" Very low food security..."

[Earth_First]

I am sure that the topic has been debated already, however I just wanted to voice my opinion on the topic.

What bothers me most about it is that this is not the first example of an attempt to water down the language in order to desensitize the public to a harsh reality. This article conjures up words such as "collateral damage" "neutralize" and "sweep and clear" "insurgency" -all words that have been substituted from their original definitions in order to desensitize the public from the realities in Iraq.

Who's to blame? The Pentagon, the Agriculture Department? Neither. The media. It bothers me to great ends when I hear the media using the same Orwellian newspeak only hours after presented by government press conferences, as though it were a marketing rollout for a major corporation, the Bush Corporation. If the media refused to present it as such, we'd be much further along in the understanding of what the government is attempting to get away with. I admit there is a great awakening in the process, however, there are quite a few who are still holding onto the 'facts' as presented to them by the media.

I'd be willing to listen to every single response from the 35 million Americans who were subject to hunger last year, as to their feelings about how the economic situation they are faced with as suffering from "very low food security." I'd be willing to bet that it wouldn't be as watered down as the situation is attempted to be presented to us by the government.

This bothers me in so many ways, thanks for listening, I just wanted to vent.

/end rant

U.S. agency changes "hunger" to "very low food security"

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has vowed that Americans will never be hungry again. But they may experience "very low food security."

Every year, the Agriculture Department issues a report that measures Americans' access to food, and it has consistently used the word "hunger" in connection with those who can least afford to put food on the table. But not this year.

The department said that 12 percent of Americans — 35 million people — could not put food on the table at least part of last year. Eleven million of them reported going hungry at times. Beginning this year, the Agriculture Department has determined "very low food security" to be a more scientifically palatable description for that group.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003432992_hunger16.html

[AllieB]

1. KICK

Once again the Bush administration has created its own lexicon for the failure of yet another policy. 'Clear Skies' is another one that I can think of off the top of my head.

[AllieB]

2. KICK

Once again the Bush administration has created its own lexicon for the failure of yet another policy. 'Clear Skies' is another one that I can think of off the top of my head.

[Metta]

3. More lies.

What a transparent and lame whitewash. Republicans will go out lying right to the bitter end. I'm shaking my head.