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Gregory Morrow[_2_]

Lou Decruss wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:31:43 -0800 (PST),
> wrote:
>
>> On Nov 19, 8:10 pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
>>> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:02:09 -0800, Dave Bugg wrote:
>>>> Has anybody NOT been able to get the supply of pumpkin that they
>>>> wanted? There have been no shortages in my area. Shelves are full
>>>> of whatever kind of tinned pumpkin that is usually available.
>>>
>>> It's called a publicity stunt.
>>>
>>> Expect more of them every year after year after year.
>>
>> Yes and expect more threads day after day after day, as each new
>> retard *discovers* this "shortage"......I think the shortage is on
>> brain-cells.
>
> The threads will continue for at least another year. The pumpkin in
> the stores now is from last year which was very wet also, but his year
> was worse in Illinois so I imagine next year will be worse. Libby's
> and other packers may be exploiting the situation to raise prices but
> there "is" a shortage due to mother nature. Big business playing
> games to control prices is nothing new. You may remember a post I
> made about dairy cattle being slaughtered so supply would go down and
> milk prices could go back up.
>
> Here's a middle of the night twist from an insomniac: I was driving
> through central and north-central Illinois a week ago and drove past
> miles of fields filled with rotting pumpkins. All within 90 minutes
> of Chicago. So we've got over 10% unemployment and who knows how many
> on food stamps or other government assistance. Yet there's food
> rotting because a machine can't get to it? A human and a pair of
> boots could harvest it. Something is really wrong with this picture.
>
> On our return trip back to Chicago I saw at least 20 farmers working
> the corn fields on tractors with lights at 10:00pm Sunday night. At
> one point I had 4 of them in my sight. All different farms. These
> men and women are working through the night trying to make a living
> and keep their farms while some fat-ass lazy bitch is stuffing her
> face with potato chips purchased with food stamps while watching
> desperate housewives.

Hey now, don't be a - dissin' the cybertwot that way...!!!

;-)

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Best
Greg