Take a look at this article:
http://www.greenfieldvedette.com/...
"While I'm disappointed Congress adjourned last week without passing a farm bill, I am hopeful we can address this after the election," Graves said.
He added that "urban lawmakers" were holding the farm bill "hostage to insist on more funding for food stamps," which Graves said makes up about 80 percent of the proposed spending.
"While the House version has cut spending in most programs, agriculture has taken a much bigger hit by percentage," Graves said in a prepared statement. "Additionally, savings in the food stamp program is found through fraud prevention, not by reducing benefits or removing recipients from the program.
"The House passed a disaster relief bill this summer that would provide help for low yields. Unfortunately, the Senate has refused to act to provide America's food and fiber producers the relief they need."
Do you understand?
Republicans want to help farmers and ranchers,
who are big business owners.
Democrats want to help folks on food stamps.
What amazes me
is that the farmers and ranchers
have not said,
with a loud enough voice to drown out the Republicans,
is that the food stamp program,
http://www.trivisonno.com/...
is so large,
The next chart shows the total annual benefits paid out. At $71.8 billion in fiscal 2011, this is a major program:
that it helps the farmers,
by simply increasing their cash flow.
The food stamp program
is welfare for poor folks,
and welfare for farmers.
Win-win.
What this has to do with chicken coops,
below the squiggly:
I'm concerned with overpopulation
and famines.
See my sig line for the ultimate solution.
This country,
the USA,
has more food than any other.
But if radical conservatives take over,
they might end the food stamp program,
and all farm subsidies,
and then,
only the wealthy,
and their private jet pilots and mechanics,
their yacht mechanics and crew,
only those few the wealthy folks need,
only those will have plenty to eat.
The rest of America
could starve,
and the radical conservatives would not care.
So,
to have your own balanced meal,
build a chicken coop:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/...
http://www.backyardchickens.com/...
I built a new chicken coop because the old one was in a horrible place and looks terrible .
it's in a triangle shape that's useful for snowy areas snow will easily fall off
when we started building it we took a lot of wood for the bottom, 3
horizontal 3 vertical then a square frame. The skeleton consists of
triangles made out of 2 cut pieces then everything is covered with
planks. One of it's features is the mesh floor floor. Sometimes the
chunks of chicken poop gets stuck but the poop that doesn't get stuck
gets diced and is good for composting. Meshed floor costs less than
wood and is easy to clean just use water. Soon to be installed an
automatic door.
Click on the link
to see the pictures.
I intend to write numerous diaries here
encouraging everyone
to build chicken coops,
and buy chicks,
and care for the chickens,
and eat eggs.
And go beyond,
to concrete fish tanks,
maybe converting swimming pools,
maybe silkworms,
or other insects,
for healthy protein
and healthy fats.
I want everyone
to start,
the sooner the better,
to feed themselves,
as much as possible.
I understand
that if I don't have the acreage of land,
and the equipment,
and the time,
to grow the feed for my chickens,
I'm not really feeding myself.
But I need to start,
we need to start.
Our current system,
living in cities,
expecting others to ship all our food
into the cities,
that's a house of cards.
The number one priority
is food.
Joseph Stalin
did not make food his number one priority.
Chairman Mao,
at first,
did not make food his number one priority.
Food has always been the number one priority
here in the USA.
As soon as the Congress
fails to make food the number one priority
in the USA,
we are in serious trouble.
B. C. C. :
Build a Chicken Coop,
and buy baby chicks,
and enjoy eating lots of eggs.
Before Conservatives Crush us,
Before the Collapse of Civilization as we know it.
Build a chicken coop.