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I cannot do everything,
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Doom to you who legislate evil, who make laws that make victims -- laws that make misery for the poor, that rob my destitute people of dignity, exploiting defenseless widows, taking advantage of homeless children. What will you have to say on Judgment Day, when Doomsday arrives out of the blue? Who will you get to help you? What good will your money do you? (Isaiah 10:1-3, The Message)

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I am only one, but still I am one.I cannot do everything,but still I can do something;and because I cannot do everything,I will not refuse to do something that I can do. edward everett hale




Friday, January 14, 2011

Michigan farm news paper

the jan 15 issue is again a good example of groups/people for cuts except for them. the front page laments the reorganization of the college of ag and natural resources since ag is SO important. other cuts of course are ok. however, one of the letters to the editor did point this out--surprising that it was printed. according to mr stroven "the people of this country have spoken up against out-of-control gov spending. yet you act like any other special interest group in thinking that everyone else should take a spending cut, but yours is too important. . . . farm bureau has become just another spoke in the wheel of promoting big gov socialism." mr stroven has "never participated in the farm bill welfare system of farm subsidies" and has never gone to bed hungry.

nice that he points out the tendency of many to want $ only for themselves.

same issue: US court of appeals in san francisco issued a ruling"that puts on hold a judge's order to dig up 256 acres of biotech sugar beet seedlings. biotech beets are grown on 1.3 million acres in 10 states. the judge said the usda improperly granted permission for the beets to be planted because a detailed environmental review was not conducted". on the same p 1, there is an article about the usda releasing biotech alfalfa environmental impact statement.

oh great, another biotech grain for us all to have put in our foods.

but the best from the back page: "Weed resistance is a growing problem. and regardless of where you farm and what weed control product you use, a single herbicide mode-of-action is simply no longer adequate to protect your yields and long-term profitability."

from the folks at roundup.

feeling better already, aren't you?
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