Thursday, October 16, 2008

Haitians Eat Mud To Survive...

My computer at work has no sound card.  Just viewing this piece of video made me ill, so I'm just as happy I can't listen to it.

Once upon a time, there was a movie ("Pink Flamingos") with Divine (notorious transvestite),
when she was asked what she was up to, she answered:

"It's the future of city living"...

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=10232546&ch=4226714&src=news

Haiti, already the western hemisphere's poorest economy, was hit by several hurricanes this season.

The US subsidizes sugar farmers...just sayin'...

http://www.forbes.com/2008/06/27/florida-sugar-crist-biz-beltway-cx_jz_0630sugar.html

"Sugar crops are a small proportion of the U.S. agricultural output. For the 2006-2007 crop year, sugarcane receipts totaled around $897 million and sugar beets $1.53 billion--a mere 1% of cash receipts for U.S. farmers. While legislation calls for the program to be operated on a no-cost basis, a 2007 USDA estimate of the current system (before the support levels were increased by the 2008 Farm Bill) estimated that the sugar programs would cost $1.4 billion between 2008 and 2017."

Wonder how many Haitians wouldn't be starving if the US bought Haitian Sugar Cane, instead of subsidizing corn and sugar growers in inefficient locations such as Florida?

Guess I'll keep wondering...