The Best Farmland in the U.S. Is Flooded; Most Americans Too Stupid to Panic


	The Best Farmland in the U.S. Is Flooded; Most Americans Too Stupid to Panic

RiotRanger

6-21-2008 9:26 PM

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mid-west, floods, farm-land, storms, famine, usa, americans, prices, global

RiotRanger says:

Many have been warning for years of just such a scenario and all the while, our far-sighted government, has allowed the nation's food reserves to dwindle to crisis levels.

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