Memorial Day and Dead Bread

Today is the day we honor the soldier's who have given their lives so that we may fight another war.
Personally my favorite soldiers are the ones that are still alive... and in fact....one of my favorite people is an ex-marine, if there is such a thing, who seems a lot more relevant in his present physical state, then those 3,454 United States soldiers who have died in IRAQ.

"Give up your life so that we may fight another war"

If they used that for a recruiting slogan....I imagine it might cause someone to pause before signing up.

On the other hand....those people who dig the concept and the reality of WAR will jump on board.

I have issues closer to home that need to be addressed and since this is a day to honor the dead, I think it's only appropriate that I saw what I saw when I walked up to the corner to get my coffee.

DEAD BREAD

I read so much about poverty and hunger problems throughout the world and even here in the United States. I've heard figures like 10 million children in the US go to bed every night....HUNGRY.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT FIGURE BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS LIKE HUMMINGBIRD WING BEATS PER SECOND.......THE NUMBER IS SO FREAKIN HIGH THAT I CAN'T WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND IT AND I ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK IT UP TO VERIFY THE TRUTH.

THERE ARE A LOT OF NUMBERS LIKE THAT......BUT THE FACT THAT EVEN 50 KIDS GO TO BED HUNGRY IN THIS COUNTRY......IS STUPID.

ESPECIALLY WHEN I WALK UP TO GET MY COFFEE AND I NOTICE, NEXT TO THE TRASH CONTAINER OF PIONEER BOULANGERIE(A BAKERY) AT LEAST 50 BAGS OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF BREAD....BEING THROWN AWAY.

THERE IS PROBABLY MORE FOOD BEING THROWN AWAY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAN CERTAIN COUNTRIES, IN AFRICA, HAVE IN A WEEK.

AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT USED FOOD.

AND IF CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTRY ARE GOING TO BED HUNGRY AT NIGHT THEN WHY HASN'T SOME POLITICIAN STEPPED FORWARD AND CONSTRUCTED A BILL THAT SAYS.... ANY NON-USED FOOD BEING THROWN OUT MUST FIRST BE DELIVERED TO A SHELTER OR A MISSION OR A GROUP THAT CAN DISTRIBUTE THE FOOD TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.

WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME HEALTH ORGANIZATION THAT WON'T ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN.....WHILE AT THE SAME TIME CHINA CAN FREAKIN POISON OUR PETS AND SEND US DEADLY PUFFER FISH BY MISTAKE.

SOMETHINGS WRONG WITH THIS PROGRAM

AN IT APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE FIXED WITH A LITTLE COMMON SENSE AND COMPASSION.

IF OUR COUNTRY TURNED JUST A TAD BIT OF THE COMPASSION DEVOTED TO SOLDIERS WHO HAVE DIED, SO THAT WE MAY FIGHT ANOTHER WAR....TO THE PROCESS OF CARING ABOUT CHILDREN GOING TO BED HUNGRY....THE PROBLEM WOULD BE GREATLY REDUCED IF NOT SOLVED COMPLETELY.

JUST A TAD BIT OF THAT COMPASSION

JUST A TAD BIT

And by the way....I'm getting really sick of listening to the people who have been totally wrong about IRAQ keep warning us about what we can't do or shouldn't do.

SOME TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE THIS COUNTRY WILL STOP LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE SOLDIERS WHO HAVE DIED SO THAT WE CAN FIGHT ANOTHER WAR.

HOPEFULLY

AND HOPEFULLY THOSE SAME POLITICIANS WILL ADDRESS ISSUES THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WAR, EXCEPT THE WAR AGAINST POVERTY AND HUNGER AND FOOD AND WATER SAFETY......

BUT DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH or your bread.


MICHAEL TIMOTHY MC ALEVEY