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Global Food Riots: Made in Washington, D.C.
Human Events.com ^ | April 18, 2008 | Deroy Murdock

Posted on 04/18/2008 3:51:36 PM PDT by PROCON

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To: PROCON

None of you non Ag people are aware that for ‘08 Congress has set 38M acres as No Till.

Google what that means.

Then for kicks, Google how may acres the Entire State of Kansas has as ag land.


81 posted on 04/25/2008 11:41:07 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Is the purpose of the 2nd amendment to brag at gun shows and chat rooms?)
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To: EBH

Those markets were closed to prevent their farmers from selling their food overseas. Thereby guaranteeing cheaper food for their countrymen.

And they wouldn’t have closed their markets if their hadn’t been a rise in food prices.

Nonetheless, it does exacerbate the problem.


82 posted on 04/25/2008 11:45:18 PM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: gogogodzilla

What makes you think I said that field corn is not sold for food in other countries?


83 posted on 04/26/2008 1:36:36 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: gogogodzilla

Your tone is rude. What the ethanol is used for had little importance in what I wrote, whose repeated emphasis was on transportation and storage of ethanol.


84 posted on 04/26/2008 6:46:26 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: Neoliberalnot

OMG!!!! Have you SEEN the price of fertilizer???????? I can’t believe it!!!!

Fuel prices are enough to put us over the edge but some fertilizer has tripled in price.


85 posted on 04/26/2008 11:39:30 AM PDT by tiki (True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
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To: tiki

I am afraid to look but it won’t be long till I must order about 4 tons for application—its either that or don’t plant a crop.


86 posted on 04/26/2008 4:42:19 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot ((Hallmarks of Liberalism: Ingratitude and Envy))
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To: PROCON

There is talk of governments toppling. Might happen, but the food riots would have to be a little more substantial. Right now they seem to be small and politicially motivated.


87 posted on 04/26/2008 4:44:40 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

The tone was incredulous.

And I note that you haven’t responded to the questions raised... but instead try to redirect attention to the irrelevent.

Can you answer the questions?


88 posted on 04/26/2008 9:43:59 PM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To answer your “incredulous” question, yes, there are many, many things that ethanol can be used for. Not just gasoline.

Which has very little or nothing to do with what I was talking about, but seems to hold you in rapt fascination.

So there, I have answered your “incredulous”, or as I would call it, “extraneous” question. Do you have any contribution to make that would concern my question, that being “Where is all the ethanol being stored?”

If you want to argue or debate outside of that question, please direct it to someone who cares.


89 posted on 04/27/2008 6:46:54 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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