http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714 There are currently more than six billion people on the planet! This enormous number can be difficult to grasp, especially for a child. But what if we imagine the whole world as a village of just 100 people?In this village 22 people speak a Chinese dialect 20 earn less than a dollar a day 32 are of Christian faith 17 cannot read or write 39 are under 19 years old (Source: If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World&rsquo;s People) &nbsp; There are currently more than six billion people on the planet! This enormous number can be difficult to grasp, especially for a child. But what if we imagine the whole world as a village of just 100 people?In this village 22 people speak a Chinese dialect 20 earn less than a dollar a day 32 are of Christian faith 17 cannot read or write 39 are under 19 years old (Source: If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World&rsquo;s People) &nbsp; en-us Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:48:53 PDT <p><i>There are currently more than six billion people on the planet!</i></p> <p>Half of them live in a two-bedroom house in Delano.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270256 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270256 <p><i>There are currently more than six billion people on the planet!</i></p> <p>Half of them live in a two-bedroom house in Delano.</p> <p>And how many people in this village would be murdering their neighbors for religious reasons? How many would be starving because of famine? How many would be leaving their own&nbsp;home to sneak into their neighbor's home and take up residence? How many would be making babies they can't take care of?&nbsp;</p> <p>Doesn't sound like a village I want to live in. &nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270262 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270262 <p>And how many people in this village would be murdering their neighbors for religious reasons? How many would be starving because of famine? How many would be leaving their own&nbsp;home to sneak into their neighbor's home and take up residence? How many would be making babies they can't take care of?&nbsp;</p> <p>Doesn't sound like a village I want to live in. &nbsp;</p> <p>It Takes A Village People.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270275 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270275 <p>It Takes A Village People.</p> <p><span style="font-size: small">How many are helping others? How many are educating,creating and constructing?&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small">Most importantly how many are passing laws *prohibiting*&nbsp;disco? LOL</span></p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270381 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270381 <p><span style="font-size: small">How many are helping others? How many are educating,creating and constructing?&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small">Most importantly how many are passing laws *prohibiting*&nbsp;disco? LOL</span></p> <p>And how many sit on the local website blogging all day ;-)</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270422 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270422 <p>And how many sit on the local website blogging all day ;-)</p> <p>Here ya go, Sage:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-opY4qcidFk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-opY4qcidFk</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270434 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270434 <p>Here ya go, Sage:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-opY4qcidFk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-opY4qcidFk</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Out of the 100, 99 hated George Bush with one undecided.&nbsp;The undecided&nbsp;voter&nbsp;has since went in for psychiatric observation.</p> <p>That's right another Bush bashing.....it's my job!!! LOL</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270452 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270452 <p>Out of the 100, 99 hated George Bush with one undecided.&nbsp;The undecided&nbsp;voter&nbsp;has since went in for psychiatric observation.</p> <p>That's right another Bush bashing.....it's my job!!! LOL</p> <p>And you do it so well Anti.&nbsp; :-)</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270458 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270458 <p>And you do it so well Anti.&nbsp; :-)</p> <p>Except for the 22 that speak Chinese, the global village sounds like Oildale.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270467 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270467 <p>Except for the 22 that speak Chinese, the global village sounds like Oildale.</p> <p>The world is filled with poor, christian chinese youths who can't read.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270557 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/digitalchain/29714/#c_270557 <p>The world is filled with poor, christian chinese youths who can't read.</p>