Hunger in America.

February 11, 2010 at 5:55 P.M. More "errors" inserted and corrected. An attempt has been made to destroy my most personal essays "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Rccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture" and "What is it like to be tortured?"

I cannot say whether these essays have been vandalized, again, since yesterday. I will continue to try to make corrections as "errors" are inserted and re-inserted in these works.

February 11, 2010 at 5:34 P.M. "Errors" inserted and corrected. New allegations of child prostitution with the protection of N.J. legal authorities may explain the latest wave of attacks against these writings. ("Is Senator Menendez a Suspect in Mafia-Political Murder in New Jersey?" and "We don't know from nothing.")

February 11, 2010 at 2:14 P.M. This essay posted in the morning was vandalized. I have made the necessary corrections. Unfortunately, I expect that "errors" will continue to be inserted in this text and other writings to discourage dissenters from writing on-line. The authorities in America are aware of these criminal actions. ("China Rebukes U.S. for Hypocrisy and Cyberhegemony.")

I was surprised to discover a presentation for Nissan's "Leaf." This is the first mass market 100% electric car with zero tailpipe emissions. No need to kill millions of people in the Middle East to get oil: 90 m.p.h. top speed; on a single recharge you can travel up to 100 miles. Expected price between $25-30,000 and seats five, comfortably. Great sound system. Leather seats optional. http://www.nissanusa.com/ (These people are scary good.)

"Hungry in America," (Editorial) in The New York Times, February 10, 2010, at p. A24.

Several essays were vandalized yesterday. I cannot say, at this time, whether I have repaired all of the harm done to my writings. I will continue to struggle. ("What is it like to be tortured?")

Those persons residing in Cuba or China -- or anywhere -- who believe that "there is no hunger in America" are deluded. Just as you are seeing state-sanctioned censorship at these blogs, so there is real hunger and misery in the United States as there is anywhere else. American society has developed magnificent techniques of distraction and illusion, a factory of dreams and sweets -- like "Willie Wonka's Chocolate Factory" -- that makes it difficult for people to realize that they are being exploited. Noise fills the room in which I write. Distraction?

The paradox of our cultural moment lies in the emancipatory role that American cinema also plays in the lives of billions of persons inspired and charmed by Hollywood movies providing images of beauty as well as hope. Cinema is a locus of struggle between the forces of control and those of resistance. ("Man on Fire.")

"More Americans are going hungry in hard times and are increasingly dependent on private charity, according to a new study by Feeding America, a national network of food banks. The study found that 37 MILLION people -- roughly one in eight Americans -- had sought emergency food assistance from the network last year, a 46 percent increase from 2006." ("Hotel Rwanda.")

"As the recession and high unemployment take their toll, there are hungry families all across the country: in cities and suburbs, poor, middle class and even supposedly wealthy communities."

"At a recent news conference in Long Island -- seen as a place of suburban affluence [Ridgewood, New Jersey without the bodies?] -- local charities shared stories of families struggling to stay afloat and being forced to choose among food, housing payments and utility bills. In many cases, it seems food was skimped on because hunger was easier to ignore than threatening letters from unpaid landlords or the gas company."

Sadly, there are persons insensitive enough to find this predicament that afflicts so many American families "amusing" or a matter of "shame" for the poor, who "deserve what they get," as they say in Miami. These are the persons inserting "errors" in these writings. One of the lessons of hunger is about how much you can love others. For example, after eight days without eating, one may give a final soup to a loved-one to ensure that this family member does not go without eating for one day. ("Fidel Castro's 'History Will Absolve Me.'")

" ... The study found that volunteers are central to the success of emergency feeding programs. On Long Island, 88 percent of food pantries and 92 percent of soup kitchens rely on volunteers. But the news conference revealed that many of the volunteers who collected and served food have become newly hungry and jobless."

" ... the government safety net is failing. The Feeding America study found that about 30 percent of those seeking help from their facilities also received food stamps. This bolsters what advocates for the poor have said for years, that the food stamp program isn't reaching everyone who is eligible. That [failure] must be fixed."

Failure is the right word for New Jersey's legal and political system. The notorious levels of corruption and theft from the public treasury endangering pension funds for public employees, threatening environmental safety in the most CARCINOGENIC state in the country, and precluding needed public services from being offered -- such as food for the hungry and health care for the uninsured -- in order to build phantom malls ($2 BILLION for Xanadu) and underperforming high schools ($187 MILLION for an unfinished school building in New Brunswick) in suburban communities plagued by obesity, all of this demands reform and attention, Mr. Christie. ("Senator Bob Says -- 'Xanadu and You are Perfect Together!'")

Completing the school building in New Brunswick required an infusion of more cash. A casino in Atlantic City could have been built for what they spent on this high school building in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The most lethal cancer in New Jersey is political corruption. Have you no shame in the Garden State? ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.") "Error" insertions? What will it take for you people to face me and provide the truth in these matters?