Posted on 04/25/2022 6:49:19 AM PDT by Kaslin
After one-third of the horrific term of resident Joe Biden is almost complete, the United States of America is facing a series of mind-boggling crises.
The Biden administration’s COVID-19 response focused on forcing Americans to wear masks and take vaccines. The President pushed mandates and lockdowns, instead of freedom. The toll on our economy, overall health and psychological well-being has been staggering.
This week, in their commitment to continue these policies, the administration refused to abandon the unnecessary and ridiculous mask mandate for public transportation and will appeal a federal judge’s sensible ruling striking down this unpopular mandate.
There is an unprecedented crisis on our southern border as an invasion of illegal immigrants continues to pour into our country. This is leading to a massive increase in illegal drugs, which is contributing to a record number of drug overdose deaths.
Fueled by a rise in illegal drugs, illegal immigrants and “woke” prosecutors in urban areas, violent crime is skyrocketing in America. Our police officers are overwhelmed, underpaid, and constantly disrespected by progressive Democrats who blame them for the dangerous conditions instead of the real culprits, the violent criminals.
Americans are facing a plethora of economic troubles as huge debt, reckless spending and the targeting of our energy industry contributed to record gasoline prices and devastating inflation levels. The wages of workers are not keeping pace with the high inflation rates, so Americans are falling further behind economically.
To combat inflation, interest rates are increasing, which will make home buying more difficult and cause problems for our real estate industry.
While all these problems are truly dreadful, the scariest issue that will soon be facing Americans is an unfamiliar situation in the wealthiest country on earth, a food shortage. The last time the United States faced a real food shortage was during the Great Depression of the 1930s. At that time, there were “hunger marches” as millions of Americans were impacted by food shortages made worse by a severe drought in the Great Plains.
While we face nothing like that situation today, there are disturbing signs of trouble ahead. Already, Americans are noticing many shelves to be empty at local grocery stores.
The war in Ukraine has made a dire situation much worse. Both Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of food, such as wheat. In Ukraine, many farms have been destroyed during the war and able-bodied farmers are fighting on the front lines instead of tending to their fields.
To combat inflation, interest rates are increasing, which will make home buying more difficult and cause problems for our real estate industry.
While all these problems are truly dreadful, the scariest issue that will soon be facing Americans is an unfamiliar situation in the wealthiest country on earth, a food shortage. The last time the United States faced a real food shortage was during the Great Depression of the 1930s. At that time, there were “hunger marches” as millions of Americans were impacted by food shortages made worse by a severe drought in the Great Plains.
While we face nothing like that situation today, there are disturbing signs of trouble ahead. Already, Americans are noticing many shelves to be empty at local grocery stores.
The war in Ukraine has made a dire situation much worse. Both Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of food, such as wheat. In Ukraine, many farms have been destroyed during the war and able-bodied farmers are fighting on the front lines instead of tending to their fields.
The result was predictable, as global food prices soared 12% in the first few weeks of the war. The Executive Director of the World Food Program, David Beasley, called the escalating food shortages caused by the war a “catastrophe on top of catastrophe.” Even resident Biden admitted that the war in Ukraine will lead to “real” food shortages in the days ahead.
To make matters worse, there have been a series of unusual accidents at food processing plants and warehouses in recent months. There have been fires, unexplained accidents and even a deadly plane crash, which occurred Thursday, at a General Mills plant in Covington, Georgia. Sadly, two people were killed and there was considerable damage at the plant with numerous trailers being destroyed.
The plane crash occurred just two days after a fire destroyed the headquarters of Azure Standard, the nation’s largest manufacturer of organic and healthy food, in Dufur, Oregon.
With almost two dozen incidents in the last year, it is hard to imagine these events at similar facilities being purely coincidental. Regardless, the Biden administration has no answer to this dilemma. In fact, recent actions will make the situation even worse.
On April 14, Biden announced that a gasoline blend with 15% ethanol would be allowed during the summer. It is normally prohibited during the summer months because of negative environmental effects, such as increased pollution. The President waived this prohibition so that Americans would have minor relief in gasoline prices.
Unfortunately, this change will encourage more farmers to use their crops for ethanol, a biofuel that is made with corn. The result will be a shortage in food products, such as sweet corn, and corn feed, which is used to put weight on livestock. Thus, meat prices will soar to even higher levels.
The ethanol decision is particularly unwise as the country faces an upcoming food shortage. Nevertheless, the Biden administration is uninterested in addressing the real anxieties of Americans. Instead, their major areas of focus are pushing the climate change agenda, globalism, and retaining power. The actual economic condition of the American people is of little concern to Biden and his administration.
Curiously, as America faces this food crisis, approximately 250,000 acres of our farmland have been purchased by billionaire Bill Gates. In fact, Gates is the largest owner of farmland in the country.
Simultaneously, investors with ties to communist China have purchased almost 200,000 acres of our farmland. Both Gates and China are poised to reap massive financial benefits as food prices continue to rise. Even worse, it is a true national security dilemma for communist China to own such a significant amount of our country’s farmland as a food shortage is looming.
The United States Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as “a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food.” Sadly, this “condition” is coming to America in the very near future.
To combat this crisis, the Biden administration should be working overtime to investigate the troubling incidents at food processing plants and encourage farmers to expand their food crops, not redirect them toward ethanol.
In addition, Biden and his administration should be focused on trying to negotiate a peace settlement to the war in Ukraine. Instead, this administration is allowing other countries, such as Turkey, to take the diplomatic lead in efforts to end the war.
It seems as if the President and his administration are doing everything possible to exacerbate the impending food shortage instead of solving it.
Never I. My lifetime did I think we’d be even discussing a possb9le food,shortage here in the nation. Yet incredibly the Ineptitude of the current administration has contributed to just such a scenario.
Everytime a dem is president they put our nation at risk
“It’s as if they will absorb any amount of punishment, as long as it’s their team dishing it out.”
Think of Germany and Japan at the end of WW2.
The democrat party, or Nazi party whichever way you want to describe them, are like a cult.
A little food in security would be good the overall health of the populace. We are way too fat (present company included)
and are carrying enough food stored on fat on our bellies to last a while. No need to run out and get a Ron Paul food freeze drier!
I might need to get back into wheat production on my farm. Might actually be profitable!
Two slices of racist white bread, Dukes mayo, salt & pepper...and thick juicy slices of ripe red tomato.
One of the best sammiches in the world.
Yummm...
You can keep harping about green but I hope you recognize that it has nothing to do with green/climate. It’s all a transfer of wealth to turn Western nations into 3rd world crap holes. Granted, they have a lot of the citizenry convinced that we’re all going to die due to climate change and those some of people have gone green.
And sadly.many will cave,and get the mark because they won’t be able to buy fuel,to keep,warm in deadly cold,winters, or keep,cool with in deadly hot weather. They won’t be able to travel unless,they get the mark, work etc. The roresure to get the mark will be tremendous when parents have to watch their kids starving or freezing to death, and far too many will succumb to that pressure.
I think,though you might see grave robberies in the end times where folks dig up bodies of thise who got the mark and dig out the chip and use it for, using and selling without actually taking the mark by worshipping the beast themselves.
Perhaps some non complinat entrepreneurs will come up with ways to keep,buying and selling without selling their souls to,the evil one to do so.
“they will send you a food stipend”
Or a basket of crickets to deep fry.
Who's this "we" you speak of? I'm thin and have no fat reserves.
‘Food insecurity’ is the left’s way of changing the rules in the middle of the game. It used to be ‘poverty level’ and ‘starvation/deprivation.’ It’s their way of explaining how a child answers yes to the question, “have you ever been hungry for something?” All to justify more program money-piss-aways on LBJ’s Great Society expenditure debacle.
Colorado is ahead of the curve for destruction of the state. The Governors vegan husband seems to be heading the battle against agriculture and energy. They are leading the country inflation by 100%.
[[We are just a hair’s breadth away from another Great Depression all as a result of Biden and his socialist cabal]]
But also,because of clueless naieve Americans who vote liberals,into power over and over (not talking about Biden, the left stole his way into,office, but rather in states where they jusy keep,voting liberal)
I wish America would learn once and for all that everything liberal turns to crap practically, but they won’t. They just bet tired of the inevitable high prices, then don’t vote for one election, then forget how horrible things were under liberal,leadership, then they vote liberal again (more so the presidency- voters in states that elect liberals tend to not even care how much they suffer in their hopelessly liberal states- the nation mostly though seems to get tired of the punishment, and votes for the other party at least,for a term or two, but soon forget the horror they faced under liberal,presidents, and it happens every single time tok)
“The last time the United States faced a real food shortage was during the Great Depression of the 1930s. At that time, there were “hunger marches” as millions of Americans were impacted by food shortages made worse by a severe drought in the Great Plains.”
Not to mention FDR’s destruction of crops and livestock.🙄
That's funny right there. And sad.
We have 300 sq/ft of box gardens, plus strawberries, raspberries, and gooseberries.
And the four chickens.
And yes, I know even that may not be enough.
So we pray for a miracle in November - not that we deserve a miracle, but can hope for grace.
I miss "greeneyes".
Don't worry: Importing millions more refugees to burden the EBT and welfare system will fix this.
On the bright side, Tuesday is Soylent Green Day.
For those merely over weight yes. probably. For those on strict diet plans, possible death.
[[seems rather suspicious that several food processing plants across the country are being set on fire, ]]
The fear is that Even if it isn’t nefarious, eco terrorists, or some other domestic terrorists will likely note how much damage it can cause, and how quickly it can, and run with it in the future
With all the dang defunding of police, with gov agencies protecting criminals, with states not prosecuting criminals, anarchy is bound to break out at some point. The left are setting up a,nation where the law is ignored by the left, but enforced by them when it comes to prosecuting the right. The left are introducing very dangerous principles. They are trying evidently to set up a lawless society for liberals and criminals- it can’t end well
I once watching my uncle in Mississippi make the same sammich. Except he substituted an onion for the ‘mater.
IMO—A direct result of “Participation Trophies”
Do NOT have to EARN anything-—just show up.
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