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01-22-2007, 08:51 AM

In alt.mountain-bike <BushIsATraitor@hotmail.com> wrote:

: > <BushIsATraitor@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: > > Feast? That food was provided for you out of the charity of foreign
: > > nations. AmeriKKKa doesn't even produce enough food to feed itself
: these
: > > days.

: AmeriKKKa, you stupid **** licker, has been a net importer of food for
: almost a decade now.

: As a people, you are too stupid to survive. As a nation, your
: extermination will continue.

I don't want to burden you with facts... but I'd suggest you read this;

Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS): Monthly Summary
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FATUS/monthlysummary.htm

While I'm not sure what they were thinking picking a acronym like that, as
you can see by actually reading the yearly summaries, the U.S. still exports
more than we import, however there are occasional months now where the balance
goes the other way (June and August 2004 are part of the occasional trend where
we import more than we export in some months). They are predicting that
eventually that we will import more than we export, but it's not because
we aren't growing enough (and we are still the largest exporter of food).
first, immigrants tend to want the same food that was available in their
native country... for one thing, they are predicting it'll take 10 years for
the goat supply in the U.S. to catch up to the current demand, so in the mean
time, we import goat meat... Also, because some U.S. crops are genetically
modified to resist pests or increase yields, some nations (especially Europe)
have banned import of those modified crops and so they are sold to other
nations, possibly at a lower price...

With the hard frost that hit California recently, we will probably be
importing much of our citrus supplies in the next year which will drive
up imports again...

It's not that we can't feed ourselves, it's that our population demands
availability of specific foods... something one can do in a free nation
where ones basic survival isn't constantly endangered...

--
John Nelson
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01-22-2007, 08:51 AM	#75 (permalink)
Chicago Paddling-Fishing Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Bush Really IS Getting "Victory" In Iraq In alt.mountain-bike <BushIsATraitor@hotmail.com> wrote: : > <BushIsATraitor@hotmail.com> wrote in message : > > Feast? That food was provided for you out of the charity of foreign : > > nations. AmeriKKKa doesn't even produce enough food to feed itself : these : > > days. : AmeriKKKa, you stupid **** licker, has been a net importer of food for : almost a decade now. : As a people, you are too stupid to survive. As a nation, your : extermination will continue. I don't want to burden you with facts... but I'd suggest you read this; Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS): Monthly Summary http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FATUS/monthlysummary.htm While I'm not sure what they were thinking picking a acronym like that, as you can see by actually reading the yearly summaries, the U.S. still exports more than we import, however there are occasional months now where the balance goes the other way (June and August 2004 are part of the occasional trend where we import more than we export in some months). They are predicting that eventually that we will import more than we export, but it's not because we aren't growing enough (and we are still the largest exporter of food). first, immigrants tend to want the same food that was available in their native country... for one thing, they are predicting it'll take 10 years for the goat supply in the U.S. to catch up to the current demand, so in the mean time, we import goat meat... Also, because some U.S. crops are genetically modified to resist pests or increase yields, some nations (especially Europe) have banned import of those modified crops and so they are sold to other nations, possibly at a lower price... With the hard frost that hit California recently, we will probably be importing much of our citrus supplies in the next year which will drive up imports again... It's not that we can't feed ourselves, it's that our population demands availability of specific foods... something one can do in a free nation where ones basic survival isn't constantly endangered... -- John Nelson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago Area Paddling/Fishing Page http://www.chicagopaddling.org http://www.chicagofishing.org (A Non-Commercial Web Site: No Sponsors, No Paid Ads and Nothing to Sell)