GM, buy American

GM is going bankrupt. Now there's a shocker. The company should have been allowed to move into Chapter 11 months ago. But no, we had to waste billions of tax dollars, that's your money and my money, for those of us who pay taxes, supporting a business in failure.

I reiterate, the "government" is not sending money to mom and pop businesses. They're not to big to fail.

Folks, we have been bamboozled and screwed, by big business, labor unions and politicians with their hands out for campaign dollars.

Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican it is time to get mad about YOUR money being wasted on stupid economics.

Frankenstein food is good for you

Genetically modified (GM) crops are the answer to much of the world hunger problem. According to Paul Driessen quoting Norman Bourlag, the only way to feed the world’s population is through chemical fertilizers and genetically modified crops.

"If we only use organic fertilisers and natural methods on arable land, we can only feed four billion people," Driessen's editorial quotes Borlaug as saying.

This is too important an issue to be left in the hands of anti-progress environmentalist groups. Crops and livestock have been genetically engineered for millennia. Prior to the use of modern genetic techniques modification was accomplished by selective breeding. Positive characteristics were selected and plants and animals carrying those characteristics were bred, while inferior specimens were culled.

The modern GM crops are simply modified using a different methodology. This speeds up the process and is more precise than selective breeding. It is also less, not more, likely to create an undesirable mutation. It is hard for me to fathom the fear of GM foods unless it is the fear of disastrous mutation.

The EU needs to wake up and allow their farmers to help in feeding the world. U.S. farm policy is awful, but it looks like high intelligence compared to EU policies. EU farmers should be allowed to grow GM crops.

End of rant.