The Proletariat Congress

There are few nations in the world that can claim that they have democratic integrity and those who do are often no better than the sham democracies that exist in the rest of the world.  Democratic integrity recognises the will of the people even if the laws aren’t perfect.  Laws are made by those voted into power and those in power often make laws as norms dictate even if it means someone will eventually protest it.

There comes a time when those in power must realise that they are accountable to their people and that means that if something isn’t right that they should return to the people for approval.  To ask the people how they’re doing.

A recall vote.  Or as people in the real world like to call this: performance review

A voluntary recall vote is a sign of democratic integrity because it means those in power realise that they may not be fit for the job.  There is one government that this surely applies to.  The socialist government of Bolivia and its president Evo Morales.

I’m only including a screen capture because the title is just so stunning to read.  Politicians are not normally associated with honesty and integrity.

Ah, BBC headlines.  They say one thing but they mean something else entirely.  This is no exception.

If nothing else at least it is mildly amusing to read.

There has been plenty of talk about this food shortage and how the prices of grains, notably rice is going up and how the poor people of the third world (opps, sorry, I forget I’m supposed to be politically correction and say ‘developing nations’) are going to starve to death; at least more so than they do now.  There are predictions that millions in these parts of the world will die from starvation.

The collective response from the west seems to be to increase funding for food aid.  To get more food to these people.  There is one problem with this.  No matter how much food and money we give them, it will never be enough because these people will just keep reproducing and inflating the world’s population, which is nearing 6.7 billion.

Praying to some deity isn’t going to solve your problems nor is some mystical rain dance or anything of that sort.  Not all land in the world is fertile; nor is all fertile land being used adequately (see: Zimbabwe).

Cutting back on general consumption is one way.

Moving away from biofuels would help.  We could move to use electrical cars (ZENN), and better yet, massively increase funding for public transit; do we need ALL that funding to go to the military so we can bomb some dirt pile back to the stone ages?

Maybe instead of converting food into biofuels, we could use it to feed people.

Or… maybe the Dutch could realise that corn is also people food and not just cattle feed.

We could always reduce our consumption of meet by half.  Tofu and soy based products as imitation meat can be quite tasteful and they have the same amount of protein found in meat products.  The texture can even be mimicked to be similar.

Of course, we could always just make abortion legal world wide; increase funding for contraceptives and introduce comprehensive sexual education that includes family planning so people don’t feel this insatiable urge to fart out another screaming, pooping machine that will be just another mouth to feed.  People in general have a greater longevity due to incredible leaps and bounds made in modern medicine.

This post was written from a blackberry because my husband is obsessed with his new toy and thought I should give it a try. This was a pointless endevour. My thumbs are sore and I never want to type with this shitty keypad ever again.