Who's Keeping My Brother?

Hey! How's your neighbor doin? Got enough to eat lately, has he? Come to think of it, just how many neighbors do you have anyway? They tell me there are seven billion people on earth these days and that figure is growing by 77 million a year. So let me ask again, How's your neighbor doin? See, they claim that 850 million of your neighbors go to bed hungry. Every night. Of the year. Now if that ain't bad enough, another billion don't get sufficient nutrition. Some other problems they're facing are enough potable water to go around for drinking. Then there's the shortage of water for agriculture in large areas of the world. Of course that only means a shortage of food. Which accounts for the 850 million hungry people. And the one billion under-nourished too, come to think of it. Then again, in some parts of the world, we throw out food that's nearing an expiration date. Here's another thing to consider; by 2050, there'll be nine billion people on earth. Now, it's not that the earth can't provide for that many people, it's just that there aren't enough people on earth concerned enough to do what needs to be done to accomplish it. Ya see, it's that old game of "I've got mine, that's all I care about" attitude. Seriously, why should I care about the other guy. He means nothing to me, right? They claim that wars, in the not too distant future, will be fought over water and arable land. Land that can grow food. So while a population twice the size of America goes hungry every night, here in America, we can't even agree on what's good for our planet. Which is better for the people, clean water and air or more products and more pollution? You could argue that more products means more jobs. But then more pollution means more premature deaths. Maybe that's the hope. Ya gotta love em.