Daschle: ‘New Paradigm’ Of Foreign Policy Links Global Poverty With Security
Daschle: ‘New Paradigm’ Of Foreign Policy Links Global Poverty With Security
Today, the ONE Campaign launched ONE Vote ‘08, which will push presidential candidates to “make the fight against global poverty a key foreign policy and security issue.” ONE Vote ‘08 plans to spend at least $30 million to educate voters on the fight against global poverty. Watch the campaign video featuring U2’s Bono, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, actor Matt Damon, and others:
Today, ThinkProgress attended a briefing with the ONE Vote ‘08 co-chairs, former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Bill Frist (R-TN), along with advisers Michael Gerson and John Podesta. All participants stressed that the fight against global poverty is necessary to ensure America’s national security. Daschle stated that the “new paradigm” of national security extends beyond military power:
[W]e really can’t simply respond to suicide bombers and think somehow that alone will be the investment in national security that we need for the future. That a new paradigm with a realization that there is a direct impact between our success on the ground in Uganda and our safety and security in the United States can be drawn.
CLICK HERE TO LISTENAs it stands today, even the United States’s closest allies are severely hostile toward U.S. leadership. According to a recent poll, 10 out of 15 countries surveyed believe that United States cannot be trusted to “act responsibly in the world.” All 15 of those countries reject the idea that “as the sole remaining superpower, the US should continue to be the preeminent world leader in solving international problems.” Similarly, global opinions of the United States have slipped considerably since 2000.
Find out more about ONE Vote ‘08 HERE.
Christy at Firedoglake and the ONE blog have more.
Transcript:
DASCHLE: I think we’re evolving into a new paradigm, and that new paradigm is, in large measure, based on the realization that a real proactive effort to bring stability and greater tranquility to the world, is going to be dependent on our success in dealing with global poverty and the spread of disease.
That we really can’t simply respond to suicide bombers and think somehow that alone will be the investment in national security that we need for the future. That a new paradigm with a realization that there is a direct impact between our success on the ground in Uganda and our safety and security in the United States can be drawn.
And we’re going to try to draw it as explicitly as we can, because that is a part. So it is an investment in security, it’s an investment in world stability, and ultimately it’s an investment in America’s long-term future, just as it is in the future of other countries.
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TP has sold out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 11th, 2007 at 8:14 pm1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Poverty is more important than waging wars, but the Congress will never cut funding to the Pentagon to switch it to fighting poverty worldwide.
June 11th, 2007 at 8:14 pmDUHmerikkka can’t afford…
…”Peace”…
…especially when our ONLY natural resource…
…is “weapons technology”…
…we’re the third world’s…
…chief arms dealer…
…we’re even WORSE than…
…drug dealers…
June 11th, 2007 at 8:24 pmToo bad Daschle didn’t have this in mind when he signed Bush’s blank check to go to war on Iraq.
June 11th, 2007 at 8:24 pmFinally big name politicians are taking up this cause and making the connection between extremism and poverty. Give people access to property/wealth and their support for extremism will end because it will only threaten their material well being.
June 11th, 2007 at 8:28 pmIf I lived within a hundred miles of D.C. I would be at the Capitol Hill Hyatt tomorrow for the joint symposium between the Century Foundation and the Center for American Progress! I downloaded the program and almost swooned. (I am really beyond help).
June 11th, 2007 at 8:29 pmNot only are 10 out of 15 countries convinced that the US is not capable of providing moral leadership, it’s people are too.
June 11th, 2007 at 8:29 pmIf I lived within a hundred miles of D.C. I would be at the Capitol Hill Hyatt tomorrow for the joint symposium between the Century Foundation and the Center for American Progress! I downloaded the program and almost swooned. (I am really beyond help).
Comment by Blue Girl, Red State — June 11, 2007 @ 8:29 pm
I’m about 15 miles outside D.C.,
Maybe I’ll swing-by to offer some MetaProgressive suggestions!!!!!!!!!!!
June 11th, 2007 at 8:36 pmI’m so happy to hear of ONE Vote 08’s success. We need to force our representatives—current and future—to push for the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals, which call for cutting world hunger in half by 2015 and eliminating it altogether by 2025. It has been calculated that $19 billion would eliminate starvation and malnutrition worldwide. Compare this number with the United States’ current defense budget—$522 billion—and the task of ending global hunger seems well within reach.
June 11th, 2007 at 8:36 pmDemocratic leadership should be the only leadership for the USA.
June 11th, 2007 at 8:41 pmI don’t like people who are full of hate and animosity. They all have money for wars but can’t feed the poor. How shameful.
June 11th, 2007 at 8:42 pmDo you support adding 5% to the payroll tax so that all working Americans contribute to the fight on global poverty? Should the Democrats make this a part of their 2008 election drive?
June 11th, 2007 at 8:54 pmA Liberal America for Life
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A troll
June 11th, 2007 at 8:54 pmWe could easily end global poverty by buying our products from companies that will use their profits to help developing countries. Check out the Profit Donation Capitalism site to find out how this woud work.
June 11th, 2007 at 8:59 pmAny other progressive meetings I should know of? I hope to attend as many as I can.
June 11th, 2007 at 8:59 pmWhat is with this Mr. President zombie calling me a troll? What is with you?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:00 pmOT-
Yesterday Nancy Pelosi was here at my marina and went on a cruise with MD Gov Martin O’Malley. I missed seeing either of them, only saw the Suits with earpieces and their black Suburbans.
Rant- today somone tore the ‘End This War’ sticker off my rear window. Dang it. Wondering if it was a pro-war jerk or someone who wanted the sticker for himself.
Oh well.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:00 pmI’d love to save the world, but charity begins at home. I think after 7 years of the Bush regime, we have too many poor & working poor people that live here–they really need our help first.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:03 pmHaters need to be banned from this blog. I am surprised that no user registration is in effect.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:03 pmAmerica needs to disarm and allow the Muslims to take over!
June 11th, 2007 at 9:05 pmOnly then there’ll be peace!
Also I hope Iran finishes what Hitler started.
Death to Israel equals world peace!
Any questions I can take?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:05 pmAny questions I can take?
Comment by A Liberal America for Life — June 11, 2007 @ 9:05 pm
Sure, why is that you think “Republicans” are the enemy?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:06 pmAny questions I can take?
Yes don’t you wish Hitler had finished off the Jews?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:09 pmNo Israel means world peace!
Poverty should never be a punishment
June 11th, 2007 at 9:10 pmThis is weird…
…TP what’s happening with your site?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:10 pmRepublicans are the enemy because most of the hate and destruction of our planet is contributed to THEM.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:11 pmRoboto,
Your question is kind of innappropriate, but I am no fan of Israel. I think that country is a threat to world peace.
Any other questions I can take?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:12 pmRepublicans are the enemy because most of the hate and destruction of our planet is contributed to THEM.
Comment by A Liberal America for Life — June 11, 2007 @ 9:11 pm
But is this “hatred and destruction” a characteristic of a Republican qua Republican?
Or have you attributed an ideology that does not accurately describe Republican thought, because you, in fact, have been brain-washed by wacked-out blogs and other garbage like TP?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:14 pmIgnore Mr. President. He seems to be a Republican who likes the prospect of a Republican-only society. That “troll” term is funny, I think. It’s so powerful and effective. I wonder who invented it.
Hate and intolerance have no place. Why aren’t we allowing more muslims to immigrate to the USA. Our country is a land of immigrants, nothing but.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:14 pmHate and intolerance have no place. Why aren’t we allowing more muslims to immigrate to the USA. Our country is a land of immigrants, nothing but.
Comment by A Liberal America for Life — June 11, 2007 @ 9:14 pm
=
The end of TP
June 11th, 2007 at 9:16 pmExcuse me, sir, but blogs these days should be treated as fact. They are more accurate than your radical-right New York Times with their reporting gaps. But you support the New York Times, dont you? I know you have a subscription card, sir.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:17 pmWhat about poverty in North America?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:18 pmI guess that doesn’t matter!
In Canada alone there have been 500,000 automotive jobs lost permantly in the last 5 years.
But that is OK.
Pretty soon the factories in China and other countries will have to close down because the people in NA can’t afford their products because they are all laid off.
Thinkprogress.org has a good future ahead of itself. At least I think so.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:18 pmExcuse me, sir, but blogs these days should be treated as fact.
Comment by A Liberal America for Life — June 11, 2007 @ 9:17 pm
What the fukc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
June 11th, 2007 at 9:19 pmDo you have any further questions, Mr. President?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:19 pmWhy are you laughing at me? Blogs are the next wave of information, I learned that in my English Composition course. Our professor there is full of love and tolerance.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:21 pmDo you have any further questions, Mr. President?
Comment by A Liberal America for Life — June 11, 2007 @ 9:19 pm
You didn’t answer my first question.
But is this “hatred and destruction†a characteristic of a Republican qua Republican?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:21 pmPlease don’t use that “f” word. I do not want my civil right violated.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:23 pmA Liberal America for Life ,
I agree I hope Iran Nukes them.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:23 pmThen there will be world peace!
A Liberal America for Life
I agree let’s kick out the Jews and Mexicans!
June 11th, 2007 at 9:24 pmLet in the Muslims.
I say let’s have an Islamic Republic!
Better the Jihadists than the Jews!
Oh, well. Good night, everybody. I hope your hate recedes someday, Mr. President
Let us exit Iraq and invite more Muslim immigrants. That would be pro-American. The only pro-american thing to do.
Any other questions, finally?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:25 pmA Liberal America for Life,
June 11th, 2007 at 9:26 pmDon’t you think America should surrender and Let Iran/Al-Qaeda rule?
An Islamic republic isn’t that bad!
Latino immigrants should be treated with respect. How dare you inundate me with your smelly views. Please stop, Roboto.
Mr. President, I do not know of any Democratic indiscretions. I only see Republicans doing bad things, as I was taught to love and respect. The bombers in Iraq are concerned because they have terrorists invading their country. We need to take that into account.
Pro-America is the way to go, ok?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:28 pmComment by Roboto
Since you courted my expertise, we have to take into account that Al-Qaeda is really, really mad at us. I think they need to be able to vent their frustrations in some way.
Islams should be greeted with love and respect. Conservatives, for example, love gun control, but we shouldn’t be pushing that on immigrants. They only want to come to America and be free and adored.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:31 pmComment by A Liberal America for Life — June 11, 2007 @ 9:28 pm
So you have judged the Dems and the Reps based on the actions that you have seen in them so far…
Well, what have the Dems really done to prove that they deserve your support?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:31 pmIt would be quite revolutionary if the United States instituted constructive foreign policy instead of the policies of destruction forged by the hate-based “Christian” right.
Working to alleviate global poverty would truly be a “pre-emptive strike” against hate and terror.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:33 pmI got a really new popular liberal book on the internet today. I just picked it at random, I don’t even know the title. It will be delivered really soon!
June 11th, 2007 at 9:34 pmIt would be quite revolutionary if the United States instituted constructive foreign policy instead of the policies of destruction forged by the hate-based “Christian†right.
Working to alleviate global poverty would truly be a “pre-emptive strike†against hate and terror.
Comment by Willy — June 11, 2007 @ 9:33 pm
OOOHHhhhh Shit,
Now we got the holy-triade of hate up in dis bitch.
Fukc the Muslims, Fukc the Jews, and now Fukc the Xtians!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 11th, 2007 at 9:34 pmI got a really new popular liberal book on the internet today. I just picked it at random, I don’t even know the title. It will be delivered really soon!
Comment by A Liberal America for Life — June 11, 2007 @ 9:34 pm
HEYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew you were a troll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 11th, 2007 at 9:35 pmMr. President, conservatives have been stealing elections from Democrats for a really, really long time. My history teacher once told me that Dukakis really shold have won. Mondale was pretty kewl too. That’s the right information, love and tolerance.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:36 pmAt U.N., Bush Links War on Terrorism to Anti-Poverty Efforts 15/09/2005
June 11th, 2007 at 9:36 pmhttp://www.mre.gov.br/portugues/noticiario/internacional/selecao_detalhe.asp?ID_RESENHA=164927&Imprime=on
“Don’t you think America should surrender and Let Iran/Al-Qaeda rule?”
Lol lol lol lol loooo
I’d love to save the world, but charity begins at home. I think after 7 years of the Bush regime, we have too many poor & working poor people that live here–they really need our help first.
Comment by Kid Clu — June 11, 2007 @ 9:03 pm
That’s a very simplistic viewpoint. Poverty overseas is intimately connected to poverty here. The reason we have so many poor and working poor people here is because companies can exploit the working poor in other countries who are willing to work for much less. By fighting poverty and exploitation globally, we do a lot to help our own poor.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:36 pmum, what are you talking about, ok? I’m for love and peace and tolerance, as my professors taught me. “Mr. President,” go get a less boring name.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:38 pmMr. President is a mean troll, like the one under the bridge.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:39 pmPeace and love everybody. Oh, and tolerance too.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:40 pmNighty night!
June 11th, 2007 at 9:43 pmSleepy Tight, with a terrorist in sight!
June 11th, 2007 at 9:46 pmDeath to Israel equals world peace!
Comment by Roboto #20
…NO…
…but if we could hasten YOURS…
…and other inbreds like you…
…it might be achievable…
June 11th, 2007 at 9:50 pmJesus christ, this thread has been completely trashed by f*cking trolls.
June 11th, 2007 at 9:56 pmhello?
June 11th, 2007 at 9:57 pmComment by Zooey #59
Welcome home Zooey…
…care to take a shot?
…they’re harmless…
…and pretty bland…
June 11th, 2007 at 9:59 pmbig papa,
June 11th, 2007 at 10:11 pmWe’re on the same side!
I’m not a redneck.
I’m your typical Atheist NYer who is planning to convert to Islam.
I hate Jews, Christians and Dogs.
So does Islam!
Islam is fighting Imperialism it’s the new revolutionary movement!
What the fukc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
Comment by Mr. President — June 11, 2007 @ 9:19 pm
There you go Mr Pee, I’m glad you’re back on your standard talking points. We know how risky it is when you try to work in the realm of reason. You inevitably make such a fool of yourself, as in your posting below. I sent this memo earlier, I just want to be sure you get it:
Keep it simple STUPID
do you understand the difference between a ratio and a number?
Comment by Mr. President — June 7, 2007 @ 7:19 pm
I suggest you stick with your “Shakespeares†Mr Pee, it seems that mathematics, even on this elementary level, is way over your head. You see, there is NO difference between a ratio and a number. A ratio IS a number: to wit, a rational number. Indeed, a cult of antiquity, the Pythagoreans was devoted to… Oh well, here are some references:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_number
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RationalNumber.html
So again Mr Pee, remember to dumb it down. Not for their sake, but for yours.
June 11th, 2007 at 10:12 pmNot so interesting randomness tonight… what does this have to do with stopping global poverty? And what is the world coming to when Mr. President is the regular and the other guys are trolls? wow…
June 11th, 2007 at 10:21 pmOn the poverty at home vs. poverty abroad, this isn’t really an either or thing. ONE is talking about dealing with global poverty as part of our foreign policy, and we have the money to handle that. As Jessica mentioned, 19 billion (per year) is estimated to be the price of eliminating world hunger. I think it could even be less if American aid would allow the food to be bought elsewhere, but currently American aid comes only in the form of AMERICAN products shipped via AMERICAN transportation. Long term this strategy profits a lot of American companies (which is a good thing), but in the short term it can cause problems if an emergency comes up, since it can take months for food to come from the United States to where it is needed. Of course feeding the hungry is only a temporary solution… some of you may have heard the saying “give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man how to fish and he eats for life.” Well money can’t really give everyone in foreign countries can’t teach everyone how to ‘fish’ but it can contribute to education programs (Which is another of the MDGs).
On Poverty at home, I think that needs to be dealt with in different ways. I actually think that No Child Left Behind has helped to contribute, and makes schools focus on helping those who don’t have an environment at home that is very conducive to learning. Also, unemployment in the US is pretty low right now…
Does the left blogosphere trust Bill Frist now?
June 11th, 2007 at 10:22 pmComment by Mr Pee’s Secretary of Hate — June 11, 2007 @ 10:12 pm
You poor, poor fool.
Why do you think that it’s called “a RATIONAL number” and not just “a number”?
Mark it, nuncle,
Maybe, and this is just a guess… BECAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “a number,” “a ratio,” and, as your diligent research has shown, “a rational number.”
Mr. Secretary… we’re gonna hafta let ya go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 11th, 2007 at 10:23 pmWelcome home Zooey…
…care to take a shot?
…they’re harmless…
…and pretty bland…
Comment by big papa
I’m hoping you’re talking about a shot of Scotch, big papa. I’d be ok with that. :-)
June 11th, 2007 at 10:27 pmGawd, it’s a rerun of that classic horror film “Night of the Living Trolls”. Except that they don’t have the power to feed on humans anymore, so they try to eat each other’s putrid lunch. No doubt they’ll all wither from malnutrition soon. Meanwhile, it’s a gruesome/macabre tableau.
Ciao,
June 11th, 2007 at 10:29 pmMatt Damon,
From my hometown…
rrrrhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrhhh!
June 11th, 2007 at 10:31 pmMatt Damon — why?
June 11th, 2007 at 10:44 pmMatt Damon has put on some weight, and become a bit chunky, but he desires to fight poverty, so bravo to him.
June 11th, 2007 at 10:49 pmComment by Mr. President — June 11, 2007 @ 10:23 pm
I just might have to quit you Mr Pee. I had no idea you would be such a difficult client. We’re trying to help present you as thoughtful and mature, but you just keep coming coming off like some snot-nosed college kid.
Remember, the heading was
“55 percent: Number of career prosecutors…”
And you jumped in with
“There is a difference between percentage and number, TP.
Did you guys go to elementary school??
Anyway, a percentage is a ratio between some number “x†(in this case, 55, presumably, unless that is wrong) and the number “100.â€
Thus the percentage which is in your heading would be the following ratio:
“55/100″
This does not mean “the number ‘55/100′†but rather the ration. This can be expressed as a percentage “55%,†yet this is still not a “number†it is a ration (sic).”
So here you go to great lengths to establish that a percentage is a ratio, and therefore not a number. Yet, a ratio is indeed a number and in fact what you call ‘numbers” are the integers, merely a subset of the rationals. I.e., 1/1, 2/1, 3/1…
So please, suck it up and try to stay on message, rather than continuing to waste our time.
June 11th, 2007 at 10:51 pmComment by Mr Pee’s Secretary of Hate — June 11, 2007 @ 10:51 pm
Mark it nuncle,
There is a difference between the following terms:
“number”
“rational number” as opposed to IRRATIONAL NUMBER (fukchead)
and
“ratio”
Do some more research please, I’m glad there is a dickface like you out there checking my shit with a flashlight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 11th, 2007 at 11:04 pm…â€Peaceâ€â€¦
…especially when our ONLY natural resource…
…is “weapons technologyâ€â€¦
…we’re the third world’s…
…chief arms dealer…
…we’re even WORSE than…
…drug dealers…
Comment by big papa
All has been said.
June 11th, 2007 at 11:18 pmComment by Mr. President — June 11, 2007 @ 11:04 pm
Well Mr Pee, like I said, you are a difficult client. A this point, you’ve made hundreds of cposts to TP, most of which seem disparaging. Hey, if it works for Cheny and Rove… Which it did while they had some credibility. So I’m simply saying you’re squandering even the respect of the 28% who still have some regard for you when you act like an arrogant college brat.
So when you shined a flashlight up TP’s with
“There is a difference between percentage and number, TP.”
you drew a specious distinction for the opportunity to make this devastating comment:
“Did you guys go to elementary school??”
Yeah that was a good one, for sure.
But if you could understand the links I provided, you would see that rationals, irrationals and integers are subsets of the reals. But since you broached the subject of numbers, which I find delightful, perhaps we can discuss imaginary numbers for a while. You know all about those I presume…
June 12th, 2007 at 12:37 amAny more questions?
June 12th, 2007 at 6:34 amI think it could even be less if American aid would allow the food to be bought elsewhere, but currently American aid comes only in the form of AMERICAN products shipped via AMERICAN transportation. Long term this strategy profits a lot of American companies (which is a good thing), but in the short term it can cause problems if an emergency comes up, since it can take months for food to come from the United States to where it is needed.
Comment by dave — June 11, 2007 @ 10:21 pm
Food aid is only a small part of U.S. foreign assistance, but I agree it’s a ludicrous part, at least in its current form. The U.S. food aid system emerged in the Marshall Plan era not so much to feed starving people overseas, but to dump excess U.S. grain. This, it was believed, would have the effect of lowering domestic supply and raising foreign demand for U.S. wheat and corn. It didn’t really do either of these, but farmers could at least make a quick buck selling to Uncle Sam.
Since then, it’s grown to a multimillion-dollar industry that allies NGOs such as Save the Children and Catholic Relief Services with the agribusiness and farm lobby. The farm industry sells grain to the US government who then donates it to charity groups who then sell it in foreign markets where food prices have skyrocketed. The farmers benefit from selling grain, the shipping industry benefits from selling their service, the government benefits with a photo-op, and the NGOs benefit by getting program funds without outlaying any fundraising costs, making their “overhead” lower. Win-win-win-win, right?
Well, not so much for the people in the country where a food insecurity is happening. We have this bizarre perception in this country that famines are due to a lack of food – some sort of “food emergency.”
Bulls**t. There’s no such thing as a “food emergency.” We know six months out – due to satellite and on-the-ground monitoring – when and where crop yields are going to be low due to drought, pest infestation, or conflict. The US government publishes regular reports about it and predicts where price inflation is going to occur, designating these as target areas for food aid.
The problem is that local sellers in the more remote markets see this information as well. They know in March that food aid is coming in September, and they start jacking up their prices to make a quick CFA Franc. Pastoral families lapse into food insecurity, start selling off their animals, migrate, forage, do whatever they can to survive, and by the end of the summer the international media finds out about it. “Famine in Niger” the headlines say. And the NGOs get their photo-ops and pleas for donations.
This is what happened two years ago in West Africa. The punchline is that there wasn’t a grain shortage after all. Yes, some countries had really low crop yields, but others actually had a surplus. When you have a famine in the midst of a grain surplus, there’s a problem with the system.
June 12th, 2007 at 9:26 amAny more questions?
Comment by A Liberal America for Life — June 12, 2007 @ 6:34 am
Yes great oracle. Do you know where Saddam stashed those WMDs?
June 12th, 2007 at 9:31 am“But is this “hatred and destruction†a characteristic of a Republican qua Republican?
Or have you attributed an ideology that does not accurately describe Republican thought, because you, in fact, have been brain-washed by wacked-out blogs and other garbage like TP?”
Nope. I’ve been brainwashed by all the crimes that have been committed by Bush & Company. I have been brainwashed by watching the Republic lemmings blindly follow a leader who is obviously crazy off a cliff. I have been brainwashed while watching hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi’s slaughtered. I have been brainwashed while watching over 3,500 of our young men and women slaughtered. I have been brainwashed while watching the disintegration of a country that was once a proud beacon of light to the rest of the world.
June 12th, 2007 at 9:36 amWhen are we gonna focus on fixing the USA? I’m sick of trying to fix the world while the US goes down the toilet.
~Sean
June 12th, 2007 at 10:26 amWhen are we gonna focus on fixing the USA? I’m sick of trying to fix the world while the US goes down the toilet.
~Sean
Comment by Sean — June 12, 2007 @ 10:26 am
Why can’t we do both? By fixing the world we also fix the USA.
June 12th, 2007 at 10:49 amRather than spend $30 million dollars to raise awareness or educate people or whatever, why don’t these pampered nobs spend their money on actually fighting poverty.
For instance, rather than enrich $30 first world advertising executives and policy hacks, why not enrich 3,000 or so actual Americans living in poverty.
Prof. G. E. Challenger
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June 12th, 2007 at 1:37 pmDaschle should be running for president.
June 13th, 2007 at 3:38 pm