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AtomicKitten

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6. This quote is telling --

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 02:22 PM

Feb 2012

“You would think with all that we’ve done over there, there would be a way to get them to do business with us,” said Ronald Gertson, who grows rice in Lissie, Texas.

The answer is in that quote ... WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THERE. Exactly!

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Struggling Farmers Furious After Iraq Stops Buying US Rice, Opts For Cheaper Grain From India [View all] Purveyor Feb 2012 OP

We bankrupted their country. Do you expect them to be grateful? appleannie1 Feb 2012 #1

Hey, Ray izquierdista Feb 2012 #2

Mr. Stoesser needs to slapped in the face with a 2x4. Arctic Dave Feb 2012 #3

+1 xchrom Feb 2012 #4

they were freed from Dokkie Feb 2012 #17

Ow. My brain. WilliamPitt Feb 2012 #5

This quote is telling -- AtomicKitten Feb 2012 #6

All those billions of dollars the Coalition Provisional Authority lost track of tanyev Feb 2012 #18

After all we did for them! TwilightGardener Feb 2012 #7

Buncha ingrates! gratuitous Feb 2012 #8

Free Market Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #9

They probably don't teach that in the FFA LiberalFighter Feb 2012 #11

Oy. PDJane Feb 2012 #10

I need to stop reading stuff likke this. Ikonoklast Feb 2012 #12

One gets a little dumber just by reading hifiguy Feb 2012 #13

THIS JUST IN: Congress Members Urge Iraq To Buy US Rice Purveyor Feb 2012 #14

What's wrong? Don't like the free market? Want government subsidies? Texas socialists in action! alcibiades_mystery Feb 2012 #15

wow the AP really sugar coats their ignorance Enrique Feb 2012 #16