Archive for the 'Hunger' Category

A Legacy of Republican Missrule

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Homelessness and Hunger rising.
3/4 a Trillion for criminal bankers — not a penny for starving vets or homeless children. Thats what our government thinks of us. If you are not rich you are nothing.
Friends we are better than this as a people . Time for real change.

Houston Food Banks Need Help

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Reposted from Boing Boing.
Spread the word far and wide as you can.

The Seminal on the New American Hunger Crisis.

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Jim Moss over at the Seminal keeps it short and sad here.
Until we get a government that would rather make sure everyone has food rather than spending it on war and prisons we are going to have to help carry the load.
I’ll also second what Jim says
So it’s going to take the generosity of […]

Foodbanks Need Your Help

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

I am glad Kos and other have picked this up too. The New York Times is reporting on hunger and food banks and it doesn’t look good.
The intro paragraph says it all

Food banks around the country are reporting critical shortages that have forced them to ration supplies, distribute staples usually reserved for disaster relief […]

One American in Ten Goes Hungry.

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

The title says it all.
Food security should be a civil right.
If this makes me a liberal, well so be it . Seeing my fellow Americans go without good food when there is so much abundance sticks in my craw.

Bad news on the NYC Hunger Front

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

From N.Y. Daily News via Joe.my.god.com
One out of six NY’ers, 1.3 million people, “cannot afford an adequate and consistent supply of food.
Thats what I’d call a a depression. The big apple is rotten.
I’d suggest maybe rerouting some of the money spent on 30-50 THOUSAND Arrests for marijuana possession into helping prevent hunger.
Smoking […]

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