Starving Yourself While the Bloated Government Gorges Itself Stupid

This is one of the dumber stories of the day:

The heads of five anti-hunger organizations on Monday will lead open-ended fasts to protest proposed cuts to domestic and international food programs contained in the House-passed six month spending bill.

Former Rep. Tony Hall (D-Ohio), the head of the Alliance to End Hunger, told The Hill Friday that Democrats are not doing enough to ensure the cuts do not become law, and he is fasting to give a “voice to the voiceless.”

Now hold on just a moment. Here's the guy whose organization is pledged to end hunger but he's going to intentionally starve himself. Perhaps he's in the wrong line of work.

He will be joined in his water-only fast by Rev. David Beckmann, the president of Bread for the World; Jim Wallis, the president of Sojourners; Ritu Sharma of Women Thrive and Ruth Messinger of American Jewish World Service. Beckmann said in an interview that so far 350 others have pledged to join the fast and the groups are seeking more support.

While in office, Hall protested 1993 budget cuts to food programs through a 22-day fast.

He told The Hill that conditions for the world’s poor are worse now, given worldwide food price inflation.

Want to stop some of that price inflation? How about quit making corn into inefficient fuel for autos and start turning it back into food? These idiots that plan to protest and going after the wrong people. They should be protesting the Dem politicians who have saddled us with stupid policies and promises that can't be kept.

Over the weekend anarchists and others rioted in Britain because the government there has dared to cut back on spending and the people who have lived with their hands out their entire lives suddenly might have to fend for themselves.  The same thing is happening in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and several other places around the country where government largesse is coming to an end.

Democrats in Congress talk about a tiny budget cut as "draconian".   I'm afraid the battle to save the government from financial collapse has already been lost because there are no serious people on the left.