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2006-09-06 Home Front Economy

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Posted by Fred 2006-09-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Izzat a Site Map link? Is that what was intended? Is this a test? LOL. :)

Got the munchies, think I'll go raid some food outlet with my big fat full capitalist's wallet...

Posted by flyover 2006-09-06 00:32|| 2006-09-06 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Obviously its Dubya's fault - again. Iff only America would just adopt Socialism and OWG, world dictators wouldn't have to worry about feeding their hungry masses. You know, the reason why America, a nation that can feed itself + many others, is allowed to war for OWG but not govern its own OWG. America is allowed to feed the world while NOT telling world dictators how to govern, e.g. feed, their own people, nor to teach them to feed and care for themselves.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-09-06 01:30|| 2006-09-06 01:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Starvation is a political problem.

North Korea, Zimbabwe, Somalia,

Poor folks in democracies never seem to starve.

Posted by john">john 2006-09-06 10:07|| 2006-09-06 10:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Lean is known as an environMENTAList journalist: aka a journalist with an agenda.

Gee, I guess the world food shortage is why retail bulk chicken prices rocketed to .39 a pound from .34 a pound.

Posted by badanov 2006-09-06 10:08|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2006-09-06 10:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Poor folks in democracies never seem to starve.

Cause they're obese.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-09-06 10:09|| 2006-09-06 10:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Poor folks in democracies never seem to starve

NOPE

Posted by PHAT 2006-09-06 10:20|| 2006-09-06 10:20|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe if we increased the amount of US territory used to grow food from 2% to 3%, we could make up the difference. I know Kansas corn crops are down this year, but much of the midwest is doing quite well. If Afghanistan grew corn or wheat instead of opium poppies, the results would be different. If Zimbabwe and South Africa allowed FARMERS to farm, instead of taking their land away and giving it to "revolutionaries", the crop yields would be higher.

Frankly, I don't put much stock in anything the UK Independent publishes, and figures from the FAO are always slanted to the "gloom and doom" side. Let's see how the crop yields actually shake out, and the hard data made available, before we get into a tizzy.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-09-06 16:22|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-09-06 16:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Poor folks in democracies never seem to starve.

Cause they're obese.

Awww, don't pour salt on my skinless ego, will you? Besides, I'm not fat, I'm big boned, really.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-09-06 16:26|| 2006-09-06 16:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Feh. Get back to me when the beer supply is in danger.

Posted by Carl in N.H.">Carl in N.H. 2006-09-06 16:29|| 2006-09-06 16:29|| Front Page Top

#10 I think we got it all mixed up. The problem is actually starving obese people.

Posted by tu3031 2006-09-06 16:44|| 2006-09-06 16:44|| Front Page Top

#11 Starvation is a political problem.

Word, john. Like the Archer Midland Daniels commercial states, this world grows enough food to feed itself very nicely, it is merely political interests that prevent its proper distribution.

A fine example was when the Soviets finally had a huge grain harvest for once only to have carloads full of wheat sit and rot on railway sidings because the proper palms weren't being greased.

Aside from inclement weather patterns, look to this world's dictators and warlords whenever famine is announced.

Posted by Zenster 2006-09-06 22:19|| 2006-09-06 22:19|| Front Page Top

#12 Hmm...Cindy Sheehan drops the 'fast' and all of a sudden there's a worldwide food shortage. Coincidence?

Posted by Elmert Crosh5077 2006-09-06 23:06|| 2006-09-06 23:06|| Front Page Top

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