That Incredible Unanimal Mankind
A few interesting* headlines from the BBC:
*Disclaimer: Headlines have been paraphrased by the author. Opinions expressed here are not necessarily the view of the BBC, the UK government, or any of their corporate sponsors.
"I secrete, therefore I am." - Or, "The Invisible Endocrine System of the Marketplace?"
Finally, scientific proof that men are not purely rational beings!
"Let them eat cash!"
Quotation from the article in light blue italics, editorial commentary in plain text: "The U.S. (after: 1) perpetually consuming nearly 7x its per-capita share of world resources, 2) undermining local agriculture in 'developing' countries by flooding international markets with subsidized products, thereby contributing to malnutrition by substituting stale/processed/chemically contaminated/artificial foods for fresh/whole/natural foods, 3) contributing to the ruin of arable land via construction, extraction, erosion, deforestation, land mines, radioactive ordnance (DU) pollution, etc., and 4) selling weapons that help warring factions, corrupt governments, and rebel groups kill or displace civilians who would otherwise be growing their own food) provided more than 2.1 billion (the cost of one B-2 bomber, or less than 2% of the amount spent on the Iraq war in the same fiscal year) in food aid (to the entire less-fortunate 95.5% of the world's population) in 2007."
Don't hate us for our freedom . . . we've only got the world's best interests at heart.
*Disclaimer: Headlines have been paraphrased by the author. Opinions expressed here are not necessarily the view of the BBC, the UK government, or any of their corporate sponsors.
"I secrete, therefore I am." - Or, "The Invisible Endocrine System of the Marketplace?"
Finally, scientific proof that men are not purely rational beings!
"Let them eat cash!"
Quotation from the article in light blue italics, editorial commentary in plain text: "The U.S. (after: 1) perpetually consuming nearly 7x its per-capita share of world resources, 2) undermining local agriculture in 'developing' countries by flooding international markets with subsidized products, thereby contributing to malnutrition by substituting stale/processed/chemically contaminated/artificial foods for fresh/whole/natural foods, 3) contributing to the ruin of arable land via construction, extraction, erosion, deforestation, land mines, radioactive ordnance (DU) pollution, etc., and 4) selling weapons that help warring factions, corrupt governments, and rebel groups kill or displace civilians who would otherwise be growing their own food) provided more than 2.1 billion (the cost of one B-2 bomber, or less than 2% of the amount spent on the Iraq war in the same fiscal year) in food aid (to the entire less-fortunate 95.5% of the world's population) in 2007."
Don't hate us for our freedom . . . we've only got the world's best interests at heart.
posted by Ingrid at 8:14 PM
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