First Cup 12.21.06
Posted on : 21-12-2006 | By : Jim Lynch | In : Business, Congress, Economics, First Cup, Iran
Tags: Business, Congress, Economics, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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The powers of a man’s mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks. ~ Sir James Mackintosh
Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Could Ahmadinejad Be In Serious Trouble?
For a man who came out of near-oblivion to the presidency of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appears to face serious restlessness among his subjects. Despite having the backing of the hardliners in the Guardian Council who arranged his victory, or perhaps because of that support, Ahmadinejad has become the center of widespread scorn and dissastisfaction among Iranian students, a volatile and powerful force for radical change in the nation.
Blue Crab boulevard (Gaius) The Poor Family Farmer
The Washington Post points out that the massive amounts of Federal money being spent to subsidize the “family farmer” turn out to be going to larger and larger farm operations. Instead of protecting family-owned farms, the subsidies are effectively destroying that way of life.
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