Obama sells out again!!!-- by acting to end global poverty and starvation.

[geek tragedy]

Obviously he is only doing this so that corporate America can sell these people goods if they're not starving to death.

http://www.care.org/newsroom/articles/2009/04/food-security-obama-G20-hunger-20090402.asp

CARE Applauds President Obama's Call for Increased Focus on Food Security
Humanitarian agency urges public support for fight to end global poverty



WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 2, 2009) - The international poverty-fighting organization CARE applauds President Barack Obama's focus on alleviating chronic hunger and lifting global communities out of poverty. At the G20 summit, the president called for doubling assistance for food security and increasing foreign assistance projects to alleviate chronic hunger that affects nearly one billion people worldwide.

"We know that the cycle of poverty will never be broken unless people are given the tools to end chronic hunger and become self-sufficient so they can provide adequate food for themselves, their families, and their communities. The fact that the president and concerned leaders on Capitol Hill understand this gives us hope for ending the crippling hunger that keeps so many people mired in dire poverty," said Dr. Helene Gayle, president and CEO of CARE.

A few years ago when CARE took the bold step of pulling back from the historical practice of selling U.S. food on the open market in poor countries to fund development projects, the questions poured in. Why would any humanitarian agency essentially turn away money for its programs? There is a plain answer to that complex question. Simply put, CARE believes that humanitarian aid should serve the long-term purpose of ending poverty. U.S. food aid policy fell far short. It needed to be changed.

The president has made it clear that food security, a key priority for his administration, means setting policies and programs that contribute to safety and prosperity for developing nations as well as ours. When we address the underlying causes of food insecurity and malnutrition, we are well on the way to tackling the root causes of extreme poverty.

We encourage Americans to support the president's request for increased foreign assistance. We also call on fellow citizens to support provisions of the Global Food Security Act of 2009, authored by U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar and Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA) and approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 31.

The legislation authorizes additional funding for agricultural assistance. It also calls for a comprehensive strategy that takes a whole of government approach to address global food insecurity.

CARE played an integral role in drafting the "Roadmap to End Global Hunger" a collective effort by the NGO community which lays out a vision for U.S. leadership to end global hunger. Both the Food Security Act and the president's call today address key concerns raised in the Roadmap.

http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/35105/

Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Oxfam America president Raymond C. Offenheiser made the following statement in response:

"We are pleased to see President Obama follow through on his commitments to reassert US leadership and address the challenges facing nearly a billion people around the world without enough food.

"Global hunger and poverty is a human tragedy exacerbated by reduced investments in agricultural production worldwide and the growing impacts of climate change. Despite the world’s attention on the financial crisis, a food crisis prevails for one in six people on this planet who go hungry on a daily basis.

"President Obama has taken an important step today in committing resources to address the global food crisis—an essential element of a larger effort to alleviate global hunger and poverty. We look forward to working with the Obama administration in framing this larger strategy.

"President Obama joins a growing chorus in Congress, led by Senators Richard Lugar (R-IN), Robert Casey (D-PA) and John Kerry (D-MA), who believe the time is ripe to take action on global hunger and poverty. Just this week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the Global Food Security Act which addresses global food insecurity with new aid, new tactics, and renewed investment in developing country agriculture."

I think it's time that I leave the Democratic party. This DINO Republicrat clearly only cares about Wall Street.

:sarcasm:

[Raine]

1. Yeah

obviously he's just exactly like a reTHUG. :sarcasm:

[lostnotforgotten]

2. Lots Of Words In That Post - Yet I See Little That Will Result In Tangible Actions

eom

[geek tragedy]

6. Your willful ignorance is not his fault. n/t

[lostnotforgotten]

20. I Guess Ignorant People Are The Only Ones Looking For Action - Then I Am Proudly Ignorant

eom

[BreweryYardRat]

22. I'll trust the judgment of the organization working to end poverty over yours.

Because, so far as I know, you've got no credentials for dealing with poverty, and you're not suggesting ideas you'd like to see implemented instead of President Obama's methods.

[Number23]

23. Sha-zam!

I'll trust the judgment of the organization working to end poverty over yours.

Now, that's gonna leave a mark! :)

[Political Heretic]

28. The organization hasn't praised for results yet either, its praised for the promise of results. But

that's fair, because that's probably about where we are on this. I also praise for the promise of results, and I don't assume there won't really be results. I look forward to seeing this promise translate into something real as it unfolds over the time that it will obviously take to implement... well, and even before implementation the bill's got to pass.

But I think its also important that we don't mistake the beginning for the end. A promise to do something isn't the end, its the beginning and we need to make sure no one takes their eye off the ball until this becomes a reality.

[jillan]

3. How dare him want to help starving people.

What nerve!

;)

[terisan]

4. We do not have to put up with injustice at home in order to achieve justice in other countries.

Many right wing fundamentalist Republicans thought that economic injustice in America was the sacrifice they had to make in order to achieve their social objectives; and they voted for thieves who promised to advance their social agenda.

Many Democrats find it not so easy to see the beam in their own eyes.

Think of how many trillions would be available to addressing global poverty if Bush and Obama had not paid off the Bankers and the Hedge Funds; think about how much more freedom we would have to help, were we not saddled with crushing debt.

Obama's election support from Wall Street was massive.


When the money has already been given away to the rich, words ring hollow.

[geek tragedy]

7. What a cartoonishly stupid post.

Some people are pathological whiners.

Another one joins the list.

[terisan]

9. ad hominen attack? Try making a logical response. I am always ready for intelligent debate

as my post illustrates.

[geek tragedy]

13. You claim to be ready for intelligent debate.

But you have nothing intelligent to say about Obama.

You say he should resign from office because he smokes:

http://www.democraticunderground.org/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8251542#8251701

You thought his PARKING TICKETS were a legitimate campaign issue:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3151596#3151617

So, no, I will not look for intelligent debate with you.

Good bye.

[terisan]

21. IMO not paying parking tickets is a negative and backers defending a president's

inability to give up a Blackberry device and/cigarettes is a negative-as is a president's inability to stop smoking or give up a Blackberry device.

Character and Resolve are legitimate issues. I don't raise these issues myself but I respond to posts that raise them and then attempt to trivialize them or gloss over them.

[Number23]

25. It's times like this that I am glad I hardly ever hit the Alert button.

That's gold, Jerry! GOLD!

[HopeOverFear]

19. My ignore list is so long

It just keeps growing

[peoli]

5. Wen will Obama DO something!?

[geek tragedy]

8. Who cares what Obama does?

Since I don't like something else he did, I get to bash him for whatever he does.

[iamthebandfanman]

10. do you have to insult people

while pointing out a good thing the president is doing?


thats real mature of ya.

[geek tragedy]

11. Who am I insulting?

I insulted no one.

Notice, however, that two people showed up here to state that his universally praised program for food security wasn't worthy of praise.

Because it was Obama doing it.

They proved a point I've been making in other threads--that some people just don't care about policy, but just look for an excuse to piss on Obama's cornflakes.

[Juche]

12. Nice

Thanks for posting that. I was worried Obama would cut global aid because he has stated so several times that that was an area he was looking to cut due to the financial blow of the economic crisis.

[geek tragedy]

14. It's always politically popular and easy to cut foreign aid

in the United States. Increasing foreign aid requires some guts.

I'm glad that the talk during the campaign of cutting foreign aid turned out to be untrue.

[winyanstaz]

15. Maybe we could end hunger on main street and focus on some jobs

before we stick the taxpayers with more bills.
I would love to feed the world but right now I am far more concerned that those homeless families I see living in their cars get some kind of help first.
Don't we have enough bills?
Why does America have to pay for the whole world?
Even with the bailouts...a lot of American taxpayers money went to oversea banks.
We have to bail out the worlds banks, feed the worlds hungry, fight the world's endless wars and all on no jobs. wtf?

[geek tragedy]

16. Starvation in the developing world hurts us.

We cannot sit by and watch massive poverty unfold and think it doesn't affect us.

[dflprincess]

17. You are correct

but we cannot continue to ignore it in our own country either.

[geek tragedy]

18. The solution to poverty anywhere is sustainable development

and an improving economy. Obama needs to get our economy going in order to tackle poverty--he has to keep the rest of us out of poverty before he can start lifting people out of it.

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[Number23]

26. Your commentary may have been gratuitous, but I have no idea why this post has received

some of the comments it's gotten.

This is fabulous news and I'm glad you brought this here. Happy to rec. The naysayers in this thread are so damn ridiculous and transparent it's almost embarrassing.

[Political Heretic]

27. That's wonderful news, despite yourr purposeful mischaracterization of criticism

Of course no one is saying any of the things you're suggesting with your hyperbolic sarcasm.

This isn't the only great news that's come from this administration either. Both the stimulus bill and the budget reflect some amazing domestic spending priorities that should warm the heart of anyone. And isn't it wonderful to have a president represent us so eloquently in the world?

It's too bad that you have to use news of positive action to attempt to smear and mischaracterize the positions of those who also have the courage to question and challenge the president, rather than the cowardice to sit on the sideline and be a bobbleheaded yes person.

[geek tragedy]

29. Well, I don't intend it to reflect on people such as yourself, who though

outspoken are good faith, policy-based critics.

Part of the problem is that people talk past each other. I really don't want to discourage policy disagreement. But, there really are a lot of people for whom it's a vendetta against the Obama admin or the Democratic party. Quite frankly, I think some people will hate whoever is in office.

But, cheers. You're one of the good guys.