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UN Official Decries Global Maldistribution of Food
AZCONSERVATIVE ^ | 7 June 2008 | John Semmens

Posted on 06/09/2008 3:59:15 PM PDT by John Semmens

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To: John Semmens

What a cynic Mugabe is, to say he’s fighting obesity. His nationalization of land is what’s caused food production to drop. The man should be shot. I leave that to his own people to do the job.

As for this U.N. plan to “redistribute” food, it will result in the same kind of problems that Mugabe’s nationalization plan has. People know how to grow food. There’s no reason why food couldn’t be grown in other parts of the World, if given reasonable freedom and incentives to do so.

As for blaming capitalism, free economies and capitalism work. It’s socialist countries that can’t produce food.


21 posted on 06/09/2008 4:40:07 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Does Obama know ANYONE who likes America, capitalism, or white people?)
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To: John Semmens
“Those who are able to produce the food must be made to provide it whether they are paid or not.”

But why would they continue producing food then? Oh yeah, at gunpoint!

22 posted on 06/09/2008 4:42:46 PM PDT by MarineBrat (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
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To: DemforBush

D’OH! Should checked the source before posting. Ya got me but good. *blushes*

(In my defense, though, an actual U.N. official probably wouldn’t sound a whole lot different. :-) )


23 posted on 06/09/2008 5:03:17 PM PDT by DemforBush
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To: John Semmens
Many third worlders do not share the same food taste as Americans.

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The UN should look at the model of food production in Zimbabwe. Under Capitalizm it was the African breadbasket; under Marxism it cannot feed itself. - Food for thought.
24 posted on 06/09/2008 5:48:39 PM PDT by ricks_place
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To: John Semmens

If you want to redistribute the food, all you have to do is buy it and pay for the shipping...

Honestly, we really need to start whacking these people when they shoot off their mouths

IN the meantime, I think I’ll have an extra bagel for breakfast...


25 posted on 06/09/2008 6:05:01 PM PDT by Little Ray (I'm a Conservative. But I can vote for John McCain. If I have to. I guess.)
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The problem stems from capitalism, Diouf said.

How did Plymouth Colony fare under communism?

Why did it switch to capitalism?

What was the result?

26 posted on 06/09/2008 6:08:21 PM PDT by supercat
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To: supercat

You understand that this isn’t about feeding people, right? Its about power (esp. for Jacques Diouf and his little empire) and food is even more powerful than weapons...


27 posted on 06/09/2008 6:33:02 PM PDT by Little Ray (I'm a Conservative. But I can vote for John McCain. If I have to. I guess.)
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To: jalisco555

“Every nation where people starve is a tyranny. I don’t think there is any exception to this rule.”

Yep. I think you are right Jalisco.

And what a global food tyranny we would have if the UN were to requisition food at their own corrupt whim.

I can just see
the UN b’crats and leftist politicos getting all the cream for themselves and doling out rice and fly-blown “protein” to the rest of us.

... and can I have a side of Soylent orange with that ?


28 posted on 06/17/2008 7:34:39 PM PDT by biscuit jane
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