"JJ" wrote in message
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"Ed Huntress" wrote:

It's all relative, Carl. Which way do you want the US to head? Toward two
rice balls per day, with all of us commuting to work on bicycles?

Hey - wouldn't this help with the obesity/fitness problem here?
Probably settle this low carb nonsense too.

:-)

There's a good article about this in yesterday's New York Times Magazine
(available for free online, if you're so disposed). They say it's all about
Earl Butz's change in the corn subsidies.

It's an interesting take on the subject.

Ed Huntress