at least, the ones in power. see, their economic principles sound so tempting. so feasible and logical. like yeah, markets should be free, right? theoretically it’s all good and well. but since it’s not at all like that in real life, what ends up happening is that these politicians somehow […]
i still think the farm bill stuff is cool. and this is me without caffeine. i think that secretary johanns (secretary of the usda) going on for an hour about how disappointed he was with the house ag committee, and the House for that matter, was pretty interesting. and while this lecture […]
disclaimer: this is partially a caffeine-driven post. happens sometimes. at least i’m taking responsibility for ownership of my drugs, unlike a certain lohan.
anyway: agriculture.house.gov/inside/Legislation/110/FB/h2419ag_rh_xml.pdf
that’s the farm bill that the House Ag Committee drafted up. take a peek- sure it’s over 700 pages long, but if you really want to get technical, it’s double spaced and […]
“News from the House Agriculture Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Media Contacts:
April Demert Slayton (202) 225-6872
Scott Kuschmider (202) 225-1496
Bush Administration Threatens to Veto Bipartisan Food and Farm Legislation
Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson issued the following statement today:
Today, the Bush Administration failed rural America and all Americans by threatening to veto the 2007 Farm Bill passed […]
so of course i read his article in the washingtonpost/newsweek section (this whole week). i would recommend you check it out; it’s in their OnFaith section and it’s the “Muslims Speak Out Blog.” my favorite part of his article:
“It is high time to change our perspective and start talking about ‘women’ as ‘women’, their being, […]
my dad went jogging on friday morning and brought this home:
funny thing to find on the road, right? well he did.
ok that’s not an actual picture of it, but honestly if the bird from this picture were to replace ours, you would never know. so pretend it’s really he/she/it (we don’t really know). […]
no, no- it’s not about civil rights this time. it’s about the farm bill. please do the right thing. it would make my day.  :)
-me
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usually, a reporter is scrambling to get in contact with you. which can be annoying. or, they don’t respond when you call them back. which can also be annoying. regardless, however, they will probably misquote you and put an unnecessary slant or bias to whatever you say. may i ask- why IS that? why is […]
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