Yeah, ABC's Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos demonstrated they were a couple of chuckle-headed-info-entertainers at the Democratic primary debate a couple of weeks ago between Senator Clinton and Senator Obama. But it's old news, no longer worth even a yawn.
How many years has it been since New York Times reporter Judith Miller created the work of fiction about "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq ... which contributed to some degree to the United States embarking on a fabricated war ...that has killed hundreds of thousands ... will cost trillions of dollars ... maybe helped destabilize the world economy ... and just possibly has some connection to the growing worldwide food crisis?
I'm sorry, why doesn't Obama wear a little plastic lapel pin? But it's old news, no longer worth even a yawn.
The farm bill is once again before the U.S. Congress. It appears every five years. We the taxpayers may have to cough up some $300 billion to keep it going more or less as it's been going for years.
Congress will likely make no substantive changes. Congress will probably do nothing to address the half-witted biofuel mandates, stop or significantly modify the same stupid commodity subsidies, assist growers of fruits and vegetables, expand land conservation, and certainly not address world hunger to any important degree. But it's old news, no longer worth even a yawn.
Vanity Fair magazine has an interesting article about Monsanto. I'd never heard of Eagleville, Missouri until I read about a Monsanto employee paying a visit to Gary Rinehart a few years back.
Mr. Rinehart owned a small store in the town. Pilot Grove, Missouri also got a visit from Monsanto. But it's just another food story. Go to Monsanto's Harvest of Fear.
