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Re: VP-pick Ryan blasts Obama on abortion: ‘never once lifted a hand’ to defend unborn

RileyDad — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:08:16 -0000

"The bill does not prohibit funding of Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider.

According to its 2009-2010 annual report, Planned Parenthood received $487.4 million in government money; and according to its fact sheet, Planned Parenthood performed 329,445 abortions in 2010."

Re: VP-pick Ryan blasts Obama on abortion: ‘never once lifted a hand’ to defend unborn

RileyDad — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:07:18 -0000

Good speech, but sadly it is just rhetoric. Ryan was among 165 Republicans and 329 total reps who voted to give millions in tax dollars to Planned Mruderhood, to fund Obamacare (including the contraceptive mandate), and in foreign aid to the governments of the Muslim nations that attacked US embassies this week
http://cnsnews.com/news/art...

"(CNSNews.com) – The Republican-majority House of Representatives on Thursday passed a $1.047 trillion bill funding the federal government through March 2013 that will permit funding for Planned Parenthood and ObamaCare--including the regulation that took effect on Aug. 1 that will require virtually all health plans in the United States to cover, without fees or co-pay, sterilizations and all FDA-approved contraceptives, including those that induce abortions.

The vote was 329-91, and the bill now goes to the Senate for expected approval next week. . . .
The bill, a continuing resolution (CR), does not prohibit funding for either ObamaCare programs or Planned Parenthood. Nor does it stop the government from enforcing regulations, such as the mandate from the Health and Human Services Department that nearly all health insurance plans provide contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortion-inducing drugs free of charge. . . .

Re: Is Our Cow-Calf Business Model Going To Change?

RileyDad — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:07:19 -0000

OK. But what is the alternative ?

Re: Alex Tiller's Blog on Agriculture & Farming - Secret Report? Hmmmm?

RileyDad — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:16:18 -0000

" If biofuels production does persistently drive higher food prices, then that will create a strong incentive for farmers and agronomists to develop crops that are suited for biofuels production, but that do not displace food crops. In other words, biofuels might end up increasing the size of the total farm economy, rather than just shifting food production to fuel production. Crops like switchgrass and miscanthus are a start, but they tend to grow best on prime farmland – what is needed are plants which provide a decent energy density even when grown on land that isn’t well-suited to food production. That can provide us the best of both worlds – high food production and biofuels production at the same time."

Don't forget sweet sorgum/ sugar based biofuels.

Les Riley farmboy & former candidate for Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture

http://www.rileyforagricult...