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matt819

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10. Let me guess

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2013, 04:48 PM

Oct 2013

This reporting, which costs the federal government money, benefits who? The farmers and the giant agricultural concerns who call for small government and who applauded the shutdown. If the private sector wants this reporting, let them undertake the effort. If the government is collecting and analyzing this info, why is it being made available to corporate America?

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U.S. Cancels October Crop Report, First Miss in 147 Years. [View all] elleng Oct 2013 OP

This is just a cover story to hide the alien crop circles they found jberryhill Oct 2013 #1

Alien crop circle research was also affected by the government shutdown. nt Xipe Totec Oct 2013 #2

But it did not slow down the PERNICIOUS onslaught of Ch*m Tr**ls Berlum Oct 2013 #11

Smells like B.S.to me. Cui bono? nt snappyturtle Oct 2013 #3

His name is "Chaz" not "Cui" jberryhill Oct 2013 #4

Clarence Beeks bpj62 Oct 2013 #5

He's on a slow boat back to Kenya, with a date. JoePhilly Oct 2013 #8

LOL. I loved that movie. nt okaawhatever Oct 2013 #13

"It was the Duke's, It was the Duke's!!! Sorta like the Koch Bros??? nt winstars Oct 2013 #15

Yeah, they probably made a $1 bet years ago that they could completely destroy okaawhatever Oct 2013 #16

Several times Goldman Sachs (employer of Mrs. Cruz) has found ways to rape the SDjack Oct 2013 #6

Thank you...my thinking too (#3). I guess most here think this is snappyturtle Oct 2013 #9

Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd were planning to sell a fake report to the Koch borthers. JoePhilly Oct 2013 #7

Let me guess matt819 Oct 2013 #10

Not all farms are huge, and not all farmers are tea-baggers groundloop Oct 2013 #12

Yeah, most people don't understand. I think we could raise some tax revenue by charging okaawhatever Oct 2013 #14

I use the USDA reports to determine prices for fasttense Oct 2013 #17