This pic really says it all for me.

[SmileyRose]

http://www.redstateprogressive.com/2011/04/what-kind-of-world-is-this.html

[avaistheone1]

1. A sad commentary on our times for sure.

[snagglepuss]

2. That really sums up the world we live in. One group of privileged people fleeing

from reality into fantasy while millions unable to flee from slow death.

[Beaverhausen]

3. People are starving because of politics and not money

there is enough food in the world.

[TheDebbieDee]

5. There's plenty of food in the world.......the problem is distribution!

[GliderGuider]

8. It has always been a distribution problem

The local politics of the region play a role - I've heard that if you find a famine going on you will usually find a war or something like it happening in the vicinity. If food is sent from halfway around the world but in the endf can only get to within 100 miles of those who need it, it has the same effect as if it hadn't been sent at all.

However, it's interesting that the development of oil-driven transportation and a global market system hasn't made food availability much more uniform than it was 250 years ago.

[Brigid]

4. Our world's upside-down priorities in a nutshell.

:(

[geckosfeet]

6. Yep. That's a real head shaker.

[lpbk2713]

7. And Limbaugh has a $400 Million contract.

There's no humanity in the human race.