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To: Squawk 8888

Famine is pretty unlikely here in the states. About the best we could ever manage is a belt tightening reduction but there’s too much arable land here for an outright famine.


5 posted on 02/14/2008 8:32:21 AM PST by cripplecreek (Just call me M.O.M. (Maverick opposed to McCain.))
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To: cripplecreek

“Famine is pretty unlikely here in the states.”

Yup, it would take something big and global in scope to get to that point, perhaps only after years of downward forces on global food production.

If it did get that bad, you can also bet a LOT of people today would resort to violence, riots, murder, robbing and other crimes before actully tightening their belt. I’m not sure if our civilization has what it takes to hold together through a real famine.


13 posted on 02/14/2008 7:54:59 PM PST by Grig (Howard Dean + Terry McAulif = Mike Huckabee , Hillary Clinton + Obama = McCain)
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