Bush goes dark green, endorses local food

Nonsensical nuggets from the prez's press conference

Posted by Joseph Romm (Guest Contributor) at 10:13 PM on 29 Apr 2008

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George W. Bush -- dark green? I kid you not. Here's what he said in his press conference today:

One thing I think that would be -- I know would be very creative policy is if we -- is if we would buy food from local farmers as a way to help deal with scarcity, but also as a way to put in place an infrastructure so that nations can be self-sustaining and self-supporting. It's a proposal I put forth that Congress hasn't responded to yet, and I sincerely hope they do.

I have no idea what he's talking about -- what proposal did he put forward to Congress about local food? But I'm sure the 100-Mile Diet folks are on the phone with the White House right now.

What's next for Bush -- composting?

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It's not about the U.S.

My guess is that the President is referring to a proposal to send cash to countries that are having hunger problems instead of sending bags of American-grown corn, soy and wheat. The cash would then be used to buy food from local farmers, thus stretching the funds (no shipping costs) and helping the local economy. The idea is embedded somewhere in the current farm bill proposal, but I'm not sure how much traction it has in Congress. Many powerful members of Congress see the foreign aid program strictly as a money-making business for U.S. ag interests, not as a way to help hungry people.

And meanwhile in Bush's bureaucracies: the Federal Trade Commission refuses to do anything about record levels of consolidation in the meat industry, the EPA is changing rules to allow more air and water pollution from CAFOs, the Commerce Dept is pushing for more free trade agreements and opening foreign markets up to U.S. beef, and so on.

by meander at 11:23 PM on 29 Apr 2008

Kiss of death

Remember when Bush swore he was committed to dealing with global warming? In 2000. Or how about the time he proffessed a deep concern for mine safety? How's that working out for everybody?

Iraq?

New Orleans?

Oil prices?

When Bush says he's "concerned and committed" it's the kiss of death. The man is like a living ball of kryptonite. Don't ever let him shake your hand either. Look what that's done for his cabinet.

Put the Carbon Back

by Pangolin at 12:08 AM on 30 Apr 2008

bushit

i'm still waiting for that manned mission to mars he promised us a few years back.

by gzuckier at 6:57 AM on 30 Apr 2008

Nothing new here.

he's a concerned and committed liar. what more is there to know?

by Trebuchet at 7:46 AM on 30 Apr 2008

Misunderestimated

Bush? Mislead us? What makes you think he would ever mislead us?

By the way, did he ever find those WMD's?

Hmmm. The press hasn't bothered to address that question with any seriousness. Too busy reporting on which candidates are wearing their flag lapel pins. Which I guess explains why some 30% of Americans -- inexplicably -- believe that we actually did find WMD in Iraq.

We're all too busy watching American Idol. Or Faux Nooze.

Just wake up the masses when the War on Iran begins ... that should boost the cable-news ratings for a good three or four weeks, at least.

by GonzoDon at 10:15 AM on 30 Apr 2008

bush

Bush - dude whatever you are selling I am not buying.

- Unfortunately, many Americans have bought the Bush-shit

by javaearth at 12:23 PM on 30 Apr 2008

Biofool

Yaay, did you know that you can feed 11.56 people a day with the same amount of corn needed to produce biofool.

Im reminded of Bush's speech last year in which he basically asked Brazil to burn down the Amazon in order to produce a little more Biofool for export.

I think we all need to give old Georgie a little more credit for being so successful in manipulating all facits of government. Even picking that sloth Cheney as his VP was brilliant.

by gohuskies at 10:31 AM on 01 May 2008

arg

lol I ment 11.56 people per gallon. also according to 2008 projections the US tax payer will provide 1 dollar in subsidies for every gallon of biofuel produced and remove enough food to feed 36 million people every day from the marketplace

by gohuskies at 2:23 PM on 01 May 2008
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