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Rice is the staple food for more than a billion people in Asia. It’s eaten for 3 meals a day and many people base their well being on the amount of rice and quality of the rice they eat. Right now the news seems to be limited to the Philippines, but an impending rice shortage could have major political implications throughout Asia.

The Philippines is bracing for severe rice shortages this fall, so severe that they are unable to buy rice on the open market to satisfy demand. This means that people may not be able to have enough rice to feed their families at any price. This particularly bodes badly for the marginalized families.

But this is a problem not limited to the Philippines, it affect the all of Asia. Without enough food to feed its people, rice importing nations could experience severe instability. Lacking food, people will become angry and may become violent. I guess time will tell what happens.

I don’t know about anyone else, but I have a natural paranoia of the crowd mentality. In fact, whenever the crowd is for something, I feel like I should back away from it. In fact, I start to get frightened of things if the crowd becomes very much for something. I don’t really know why it is the case. It’s not because I don’t agree with something as much as the thought that whenever a crowd flocks to an issue it is because they are being led that way by the media or the politicians.

I am sorry, I do not think the media is looking out for our best interests all the time. I do not think politicians are looking out for our best interest all the time. I look at the actions of the crowd flocking to an issue, I look at the media or politician messages and then I begin to distance myself and look at the other side. I guess that means I end up going against the grain in politics and everything else.

I am really interested in how politics is shaping up in this early season. I am surprised that one candidate from party hasn’t made the leap forward ahead of the other candidates. Some have been dropping out, but not because one person has emerged victorious but because they have failed to capture voters. I think really things are setting up for a dark horse candidate. A candidate who may not even be running right now. I think this is more likely to happen on the republican side rather than the democratic side, but one doesn’t know at this stage. I don’t know who it could be, but the you heard the prediction here first.

Big News in Thailand is that the People Power Party has won the election with what appears 228 out of the 480 seats up for grabs. The People Power Party is made up from remnants of the old Thai Rak Thai party that ruled from 2001 until the September 19th Coup that removed Thaksin from office. It was kind of surprising just how many seats they won in the election and it shows just how much support the deposed PM still has.

What is happening next? Who knows, it could be a very tough next few weeks as parties jockey for position and influence in the next government.

Ok, designers came up with a better option than trailers for people displaced by natural disasters. Instead of travel trailers, they designed cottages that provide a safe and comfortable place for people to stay in. These cottages are higher quality and more closely resemble a home than a trailer ever could.
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Well, it looks like the Fed did another interest rate cut in order to help improve the credit markets. They have to deal with all of these credit problem, especially in the sub prime market. I think I figured out the perfect solution to stop the hemorrhaging of money and help people at the same time. It might mean the government increases their debt, but the government already has a lot of debt anyways. What’s a few trillion more?
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