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In reply to the discussion: Did you know that Uganda had +30% inflation & riots over the last year? Me neither. [View all]dkf
(37,305 posts)37. That isn't what drives Iowa voters.
And don't worry, we don't need ADM or Cargill to buy up the corn. Now we have China.
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Did you know that Uganda had +30% inflation & riots over the last year? Me neither. [View all]
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
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you think ethanol has nothing to do with speculation by 'job creators' (not to mention political
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#2
cargill and adm control corn production in the us and in the world. and get most of the subsidies.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#13
So those are all Cargill and ADM employees driving the entire Iowa process? I doubt it.
dkf
Dec 2012
#14
excuse me? they buy most of the corn and are the price makers, what don't you get?
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#15
what didn't you get about cargill & adm buy 1/3 of all corn grown in the US? They are the price-
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#35
we hear plenty about the high inflation in 'communist' zimbabwe, though. an official 'enemy.'
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#8
Of course I did. Historically genocide movments thrive under these circumstances.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#11
I have no idea what you're talking about. By 'this article' do you mean the one that says uganda
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#16
i'm confused about what you're calling 'the genocide'. the article talks about two things: food
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#18
I'd suggest that the confusion stems from TNR's language 'anti gay bill' without
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#21
i see. by 'the genocide' you mean the genocide of gays connected to this bill which hasn't been
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#22
Did I say those events were not genocide? I'm talking about the bullshit TNR is
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#24
TNR says the bill surfaced 'nearly two years ago.' Yet here is The Atlantic from Dec
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#23
Because that article was written in 2011. but yeah, i agree with you about warren -- & obama's
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#25
i'm completely on your side regarding the use of scapegoats to divert people from their real
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#27
Yeah, it is wrong to call a bill allowing genocide a genocide bill until how many are dead?
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#28
as i said, i am perfectly willing to call it a *genocidal bill.* i'm just not willing to talk about
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#29
no, i don't think it's odd at all. i think they're very aware of the bill & much less aware of much
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#31
You keep attacking my use of the word 'genocide' although the entire world uses
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#34
from your link: a "genocide in the making" is a genocide that hasn't occurred. i am sorry you are
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#36
How would you have heard about it at DU, when you joined a year later?
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2012
#40
Which doesn't mean you weren't posting here for a long time too (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2012
#44