"One in 7 households struggle for food" by Associated Press | November 17, 2009
WASHINGTON - More than one in seven American households struggled to put enough food on the table in 2008, the highest number since the US Department of Agriculture began tracking food security levels in 1995....
President Obama bemoaned the report, saying that “our children’s ability to grow, learn, and meet their full potential - and therefore our future competitiveness as a nation - depends on regular access to healthy meals.’’
So when did he say that? Between bites?
"the two leaders' day was to end at a lavish state dinner in Obama's honor....
the rest of the delegation dined on Chinese-style steak, stir-fried wild rice, roast grouper, and ice cream"
Ice cream!
Also related: Obama popularity below 50 percent for first time
People must not be thinking clearly, huh?
That’s 14.6 percent of US households, or about 49 million people, including nearly 17 million children. The numbers are a significant increase from 2007, when 11.1 percent of households suffered from what USDA classifies as “food insecurity’’ - not having enough food for an active, healthy lifestyle. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the numbers could be higher in 2009 because of the global economic slowdown. The USDA said that 5.7 percent of those who struggled for food experienced “very low food security,’’ meaning household members reduced their food intake.
Yeah, but the WEALTHY are doing JUST FINE -- BETTER than EVER, in fact!!
Advocates for the poor said that they were not surprised but that the numbers for children, in particular, were lamentable. “What should really shock us is that almost one in four children in our country lives on the brink of hunger,’’ said David Beckmann, the president of Bread of the World, an advocacy organization.
But WE HAVE TRILLIONS for WARS and BANK BAILOUTS!!!!
I'm hungry, readers.... and so are a lot of other people.
"1 of every 6 people on the planet - don’t get enough to eat"
You know, I never thought about it but I'm probably one of them. Down to one meal a day -- if you can call it that -- and I have the thinness to prove it. But I'm eating so that couldn't be me, huh?
The Pope must be fasting or something....
“God bless your efforts to ensure that all people are given their daily bread’’ -- Pope Benedict XVI told the delegates from 192 countries as he wished them well in their decisions.
He said that to a U.N conference?
"Pope chastises food summit for declining UN aid appeal; Nations reject call to commit $44b annually" by Frances D’emilio, Associated Press | November 17, 2009
Some chastisement!
ROME - Some 60 heads of state and dozens of ministers from other nations rejected the United Nation’s call to commit to $44 billion annually for a new strategy focusing on agricultural development in poor nations as a way to enable farmers to produce enough food for their own countries....
Yeah, the GLOBALISTS SURE as hell would NOT WANT THAT!!!! We USED to HAVE THAT before they started taking over the planet!
UN officials say roughly 1 billion people - 1 of every 6 people on the planet - don’t get enough to eat. In the United States, about 1 in 7 American households, or 49 million people, struggled to put enough food on the table in 2008, the highest number since the US Department of Agriculture began tracking food security levels in 1995, the department said yesterday.
Yeah, THOSE are PRETTY HIGH NUMBERS! I must be one! Probably why I am always napping and not getting much done here. Feeling light-headed, hungry, and tired right now.
The world’s wealthiest nations put forward a global food strategy focusing on agricultural aid at the Group of Eight summit this summer in L’
You know, THEIR IDEAS may not be the BEST!
See: Biofuel Fart Escapes at U.N.
Oh, THEIR POLICIES LED to the PROBLEM!?
Then THEY SHOULD NOT be in charge of the solution.
Yup, NOT ONLY BURNING FOOD for FUEL but MORE OF IT! Fits in quite well with the globalists depopulation plans when you think of it.
“God bless your efforts to ensure that all people are given their daily bread,’’ Pope Benedict XVI told the delegates from 192 countries as he wished them well in their decisions.
Well, we know he isn't smoking pot, otherwise he would be hungry!
Benedict also lamented the practice of destroying surplus crops “for economic gain’’ as well as “the logic of profit viewed as an end in itself’’ when deciding trade policies....
I say that and I couldn't believe it! What SURPLUS CROPS when people are STARVING?
Oh, he was TALKING ETHANOL, wasn't he?
Among those attending were Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The US delegation is headed by the acting administrator of the USAgency for International Development, Alonzo Fulgham....
Why mention those guys out of all the guests?
As the conference opened, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told participants it was “unacceptable’’ that the world has enough food while more than 1 billion people go hungry.
Well, HAVE THEM OVER to the U.N. for LUNCH!!!!
"Every table was set with a single fresh rose (from the rose gardens outside, I was told) and a full complement of three forks, two knives, and two spoons in silver plate..... The buffet tables could have graced a high-end ocean liner. I watched a gentleman in colorful African garb pile his plate with slices of roast sirloin and potatoes mashed with feta cheese. A post-retirement-age couple from the East Side scarfed up most of the egg rolls, though more came out quickly....
I made for the roast leg of lamb with rosemary sauce after I filled my salad plate with chilled asparagus and slices of a duck and pork terrine.... fresh tomato soup and bowls of pasta primavera.... The dessert buffet table practically groaned under a spread of apple and pumpkin pies, cheesecakes, tarts, half a dozen cheeses, sliced fruits, bowls of berries, and, off to one side, three urns of ice cream"
Ice cream again!!
Also see: Globalist Gluttons Gorge Themselves
Yeah, those self-serving shills are serving nothing but a big plate of s*** to you, world!
Oh, yeah, GAZA is UNACCEPTABLE, too, you puke!
Until recently, helping the hungry has largely entailed wealthy nations’ sending food assistance rather than technology, irrigation help, fertilizer, or high-yield seed. Much of this food assistance is purchased from the wealthy nations’ own farmers.
Yeah, because the POINT of the PROGRAMS are to ENRICH BUSINESS not feed people!
But the Food and Agriculture Organization says the best way to stop hunger is to help the needy help themselves, and the final declaration embraced that strategy.
No it isn't; it is to TAX WHATEVER YOU CAN FIND!
That's the way we do it in Massachushitts!
Yeah, I'm sure the LAVISH DINNERS and SUPERB SPREADS are helping the hungry.
