July 3, 2008The G8 needs to work on fixing a world food crisisAn unscheduled editorial will look at warnings that record fuel and food prices have left many of the world’s poor facing starvation. Next week's Group of 8 economic summit needs to take up the work of alleviating a man-made catastrophe that is threatening the stability of nations. |
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July 3, 2008
The G8 needs to work on fixing a world food crisis
An unscheduled editorial will look at warnings that record fuel and food prices have left many of the world’s poor facing starvation. Next week's Group of 8 economic summit needs to take up the work of alleviating a man-made catastrophe that is threatening the stability of nations.
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[July 3, 2008 4:15 PM]
HenryRhodesia used to feed all of Africa. Now, thanks to Mugabe, it can't even feed itself. The 3rd world is going to have to learn how to feed themselves. It's the only solution.
[July 3, 2008 4:19 PM]
JoshThink about this. Both these problems were caused by leftist policies.
1) The moronic global warming nonsense and suppression of drilling for oil by liberals
2) The moronic ethanol campaign driving up the price of corn and other commodities.
But, mind you, these people really DO care about poor people and poor nations. (Has anybody heard a MSM condemnation of the nice leftist dictator Robert Mugabe's latest antics?))
[July 3, 2008 4:33 PM]
Other JohnThe ill-advised corn-to-ethanol program is one part of the problem that could easily be fixed...quit doing it! When the rich countries of the worl start using food and feed products to produce fuel, someone is going to suffer...in this case everyone, whether it's higher prices for food or scarcity of it. We need to start using junk crops that no one eats if we're going to do ethanol production and leave the food sources alone.
[July 3, 2008 4:54 PM]
HenryPeople aren't starving because we don't send enough food. They are starving because their leaders want them to starve. Food is an incrediblely effective weapon. We used to send vegetable seeds to a friend in Africa because it was against the law to buy seeds to grow your own food in her area.
[July 3, 2008 9:42 PM]
JimThis is what you're covering when Husein Obama just through his support toward FISA, asked for public funding of faith based initiatives, argued for LA's right to put child rapists to death, and won't disagree with the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the DC handgun ban?
Is this going to be another set of things you selectively hide like the VCU survey showing McCain winning VA? BTW, when are you going to address that?
"Given the choice between voting for an improved yet imperfect bill, and losing important surveillance tools, I've chosen to support the current compromise." - Barack Husein Obama on FISA wiretap