Food Not Bombs

     I like what 'Food Not Bombs' do.  They feed people.  It makes sense to me.  They serve vegetarian food.  It is good for you.  People need to eat.  It keeps them alive.
     Bombs, on the other hand, well, they are designed to kill people.
     So, I am definitely way more into 'Food Not Bombs' than bombs and war, which doesn't really seem all that cool.
     I know that there is a certain civic pride to serve in the armed forces these days, but if negotiators were doing their job, there would not be wars in this day and age.  There is certainly no need for them, unless, of course, there is. 
     That is what I am concerned about.  Too many people in this country think there is always a need for war.  For them, it is a business.  A lot of people can't make money unless there is a war on.
     A lot more people could make a living if there wasn't a war, though.

     It seems to be in recent plans to have a surplus of unemployed people.  That of course, raises the crime rate.  Prisons are a huge business now, making astronomical amounts of money, and I am not kidding. 
     The prison business is quite lucrative, my friends.

     Okay, so the United States of America is good at war, movies, insurance companies, and real estate.
     However, it can't make a decent can opener anymore.
     Tsk, tsk.  America used to have so much pride for the things we made.
     'MADE IN THE USA' used to mean something, for a long, long time.  I have not seen the phrase on a product in years.
     Most often, I see, 'Made in China'.
     They only way they can produce so much stuff is to underpay their employees and over work them. 
     It costs a lot to ship the goods here, to be sold in dollar stores.
     Everybody involved has to get a cut, you know.

     So, basically, a lot of things just don't work in this country anymore.  They ship labor out to other countries, which is cheaper.
     We are very good at high tech things, though.
     A healthy economy would be one which has every level of production, from bartering to hand-made things, all the way up to planes and satellites. 
     It seems to me that the American economy is sick.  It is not well.
     The economy has to be well in order for people to be well.
     Well, there are a lot of sick people.
     But you know what, the medical industry, and over the counter drugs is a booming business.
     It's in their interest to make people think they are sick even when they are not in order to sell cure-alls from the local pharmacy.
     Billions of dollars are at stake.
     So, instead of buying healthy food, they buy crappy food and over the counter drugs to balance it all out.  That is just how they want it.

     You know, some of these doctors that perform unnecessary operations for cosmetic surgery?  Well, they ought to have there licenses revoked.  Shrinking the stomach, liposuction, and other procedures don't really replace an apple a day and going for a walk. 
     America wants results, and they want it fast.

     The ideal America that people miss and pine for, for some people never existed.

     Anyway, the 'Food Not Bombs' people are really cool, and they care about people, which is a lot more than what corporations do, who don't even care about their own employees, much less their customers. 
     The dollar is the bottom line.
     That is really sad.
     I'm just glad there are people out there that do care.

     The salad they made was awesome.  Mmmmm.