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Fri Apr-11-08 08:49 PM
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Bill Moyers on Poverty, Food Banks & Rich Farmers on Government Dole |
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on now---excellent. 25 Millon people in US going to food banks, our cotton with US taxpayer-subsidized dollars compete with Africa; farm subsidies for McMansions in TEXAS since '02, food banks don't have enough food in USm farmers getting subsidies when they don't have a disaster, making over $2 Million/year.
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Fri Apr-11-08 08:50 PM
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1. rural aid designed to aid the farm lobby, not the family farmer struggling on the land |
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Fri Apr-11-08 08:52 PM
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3. Hunger in America and we've lost hop0e but very doable---we could quickly cut hunger in 1/2 |
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Gov. spending on commodity payments to wealthy people---doing damage...
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Fri Apr-11-08 08:52 PM
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4. Go, PBS, the people's TV! |
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Fri Apr-11-08 08:54 PM
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5. no one wants to see children go hungry. Small nos. of concerned citizens can make a big difference |
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This man of the cloth is interesting!
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Fri Apr-11-08 09:04 PM
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Fri Apr-11-08 10:06 PM
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11. did not catch the good reverend's name but he was fantastic. Second time he was on Moyers |
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Will be on the PBS-Moyers website. I think the rev was on only 1-2 wks. ago.
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Fri Apr-11-08 09:05 PM
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10. Solcitations for help for the hungry -- both $ collections and good collection have |
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increased a great deal, but not enough evidently to cover the INCREASE in the hungry/impoverished ---
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Fri Apr-11-08 10:09 PM
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12. in the shadow of NYC suburban superabundance, the food pantry goes bare |
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Two choices: 1) they're super wealthy assholes who won't help their fellow men and women with a bag of groceries every week; or 2) is not well with the super wealthy---that explains BushCo bailing them out with Chinese $$$.
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Fri Apr-11-08 08:51 PM
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2. In MA, PBS is showing "Buying the War" on Bill Moyers journal |
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:shrug: It is a money raising week too... maybe that's why? BUYING THE WAR: Watch the Showhttp://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/btw/watch.html
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Fri Apr-11-08 08:56 PM
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6. if it's a money raising week, let's raise money for Bill Moyers! The man has an outstanding educa- |
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Fri Apr-11-08 09:00 PM
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Farm subsidies to wealthy people who have |
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never farmed their land. But no money to struggling farmers who really need help...
I love Bill Moyers, and this was an exceptionally good report.
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Fri Apr-11-08 09:00 PM
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Edited on Fri Apr-11-08 09:02 PM by Caria
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Fri Apr-11-08 09:01 PM
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Didn't see the whole thing --- tuned in late ---
It raised more questions than they attempted to answer --- Granted Democrats aren't either ending the scandalous subsidies . . . and they also seem to be way behind in increasing aid for the hungry --- Didn't they used to send "surplus" food to the foodbanks?
And, at the end, I think the Rev. said 35 million in need ???
Who was the Rev., btw . . . ??
Hope some Fundies were watching cause he delivered an interesting political msg to them, IMO.
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Fri Apr-11-08 10:10 PM
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13. very interesting, indeed. Moyers' website will have the rev's name |
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Fri Apr-11-08 10:14 PM
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lots of reminders for Moyers works for me
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