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Comment by Jeff on January 15, 2010 at 7:14pm

Me too. Let's look at some practical facts.

We'll go food group by food group.

WHEAT & BREAD
The USA is the worlds largest wheat exporter. We get 94% of our wheat from wheat grown here and STILL export more wheat than any other country. We are very wheat efficient. This accounts for almost all bread sold here, it's also made here. The remaining 6% comes from Canada and Mexico. Even if we stopped growing wheat we could supply ourselves for a long time on the wheat stored in silo's alone. In other words we could stop exporting wheat in an emergency of any kind and have wheat for years.

FLOUR
We are also efficient suppliers of flour. We supply 94% of our own flour. Same rules apply here, 6% from Canada.

PASTA
All pasta in the USA is made in the USA with ingredients grown or raised here except for specialty pastas imported from Italy. We are very efficient with pasta.

BEEF
84% of the beef we consume is grown here in the USA and 16% comes from Canada, Mexico, Australia and/or New Zealand. Pretty efficient with beef also.

POTATO'S
Also 100% grown in the USA. We supply all the potato's we eat. Every last spud.

TOMATO
Most of our tomato's are grown here, 80%, but we also import tomato's from Canada and Mexico BUT we grow enough tomato's to supply ourselves without the imports if need be.

DRIED PEAS, BEANS, LENTILS & RICE
Again, 90% grown here and 10% imported from Mexico.

APPLES
Again, 94% of our apples are grown here.

COLD CUTS & CHEESES
100% from the USA except for imported specialty meats and cheeses.

MILK, BUTTER, YOGURT, EGGS
Again, 100% from the USA.

PEANUT BUTTER
Again, 100% from USA grown peanuts.

SUGAR
50% from US crops and 50% from Brazil, Caribbean countries and Australia.

OILS
Corn & Soy - 100% USA products.
Canola - 100% from Canada (Canola, Canada, get it?)

NUTS
100% of our Pistachio's, Almonds and Walnuts are grown here. The rest are from Brazil, India, Europe & Mexico.

SODA
I don't drink soda but 100% of our soda is made here in the USA.

LETTUCE, LEAFY GREEN VEGETABLES & CARROTS
Again, 100% of this stuff is grown right here in the USA.

APPLES
94% of our apples are grown right here.

COFFEE & TEA
ALL imported. We do not grow coffee and tea here. So, we might have a coffee and tea shortage, BUT THAT'S ALL.


ALL OTHER FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
A percentage grown here and a percentage grown elsewhere, but you get the picture by now.


The United States is what we call Food Self Sufficient. We don't need other countries to supply our food, we have food stored for a very, very long time all over the country in silos and non-refrigerated and refrigerated warehouses and we STILL export food to other countries in large amounts. Then there's the food distribution chain. Because we turn food rapidly here in the USA there is a HUGE amount of food in transit, on warehouse shelves, in trucks, in trains and throughout the transit pipeline AT ALL TIMES. A huge amount so that we can keep shelves stocked nationwide.

Pigs will fly and ducks will drive before we have a food shortage in this country. OTHER countries aren't so lucky. We live in the USA, not other countries.


The sources for the above information:
Food and Drug Administration; U.S. Department of Agriculture; U.S. Apple Commission; American Meat Institute; National Association of Wheat Growers; Tea Association of the U.S.A.

Here's the problem and it might be difficult to swallow.

People, especially those wrapped up in this NWO stuff, WANT to believe the world is falling apart and thus the NWO is failing. They do. They really, really do. They want the dollar to tank (it won't) and they want food shortages and they want people locked away in FEMA camps and they want Martial Law. Don't misunderstand, they don't actually want these things but if any one of them happens it will confirm without question all of their beliefs. They want, they need and they have to have confirmation. Well, it isn't coming via any of those things. No one's locking up Americans in FEMA camps. No one's declaring Martial Law. There won't be food shortages.

The NWO is a social, economic and political machine using NATO and war as it's global arm. They stage wars and acquire resources, land and natural resources globally but only in non-NATO countries. To do that they make you believe that all non-NATO countries are bad. So, Venezuela, Cuba, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Korea, these are bad countries and MUST be dealt with. That's the NWO.

NATO, the WHO, the World Bank, The International Monetary Fund, these are NWO organizations. And they're not about to short Americans their food.

Comment by Jeff on January 15, 2010 at 4:27pm

And this is but my opinion based on the research I've done. There's a logical reason behind why your Costco won't sell you large amounts of rice and mine will.

Comment by Jeff on January 15, 2010 at 3:59pm

NO, they are not limiting you because the warehouses are running low. I do not believe that at all. Costco told me I could buy all the rice I want!!!

MM, you're drivin me nuts!

Look, I'm not going to post the phone numbers but I just called 3 food brokers, people that broker bulk foods and THERE IS NO RICE SHORTAGE.

One broker did tell me that there was a rumor A YEAR AGO that Costco was going to limit rice sales because Asians were buying large amounts for their restaurants BUT THAT WAS A RUMOR, it never happened.

Please, get FACTUAL DATA and state an opinion that makes sense.

READ MY LIPS. No food shortage in the US.

Now, I do have a years worth of canned and bagged food, mostly canned vegetables and rice and beans, but that's in case of some weird emergency, like if China attacks us with nuclear weapons and my city survives or aliens invade from Mars, WHICH WILL NEVER HAPPEN. But a food shortage for the reasons you outlines, NO.

Comment by Jeff on January 15, 2010 at 3:25pm

This is so silly MM. I can go to my local Cub Grocery and buy EVERY bag of rice and in ten minutes there'll be 500 more bags of 20 different kinds of rice back on the shelf.

THINK

Comment by Jeff on January 15, 2010 at 3:21pm

MM, I love you, but...

I do the research. I've watched the Baltic Dry Index (research it) for almost two years now. That's the only accurate statistical data that can predict ANY shortage of anything and the ONLY statistical data that CAN NOT be manipulated, ever.

As I said, there may be shortages elsewhere but not here. We tend to forget certain aspects of living in the USA that make us different. We've never been attacked by another nation and we've survived major catastrophe's with great ease. MM, all of the options you list below are easily solved with something we have an abundance of, dollars. The dollar is still and will be for some time the global currency of choice. Even though many web sites make predictions otherwise the web sites to listen to are not now or in the near future questioning the dollars relevance. If we have a shortage of grain we'll buy it on the global market because we are able to pay for it with dollars BUT, we won't have a shortage of grain, or rice.

By the way, a dollar crash is OUT OF THE QUESTION. The world operates on dollars. China owns TRILLIONS of dollars. So does Russia, Japan, Saudi Arabia and EVERY OTHER COUNTRY on earth. Dollars make the world go round.

There is NO rice shortage. I can go to a health food store and buy 100lb bags of rice ALL DAY LONG. Costco or Sam's might limit your purchase though I find that highly unlikely.

OK, so I just called my local Costco (763-582-9602) and they said I can buy as much rice as I want. There's no limit and no shortage. NEXT.

This is just silly stuff to keep you running in circles. We DO NOT live in Africa people. It requires critical thinking and research on NORMAL web sites that can support their data with FACTS to make logical and accurate decisions. This is all just too silly.

Goodness, people have been predicting Martial Law AND food shortages for 50+ years, more than that even. Go to NYC, there's people there predicting the end of the world next week, every week, for 100+ years now. Get a grip.

We're not going to be locked in FEMA camps, they're not going to declare Martial Law and there isn't now and won't be a food shortage in the United States.

Comment by Jeff on January 15, 2010 at 11:54am

That's my opinion, not factual data.

Comment by Jeff on January 15, 2010 at 11:53am

We will never see food shortages in the United States. It's pure fantasy. We may see them very temporarily in Venezuela during a planned dollar devaluation and we may see extended shortages in African countries for other reasons, war being a primary one, but here in the US? Keep dreaming.