Re: OT...Got Garden? Daily Food Crisis in the News

In article <iqc11452dctnbhnslfa75p8904hkb7q7ra@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Charlie wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:48:44 -0700, Billy <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> 
> >O.K., Way too much fun going on here.
> >
> >http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/23/usa2
> >
> >Spectre of food rationing hits US
> >
> >The spectre of food rationing arose in America today as retailers began

> >imposing limits on rice and flour sales following bulk purchases by 
> >customers alarmed by rocketing global prices for staple foods.
> >
> >Wal-Mart's cash-and-carry division, Sam's Club, announced that it would

> >only sell a maximum of four bags of rice per person to prevent supplies

> >from running short.
> 
> Yep......way too much, way too fast.
> 
> I just flipped on the news infotainment and lo and be****,  msnbc is
> all over this rationiong of rice and the dire outlook for crops,
> worldwide and domestically.
> 
> Eff me, gonna be a run food.  Followed by runs on what else, I wonder.
> 
> Last night, before it rained again, I converted on of the flower beds
> to a salad and root bed.  I used Bill W's anecdotal method, small
> scale, and broadcast assorted greens and roots.
> 
> Ah me, last night I read an article about the **** going down in Haiti.
> Children getting two spoonsful of rice for a meal and the helplessness
> felt by their parents.
> 
> Charlie, who is all over the place emotionally about "things"

I plan on going to Austin in the morning. Made up a shopping list and 
I'm gonna hit the Asian market for rice and other dry goods. Dried fish, 
shrimp and ****akes.
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Peace! Om

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