Seriously?

I heard on the news the other day that CU-Boulder wants to ban on campus parking for their students in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Before implementing such a ban, they want to be sure that the $1.2 million dollars that they would lose would not have a negative impact on their budget.

This sounds like a bad idea to start with, but they say that 75% of the students already use an alternate form of transportation and that a car isn't really necessary on campus. According to their website, CU-Boulder has a student body of almost 29,000 students on campus. Sure 75% is alot, but that also leaves 7520 students who do commute in a car. Where are they going to park? On the street? The administration says that bus passes are included in student fees, but sometimes RTD isn't too convenient, at least in Denver.

So that's my rant about that. I don't go to CU-Boulder, so I'm not sure why I care. Maybe they should take a cue from the Health Sciences Center and ban parking lots first.

Just as I Suspected

Anybody who watches TV in Denver, and maybe those who live elsewhere, have probably seen the commercial with the mom venting her frustrations at the government for wanting to tax juice drinks and sodas. She rants about how the pennies can add up when you're trying to feed a family. This commercial annoys me on so many levels. First, if you're so concerned about not having money to feed your family, why are you tanking up on stuff that had no nutritional value in the first place? The answer to that is, of course, that the commercial is paid for by the group Americans Against Food Taxes. Who are these Americans? If you guessed Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Dr Pepper Royal Crown Bottling, Canada Dry Bottling, The Can Manufacturers Institute, 7-Eleven, and Yum! Brands, you'd be correct (its nice the internet allows you to find out such things). I don't really have any beef about people drinking soda, I just think that the commercial is funny since this mom is so concerned about the price of nutrionally deficient junk food going up when she's trying to feed her family.