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Lasher

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7. As we can see, they change their rhetoric when it works against them.

Reply to atreides1 (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 25, 2012, 05:52 AM

Feb 2012

What happened to the benevolent Invisible Hand? The hypocrisy is breathtaking.

"...part of the reason U.S. farmers charge more is the risk involved in meeting Iraq’s quality demands."

It's dangerous to grow rice that doesn't suck? OK, let's venture for a moment to Planet Bullshit and say it is. How is it that US corporate farmers are subject to this danger while India is not?

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Congress members urge Iraq to buy US rice [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2012 OP

In a word: Chutzpah RufusTFirefly Feb 2012 #1

+10000 stockholmer Feb 2012 #4

It's a free market system atreides1 Feb 2012 #2

As we can see, they change their rhetoric when it works against them. Lasher Feb 2012 #7

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Turnabout is fair play... 3waygeek Feb 2012 #5

Maybe they don't want to eat rice contaminated with GMOs JohnyCanuck Feb 2012 #6

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