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Soaring Price Of Food 'Leads To Riots'
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| James Kirkup
Posted on 04/06/2008 8:38:56 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
04/06/2008 8:38:56 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
But Mr Clinton said: "What's really hurting the food markets is America moving into ethanol. People there are moving into corn and you have pasta riots in Italy related to what some people are doing in farming in America."I agree with him, and I am surprised that he would say it. The problem is we all seem to know ethanol IS a problem, and yet our government is pushing it and coporations are getting in on the act (for example, Boeing and Virgin looking at ethanol use in airplanes.)
To: blam
Clinton probably recieved $ 1,000,000 for that brilliant statenent. Can We finally start saying its all Al’s fault???
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posted on
04/06/2008 8:43:11 PM PDT
by
aliquando
(A Scout is T, L, H, F, C, K, O, C, T, B, C, and R.)
To: blam
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posted on
04/06/2008 8:44:19 PM PDT
by
GBA
( God Bless America!)
To: GBA
Well look, my schedule for the coming week is already pretty full, and now I got to make time for either cannibalism or pasta rioting. I wish they’d make up their minds.
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posted on
04/06/2008 8:47:35 PM PDT
by
Heatseeker
(To err is human, but to really screw up it takes the Berkeley City Council)
To: Heatseeker
I’d go with the cannibalism, since it’s technically recycling and is therefore “green”.
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posted on
04/06/2008 8:49:00 PM PDT
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: blam
I suppose, considering the nature of the reason for these riots, we could call this the Gorean Famine crisis.
Just a thought. You know: "Give credit where credit is due!"
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posted on
04/06/2008 8:49:57 PM PDT
by
R_Kangel
(`.`)
To: Heatseeker
Anyone else want to start buying Soylent stock? It won’t really catch on hear but in Africa and other less civilized places it would be a hit. Heck in New Guinea that’s where natives got a good bit of their protein.
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posted on
04/06/2008 8:50:21 PM PDT
by
utherdoul
To: utherdoul
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posted on
04/06/2008 8:55:00 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: domenad
I dunno, the whole cannibalism thing worries me. I have an alternate theory on Mad Cow/Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease wherein it's not so much the fact that you're eating the dead of your own species, it's that you're eating the dead who have holes in their brains, i.e. liberals.
After all, having global warning reduce me to cannibalism is one thing, but get holes in my brain from all the holes in the brains of people who are scared of global warming in the first place, now that's scary.
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posted on
04/06/2008 8:57:13 PM PDT
by
Heatseeker
(To err is human, but to really screw up it takes the Berkeley City Council)
To: Heatseeker
It’s not either or. Enjoy your Long Pig with some friends at a Pasta riot.
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posted on
04/06/2008 8:57:48 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
To: blam
There’s no mention of opposition against Genetically Modified crops.
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posted on
04/06/2008 8:59:44 PM PDT
by
paudio
(Michelle Obama: a Typical Black Woman)
To: domenad
YUK
Can we at least feed the people to something like maybe fish and then eat the fish? It’s probably not quite as efficient, but it’s a little more appealing.
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posted on
04/06/2008 9:02:18 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?)
To: blam
The powers that be have elected to “Go Green”, they gave no thought to what it would do to the food prices and now they can’t back out.
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posted on
04/06/2008 9:02:27 PM PDT
by
MSRiverdog
(The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist!)
To: MSRiverdog
The powers that be have elected to Go Green, they gave no thought to what it would do to the food prices and now they cant back out.
And just wait till the Green demands start to be a real drag on the economy. Thats gonna get real ugly.
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posted on
04/06/2008 9:08:18 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
To: Kozak
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posted on
04/06/2008 9:10:17 PM PDT
by
Heatseeker
(To err is human, but to really screw up it takes the Berkeley City Council)
To: Kozak
"Thats gonna get real ugly."FAST.
My dang corn tortillas that I like just went up 17% on the last package I bought.
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posted on
04/06/2008 9:15:27 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
Corn Hits $6 A Bushel On Tight Supplies"Corn prices have shot up nearly 30 percent this year amid dwindling stockpiles and surging demand for the grain used to feed livestock and make alternative fuels including ethanol."
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posted on
04/06/2008 9:19:09 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
Thanks to Al Gore’s ethanol fiasco.
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posted on
04/06/2008 9:21:54 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(www.BulletBras.net)
To: blam
Food prices are being driven up by shortages of supply...and by rising demand.Amazing.
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