Bushonomics: Teaching the Iraqi's How to Spend Money

24 October 2008

This one of those note worthy articles that is a bit interesting to the mind, apparently the Iraqi government has a little spending money and who would like to help them learn to spend, spend, spend; none other then the spend capital of the world, the United States.

After all the US has spent so much, there country is in full economic collapse, many of there people are subjected to abject poverty or just plain starving and to make matters worse the homeless population is becoming absolutely staggering between Hurricanes’ and home foreclosures, to let us not forget; the ever increasing high unemployment which continues to grow at leap and bounds.

So back to the beginning, who better to teach any one to spend; the United States.

Everybody need’s another country in full economic panic, let alone Iraq with foreign occupation and continuing genocide?

In food crisis, Cuba limits sales so all can eat

Chives for sale are seen at a public market in Havana, Thursday, 9 October 2008. Cuba is limiting how much basic fruits and vegetables citizens can buy at farmers' markets after two hurricanes wiped out more than 30 percent of the island's crops last month.

10 October 2008
By ANNE-MARIE GARCIA

HAVANA -Cuba is limiting how much basic fruits and vegetables people can buy at farmers' markets, irritating some customers but ensuring there's enough — barely — to go around.

The lines are long and some foods are scarce, but because the government has maintained and even increased rations in some areas, Cubans who initially worried about getting enough to eat now seem confident they won't go hungry despite the destruction of 30 percent of the island's crops by hurricanes Gustav and Ike last month.

"Of the little there is, there is some for everyone," 65-year-old Mercedes Grimau said as queued up behind more than 50 people to buy lettuce, limited to two pounds per person.

"I'm not afraid that I will be left without food, but it's a pain to think about all the work we are going to have to go through," Grimau added. "Two or three months ago the farmers markets were well-stocked."

Cuba's government regularly stockpiles beans and other basics, and Economics Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez said authorities are ready to increase the $2 billion they already spend on food imports annually. The world credit crisis won't affect much of those imports because U.S. law forces communist Cuba to use cash to purchase American farm goods. But imports from other countries bought with credit could become more difficult or expensive.

The government is delivering all items distributed each month on the universal ration that provides Cubans with up to two weeks of food — including eggs, beans, rice and potatoes — at very low cost. In some hard-hit provinces, extra food has been added.

But the rest of the food Cubans supplement their diets with at supply-and-demand farmers markets and government produce stands has dwindled, prompting the government to limit consumer purchases and cap prices on items including rice, beans, root crops and fresh greens.

Rodriguez has sought to dispel speculation about a replay of the desperate early 1990s, when shelves were bare and people survived for weeks on one small meal daily. Cubans who lived through deprivation after the Soviet Union's collapse say the current food situation doesn't come close.

"It is true that it will take us some time to bring the agricultural production up to the levels that existed before the hurricanes," Rodriguez told state television this week. "Nevertheless, there is no reason to speculate or assume that there will be any hunger."

Although Cuba's relative financial isolation partially protects it from the jolts of the world economy, an extended credit crisis could stunt the island's foreign currency income if Cubans living abroad lose jobs and stop sending family remittances, or if potential tourists can no longer afford to travel.

But now, Cuba's top challenge is to increase local production of fruits and vegetables sold at the farmers' markets.

Waiting at one market on a recent morning, 55-year-old homemaker Regla Suazo said, "At least with the measures I know I can buy something." Shortly thereafter, the first truck of the day pulled up with green beans, green onions, guavas, avocados, corn, squash, cassava root and sweet potatoes.

But quantities were much smaller than usual. Vendor Nadia Gomez, who received nothing that day, said police checkpoints leading into Havana now turn away trucks unauthorized to market produce in the capital or have been ordered send their goods to harder-hit areas.

Cuban agricultural officials expect six months of food shortages, and are increasing short-cycle crops such as salad greens and taking other measures to ensure everyone gets enough to eat.

At Cuatro Caminos farmers market, among Havana's largest and most varied, vendor Juan Carlos Martinez lamented he had only papayas, guavas and pineapples to sell. "This isn't the business it used to be," he said.

Bushonomics: Weak economy pushes jobless claims to 7-year high

The unemployed singing the blues, Bushonomics at work.

2 October 2008

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER

WASHINGTON -New applications for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week to a seven-year high due to a weakening economy and the impact of Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The department reported that initial claims for jobless benefits increased by 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 497,000. That's significantly above analysts' estimate of 475,000. The total is the highest since just after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks seven years ago.

U.S. stock futures declined on the report. Dow Jones industrial average futures dropped 102 to the 10,785 level, pointing to a lower opening for shares.

The hurricanes, which hit Texas and Louisiana earlier this month, added about 45,000 claims from the two states for the week ending Sept. 27, the department said.

The hurricanes have led to higher claims for several weeks. As a result, the four-week average of claims, which smooths out fluctuations, jumped to 474,000, up 11,500 from the previous week.

In the week ending Sept. 20, Texas reported a 22,235 jump in claims, while Louisiana said claims rose by 9,671.

The number of people continuing to receive benefits increased to 3.59 million, up 48,000 and higher than analysts' estimates. That's the highest total in five years.

Jobless claims are at elevated levels even excluding the hurricanes. Weekly claims have now topped 400,000 for 11 straight weeks, a level economists consider a sign of recession. A year ago, claims stood at 324,000.

The economy is struggling with the financial crisis and slowing consumer spending, leading to increased layoffs by the nation's employers.

Economists expect a separate Labor Department report Friday on payrolls to reflect further weakness in the labor market. They predict the report will show that the nation's employers cut 100,000 jobs last month. That's on top of 605,000 jobs that were eliminated in the first eight months of this year.

The report is expected to show that the jobless rate remains at 6.1 percent. The rate jumped above 6 percent for the first time in five years in August.

The financial crisis will likely cause greater job cuts in the coming months. Several large, troubled banks have been bought by competitors and layoffs are likely.

Citigroup Inc. on Monday purchased Wachovia Corp., which had about 120,000 employees. JPMorgan Chase & Co. last week bought Seattle-based Washington Mutual, which employed roughly 43,000.

Several companies have announced layoffs in the past week, including aluminum company Alcoa Inc., auto retailer CarMax, Inc. and chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride Corp.

US: Jobless claims pushed to 7-year high

25 September 2008

WASHINGTON -New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to their highest level in seven years due to the impact of a slowing economy and Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

The department said new requests for jobless benefits for the week ending Sept. 20 increased by 32,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 493,000, much higher than analysts' expectations of 445,000.

Wall Street was more focused on Washington, though, where lawmakers and the administration appeared to be moving closer to a $700 billion bailout package for the financial system. Stocks were headed for a moderately higher open.

The two hurricanes added about 50,000 new claims in Louisiana and Texas, the department said. The four-week moving average, which smooths out fluctuations, rose to 462,500.

Even excluding the effects of the hurricanes, jobless claims remain at elevated levels. Weekly claims have now topped 400,000 for ten straight weeks, a level economists consider a sign of recession. A year ago, claims stood at 309,000.

The number of people continuing to draw jobless benefits last week was 3.54 million, up 63,000 from the previous week and nearly a five-year high. The four-week average of continuing claims was 3.49 million.

Hurricane Gustav first had an impact on jobless claims for the week ending Sept. 13. The department said Thursday that Louisiana reported an increase in claims of 18,409 during that week, mostly due to Gustav.

The financial crisis, falling home prices and slowing consumer spending continue to apply the brakes to the U.S. economy. The unemployment rate jumped unexpectedly to 6.1 percent in August, the highest level in five years.

Last week, drug maker Schering-Plough Corp. said it plans to cut 1,000 sales jobs to reduce costs, part of a 10 percent reduction in staff announced in April. Also, the nation's largest chicken producer, Pilgrim's Pride Corp., announced it would reduce 100 jobs besides the 600 job losses it previously announced.

U.S. Gas Gouging

Gas prices in some parts of the country have seen giant spikes as to the alleged claim that some owners are trying to profit off Hurricane Ike and fears of gas shortages.

by HRM Deborah

Whether it is U.S. President George W. Bush initiating a nationwide blackout or gouging the American people, it is still a crime and what makes matter‘s worse is Bush blaming other‘s for the many unacceptable moves he does behind people‘s backs.

When Hurricane Katrina occurred and gasoline shot-up over $3 dollars a gallon that was a disgrace, but after Hurricane Ike, catapulting gasoline well over $4 dollars a gallon it is just plain price gouging; as well as hampering the well-being of the all ready money-strapped American’s in a crumbling economy.

Nevertheless, with the U.S. still in flux with the numerous American’s that recently survived two hurricane’s of Gustav and Ike, something of this nature will more and likely put more injury; with further fears of displacement due to the lack of fuel with the hopes of returning home now and in the future. It also comes to mind of the many personal, needing fuel for the repair and rescue operations.

Finally, anyone doing such as these types of things or any harm to people, must have a very black heart; for their lack of compassion towards the well-being or caring of other’s. For no one should walk barefoot through human suffering.

Gustav Swells Unemployment

25,000 workers so far file for state benefits

12 September 2008

by Ed Anderson

BATON ROUGE - More than 25,000 workers who have become unemployed since Hurricane Gustav have filed for unemployment benefits, 10 times more than the average weekly rate, state labor officials said Thursday.

Tim Barfield, executive director of the Louisiana Workforce Commission, said that as of noon Thursday, 25,026 people have filed unemployment claims since Gustav's landfall last week. More claims are expected, he said, but he could not venture a guess of how many or the amount of benefits to be paid.

"There are a significant number of claims still out there," Barfield said.

By comparison, there were about 350,000 claims filed in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

Barfield also said benefits paid to those who qualified before Gustav will be paid by Friday. A loss of power by the department's main office for more than a week caused benefits to be delayed, some as many as 10 days. Barfield said he expects $8.3 million to be paid to almost 30,000 recipients by Friday.

"This will catch us up," he said. "We did not anticipate being out of power as long as we have been."

Barfield said not all of the 25,000 applicants after Gustav will qualify.

To file an application for benefits, a jobless worker can go online at www.laworks.net or call one of two toll-free numbers: 1.800.957.1605 or 1.866.259.6345.

The maximum benefit is $258 a week for 26 weeks. "It is difficult to estimate what that payout will be," Barfield said.

He said the deadline for most unemployed workers affected by Gustav to file is Oct. 6.

There are about 25,000 people who draw unemployment benefits each week, Barfield said.

He said more than 230 contract and full-time employees have been hired to field calls or answer complaints. For problems or non-claim questions, the agency has a third toll free-number, 1.866.783.5567.

On another Gustav-related matter, state National Guard officials said activities at the food distribution centers are starting to wind down. On Thursday, Gov. Bobby Jindal said 15 centers were still open, handing out provisions like ready-to-eat meals, ice, bottled water and tarps. Jindal said the number of centers peaked at 50.

Denise Everhart, a spokeswoman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said that as of Thursday, the agency has supplied 444,225 tarps, 920,000 pounds of ice, 16.9 million bottles of water and 8.74 million ready-to-eat meals.

Jindal had complained earlier that FEMA was slow in supplying the meals and tarps at the centers but has improved.

Note:
While I do not know about other area’s of Louisiana, but in the New Orleans and vicinity you will find much sadness as well as human suffering; even with the mild fear of some of the sudden storms and wind that many hope is not a forerunner to more extreme weather conditions.

In some of the low lying area’s that was flooded during Hurricane Gustav, is not just flooding again, but other’s are threatened with flooding due to Hurricane Ike.

Traffic lines Interstate 45 leaving Houston as Hurricane Ike approaches the Texas Gulf Coast Thursday, 11 September 2008, in The Woodlands, Texas.

It is a great hope that those cities in Texas, fair better then what occurred from not just Hurricane Gustav and Ike; but Katrina and Rita.

Furthermore, in some of the hurricane hit area’s, gas stations for fear of a gasoline shortage due to the hurricane’s, has stated selling gasoline at $4.63 per gallon; which is gouging, the already crippling market.

New Orleanians Concerned About Hurricane Ike After Gustav

New Orleans Mayor Nagin had issued a mandatory evacuation order and warned that anyone deciding to stay behind would be making "the biggest mistake of their lives." Many feared Hurricane Gustav would be another 2005 Hurricane Katrina, that killed over 18,000 people.

Many New Orleanians are very concerned about Hurricane Ike hitting landfall in New Orleans area since it has been such a short time since Hurricane Gustav and the wounds from Gustav are far too fresh especially from my understanding in Houma, Louisiana.

It is hoped that Hurricane Ike doesn’t land in the New Orleans area, but I thought to help at least ease some minds for now to include a projection map concerning the current projection of the probable path of Hurricane Ike.

From what I see at this time, it looks like Hurricane Ike may be giving New Orleans wind and rain; as for full landfall it looks like Hurricane Ike is heading West more, towards Texas.

But the possibility of the Houma area being hit again is a better chance, it is sad to say; since they are still having such a difficult time since Hurricane Gustav.

At this time from my understanding, Hurricane Ike hit Cuba as a Category 1 Hurricane and is said to now be 340 miles SE of Havana, Cuba, and moving westward at 14 mph.

Update:
The latest meteorologist report seems to have Hurricane Ike bypassing Louisiana all together and more slated towards just Texas, with the major towns that maybe hit as Galveston and Houston.

If New Orleans area receives anything from Ike, it will probably be some rain and wind.

Bush Harms Hurricane Gustav Survivors and Jewish Prime Minister Olmert

U.S. President George W. Bush walks under the heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hanna on the South Lawn of the White House upon his return to Washington, DC from Camp David, on 6 September 2008.

by HRM Deborah

It has been brought to my attention and actually the bad joke is on U.S. President George W. Bush in an attempt to try an insure my death, would make American’s in the area where I am at; suffer after Hurricane Gustav under the guise of not enough employee’s at food market’s and other eating establishments.

What Bush seems to forget even though I have been laid up in bed, eventually enough food was found to try and get me on my feet, while I am not up to my full self yet, one thing I am happy to say is; I would not ever try attempted murder on another person.

Furthermore, while Bush claims to be a man of God; a man of God would never do this; for it is an unpardonable sin.

Nevertheless, Bush attacking Jewish Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with false criminal allegations is not just disgusting; but also immoral.

New Orleans revives as storm-slammed suburbs struggle

Tate Lefort, Jr. and Chris Zibilich (R) work on cleaning up debris on September 4,2008 at The Pickin' Box Crawfish Headquarters in Westwego, Louisiana.

5 September 2008

by Glenn Chapman

People too poor or ill to flee Hurricane Gustav on their own began returning Friday by buses and trains to storm-battered neighborhoods in New Orleans.

"We were blessed to get there safe and blessed to get back," Jean Collins said after she and her children stepped off a bus at a downtown New Orleans train depot that authorities turned into an evacuation hub.

Officials on Friday reversed the process and began bringing back the estimated 20,000 people they shepherded out of town before Gustav slammed the US Gulf Coast on Monday.

Three buses loaded with returnees pulled up to the depot unexpectedly early, while the first trainload was more than an hour late.

The inauspicious start was described as "Ugly" by New Orleans head of homeland security Jerry Sneed as he commanded an army of volunteers, National Guard soldiers and city and federal workers at the depot.

Incident commander Thomas Ignezli climbed atop a folding ladder in the center of the depot to rally the force amassed to receive returnees and shuttle them to their homes or temporary shelters.

Bright blue, mauve and silver balloons, some shaped like stars, were placed at the doors leading in from train platforms.

"We can welcome our citizens back the way they deserve and convince them they should leave again if the need arises," Ignezli told his troops.

Sneed said the return of "city assisted" evacuees is hoped to take no more than three days.

Returnees interviewed by AFP said they didn't regret evacuating even though Gustav dwindled from a "monster" storm to a tamer Category Two tempest that struck only a glancing blow to New Orleans.

"What I saw was happy people, tired people, frustrated people," New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin said after greeting a train carrying nearly 1,000 returnees to the city.

"Some had good experiences at shelters and some had serious issues. We will follow up and get it right next time," Nagin pledged.

Nearly two million people fled from Gustav in what is branded the largest evacuation in US history.

"It's not worth the risk not to," Dawn Lowery said as she and her daughters, ages 11 and 14, headed home to the Garden District.

"They had big fun," she added, firing sidelong glances at her daughters. "You guys went out of control and I let you."

Returnees aboard a bus that arrived unannounced on Thursday unanimously said they would leave again in the face of a new hurricane threat.

"They left for the right reasons," Sneed said. "It was important not to put their lives at risk."

US secretary of housing and urban development Steve Preston announced a 90-day moratorium on home foreclosures in the disaster area and asked lenders to wave late payment fees "as people are getting back on their feet."

"It won't stop the interest clock from ticking, but there are many ways the lender can work with people," Preston said.

"Any lender who is facing a situation where a borrower is having a hard time paying, it is in their best interest to help them out."

Power has yet to be restored to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in portions of Louisiana slammed by Gustav, and utility company crews are feverishly working to repair electric lines.

Nagin expects his city to have nearly all electricity restored by Saturday night.

Officials are so optimistic about reviving the area, and so eager to show the region is on the mend, that the New Orleans Saints football team will play a regularly scheduled game in the city's Superdome on Sunday.

"People are going to go to the dome for sure just because they have air conditioning and they can use the bathroom," Jefferson Parish president Aaron Broussard said.

"People want to vent. People want escapism. The Saints have always been good mental medicine for this region. We need that medicine."

Situations were less optimistic in hard-hit areas such as St. James, Terrebonne and LaFourche parishes, where water and sewage systems were damaged.

Returning residents are warned to avoid flushing toilets and to boil water before using it for drinking or cooking.

While New Orleans residents are being urged to return, those who call Terrebonne home were told they can check on properties but not stay.

Aid stations are distributing ice, water, tarps and military field provisions called meals-ready-to-eat (MREs).

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said that millions more MREs are being trucked in and that the state is lending power generators to businesses without electricity.

"We are still concerned that several communities will be without power for many days," Jindal said Friday.

As they clean up after Gustav, people warily track new hurricanes lining up in the Atlantic Ocean.

Only some 10,000 people are believed to have remained in New Orleans, a city of 300,000, when Gustav slammed the Gulf coast, amid fears of a repeat of the catastrophic flooding that came with Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Survival after Gustav

by HRM Deborah

While even through my evacuation where I was given no aid as a foreign dignitary which is normally any governments courtesy and I followed what was expected within the guidelines of my imprisonment as was expected in good faith of myself with the U.S. government; to furthermore, since my return to my living quarters with the limited means of survival due to Hurricane Gustav.

It has always been that I am only allowed to go to very few places especially a market to get food and most of these places are closed or have very limited resources, my situation has become dire to my survival.

While I do not know what the future would be in the opening of these limited places, it is a hope that I do survive long enough and in keeping within the guidelines of my imprisonment for the sake of goodwill to everyone.

At this time, I am very weak and suffering several complications due to lack of proper care, especially food to severe dehydration; because I am doing what is expected of me as a prisoner.

Nevertheless, while it is wonderful that some aid is being given to New Orleanians, I also know; I am not allowed to go to these places. As to other said aid services, it also has been explained that these also do not apply to the guidelines of my imprisonment.

It should be further reminded; I have been imprisoned for over 50 years and it has been brought to my attention, that it is in the U.S. government’s best interest that I stay alive.

Canaanites Media Propaganda for Abbas Vote

By HRM Deborah

What is humorous is I happened to see a media propaganda piece about elections in Palestine among the Palestinians and the Canaanites, which is actually an impossibility; because we do not have elections.

So those Canaanites saying they would vote for global terrorist, Interpol fugitive Mahmoud Abbas, they need to rethink there position and also review what it means to be not only a non-citizen in the country; but what it means to still be living under the same monarchial government system, since 9,000 B.C.

As to Abbas having any capacity in government is unacceptable in any manner nor has he ever been apart of government and this comes from the one person that has the right to say so.

As to those people associating themselves with Abbas, thinking he is apart of the government in Palestine, I am sorry to say; Abbas is trying to dupe them for he has never been a government official.

Furthermore, as for Abbas being illegally at the 34th annual session of the World Economy and Politics Forum, he should be done what was threatened of people in New Orleans if they did not evacuate from Hurricane Gustav and this is to grab him by the back of the shirt collar and the seat of the pants and throw his sorry self out the backdoor so fast; that Abbas will take a few minutes to realize he is bouncing down the pavement. For it is assured, no one wishes that criminal windbag there.

Bush Just the Same on Hurricane Gustav

U.S. President George W. Bush greets personnel working at the Emergency Operations Center, on 3 September 2008 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Bush was said to have toured storm-scarred Louisiana Wednesday to survey damage from Hurricane Gustav, as far as actually seeing the damage, Bush saw it from afar in the luxury of air conditioning; unlike the many American’s who are still suffering from the affects of Hurricane Gustav.

On this same day, hundreds of thousands who fled the storm where given the approval, to return towards there home‘s; which I was one of the people, returning late in the evening through very congested traffic, to find my home undamaged, accept there was no electric, which was very understandable under the circumstances.

From the few people I have talked to since I came back, it appears everyone is happy to have returned, with a few complaints of lack of electric in this area, but I for one am very happy with how hard all the workman seem to be trying to make everything more livable again.

In other cities in Louisiana, people are not doing so well from my understanding with many complaints and some people not expected to have electric for over a month at least; among other issues.

Without air conditioning and the high humidity, it is like sitting in an oven waiting for the electric; after two days, mine finally just came on, I did laugh yesterday, because the electric did come on with people cheering to only last one minute; then one could here the down turned sign of regret.

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks with federal, state and local officials at the Louisiana Emergency Operations Center in Baton Rouge, 3 September 2008, where he was briefed in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. Gustav was a Category 2 hurricane when it made landfall Monday. At the request of Gov. Bobby Jindal, center, Bush Tuesday issued a Major Disaster Declaration for 34 of the state's parishes. Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden listens at right. From numerous broadcasts and White House web site, Bush seemed to be more interest in the Oil situation; then human lives in Louisiana.

Accept for one area, where the water did come over the levee, damage from this hurricane, appears to be more minimal than what was expected; with just what appears to be mostly wind damage and one area did have extensive flooding, from my understanding; as well as it is hard in some area’s to find necessary food, but many that I have talked to while it may not be steak, are trying to get by with what can be found. Which for some including myself, are suffering from not eating good and severe dehydration, which I am slowly recovering.

As to my other adventures through Hurricane Gustav, I’ll save that for another day.

Will the New Orleans Levees hold?

A man works on covering windows with plywood in preparation for a possible evacuation from the Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans August 28 in New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans is preparing for Tropical Storm Gustav on the eve of the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

by HRM Deborah

As for some areas of New Orleans the levee’s have not been rebuilt, other area’s the levee situation is in inadequate was a remark made by the Corp of Engineer’s yesterday on a live news report that is constantly being splashed across New Orleans air ways, along with the strong possibility of mandatory evacuation of all resident’s with the hope of no loss of life this time; as was the estimated death toll of over 18,000, during Hurricane Katrina.

Nevertheless, as some resident’s have already left and today is the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting landfall; as for Gustav it is still a wait and see if this hurricane will hit, what the damage will be if any or how many lives maybe lost this time around.

It is a hope that Gustav not come to New Orleans this time around and for those that do evacuate it is more of a small vacation, than another time of broken memories and shedding tears for lost loved ones.

As for the levee repairs that have been done, it is some opinion’s; that it is a more of a cross one’s finger’s for luck and hope these hold idea.

As to the many people concerned towards my welfare with the impeding disaster of Gustav, please do not worry; Allah protected us through Hurricane Katrina and I am sure Allah will do the same this time.

Something else that happened to came to mind and I have said this for years, a person can never have too few adventures in life or life get’s a bit dull, for they can be anything and I say this with a smile. For what may seem for some people a bad situation, doesn’t necessarily have to be so.

Just think about it?

by HRM Deborah

In these times, the world has the largest population that has ever been seen in history and while some people find it necessary to fight over comforts, what most people are forgetting that people need the basic necessities which usually include food, water, shelter and clothing above anything else; because this is survival of humanity.

With the population situation as it is, people should find the charity within there heart, to help and care for each other; then find ways to create anger, war and mistrust; because emotions such as this, creates a disharmony in the world that no one actually needs, especially, with not just the environmental situation changing rapidly, but every factor upon the earth; at this time.

As to these comfort items, in the direction the world is going, they very well may not be there at all in the future and then what are people going to argue about?

Mankind was met to help each other and create harmony throughout the world, not what we are more seeing today, with the wars, to some people biting at the heels of other’s; because they do not think they are getting the biggest share of the pie.

Furthermore, no one is better then the next person, but one needs to take the initiative to understand this fact and do the right thing towards each other or everyone will eventually be the looser.

Nevertheless, this comes to mind as a good example especially at this time, with the possibility of Hurricane Gustav maybe hitting landfall and the possibility of loosing my home again and to the factor of what it was like being a refugee of sorts when Hurricane Katrina hit and what it came down too was just the basic necessities of survival and with the comforts; what in actuality, if all of a sudden the comforts are all washed away, in a moment.

Just think about it?