tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563831.post7475823171043404217..comments2024-02-15T15:25:04.287-08:00Comments on Losing the War on Humor: Obama's Afghanistan and US Middle Class War Strategery2Truthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06621258620190540140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563831.post-32265437104816762482009-12-04T01:27:32.535-08:002009-12-04T01:27:32.535-08:00"Al Gore's Club Kids", LOL! Indeed. ..."Al Gore's Club Kids", LOL! Indeed. (That mighty mega million dollar LOSING endeavor could have used a few *hall monitors* but hey, that's the price of progress.)<br /><br />"It's all about family & land. Corny as that sounds." <br /><br />Yeah, it doesn't take much of a drive through the Midwest's heartland's cornfields/croplands to see that the Family Farm and their rustic, strong little towns are DOA. A truly sickening site, to see that charming rural towns and silos have no ties any longer to the people who made them great.2Truthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621258620190540140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22563831.post-88251255321441280152009-12-03T02:46:59.050-08:002009-12-03T02:46:59.050-08:00Excellent post. What I found interesting, from Al ...Excellent post. What I found interesting, from Al Gore's ClubKids' site that you cite:<br /><br />"not only gives easy entry to US agribusiness and pushes neoliberal policies.."<br /><br />I find that very funny ha ha, because US Agribusiness is VERY localized. What you're describing is the big multinational corps like Monsanto, ADM, etal abandoning the American farmer in favor of more lucrative, albeit illegal pastures.<br /><br />Farmers who get their water cut off (as in California) do one of two things when the government pulls crap like that: 1/ route around the cancer, again; or 2/ retire and play golf. There is no #3, 'get driven to Afghanistan by some city slicker to help tend to the poppies.'<br /><br />It's all about family & land. Corny as that sounds.<br /><br />I wonder how the Central Valley, which used to feed 1/5 of the world just on exports will do so when 90% of the farm land lies fallow as the desert it was 200 years ago and the unemployment in the area stands as high as 40%?<br /><br />I can see Barry trying to con or force US farmers into leaving their land for the poppies. I can also see those farmers teaching Afghani farmers how to shoot even MORE straight.<br /><br />And this bozo won a Nobel Prize? *groan*Mentokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05078651495321611759noreply@blogger.com