In The River They Swim — Essays of Enterprise Solutions to Poverty

“In The River They Swim” is a book collection of twenty-nine essays on enterprise solutions to poverty that includes a foreword by Dr. Rick Warren. Published this Spring (2009) by Templeton Press. What these authors have to say has additional meaning today during the current economic rescission, global warming, the scarcity of raw materials, and over-population on Earth.

Part one is called The Journey. Part two has essays under Strategies For Prosperity and Part Three’s essays are in the section that’s called Globalization.

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Why feed people when you
can make money?

Yes, growing corn crops for ethanol was a decision made by ex-President Bush and was a blunder then; one that is getting worse today. This will be soon discovered when you shop for food or when out of work, and the food banks are now empty. Ha, food stamps? Well… You already went through those? Brace yourself for round two.

Why? The greater demand for corn and the resulting higher animal feed costs have sent meat prices soaring. Corn used as an ingredient in most foods means higher costs of all foods in general for you and me. There’s more, there’s the extermination of livestock that can no longer be fed due to the high prices of feed. So? Well, the corn-fuel farmers are primed for another step up in production, mandated by law.

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“Hunt People for Jesus”

Snipped from Al Jazeera via HuffingtonPost.com.

I don’t have time to write in length about this atrocity, but then again, I don’t think I need to. If you are unsure of the problem presented in this video, then you need to read part of the first amendment starting with the separation of church and State.

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