1. Everyone has to eat.
2. The incompetent "kleptocratic" governments in Africa steal pretty much anything else. In Zimbabwe the government took the farms too. Now that was dumb.
3. Maybe Nobel laureate James Watson was right. Especially about Zimbabwe.

David Suzuki was awarded the Honorary Right Livelihood Award in the year of 2009.

I mean, I understand that a government has a responsiblity to respect the laws and the will of the law-abiding citizens. But, I don’t understand why people feel that the government should make sure that everyone is happily receiving healthcare or monetary assistance. I don’t understand why people feel that the government has an obligation to provide cures for illness such as cancer and AIDS. What is wrong with the American people?
*Why……………?

You are so right — it’s so important to remember what Jefferson said about the government providing for others (actually there were a couple of very good things he reminded us to remember) One (paraphrased) is that no government ever gave a citizen anything that it didn’t first take from another citizen, and the other is that a government that gives you everything can also take everything away! Scary, huh? You are spot on — we are headed for being like the USSR and all we have to do is look at what happened there to understand that form of government (socialism/communism) has a relatively short active life! A lot of American people just don’t get it — they don’t get the idea that for the government to give them stuff for ‘free’, the money doesn’t come out of the air! The same people who don’t want more taxes, are many times the liberals who want to keep giving to those who are bone idle. The freaking arithmetic doesn’t work!!!! Yikes, now you have me on a roll…great question….

Should I make the choice to take of the red scourge that they are causing amongst us? If they hate me for being mentally ill what should I do?
How can I commit myself to an institution that no thanks to the conservatives republican and democrat have pretty much gotten rid of.

Ok then…. good luck with that!

I’m just curious… This is for both liberals and republicans, if you had to choose between seeing 10,000 seagulls or pelicans die, or a 3 generation family shrimping business going belly up which would you think is worth saving more? The birds, or the people. Remember be honest, this is just a hypothetical, and don’t answer with a question, or some witty remark to dodge the question like you liberals are so good at. So

If the animals keep dying, the question of "families" and "shrimping" becomes increasingly irrelevent, wouldn’t you say?

A politician might be stupid enough not to see the connection between the natural world and the existence of humans, but I think a family owning a shrimp boat would not be so ignorant.

farming community

crops from the field and grapes and olive oil and wine and figs

BP says they are sorry and asks for forgiveness
could you forgive them?

I’d go find something else to do.
I do not know about forgiveness. It was an accident, right? May as well blame whatever caused the explosion.

Well they don’t have to spend money on snow blowers and down jackets.