Posted on 06/06/2008 11:07:08 AM PDT by BGHater
Everyone in the world is listening to WII-FM (What’s in it for me?)
“We offered you our help. You refused. So I said, I guess your up sh*t creek.” - Joliet Jake on Foriegn Policy...sort of
Sounds like the speculators have found another opportunity to screw consumers.
A UN agency (International Panel on Climate Change) continues to play a large part in causing this food crisis.
Now, the UN wants to get credit for “fixing” the problem. Well, credit, and trillions of dollars too.
That’s close to the Limbaugh Foreign Policy.
You vote against us at the UN or act against our interests, you get on the sht list. When you’re on the list, you get 0 consideration for foreign aid. It takes significant positive behavior to get off the list.
I don’t see a problem with individual countries trying to secure a food supply. I don’t believe there will be an ongoing shortage (unless everyone goes cuckoo for corn to ethanol and similar), but if they are buying the lease rights, fair and square, what’s wrong with that? I would expect smallish territories like Laos and S. Korea to do that so they will not be as subject to food blackmail.
Perhaps the political systems in some of the affected countries is contributing to the problem. UN should knock off some African dictators and run those countries for a while to see if they could do things better directly.
If you haven't seen this take a look.
Old Sam Kinison solved this food problem decades ago.
At first, I only saw this as a comedy routine, but then I started to see the deeper truth underlying the entire problem.
Notice how he demands the camera to close up right into his eyes when he says...
Half of these crises are probably media generated just so the UN can have excuses to beg for money. Of course, the whiners (on both sides) jump on it.
What the heck is WII FM
Scarcity is in distribution. Shortages are local. 1/2 of annual food production rots on the docks.
If the UN “knocked off african dictators” Who would be sitting in the seats of the UN ?
Also, I’ll be the first to say it . Bush’s Fault !
This has caused all manner of upheaval in poor countries that are not net exporters. People in these countries are in a dire situation, because basic daily food requirements are out of their reach, financially.
On the flip side of the coin, all the handwringing about rationing in the US was caused by consumers and restaurants snapping up all the jasmine rice and basmati rice, not coincidentally the best rice. Uncle Ben's was never in short supply.
If export bans continue to spread, we may begin to see spot shortages of our own. American rice isn't particularly prized, but in the absence of anything else, it'll be bought up.
The Leftist's dream of “Home Rule” comes with responsibilities and consequences for failure...
The same goes for the despots in SE Asia.....
Any people who won't fight to cast off tyrants, thugs and nation destroyers —— warrant little compassion from the rest of the world...
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Food is no more “scarce” than is water, especially the food and water we use to refine ethanol. What is scarce is sufficient prosperity so people can afford to buy the food they need. And that is mainly the fault of governments that fail to protect property rights, or prevent a person from reaching their full potential.
What's In It For Me?
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I keep wondering if this food situation has been orchestrated, or at least given a lot of help.
The US ethanol insanity, for example, has helped drive up prices not only on corn but a lot of things that use corn.
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