Comments on: A Corny Story http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/23/a-corny-story/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Will Wilkinson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/23/a-corny-story/#comment-14151 Will Wilkinson Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:28:20 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1424#comment-14151 That's right John. I was waiting for this, but I was starting to think it would never come, so thank you. That’s right John. I was waiting for this, but I was starting to think it would never come, so thank you.

]]> By: Will Wilkinson http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/23/a-corny-story/#comment-14160 Will Wilkinson Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:28:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1424#comment-14160 That's right John. I was waiting for this, but I was starting to think it would never come, so thank you. That’s right John. I was waiting for this, but I was starting to think it would never come, so thank you.

]]> By: John Thacker http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/23/a-corny-story/#comment-14150 John Thacker Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:25:28 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1424#comment-14150 <em>You just got caught in the middle, Iowa, and I’ll always love you.</em> But not the way you love your parents, and not in a particularlist way because it's your home state, right Will? Only incidentally and faithlessly will you "always love" it, right? ;) You just got caught in the middle, Iowa, and I’ll always love you.

But not the way you love your parents, and not in a particularlist way because it’s your home state, right Will? Only incidentally and faithlessly will you “always love” it, right? ;)

]]> By: John Thacker http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/23/a-corny-story/#comment-14159 John Thacker Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:25:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1424#comment-14159 <em>You just got caught in the middle, Iowa, and I’ll always love you.</em> But not the way you love your parents, and not in a particularlist way because it's your home state, right Will? Only incidentally and faithlessly will you "always love" it, right? ;) You just got caught in the middle, Iowa, and I’ll always love you.

But not the way you love your parents, and not in a particularlist way because it’s your home state, right Will? Only incidentally and faithlessly will you “always love” it, right? ;)

]]> By: muirgeo http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/23/a-corny-story/#comment-14149 muirgeo Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:43:49 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1424#comment-14149 "But six long years of drought have taken a toll, reducing Australia’s rice crop by 98 percent and leading to the mothballing of the mill last December." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/business/worldbusiness/17warm.html?hp “But six long years of drought have taken a toll, reducing Australia’s rice crop by 98 percent and leading to the mothballing of the mill last December.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/business/worldbusiness/17warm.html?hp

]]> By: muirgeo http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/23/a-corny-story/#comment-14157 muirgeo Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:43:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1424#comment-14157 "But six long years of drought have taken a toll, reducing Australia’s rice crop by 98 percent and leading to the mothballing of the mill last December." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/business/worldbusiness/17warm.html?hp “But six long years of drought have taken a toll, reducing Australia’s rice crop by 98 percent and leading to the mothballing of the mill last December.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/business/worldbusiness/17warm.html?hp

]]> By: Micha Ghertner http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/23/a-corny-story/#comment-14148 Micha Ghertner Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:50:59 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1424#comment-14148 <blockquote>Further, “many of the upheavals over food prices abroad have concerned rice and wheat, neither of which is used as a biofuel.”</blockquote> And both of which are substitutes for corn, which is used as a biofuel. An increase in demand for one leads to an increase in demand for the others, and so too prices. I see your knowledge of rudimentary economics hasn't improved much since you quit commenting at Cafe Hayek, muirgeo.

Further, “many of the upheavals over food prices abroad have concerned rice and wheat, neither of which is used as a biofuel.”

And both of which are substitutes for corn, which is used as a biofuel. An increase in demand for one leads to an increase in demand for the others, and so too prices.

I see your knowledge of rudimentary economics hasn’t improved much since you quit commenting at Cafe Hayek, muirgeo.

]]> By: Micha Ghertner http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/23/a-corny-story/#comment-14156 Micha Ghertner Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:50:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1424#comment-14156 <blockquote>Further, “many of the upheavals over food prices abroad have concerned rice and wheat, neither of which is used as a biofuel.”</blockquote> And both of which are substitutes for corn, which is used as a biofuel. An increase in demand for one leads to an increase in demand for the others, and so too prices. I see your knowledge of rudimentary economics hasn't improved much since you quit commenting at Cafe Hayek, muirgeo.

Further, “many of the upheavals over food prices abroad have concerned rice and wheat, neither of which is used as a biofuel.”

And both of which are substitutes for corn, which is used as a biofuel. An increase in demand for one leads to an increase in demand for the others, and so too prices.

I see your knowledge of rudimentary economics hasn’t improved much since you quit commenting at Cafe Hayek, muirgeo.

]]> By: John Thacker http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/23/a-corny-story/#comment-14147 John Thacker Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:35:17 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1424#comment-14147 He then <a HREF="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/11/27/iowans_bring_a_special_interest_agenda_to_caucuses/" rel="nofollow">went down in the Iowa polls</a> after criticizing ethanol subsidies at the conference, while insisting that he though that happy ethanol could become successful without subsidies if subsidies for oil and other fuels, "alternative" and not, were removed. He then went down in the Iowa polls after criticizing ethanol subsidies at the conference, while insisting that he though that happy ethanol could become successful without subsidies if subsidies for oil and other fuels, “alternative” and not, were removed.

]]> By: John Thacker http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/23/a-corny-story/#comment-14155 John Thacker Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:35:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1424#comment-14155 He then <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/11/27/iowans_bring_a_special_interest_agenda_to_caucuses/" rel="nofollow">went down in the Iowa polls</a> after criticizing ethanol subsidies at the conference, while insisting that he though that happy ethanol could become successful without subsidies if subsidies for oil and other fuels, "alternative" and not, were removed. He then went down in the Iowa polls after criticizing ethanol subsidies at the conference, while insisting that he though that happy ethanol could become successful without subsidies if subsidies for oil and other fuels, “alternative” and not, were removed.

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