One of Obama's central messages in his slam against the working class
and otherwise disenfranchised (and anyone who puts their own gas in
their car) is a message that has been noticeably ignored by the
Mainstream Media, especially the Liberal outlets, until only very
recently. Even now, this issue does not receive the attention it
needs.

How many times has someone in a European (or any other "First World")
country had to declare medical bankruptcy because of a catostrophic
illness?

How did Chile (that "Third World" country in South America) reduce its
childhood malnutrition rate from 37% to around 4% in just a couple of
years, while American food banks are turning people away, and fields
in America lay fallow, even as more and more Americans have to visit
these very food banks for sustinence against starvation?

I can see how a lot of Americans would be very bitter and angry over
Washington (do you Love Congress?) and their choices over the past 16
years as their conditions have worsened relative to the rest of the
world.

All of that has obviously not been enough for American voters to take
matters into their own hands for change. Until now that is, now that
we have a war in Iraq and Bushiburton is slugging these same Americans
with 250% increase in gas prices, and the Fed has made the US dollar
as worthless as it has been since the Great Depression. Its the gas
prices, stupid.

"Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:fa06aef3-0fe8-40ae-856f-d28fa82b2c6a@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> One of Obama's central messages in his slam against the working class
> and otherwise disenfranchised (and anyone who puts their own gas in
> their car) is a message that has been noticeably ignored by the
> Mainstream Media, especially the Liberal outlets, until only very
> recently. Even now, this issue does not receive the attention it
> needs.
>
> How many times has someone in a European (or any other "First World")
> country had to declare medical bankruptcy because of a catostrophic
> illness?
>
> How did Chile (that "Third World" country in South America) reduce its
> childhood malnutrition rate from 37% to around 4% in just a couple of
> years, while American food banks are turning people away, and fields
> in America lay fallow, even as more and more Americans have to visit
> these very food banks for sustinence against starvation?
>
> I can see how a lot of Americans would be very bitter and angry over
> Washington (do you Love Congress?) and their choices over the past 16
> years as their conditions have worsened relative to the rest of the
> world.
>
> All of that has obviously not been enough for American voters to take
> matters into their own hands for change. Until now that is, now that
> we have a war in Iraq and Bushiburton is slugging these same Americans
> with 250% increase in gas prices, and the Fed has made the US dollar
> as worthless as it has been since the Great Depression. Its the gas
> prices, stupid.

They play a role, but I wouldn't say they are the sole cause. How about
government subsidizing of growing certain crops? I think that's raised the
price of food for everyone.

On Apr 13, 10:04 am, "Reasoned Insanity" <nowh...@cox.net> wrote:
> "Learning Richard" <learningrich...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:fa06aef3-0fe8-40ae-856f-d28fa82b2c6a@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > One of Obama's central messages in his slam against the working class
> > and otherwise disenfranchised (and anyone who puts their own gas in
> > their car) is a message that has been noticeably ignored by the
> > Mainstream Media, especially the Liberal outlets, until only very
> > recently. Even now, this issue does not receive the attention it
> > needs.
>
> > How many times has someone in a European (or any other "First World")
> > country had to declare medical bankruptcy because of a catostrophic
> > illness?
>
> > How did Chile (that "Third World" country in South America) reduce its
> > childhood malnutrition rate from 37% to around 4% in just a couple of
> > years, while American food banks are turning people away, and fields
> > in America lay fallow, even as more and more Americans have to visit
> > these very food banks for sustinence against starvation?
>
> > I can see how a lot of Americans would be very bitter and angry over
> > Washington (do you Love Congress?) and their choices over the past 16
> > years as their conditions have worsened relative to the rest of the
> > world.
>
> > All of that has obviously not been enough for American voters to take
> > matters into their own hands for change. Until now that is, now that
> > we have a war in Iraq and Bushiburton is slugging these same Americans
> > with 250% increase in gas prices, and the Fed has made the US dollar
> > as worthless as it has been since the Great Depression. Its the gas
> > prices, stupid.
>
> They play a role, but I wouldn't say they are the sole cause. How about
> government subsidizing of growing certain crops? I think that's raised the
> price of food for everyone.

E85.

HTH.