Thank you Armed Forces members!

I was really grateful for the sales we received last week for liverGARD.  A good percentage of them were from listeners of Armed Forces Radio and sports fans who were listening to a friend of mine who does our commercials.  Shipping to  an APO is no problem and I’m glad that folks were listening and willing to see what we’re all about.  Both of the founders of NBPI are ex USAF and many of our team members are former USARMY.  The web guy is  former USN so you can see that we have tremendous respect for the sacrifices you all make on our behalf.   We know that liverGARD will serve you well on your tours in places that put a strain on your detox system.  Too many airborne pollutants get in your bloodstream and must be metabolized when passing through the liver.  Using liverGARD daily will help your body deal with all of that.  When you do get downtime, you can use liverGARD to support your evening fun without losing the next day due to a hangover.  Keep up the solid work that you do and recognize that a significant majority of us know that regardless of politics, the job you do is the price of freedom and we’re grateful.

NBPI March 12, 2009

Why should I? or What can I do?

I live in one of the most beautiful places on earth.  I stand behind that statement due to the fact that people from all over the world come here for vacation.  Unfortunately, behind the scenes, we have a school system that is failing our kids.  I can’t blame the teachers or the administrators completely, though they have a part in this.  It’s the system…from our legislators to our US Congress.  How we elect people who have no competence in just about anything is beyond me.   Then these folk make policy based on pressures from lobbyists, unions, wealthy citizens, and freak of nature liberals and conservatives.  The system is broken and we just don’t seem to be willing to just say enough is enough and start over.  Will that cause turmoil?? Heck yes, in the short term.  In the long term it will provide the means for our children to receive the benefits befitting a first world culture by exposing creative young minds to arts, music, sports, literature, science, philosophy, and frankly, common sense.  Cynical you say our young people are…darn right, they should be.  I’m embarrassed for ourselves as we’ve let greed and corruption make up our current society.   These leaders in California, for example, care more about partisan politics and keeping their elected posts than actually dealing with real problems.  The US Congress??  Let’s see, they are bailing out everyone but you and me who actually drive the economic engine.  Let’s see $700B for financial institutions, $0B for schools and education.  BofA does a Super Bowl party with your tax dollars.  Billions are paid in bonuses with your tax dollars.  No restructuring of your mortgage which is way too high because greedy folk artificially inflated the housing market.  Come on people, this is OUR country, not just theirs.   WE all should demand more accountability, starting with ourselves.  Have the guts to stop your own selfish behaviors and give back.  Start giving back to where it hurts and see how much better you feel, how much more respect you gain, and see the positive impact in your community.  Start caring about others besides yourself.  If you live on the central coast of California from Pebble Beach north through the San Lorenzo Valley, there are 100’s of you worth hundreds of millions of dollars.  A thousand more worth $50M or more.  How is it that you can sit there while schools are cutting athletics, art, music, etc. and not realize that if each of you gave 10% of your net worth back to the community in an education trust, there would be no funding issues in this area and we could cultivate these minds in an impressive manner.  We’ll name the schools after you if you need the recognition.  What could be more important than providing that support?  Do you think that locked gates and alarms will serve as deterrents to the thousands of youths who, rather than expanding their minds with education, athletics, art, and music, have to expand their minds while on the streets every afternoon without supervision or direction.  Do the math and see where this leads.   I leave you with the simple question…is your first inclination to say “Why should I?” or “What can I do?”

NBPI