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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 07:30 AM Original message |
U.N. warns of catastrophe as hungry people top one billion |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. The food prices are ridiculous. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. Hey, But Worldwide Free Trade Is Sooooo Beneficial ... |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. the commodity prices may hit record highs this year |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. The Overpopulation Timebomb. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Plus the effects of global warming on crop failures. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. Take steps now toward food security |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah, but at least we are busy saving fetuses here in Amerika. |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. So should we feed the hungry with them? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I dunno. You'll have to check with Jonathan Swift. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Ah, yes, a Modest Proposal, indeed. |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. The world will reach an equilibrium one way or another... |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. Population control is controversial, but mass starvation is tolerated as the alternative. |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. All people have the right to the "pursuit" of happiness... |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. The problem is that those making poor decisions take down other people with them |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. *DING* *DING* *DING* We have THE winner! |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. free birth control and condoms for everyone nt |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Good luck with that. |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
13. need a world war |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. Like the bumper sticker reads: |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-13-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. There arent enough of them too feed the masses... |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. But think of their |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. They're too fattening and taste like grandma's testicles anyway... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 03:57 AM Response to Original message |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. Every month 16 million new people go hungry. Every month 10.3 million new people are born. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-14-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. And yet, fast food restaurants in this country throw out tons of food every damn DAY. |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. One word: Lawyers. n/t |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
24. Food prices are bad, but breeding incessantly doesn't help anybody either. |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-15-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
28. Combine this with a rapidly spreading wheat fungus |
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