Monday, January 2, 2012

Good morning

A wake up from my beloved New York Times:

delestage: power cut; a term used to identify the routine of rationing food in the Republic of Congo where one fourth of the population goes without meal, nor bite of bread, three out of seven days a week. The heads of household delegate which children may eat on which day, a single, solitary meal. Other days, those children go without. It may be important to note that the Republic of Congo is geographically lush and tropically fertile though the major government funded industry is petroleum. There is little support for agricultural production. HOW, how, how and WHY in a world where there is so MUCH, where there is such EXCESS, are there hungry people?!? HUNGRY people. HUNGRY children. Who is in charge there? Who is letting this happen?

I don't know what to do.

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