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Bush goes dark green, endorses local food
Nonsensical nuggets from the prez's press conference |
Joseph Romm |
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 ... |
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| Topics: food, George Bush, local food, politics (all these topics) |
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