Donald Kaul Has Very Low Brain Oxygen Security

Nicole Ritchie. Before and after "very low food security"


From the Mason City Globe Gazette:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on the eve of his nomination for president in 1932, said: “I see one-third of a nation ill-fed, ill-housed and ill-clad.”

Ever since, American presidents have promised to end hunger. None of them has.

Not John Kennedy with his plans cut short, not Lyndon Johnson who used them to build his own Great Society, not Ronald Reagan with his “a rising tide raises all boats” philosophy, not Bill Clinton, who felt everybody’s pain. Until now.

George W. Bush, who didn’t even promise to end hunger, has done it anyway. And in time for the holidays.

In fact, mere days before Thanksgiving, Mr. Bush’s Department of Agriculture issued its annual report on food availability and, lo and behold, no one was listed as “hungry.” Take that, FDR!

It seems that the USDA had done away with the “hungry” category in its 2006 report because the word is an imprecise, non-scientific term. Instead, those who can’t afford to put food on the table are now said to have “very low food security.” This year, that group was even bigger than last year — 35 million, or 12 percent of the population. But no hunger.

You have to work pretty hard at going hungry these days in the United States. Unless you're an abused child, an anorexic teenager, or Nicole Ritchie, most people look like they've had no problem finding a few extra meals.