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Monday, July 28, 2008

Hunger

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This is a good news-bad news essay.

The good news is that supplies for rebuilding Iraq are moving freely and with a convoy-attack rate of 1.5%. So the good news is you could now happily pin on your flag lapel (Attacks on U.S. Convoys Decline.)

". . . logistics convoys rely on drivers and vehicles supplied by Iraqi companies under contract with the corps. British and U.S. companies provide convoy security, also under contract with the corps."

On the suspicious side, is it remotely possible that these security companies are paying tribute or kick backs to keep from being attacked?

"Pease says the successful use of private security contractors to protect the logistics convoys frees more U.S. troops for combat and peacekeeping."

If things are so swell, why do U.S. troops have to perform either function? Let the Iraqi forces perform these functions. It is their country after all is said and done.

Now for the bad news. The same
USA Today edition features an article on the sad state of food banks across the U.S. -- "Gleaning Programs Multiply as Food Donations Decline."

"The Society of St. Andrew reports overall food donations have declined from 46 million pounds in 2001 to just over 20 million pounds in 2007," their supply reduced by half over the course of the last six years. The picture accompanying the article shows a banner "Please Donate Food" at a San Francisco food bank.


Poor people need food in the good old USA, and donations to food banks are down for a number of reasons. So in America the poor are suffering increasing "food insufficiency"
( to use the government's euphemism for hunger), but back to the Good News: we are still rebuilding Baghdad.


That doesn't even thaw my cold Ranger heart.

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8 Comments:

Blogger The Mad Dog said...

I couldn't have presented it better.
Righteous blog!

Peace, joy and liberty,
D.C. Massey (The Mad Celt)
"The Mad Celt's Liberty Blog"
(http://dracocelt2.blogspot.com/)

Monday, July 28, 2008 at 8:03:00 PM GMT-5  
Blogger The Mad Dog said...

Would you mind if I added your blog to my Liberty blog list?

Monday, July 28, 2008 at 8:06:00 PM GMT-5  
Blogger The Minstrel Boy said...

also on the horizon, more shootings by folks like the guy who shot up the unitarian church.

over and over again our middle class and folks who like to think of themselves as middle class have voted against their own self interest.

they voted for nixon, despite the fact that he consitently performed completely the opposite of his stated agenda.

they voted for reagan because he lied, but was charming.

they voted for bush pere who nearly wrecked our economy by fighting a short conflict on credit cards.

now, with bush fils, we have seven years of wars, rampant inflation, increasing marginalization of the fringe elements of society.

yep, they are going to be really angry, and probably as violent as the guy over the weekend.

furious and raging, at every body and every thing

except the bastards who did this to him.

Monday, July 28, 2008 at 9:50:00 PM GMT-5  
Blogger Lisa said...

Mad Celt,

It'd be an honor to be on your blog list. I shall visit your blog later today. Glad to have you.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 9:47:00 AM GMT-5  
Blogger Lisa said...

MB,

I do not get displaced anger, which we are seeing all around.

Why is it so hard for people to see and say the truth? Know the truth, and it shall set you free.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 9:48:00 AM GMT-5  
Blogger The Minstrel Boy said...

don't forget lisa, that the CIA carved that quotation from the gospel of john into granite outside their HQ.

then proceeded to go about their business of secrets and lies.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 10:53:00 AM GMT-5  
Blogger Lisa said...

MB,

Ah, there's the sticky wicket of the human psyche. When you call lies "truth," you are lost.

It requires great innocence to see the truth. The CIA is not in the business of innocence, but that sure is a great motto (they just left off the subtitle: And The Truth is What we Say it Is.)

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 11:39:00 AM GMT-5  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Minstrel Boy
I agree but in the first 20 days of any of this action they will be middle easterns until proven other wise. It's coming to a lock down nation and the sheep will agree in the beginning so they can stay safe. In the mean time Wall Street is crushing us.
jo6pac
Everything is on schedule, please move along.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 9:38:00 PM GMT-5  

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