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Wouldn't the world be better off if countries just ate the food they
grew on their own? It would be cheaper, healthier, require less energy,
and protect national boundaries.
Non-food agriculultural products might be more complicated, but I
think all economies would do well to be self-sustaining, especially in
terms of agriculture.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
So Sunday, Bush appeared determined to move on from the divisions over
the FTAA talks and focus on those World Trade Organization negotiations
in Hong Kong. The talks are aimed at cutting tariffs worldwide.
In the hope that success in the global talks would invigorate the
FTAA's chances, Bush said he agrees with Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva that the United States must drop agriculture
subsidies so it is easier for farmers in the developing world to
compete. Bush said the United States promises to reduce and then
eliminate those "trade-distorting subsidies" — as long as Europe does
the same.
"Only an ambitious reform agenda in agriculture, and manufactured
goods, and services can ensure that the benefits of free and fair trade
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So, it looks like this Libby character resigned. I had only heard of
him for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Today I'm reading a book
on how to eradicate poverty through more effective use of social
programs. I'll comment here if possible.
My diet consists almost entirely of blueberries, bran flakes, soy milk, and wheat germ right now.
Oh, and yesterday I talked to a 20-year-old preacher named Miles who was in some way affiliated with Kirk Cameron's
ministries. We chatted for about an hour about the Bible and the depravity of our generation. It was interesting.
I'd like to be a secular preacher.
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This is supposedly footage of Bush flipping off reporters after signing CAFTA: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/august2005/030805perspective.htm. Is that really his middle finger? It's not the first time he's done it, clearly, since I have another picture above.
Also, I knew Hunter S. Thompson was working on a story about explosives
in the WTC towers before his death, but what I didn't know was that he
spelled out in an August 2002 interview that he believed 9/11 was an
inside job: http://www.libertythink.com/2005/02/hunter-s-thompson-thought-911-inside.html.
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Is Richard Reid Osama bin Laden?
In a documentary about a 9/11 conference in Los Angeles last year called Solving the 9/11 Crime: A Citizen's Grand Jury, Barbara Honegger, author of October Surprise
and a Reagan White House policy analyst, makes a weak case that Richard
Reid and Osama bin Laden are the same person. Her evidence is
essentially that they look the same.
And actually, they don't look that similar. Maybe he's Bin Laden's lovechild.
Even so, I went a step further and tried to find out where Osama bin
Laden was on December 22, 2001, when Richard Reid was arrested on a
flight from Paris to Miami (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1731568.stm).
According to "a prominent official in the Afghan Taleban movement" he
was dead. He was buried on December 16, six days before Richard Reid
was caught.
Still, people knew Richard Reid throughout his childhood. This is just
conspiratorial nonsense. These are really easy to dispell. All you have
to do is talk to a childhood friend of Reid. I mean, Reid was born in
1972. Bin Laden was born in 1957. Reid is a British citizen.
However, Richard Reid is 6'4"
(http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/12/30/nmus130.xml)
and Bin Laden is described as 6'4" to 6'6"
(http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/topten/fugitives/laden.htm). I can't seem
to find out if Richard Reid is also left-handed.
There's this. Which I guess doesn't mean too much. "French police sources in Paris said
that Mr Reid also identified himself as Tariq Raja, born in 1973 in Sri
Lanka, and as Abdel Rahim, a name reflecting a conversion to Islam." - (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1728709.stm)
Ugh. Anyway. I'm getting bogged down in this conspiracy stuff again. I'm going to take a nap and then study for my mid-term.
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