You seem too ready to place all the blame on the peasants. I’m not.
First, many are starving because of oppressive or corrupt governments, which isn’t directly the fault of the peasants.
Second, the fact that greenies support government distortion of the food markets (e.g. corn-based ethanol), which greatly increases food costs, also isn’t a fault of the peasants.
The greenie’s position is simply despicable, because they are the ones who would sooner fill their private jets with corn-based ethanol to jet around the globe, selling global warming hysteria, than allow that corn to be sold on the open market. Seriously, if you were Al Gore, would you rather ferment enough corn to feed a village for a month and put the distillate in your plane, or see it go to the peasants and see your plane go unfueled? (Let’s remove charity from the equation: Who is willing to pay more for the corn, the peasants, or Gore needing a fillup?) The fact that there are millions of “enlightened, concerned, caring” people supporting government programs to convert food to fuel is not the fault of the peasants.
Generally, people get the government they deserve. That includes us here in America, the product of a God fearing group of Founding Fathers, all the way to Haiti or Zimbabwe, where witchcraft, voodoo, and other types of heathen worship rule the day. And night.
Whether they know it or not, they have the government they have chosen, and as a result are going to starve at a rate far, far above the rest of the world. There is nothing to add to that.
The answer to their starvation isn’t to wring our hands over ethanol.
A better answer would be to:
1. Invade their countries.
2. Kill their leaders.
3. Convert them to Christianity.
Other than that, the only good thing to come out of our Government Aid Programs is that it props up the grain prices for our farmers. The food itself is being dumped down a rat hole. We could just as well dump it off the ships soon after they leave our shores and save the fuel.
They hate us, they’ve said so. Let’s save the money and effort until they publically come out and proclaim their love for us.
Let’m starve, it’s the only kind thing to do.
Here’s an example of the 3 step process I outlined:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944203/posts
These folks have a real chance of not seeing starvation for a really long time.
Obviously, the program was originally outlined by Coulter.
Ethanol used as Jet Fuel! I did not know that!
barbra ann