Food—The New Global Crisis:
While many countries face food riots and shortages, in the U. S. the problem shaping up is "price volatility." Today's New York Times tries to address the complicated issue. Most Americans take food for granted. We've always had so much food that our primary issues with it have focused on our over eating issues. For the most part, we've left the management of production up to the whimsical forces of the market place. Can we afford to continue this practice in the face of global warming issues that challenge the continued existence of civilization within the lifetimes of our children?
War of Words:
The Bush administration is complaining that Jimmy Carter is interfering with their last minute peace process thing, as the administration takes a stab at bringing stability to an area of the Middle-East they have mostly ignored for the past seven years, Israel and its most immediate neighbors. Former President Carter, it should be remembered, famously ignored the Clinton administration's wishes and negotiated with North Korea, stopping what possibly could have esculated into a nuclear war. (See today's New York Times' story.)
About China:
China's one-child policy created a generation of only children that numbers 90 million. (Source ngm.com)
The Dude: "My job is to, like, think beyond the immediate." — George W. Bush, Washington, D. C., April 21, 2004.
On Education:
Every 26 seconds a student drops out of high school in America, more than a million each year.
A recent survey by Common Core revealed that 1 out of 4 teenagers do not know who Adolf Hitler was, 1 out of 3 do not know what the Bill of Rights is, 1 out of 2 do not know the Civil War took place sometime between 1850 and 1900. No knowledge. No perspective. No future. A life of addiction, crime and incarceration. And watching American Idol on TV.
Is this the America you want to leave to your children?
The Washington Post reports on the use of drugs by interrogators at Guantanamo. The story begins with a tale told by Adel al-Nusairi, " former Saudi policeman captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan in 2002." Nusairi is now free in Saudi Arabia, but he recalls that when he was first questioned while in prison he was first given a shot, against his will. To this day, he has not been told what drugs he was given. Although he has been released because he had no connection with al-Qaeda and should not have been arrested in the first place, he has never been told what was forcefully placed into his body and what the long term effects might be.
You will recall that the American forces were paying Afghanis to deliver prisoners to them, with little if any evidence that the prisoners were in fact al-Qaeda. This is equivalent to paying for scalps.
Interestingly enough, the persons responsible for directing this behavior were draft dodgers.
While many countries face food riots and shortages, in the U. S. the problem shaping up is "price volatility." Today's New York Times tries to address the complicated issue. Most Americans take food for granted. We've always had so much food that our primary issues with it have focused on our over eating issues. For the most part, we've left the management of production up to the whimsical forces of the market place. Can we afford to continue this practice in the face of global warming issues that challenge the continued existence of civilization within the lifetimes of our children?
War of Words:
The Bush administration is complaining that Jimmy Carter is interfering with their last minute peace process thing, as the administration takes a stab at bringing stability to an area of the Middle-East they have mostly ignored for the past seven years, Israel and its most immediate neighbors. Former President Carter, it should be remembered, famously ignored the Clinton administration's wishes and negotiated with North Korea, stopping what possibly could have esculated into a nuclear war. (See today's New York Times' story.)
About China:
China's one-child policy created a generation of only children that numbers 90 million. (Source ngm.com)
The Dude: "My job is to, like, think beyond the immediate." — George W. Bush, Washington, D. C., April 21, 2004.
On Education:
Every 26 seconds a student drops out of high school in America, more than a million each year.
A recent survey by Common Core revealed that 1 out of 4 teenagers do not know who Adolf Hitler was, 1 out of 3 do not know what the Bill of Rights is, 1 out of 2 do not know the Civil War took place sometime between 1850 and 1900. No knowledge. No perspective. No future. A life of addiction, crime and incarceration. And watching American Idol on TV.
Is this the America you want to leave to your children?
The Washington Post reports on the use of drugs by interrogators at Guantanamo. The story begins with a tale told by Adel al-Nusairi, " former Saudi policeman captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan in 2002." Nusairi is now free in Saudi Arabia, but he recalls that when he was first questioned while in prison he was first given a shot, against his will. To this day, he has not been told what drugs he was given. Although he has been released because he had no connection with al-Qaeda and should not have been arrested in the first place, he has never been told what was forcefully placed into his body and what the long term effects might be.
You will recall that the American forces were paying Afghanis to deliver prisoners to them, with little if any evidence that the prisoners were in fact al-Qaeda. This is equivalent to paying for scalps.
Interestingly enough, the persons responsible for directing this behavior were draft dodgers.
More on Naomi Klein:
Ms Klein's interview with "Big Think":
Labels: Crimes against humanity, Food, Politics
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