Count your blessings and hug your child tonight

[theHandpuppet]

With all of the horror stories coming out of our own Gulf Coast and the shame of America's poor laid bare for the world to see, I came across this story on the BBC website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4277980.stm

Indian girl's one-rupee suicide

Half of India's children are malnourished, a UN report says

A 12-year-old Indian girl committed suicide after her mother told her she could not afford one rupee - two US cents - for a school meal. Sania Khatun lived with her mother in a village north of Calcutta under a tarpaulin sheet provided by the state.

Sania normally ate nothing at school but on Friday saw classmates eating rice and asked for one rupee.

Her mother scolded her and when she returned from work found her daughter hanged from the ceiling with a sari.

"She wanted just one rupee... but her mother could not give her the money due to poverty," government official Nakul Chandran Mahato told the Reuters agency.

MORE...

Those of us who will sleep tonight in a warm bed, well-fed and with a roof over our heads should never forget the children in this country and around the globe who will go hungry tonight. The fight against global poverty is the TRUE pro-life, pro-child and pro-family platform.

[Maestro]

1. Have to agree!

Poverty is a horrible cancer on society. Now excuse me while I go hug my kids and stop worrying about the bills I have to pay or the idiocy I see at work that is keeping me up at night. In reality, it simply doesn't matter. There are many more important things to worry about.

[nonconformist]

2. Oh my god.

That is so sad. :cry:

[Synnical]

3. Half of India's children are malnourished, a UN report says

(From the link above)

A much needed reminder. Thanks.

[theHandpuppet]

4. I googled some info on Paraspur, the girl's village

Jeezus H. Christ...

http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2005/971/?print=yes:-(

[Synnical]

5. kick n/t

[bobbieinok]

6. bushco wants to eliminate or reduce UN plan vs global poverty!!!!!!!!!

[theHandpuppet]

7. Yep, that's another nasty battle being waged by Bolton at the U.N.

Here are just a couple of articles relating to what Bolton's been up to at the U.N.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1566848,00.html?gusrc=rss
http://www.netaid.org/press/news/page.jsp?itemID=27265170

And at the very same time folks here at home were dealing with the catastrophe of Katrina, Bolton was fighting UN efforts to combat global warming.

There must be a special place in hell for people like Bolton, and I hope the devil has the thermostat turned way up.

The Bush administration is EVIL.

[darkenedhalo]

8. Karma

Im a real believer in karma. People generally get what they deserve for their actions in life. Sometimes it takes a long time but it still happens.