Thu 7 Jul 2005
Mega Farms???
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Thu 7 Jul 2005
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July 7th, 2005 at 9:09 pm
Hey.
When you get back, please be sure to let us know how it went. If you cross-post over at GO, I’ll probably be inclined to front-page it as well. Make sure to include a link to your blog as well on the entry, above the fold.
I have no problem hosting video either, if it is the bandwidth is an issue for you.
Tim
July 7th, 2005 at 11:03 pm
Hackett had the crowd laughing a couple of times, Jean pretty much put me to sleep. I did perk up a couple of times however. Jean mentioned her trip to Washington and said she was trying to fill the void left by Portman. I wasn’t aware she had won the election already. I got the impression she was in discussions with the adminstration concerning energy policy. It seems they are cooking up some mega-farm soybean scheme to produce ethanol. I assume the adminstration and Jean Schmidt can’t trust small farmers (aka Brown County) to produce soybeans. It looks like a typical republician power play with huge government handouts to mega-corporations. No details were disclosed so this is speculation. I am curious as to where these mega-farms are going to get thier mega land.
Going over my lousy notes I have to admit Jean did get a chuckle from me on her border security, Canadian border security that is. I’m guessing too many seniors are dashing across to Canada in pursuit of less expensive medicines and the adminstration intends to put a stop to the practice. I could be wrong as to why she wants to secure the Canadian border maybe their more liberal idealism is leaking south. Maybe someone will ask Jean for some more specific details.
I took exception to Schmidt’s refrence of Iraq as a “terrorist regime”. Saddam may have terrorized his own citizens but I have never seen good proof that he was allied with Al Quedia or the whabbist. I did get a little lost trying to follow Jean on her stance on Iraq. I heard something like ” spread some seeds, water them, and then the Arabs will love us.” Perhaps I was getting tired or Jean got her mega-farm agenda mixed up with Bush’d mega dollar war.
Overall it was a slam dunk for Paul. The only problem with that is the debate will never reach the ears and minds of the voters of the second district.
September 3rd, 2006 at 11:04 am
[…] Probably the biggest gasp from the crowd came from Schmidt mentioning “mega-farms” as a part of her Ethanol program, and talking about how these large corporate farms will bring jobs to the region. (see roamingcoyote’s comments on this for more) Later on when asked about farm subsides and how they are seen as primarily helping large corporations, Schmidt passed on making a distiction between family farms and large corporate farms and instead talked about their general importance. This gave Hackett a chance to spike the ball: Jack, what we need to do is we need to spend our tax dollars wisely. What we need to do is support the family farm, as opposed to just sending our tax dollars to subsidize mega-farm corporations that have frankly a negative impact, not only on the enviroment, but on the economy. They aren’t getting the job done. This year is going to be the first year that American becomes a net food importer instead of a net food exporter. That’s just wrong. That’s actually a national security issue. Stop and think about it. We’ve got to import more than we export. That’s wrong. Our tax dollars have to be used smartly and wisely, and this administration isn’t doing that unfortunately. […]