2011

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June 30 2011

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Ag Cuts

June 23 2011

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The ax did fall on ag spending in the House.  Another sharp ax fell on ethanol subsidies in the Senate. 

The massive unsustainable debt has Members of Congress doing things they…

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U.S. Postal Service

June 16 2011

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It’s Saturday.  I just went to the mail box and brought the mail into the house.  We’ve always expected mail on Saturday.  But for how long?  The U.S. Postal Service is an…

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Michael Pollan

June 9 2011

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I wasn’t even going to mention the name Michael Pollan, professor at Berkeley. Unfortunately, he has a following of people that listen to him and think he knows what he is talking about.

A…

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Issues of the Day

June 2 2011

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What do I want to talk about this week? There are so many issues swirling around, it’s hard to decide. I’m just going to go down a list.

Crops – most reports suggest that we have had 3.5…

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