aspasia wrote:

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:43:34 +0000 (UTC), (Don
Klipstein) wrote:


In article , h wrote:

"George" wrote in message
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Frank wrote:

U.S. Rice is abundant. We grow twice as much rice as we eat. Sam's Club
is rationing only ethnic rice. Ordinary long-grain, white rice is
cheaper than dirt - take as much as you want.

That maybe the case in your area, but we couldn't find any either at the
local Sam's Club or Costco stores. No Texas long grain or other type of
rice. I'd checked Costo again yesterday, the shelves were empty of rice
as usual for the last few weeks, lots of beans though, LOL. Rice prices
are very high and if I'm not mistaken, it has already triple for the
year.

What we are seeing is the result of deciding to grind up food (corn,
grains, rice) to make ethanol to keep the SUVs going without planning
where that extra food will come from. At least we have alternatives here.
How about the people in poor countries who depend on rice for food but we
bought it to make ethanol?

But...are there really people in the US who still eat lots of grains, corn,
and rice? As a low-carber with a gluten sensitivity, I can't imagine that
stuff fed to anything but livestock.

The low carb craze has increased grain demands by increasing demand for
livestock. Ethanol demand came in time to rescue grain farmers from the
decline of the low carb craze.

- Don Klipstein )


Or rather corn ethanol demand was craftily engineered by influential
agribusinessmen in certain "heartland" states, shoveling out their
contributions to our beloved Congress-whores. They did not care what
ripple effects this would create in the Third World, where people are
now starving. Effects even felt in our neighbor to the South, where
the price of corn went through the ceiling, affecting tortillas -- a
standard food, like wheat bread in the States.

Nobody bothered to check with knowledgeable scientists as to the state
of ethanol fuel technology . Not that it would have deterred the
cynical profiteers if they *had* run the science. (Incidentally, there
are so many crops that would be far better, with less downside, for
fuel technology, leading off with marijuana's little cousin, hemp. It
grows on any soil, reseeds itself, costs virtually nothing to produce.
Even Brazil, that was using sugar cane waste, is reconsidering the
technology.)

These Administration hot flashes, like Bush's notorious "hydrogen"
speech, are devoid of science or common sense. His handlers have
stuff written for him, and he reads it -- has gotten real good
at rasslin' that teleprompter! Nobody bothered to verify the
easily available science showing the wildly incomplete state of
hydrogen fuel technology.

Tfui!

Aspasia




Bravo.

I was worried when you referred to the Congress as whores, but I took a
look at the dictionary at

http://www.merriam-webster.com:

and found...
Who a venal or unscrupulous person

Venal: capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable
consideration

Seems clear to me, the Congress is composed of whores.