My bid for....WORLD LEADER

I want to become the World Ruler. I think I'm pretty qualified. Forget getting there by diplomacy. I need WW III. If I was going to attack a certain area of the country where would I attack? As seen in many wars, attacking the people and their moral works much faster than just attacking soldiers. Examples of this are evident throughout history like the firebombing of major cities in England and Germany during WW II. In this day, attacking the cities may be less effective than attacking the country side. And in ways where it is impossible to pinpoint where the attack came from.

If we took all the land that corn is grown on in the United State and plante

d it in one area, it would take up the space of California. For such a lot of land being used, the thought is that there would be a lot of different types of corn. In fact, there are only a handful of types. Of the 307 commercially offered sweet corns in 1903, there are only 12 left. If you look at the picture, which ironically looks like a plant, this has happened to many different crops that are shipped to super markets. Why is this happening? Actually the answer is already been stated: the want of uniformity in super markets, and to get a huge amount of it. This has left us open to a very easy target for a biological attack.

Since there is very little variety, there would be very little resistance to an attack on these crops. One very strong strain of root rust which kills wheat and corn by the millions of bushels in Asia, could wipe out billions of dollars worth of produce in the United States. Like the bubonic plague to corn, it would wipe out much of the food supply of the world. Now a bunch of you could be saying “but I only have corn during the summer”. But corn is used in everything from soda, chips, oil, and plastic. The other problem is that a disease can be programmed to attack any type of plant, or even multiple crops. I also said that this could be untraceable. Like the bubonic plague, someone could inject rats with these bacteria. When they eat the plants, they would leave traces and it would infect the crops and the surrounding plants. (And this is where I take over the world.)

Now that I have everyone hiding under their beds, or buying food in case of this WWIII, I will explain what we can do to lessen the chance of this type of attack. First of all, we can all buy local. Buying local gives local farmers more influence over supermarkets. They are the people who are planting these unheard of species of crops, usually called heirloom varieties. These varieties are usually more flavorful, and because they are local can be fresher. Also, there are groups that buy these heirloom crops and store them in case of these apocalyptic scenarios. They freeze dry the seeds and store them in big tubes. Click here to read more about one of these groups and everything I talked about.

To conclude, I think I should become World Ruler. Call me " Mister Shane". Thank You.

Comment questions. Don't comment on my qualifications to be Ruler. We all know I'm over qualified.