Web game provides rice for hungry

Originally posted by Johnmike
I do not want my tax dollars going to places around the world. My tax dollars to the United States can stay in the United States.

You are Joking right?

Israel 1994 to 1997 had Israel recieving some 91 Billion in Aid

www.wrmea.com...

Originally posted by Johnmike
So I'm going to have to pay for people too incapable to govern themselves?

Israel is the recipient of American dollars. Are they a people incapable of governing themselves?

As far as paying for people incapable of governing themselves, Bushes Multi Trillion Dollar deficit puts a yes in that category. Sad thing is, its America.

Peace






[edit on 13-11-2007 by HIFIGUY]

I must apologise to Highfiguy for implying it was his quote when it was really JohnMike's.
Hope I didn't cause you too much trouble.

Some of us (me) appear to have limited skills re: computers, but that doesn't make us any less valid!

[edit on 13-11-2007 by AotearoaSon]

Originally posted by AotearoaSon
Oh....really?...and how much of your tax dollar is going to overseas military ventures?

Far too much.

Originally posted by AotearoaSon
Your arrogance astounds me!

And your ignorance astounds me. Try looking at corruption in all these poor countries. Or maybe at how idiotic their governments/government run economics are.

Originally posted by HIFIGUY
You are Joking right?

Israel 1994 to 1997 had Israel recieving some 91 Billion in Aid

www.wrmea.com...

Israel is the recipient of American dollars. Are they a people incapable of governing themselves?

And I am a very vocal opponent of this.

Originally posted by HIFIGUY
As far as paying for people incapable of governing themselves, Bushes Multi Trillion Dollar deficit puts a yes in that category. Sad thing is, its America.

Drawing further on your ignorance of economics, you should know that a deficit itself doesn't really harm the economy. But the taxes you need to make up for it do.
Additionally, Bush does not start revenue bills. They all must, Constitutionally, begin in the House of Representatives.
And you mean "Bush's." Not Bushes.

Maybe if the US government stopped spending trillions of dollars on needless wars and killing innocent people in countries in this false war of terror, spending money on educating farmers and agriculturalists in 3rd world countries, then there may be no need for websites raising money for rice.....just a thought.

Originally posted by Johnmike
Try looking at corruption in all these poor countries. Or maybe at how idiotic their governments/government run economics are.

This statement can be applied to the U.S.A. as well, IMHO.

You really, really need to preview what you write before you post it.

Originally posted by AotearoaSon
This statement can be applied to the U.S.A. as well, IMHO.

Sort of. It was alright, then all the socialist crap mucked it up. Now we subsidize everything.

1000 grains of rice and vocab level of 34

I'm going to save it to favourites and practise when I'm bored.

Great link thanks.

Israels 90 Billion in Aid alone buys about 180 Billion Pounds in Rice.

Now Im not a rocket scientist, but Im going to guess that would probably buy more then one days worth of rice.

The World spends 1.25 Trillion dollars in Weapons every year.
Half of the spending is US. near 700 Billion.

US Spending on weapons and military? = about 1.4 Trillion Pounds of Rice
Thats in a year, by the way.

"America, America, God sheds his grace on thee" right?

When your cup runneth over, be sympathetic and compassoinate to those with less for your economies are based on the abundance on that which was freely given to you in the first place.

Every nation experiences need at one time or another.

Chavez, the leader of a third world country, sends heating oil to the poor in America. Oh the economic Irony...Heres a link.

www.mindfully.org...

Love is Love Brother Johnmike


Peace


[edit on 13-11-2007 by HIFIGUY]

Originally posted by HIFIGUY
Lets do some simple math Johnmike since the whole enron and friends thing kinda clouded my vision...

Israels 90 Billion in Aid alone buys about 180 Billion Pounds in Rice.

The World spends 1.25 Trillion dollars in Weapons every year.
Half of the spending is US.

I guess you can't read either?

Originally posted by Johnmike

Originally posted by HIFIGUY
Israel 1994 to 1997 had Israel recieving some 91 Billion in Aid

www.wrmea.com...

Israel is the recipient of American dollars. Are they a people incapable of governing themselves?

And I am a very vocal opponent of this.

Originally posted by HIFIGUY
Chavez, the leader of a third world country, sends heating oil to the poor in America. Oh the economic Irony...Heres a link.

One, Chavez is not someone to look to for a good leader.

Two, he's sending the United States oil while his country is in such bad shape? I thought Venezuela elected him to represent them, not the U.S.

Originally posted by Johnmike
he's sending the United States oil while his country is in such bad shape?

My point is this.

Americans can freeze to death in their homes before the corportations let lose of their purse straps.

And that my friend, is the economics of greed, not good.

Peace

[edit on 13-11-2007 by HIFIGUY]

Originally posted by brill

www.freerice.com...


I like the concept here. We know the ongoing problem with food shortages and starvation in many countries. Most people are reluctant to give but I think this provides a good alternative.

brill

Great idea. I racked up about 600 grains before I sat down to my own meal tonight. While I was eating it, I wished that more websites like this were out there, so that many more people such as those escaping the war in Darfur and living in dire circumstance can be helped.

I'm passing that link around, brill. Thanks for posting this.

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[edit on 13/11/07 by masqua]

Originally posted by Johnmike
You really, really need to preview what you write before you post it.
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Instead of inflating your ego by picking holes in my method (I am not technically astute when it comes to computers, and I have read the guidelines, but that doesn't make my posts any less valid), you might like to address the content itself. It's easy to poke holes in technical misfortunes, but that does no good.

It's a shame that we have programmes like this click for rice one. Really, the problem is access to resources and the replacement of traditional farming techniques with high-tech chemical-based and f1 hybridisation.
The obesity epidemic is one of the most glaring examples of excess and inhumanity. Fat from greed and excess foods, people just don't seem to care about 'others' anymore.
Sort of sounds selfish to me.

No, I mean, this forum has a preview post function. You can look at how it's going to end up before it posts, so I can actually read them without having to decipher. Your technical ability has little to do with your ability to debate, I'm just asking you to fix the way you're quoting things.

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Ok, thanks for that. I will try.
Apologies for you having to decipher things. I thought my england was purty grand

I couldn't find the post from today about this, so I'm posting here.
I got about 9700 grains of rice.
Great tool for learning new word meanings!

uhrm... sorry to burst all your bubbles, but programmes like this barely keep people alive. granted the starving people are being kept alive, but they're not being well fed. the biggest thing you can do to contribute to the ending of world hunger is stop eating so much.

america is the #1 gluttonous country in the world.
if all of america fasted for one day, it could feed all of africa for a week.

I tried that and got up to 500 before I decided to post. It said I had a level of 41 out of 43, which I guess is because I got 2 wrong. I noticed even in that time that I had several repeat words, so I'm betting that there aren't actually too many to go through.

So I'm thinking that someone should write a _javascript or something to automatically answer these questions correctly, and then get as many people to use it as possible. If it's actually real that they will donate rice, then they'd have to donate a LOT of rice!

well now its all 20 grains of rice every correct answer ;-P

I like it already ;-p

erm i only got up to 160 grains of rice ;-P

Wow...I had no idea this thread was on here....related BTS thread...

www.belowtopsecret.com...

Originally posted by Crabmeat

uhrm... sorry to burst all your bubbles, but programmes like this barely keep people alive. granted the starving people are being kept alive, but they're not being well fed. the biggest thing you can do to contribute to the ending of world hunger is stop eating so much.

america is the #1 gluttonous country in the world.
if all of america fasted for one day, it could feed all of africa for a week.

I'm not so sure it would work out that way. If all America fasted for a day, then the corporate holders of that food would either save the stock for when America does start eating again or throw it away. It costs money to ship food overseas...

As well, there needs to be a corporate interest in industrializing the thrid world nations. Would take alot of money, but in my opinion, well worth it if a corporation(s) did so with the intent to create their own market...




[edit on 2-5-2008 by MemoryShock]

haha, i wasn't suggesting that america stop eating for a day and then ship that food over, i'm just pointing out that having a webgame for rice is not the best way for america to feed poor people. it's actually rather f'ed up, they get tons of hits, tons of money from advertisements, and end up shipping alot of really cheap foods or rather just buying lots of that cheap food from third world countries that make that food. it's a complete scam.