store -  and it's important to check the labels for sodium, calorie, vitamin, fats etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A few weeks ago at Trader Joe's I bought  a 48 ounce  canister of "100% Desert Mesquite Honey  - From the Desert of Northern M

So ---- today my Peruvian  friend German got a new job with the most famous of American Pay-Day Loan Companies. The Company will train him (with pay) next week in TPA, and pay for his hotel room as he is trained.  Then he will be assigned to a local office within 25 miles of SRQ with pay at $14 per hours (not bad these days). After 90 days he will be eligible for health insurance benefits. As much as I dislike the Pay-Day Loan Companies, I am glad that German has landed on his feet. Ethical consistency is not easy. Therefore it is  impossible to reconcile my dislike of   Pay-Day Loan Companies with my joy that German has landed a job. I have to live in the balance between my dislike of some enterprises and my concern and care for German.