I know that Shelby hates blogs that just provide links to elsewhere along with some commentary, but I don't have any such problems, so here goes:
First, a sign that the German government (at least on the state level) is confronting new economic realities and making the tough choices that tough times demand: Lederhosen Subsidies Axed as Germany Tightens Belt.
Second, if you donate clothes to charity, they may not even be unpacked before they're sold for export to a third-world country. (If you follow the link, notice how the boy in the topmost picture is wearing an American Boy Scout uniform.) This is why I'm glad that we donated our excess clothes to Sacred Heart Community Service before we left San Jose; having volunteered at Sacred Heart, we knew that our clothes would be given directly to people in the community who needed them, rather than, say, being sold in Zambia, where they'd help to crush the domestic clothing industry there under a flood of cheap second-hand clothes.
Posted by Kevin at March 26, 2004 02:34 PM