Let me agree with Rod, Ezra, and Matt that Tom Vilsack is a very disappointing pick by Obama for Secretary of Agriculture. As someone who lives in corn-producing state, I've seen my otherwise level-headed governor pander time and time again to Big Corn and push ethanol, even though economists and scientists agree that corn-based ethanol is bad, bad, bad.I've been generally pleased with Obama's choices thus far, but I was hoping that he wouldn't pick an Ag Secretary who is in bed with big agribusiness and who will likely make few changes to the Farm Bill.
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Given the title of this post, shouldn't it be included in your SSM blogalogue section?
(I know that was completely evil...the devil made me do it!)
Salon.com had a brief response from Michael Pollan on the choice. http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/12/17/pollan_vilsack/index.html
If Vilsack makes Michael Pollan nervous, he makes me nervous.
cornhole is the coolest game ever. perfect with a cigar in your hand and giant sideburns.
Ga'll, one would think, that a President who is very concerned about renewable energy and global climate change would be concerned about that activity which, left to its currents trends, uses energy wastefully in the production and use of artificial petsticides, seeds, and fertilizers; all of which deplete the soil, both by nutrient loss and erosion, and wash into our water sources and rise into our air. For goodness sake, there are major problems happening in the Gulf of Mexico because of BigAG in the midwest. We have got to support the small organic farm.
I still love you BO
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