Posted on 04/12/2008 4:31:07 PM PDT by Lorianne
It is the constant sensation of hunger that makes Kamla Devi so angry. She argues with shopkeepers in New Delhi over prices and quarrels with her husband, a casual labourer, over his wages - about 50 rupees (60p) a day.
'When I go to the market and see how little I can get for my money, it makes me want to hit the shopkeepers and thrash the government,' she says. A few months ago, Kamla - who is 42 - decided she and her husband could no longer afford to eat twice a day. The couple, who have already sent their two teenage sons to live with more prosperous relatives, now exist on only one daily meal. At midday Kamla cooks a dozen roti (a round, flat Indian bread) with some vegetables fried with onions and spices. If there are some left, they will eat them at night. The only other sustenance that the couple have are occasional cups of sugared tea.
'My husband and I would argue every night. In the end he told me it wouldn't make his wages grow larger. Instead we went down to one meal a day to cut costs.'
It is a grim, unsettling story. Yet it is certainly not an exceptional one. Across the world, a food crisis is now unfolding with frightening speed. Hundreds of millions of men and women who, only a few months ago, were able to provide food for their families have found rocketing prices of wheat, rice and cooking oil have left them facing the imminent prospect of starvation. The spectre of catastrophe now looms over much of the planet.
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I’m American and I WILL survive any food “crisis.” I will plant a garden and eat healthier food than I can purchase.
As for you in Japan...perhaps you could write an email to Mr. Al Gore and share with him how his “vision” for ending global warming via alternative fuels (corn and grass) has OVERWHELMED food production. Common sense?....NOT!
Answer: If people are starving - it is America's fault. If people eat too much and get fat - it is America's fault. I hope this clears up any questions...
In the end the eco-warriers will win because they want the poor to die off so they can save the planet for future generations of caribou
Lest we forget, it takes 3 gallons of water to make 1 gallon of Ethanol also.
1 ounce is government contribution. ; )
That too. Don't forget that modern agriculture needs a lot of fuel for the tractors, combines, and other farm machinery.
A subsistence farmer having no more than his own muscles and maybe a water buffalo, cannot produce much more than what is needed to feed his own family. In the US, we did not stop having a large percentage of the population on the farm until we got powered machinery (history of farming in the US
I cannot make that link work. Anyway, bring back homesteading:)
Good grief, don't we overfeed them already? Grrrrr.....
Caribou deserve pursuing the wanton drive for self promotion too!
I think a caribou would look good in a power tie. ; )
The starvation is going to happen in places with dictators and other forms of oppressive governments.
They are not likely to revolt, and if they do, it will be unsuccessful.
How long is the shelf life of rice? I’d like to stock up too, but wonder what is the best way to store a large quantity?
Government is focused on tonnage, they don't mess around with trivial ounces...
Bump to your post, and PING.
Pint is a measure of volume, not weight.
I buy mine in sealed plastic 5 kilogram bags. Shelf life is pretty much indefinite as long as it’s stored in a reasonably cool place with low humidity. The bottom of a closet if fine as long as it’s not susceptible to flooding and providing there are no vermin issues.
If rats or mice are a potential problem, you are better off investing in a large plastic or metal garbage can with a tight sealing lid.
That’s exactly what I was thinking. Same reason they ban DDT - better dead babies of malaria than dead baby birds.
Damn..we better go out and buy up some bags of popcorn..before they start burning that in Liberal SUV’s.
The longer this primary goes on..the more expensive it will get.
That being said the President isn't buying any goodwill from the dems with these lamebrained policies. Just do the right thing.
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