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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:19 PM Original message |
Let China eat corn and Americans starve= Capitalism |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. The American mega-rich know they can move from the U.S. if things get bad. They don't care. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I can't believe during these severe drought times and |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It's sickening, isn't it? Yes, at least they're getting GMO-toxic corn and not good corn nt |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Obama needs to halt the sale |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. It's primarily for animal consumption nt |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. You want to know what is really sickening? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. It's truly revolting. Unbridled capitalism is against humanity. nt |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I agree noone should go hungry especially not Americans |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. To quote Jefferson: |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Brilliantly on point! I'm going to use this quote on my e-mail as signature. nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Or they can stay here, and buy the best from wherever. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Exactly. And live in compounds, safe from those they starved. nt |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's a familiar ploy |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Alfafa Prices have skyrocketed for animal feed |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. don't eat dead animals, save some $$ too nt |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Just Watch. Just Wait |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Alfalfa is being bought up by the Japanese |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. three years ago they bought our surplus for fuel |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm not entirely sure why selling American products to China is a bad thing. |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. One reason is that we have millions starving in this country. |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. We do? |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Take a drive through to your local homeless shleter and you'll see people starving. |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. No, you'll see people hungry. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. One las point before I stop trying to make you smarter, know why food stamps are at record high usag... |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. So you're saying the poor are buying food. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. "STARVING" has a particular definition. See: N. Korea. We do not have "starving" here. People aren't |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. No, the problem is access to shitty sugar and starch laced food causing obesity |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Where do you think High Fructose Corn Syrup comes from? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. We're done |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I support corn farmers selling their corn to China. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. Do you support the farmer's government subsidies too? |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. I'm not against it. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. I didn't think you would be |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Corn is cheap? |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Are you talking about the price of corn on the cob at the grocery store? |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. No I'm talking about corn for feeding my animals |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. I know some farmers in Missouri who are being crushed |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. The cost of corn and oats has gone up |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. thanks Autumn |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. I was through Texas last week |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. We have more than enough food to feed every American |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
64. Because of joblessness |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. Know what else is capitalism? |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. Read your headline and immediately thought about the Irish/English |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
29. They spent all that money on GM corn? |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
30. To paraphrase a Bill Clinton campaign slogan |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
32. Beef. It's what should not be for dinner. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
36. Us vs. Them, baby. Feed "us"-goooood. Feed "them"-baaaaad. |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
39. we export a shit-ton of corn, 900,000 tons is not that much |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. They're the second-largest corn producer in the world. And the US not only feeds its |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. The US grew 331 million metric tons of corn in 2010. This purchase = < 1% of that. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Thank you. |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. yep. notice how they say "one of its biggest ever" like it's some really |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I'll write down the price of corn at the supermarket today |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Why not just check the markets? |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Historians have proven Ireland famine was Capitalism |
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AngkorWot (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Um. It was potato blight. |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. it was potato blight *and* capitalism. england did ship food out of ireland during the famine. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Here is some historical quotes on Ireland's famine by Capitalism |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. same people who always did; have you been complaining about it the whole while? |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Thanks for that ...let us hope that statistic isn't a lie |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. if you're interested in confirming the stats, you can check them against usda's |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. i think you missed that the purchase is less than last year's & less than 1% of US |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
50. I see conservatives on tv lament how dictators are so horrible to let people starve, yet |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
53. One of the worst things ever, Corporate Farming!!! n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
63. Isn't the trade imbalance part of the problem? |
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