Kathy, $125 a piece? ouch!!!
Lelia
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From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 7:16 PM
Subject: Where America is going, food and fuel
> Hi Guys,
> I've been following with interest the discussion about where America
> is going. If Hillery becomes president all bets are off, that's for
> sure. So, for the fun of it, I thought that I'd throw another stick
> on the fire just to see where the flames go.
> I wanted to bring up a comment that I heard last week on a talk
> radio show having to do with food and fuel. The conversation was
> about ethanol and how we are using our food to make a less sufficient
> form of fuel for our gas tanks while people around the world are
> starving even more because the cost of the food that is left is going
> up. They're now talking about making fuel out of fruit, not just
> corn and, because the cost of corn has gone up, that explains why the
> cost of dairy products are just sky rocketing. Out here, we can pay
> almost $4 for a gallon of skim milk at times and that's from a dairy
> here in Maine.
>
> Anyway, the conversation that I was listening too also included a
> comment, would you rather import your food or your fuel? We've
> already had massive pet food recalls because of contamination. Other
> countries don't have the strict guide lines that we do and just think
> of what would happen to us if we start to become dependent on other
> countries for our food like we have our fuel. It's all so
> unnecessary too. If the government would let us build more
> refineries the costs of fuel would go down, or if we followed through
> on the research to convert coal into fuel the cost would go down,
> but, instead, we are dependent on foreign oil, which funds terrorism
> and we are becoming less able to put food on the table because it
> might end up in our tank as well. I just can't imagine God being
> pleased with this craziness!
>
> By the way, Lelia, I want to stay out of debt as well. Right now,
> we still owe for a car, and it's repare, and our trip out to
> Wisconsin for Dad's funeral, but otherwise, we are trying to say no
> to a lot of stuff to get out of debt as fast as possible. I think
> that you're wise to feel that way.
>
> Something else that we have to start saving up for is to get pass
> ports for our family, at more than $125 a piece if we want to take
> the short way to Michigan through Canada, or by next January, if we
> want to board a plane. I start feeling claustrophobic if I let
> myself think about it. It's all just so different now. Where are we
> going? Who knows. I'm glad that the one who does know is my
> constant companion.
> Kathy
>
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