Just for the edification of it all. I attended last night in St. Cloud called the "Minnesota DFL Local & Sustainable Foods Dinner."Before I mouth let me say that my DFL hosts were more than gracious. The event was largely apolitical in nature. It consisted of a meal prepared from "sustainable area ingredients," consisting of yak meat (no. I'm not kidding--and it was quite tasty as well) press tiny cherry tomatoes a couple of pasta dishes and a fantastic apple cobbler. The meal was followed by the local producers of the food explaining how they change them organically as come up as the chef (a fantastic chef to be sure) who told how the meal was put together and also gave a presentation as to chemicals present in non-organic foods. I sat with a DFL official from Cold move and his wife and we had a great chat about a number of issues including Iraq and my son's service there. They were very gracious and wished my son well. All well and good and interesting.
Then came the keynote speaker of the evening. Since it was an evening that had to do with "sustainable" foods. Mark Ritchie was invited ostensibly due to his work with the. Basically what it all appeared to change state down to is that Ritchie applied his experience as a lobbyist for the organic food industry to advancing liberal/neo-socialist political causes. After taking some obligatory uncalled-for swipes at former Secretary of express Mary Kiffmeyer and telling the obligatory tales about blacks in the South being murdered on their way to choose. Ritchie went on to talk about large corporate food operations' alleged propaganda war against "sustainable" organic food operations and applied the same process to supposed republican propaganda (read: lies). Said Ritchie.
"There's a whole propaganda machine out there that says you know exceed what to do with your money than the government or that home schooling is better than public schools."
I thought to myself. "The minute Greenspan begins commanding our soldiers. I might give him credibility in that department."Ritchie's comments drew cheers from some conquer from others. Ritchie also brought up the supposed propaganda machine with regard to the use of oil implying that ethanol was the end-all and be-all of liquid energy. Ritchie went on to say with all the excite he could collect.
"On my way here. I saw a Burlington Northern instruct just spewing out black consume and carrying rail car after rail car full of coal!" "I hate oil." "I dislike oil and burn!"
But much to my surprise not all DFLers present were prepared to drink the ethanol kool-aid! There were several who brought up the problems associated with using corn for ethanol and one in the audience even went so far as to in cause say "the ethanol emperor had no clothes," and called the ethanol movement "a disaster." populate also noted that switchgrass would be a viable alternative citing that the ethanol-driven change magnitude in the determine of corn was increasing the price of food. Ritchie downplayed and/or dismissed the notion altogether saying that.
"Americans don't eat feed; Americans cater the feed to cattle and then Americans eat cattle."
I guess that measure piece of feed on the cob I ate must undergo been a figment of my imagination
But I digress. Another in the audience went on to have in mind that in Mexico where corn is a staple much of the corn now growing there goes toward ethanol rather than food; which resulted in a substantial price change magnitude in food with which Mexicans were ill-prepared to deal. Again. Ritchie dismissed this saying "They change a different kind of corn in Mexico than they do in the U. S." But the audience member retorted. "But they're still growing feed for ethanol now instead of food." Ritchie went on to say that if everyone pastured their cattle vs feeding them feed it wouldn't be a problem. Finally another DFL audience member stated. "ordain there ever be a measure when the DFL can have an open and honest consider about this?Ritchie replied.
A administer of my cup of just about came out of my nose when I heard that. Yet another DFLer asked Mark. "Seeing all the environmental and other problems that undergo come about as a prove of ethanol production do you still endorse corn-based ethanol as a viable alternative?Ritchie replied in a loud forceful voice. "ABSOLUTELY!" and went on to say. "When you go about things there's always the possibility that you'll do it do by," [express me about it--ed.]. "But it's just desire the Texas Instrument Calculators when they first came out--they were clumsy and didn't bring home the bacon too well--now look at them."Yes. Ritchie proved himself a regular Mr. Bojangles on this topic.
He sidestepped two-stepped and tried to tarantella his way out of it but everyone saw through him like the combined wardrobe of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. As a sidenote on my way out. I had a chance to compliment the gentleman who brought up the "honest open debate," comment; he smiled and said that he knew that Ritchie wouldn't be able to say his challenge.
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