Posted February 1, 2010
In January, 2008 The Associated Press reported:
It was lunchtime in one of Haiti's worst slums and Charlene Dumas was eating mud. With food prices rising, Haiti's poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. Charlene, 16 with a 1-month-old son, has come to rely on a traditional Haitian remedy for hunger pangs: cookies made of dried yellow dirt from the country's central plateau.
It is estimated that many Haitians lived on mud pies prior to the earthquake. Did someone mention charity? Three weeks after the earthquake Haitians still cry out for food and water while world governments, charitable organizations and NGO’s decide how their money should be spent. Where are all the food, water and medical supplies that were so generously donated? It appears human trafficking, child abduction, military encroachment and who knows what else, are more of a priority than saving lives.
These are unique times and people are crying out for help. Increasing poverty, hunger, homelessness and job loss are all taking their toll on society and the human condition. Let us not even mention the fear brought about by global warming and climate change. Here is some advice, Stop worrying about global warming and human failings - save your soul and everything else will fall into place. Stop listening to the lies and deception of our political leaders and listen to a higher authority. There are two real evils that manifest within our everyday existence, one is Freemasonry and the other is societal apathy. One walks in shadows and the other wallows in fear. Freemasonry is a force that has debased human potential and seeded an evil that has embraced exception and not the exceptional qualities of life. It professes esotericism but practises exo-terrorism.
Andrea Bocelli performed wonderfully as he sang the song “Like a Bridge over troubled waters” at the Grammy Awards. Hopefully his rendition of the song and Michael Jackson’s quest for love will inspire Haitian-Aid before it becomes a bridge too far to cross. That bridge will ultimately be our own distance measure of survival.
Prime Minister Harper has just announced that our government will add $100 million of aid to developing countries particularly those vulnerable to climate change. Well what do you know? It appears that Mr. Harper has learned well from Bush and Clinton. They wrote the exclusive and limited print best-seller entitled, “How to become a billionaire by peddling war and charity”. By the way, can someone please censor the emotion-based pornographic charity marketing of CCF Canada? I hope that those who peddle this vulgar method of extracting money from caring people will fall prey to the same vile that has created the hopeless condition for so many people.
Let us put poverty into perspective remembering that our planet currently comforts 7 billion humans. The World Bank states that 50% of the global population lives on less than $2.50 per day and 80% live on less than $10.00 per day. While poverty numbers have come down a little, most of that reduction has been attributable to China. China saw its poverty numbers fall from 85% to 16% or by 600,000,000 people. In other words, not much has changed in three decades and according to UNICEF 25,000 children die each day. Annualized that would represent 25% of Canada’s population.
There is a tragic irony in the words aid and AIDS. We will be best suited to help others when our political and business leaders stop lying and stealing from us. In the meantime start working on that soul – evil cannot carry a cross because they are destined to wear one.
Thank you,
Joseph Pede
