WindowonEurasia
Some news items about events in and around Georgia during the last week which have attracted less attention than they deserve:RUSSIAN ECONOMY HURT BY CAPITAL OUTFLOW. During August, apparently primarily because of Moscow’s invasion of Georgia, capital flight from Russia, estimated to be as much as 22-25 billion U.S. dollars (Read More)
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama told farmers on Tuesday that he backs the federal requirement to use ethanol as a way to reduce reliance on oil imports.
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: American farmer owners are typically Republican, and ignore much of the opposition candidates opinions.
Mid-west farmworkers are far more concerned with being excluded from unemployment benefits than they are in Green Politics.
ergo; empty rhetoric...
: Of course he's for giving away cash to farmers when all food commodities are at fifteen year highs ... classic Democratic politics, give away government money to buy or gain votes from a voting niche.