"Bush Bite Unto India Appetite" (Indian Middle Class Eating Too Much)
President George Bush's Statement on the World Food Crisis
It is very interesting to note that India's increasing prosperity lead or contributed to the present world wide food crisis. In support to his statement he provided yet another unreliable and wrong statistics. Bush should have checked the real statistic before uttering such false and irresponsible statements. It really shows his inability to look into his own home affairs. This statement will definitely let loose to a great debate and argument among people. His own administration's Department of Agriculture's 2007 figures shows a whooping figure in the US citizens consumption of food (Twice that of European Unions and three times that of China) It is really a pity thing to note the ignorance of the nation's head about his own nation's real position. How can such a person play the role of a global police? Now who is to blame for this crisis? Americans/Indians/Chinese? It is always good for a nation's head to check with the concerned department before making such wild statements.
One cannot understand what Mr. Bush meant by the word "Middle class"? Fairchild in a dictionary of Sociology writes, "is a social class resting between the aristocracy and the proletariat on the social scale" but i feel that no definition can ever pin-point the accurate meaning of the middle class, nor is it a stable section of people. Through times the definitions of the middle class has changed. Yet we all use the term freely and perhaps in the context of the current period, can say what the middle class is.
Today in India, the middle class comprises the Government employees of class III and II categories, other wage earners of the same level in private sector and the not-too-well-off farmers and tradesmen. This is the middle class-the back bone of any nation.
The middle class also contains the groups of intellectual, writers, thinkers and philosophers. So when the standard of middle class falls the nation crumbles. Hence it would be the endeavor of all to ensure that the standard of living of a country's middle class keeps on rising not falling.
One way this groups (Indian middle classes) growth and prosperity is good for the US administration. As he (Bush) said, "it enables US to sell products into big countries. But blaming it on the Indians or for that matter Chinese is not good.
Published by P V Ariel
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34 Comments
Post a CommentI am a U.S. citizen and appreciate it when I learn the opinions of others in the world. Our media in the U.S. is often slanted and truth is often clouded to protect group and personal interests. During the course of his Presidency, Bush has often made comments that many people, including myself, have found to be shocking and embarrassing.
I'd say Americans eat a bit too much. Too much meat in particular. But that's my opinion.
A lot of food is wasted here in the US. I see people buy food only to throw it away because it spoils before it can be eaten. It's not composted to be used as fertilizer, nor is it fed to pigs or dogs.
Mr. Bush needs to look in his own backyard before judging other cultures.
Well done write-up PV.
To blame India for a food crisis while Americans keep getting fatter is just plain ridiculous! There are ethanol plants going up all over in the section of the US where I live, replacing farm land and using the corn that we once depended on to feed ourselves and farm animals. We are already hearing that the ethanol industry is causing more problems than it will solve!
I fully agree with Mr. Varghese George, Bush in his last few days power life wanted to do and say so many things to please the Americans where he already lost his credibility. SO this is nothing but a last minute escape trick. So sad his ways are at the last moment of his power game. As PV Ariel said, He must check his house first and keep them in order and to comment. Thanks pv for this wonderful write-up
EATING TOO MUCH!
The recent remark by the US President regarding the global price rise of food commodities is due to the fact that Middle class Indians eating more is a mere rhetoric! In his last few days at the White House he is desperate to cleanse his face in front of his people and more recently to allies in Europe, middle east and elsewhere.
The American Dollar grip on the world market and commodities were such that market dynamics were dictated by its power till the advent of unified Euro currency.. so knitted into the world economy such that any burden on the American Economy would be reflected or passed on to the World Economy. Still many world economies are pegged to the American currency. The Indian Government always had and has an independent foreign policy. The Indian currency is not directly linked to the US. Recently, a nuclear deal with the US which was almost finalized is still pending to be signed by the Indian Government. The deal is delayed due to obje
Mr. Saikatt, this is not a sarcastic comment, instead it is just a cover up comment. The statistics, and the real reason behind this present crisis is just His style of functioning.
I fully agree with the opinion aired here. Bush must check his book before uttering such unpleasant and untrue statements. Very cruel joke towards the innocent Middle class people of India. I think he said this to cover his on misdeeds like converting the agricultural lands for bio-fuel plants. How cunningly he wanted to cover that. All wise people should condemn this type of tendency towards the Asians. Mats
Bush is so dumb it is hard to believe. The dumb idiot will be out of office soon. Thank goodness.