Most important news story of the week (ending April 17, 2009)

[ColbertWatcher]

Poll question: Most important news story of the week (ending April 17, 2009)

Most important news story of the week ending April 17, 2009

A: Germany to ban cultivation of Monsanto GMO maizeAlternet

B: the U.S. changes many policies toward Cuba; President Obama attends Summit of the Americas

C: Somali pirates hijack ships. U.S. kills 3, French capture 11

D: tea baggers come out on tax day

E: Mother Nature news: North Dakota is flooding again; Southeast hit by several tornadoes; Afghanistan hit by 5.1 earthquake

F: Holiday news: Obama hosts a seder at the White House and gay parents and their children invited to White House Easter Egg roll; world does not end

G: Dubai clones a camel

H: GOP torture memos released; right-wing extremist groups on the rise in the U.S.

I: One of the last-minute "incidents" that are a part of the Friday document dump (please see which in my reply)

J: Other (please see my pick for most important new story in reply)

[tekisui]

1. No doubt, torture memos. Daylight is the first step.

[Bicoastal]

2. Miss Whatsherface Singspretty?

[Mrs. Overall]

3. Most important story--Torture Memos. Favorite story--Susan Boyle.

[HillbillyBob]

4. It is hard to decide between torture and banning Monsanto

Monsanto is a clear danger to real food the world over, they deserve to be investigated as much as torture does for their poisoning of the food supply, the deaths of farmers, their harassment and suits against farmers whose crops were contaminated by their genie BT and roundup ready corn and canola.
They have put literally hundreds of thousands of family farmers out of business, then they lose their homes and incomes. It affects a lot more people than torture does, not to lessen the impact that amBushcos torture to our self respect and the respect of other toward our country, and that those we tortureds friends and associates will have no qualm to torture our service people who put their lives on the line for us and our country.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Good point.

The thing they share is the fraud and deception.

And, I guess, that everyone knows about them now.

[ColbertWatcher]

6. Kick. n/t

[omega minimo]

7. .

[rug]

8. Dubai cloned a camel?

[ColbertWatcher]

9. Yup.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/04/cloned-animals-debut-in-iran-and-dubai.html