THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM AND TOTALITARIAN CONTROL
We are back after travelling to Coonabarabran in Western New South Wales for the funeral of a 96 year old aunt. It was a large family turnout, we are safely back in the zoo. Apologies for the late publishing of Kelleigh Nelson’s article below, our homeward journey was delayed by the closure of a the Oxley Highway due to flood damage. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM AND TOTALITARIAN CONTROL Kelleigh Nelson Politicians are more or less so warped by party feeling, by selfishness, or prejudices, that their minds are not altogether balanced. They are the most difficult to cure of all insane people. Robert E. Lee, from his personal journal, circa 1860 A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today. The Western world has lost its civic courage. Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling and intellectual elite, causing an impression of a loss of courage by the entire society. Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn Sick cultures show a complex of symptoms such as you have named…but a dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot. Robert A. Heinlein, in his book Friday For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many people in the West, it is still a living lion. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn As a youngster, my church and my family educated me as to what was coming in the future, Biblically and politically. I knew about communism, but back then I didn’t know it had been around since the early 19th century. President Kennedy was shot and killed when I was a junior in high school. Then came the…