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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 11:58 AM Original message |
World Bank: rocketing food prices have put fight against poverty back 7 years. |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder how much food for poor people 650 Billion Dollars would buy? |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Or even 65 Billion, one tenth of that ...(nt) |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Too bad our "Christian" political leaders |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I've wondered that,too.."what would Jesus do"is out of vogue |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. or $3 Trillion - the amount the republicons have squandered on their misbegotten Crusade |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. .....and how long has Bush been in office? nt |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Not coincidentally |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. This hurts everyone |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. ah, yes... then the corporatists win again......and kill us off at the same time. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. Zoellick has a lot of goddamned nerve. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. There was a fight against poverty? I must have missed it. |
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arundhatiroyfan (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You're right. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Oh, there were fulfilled promises, alright. Clinton promised to end welfare, and he did. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Welfare is still available, fyi. nt |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Try again. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. meanwhile commodity traders are shopping for the newest benz |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. rocketing 'greed' has/continues to perpetuate poverty |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. Apparently, Zoellick hasn't stepped out in the real world lately |
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Gonnuts (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. We've got nothing to lose ... so, show em ... |
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