Effect of BioFuels

I'm starting to feel a little bit like a prophet. Why you ask? Well let me tell you. Last year I distinctly remember having a conversation with several friends of mine about the inherent dangers of Congress' decision to increase the use the biofuels here in the United States. The one problem I mentioned was that as the demand for ethanol, soy diesel, and other biofuels increased that farmers would be less inclined to grow their crops for food consumption. If a farmer can fetch $4/bushel selling their corn to an ethanol manufacturer or get $1/bushel selling it to Costa Rica it doesn't take a genious to figure out what will happen. I postulated that you'll see people go hungry in 3rd World countries which will ultimately lead to riots and armed protests. I was laughed at last year, but it appears I will be having the last laugh. I found two articles that appear to be proving my predictions correct:

• New York Times - 4/15/07
• UK Telegraph - 4/15/07
• National Policy Analysis - December 2007

MN School Goes Muslim

Found this today, and can't say that I'm all that surprised. It appears that right here in Minnesota we have our terror training camp.

Here's the thing, I'm all for religious freedom. We allow every religion to create schools that focus teaching around their doctrine in this country as well we should. The problem here is that this Muslim school is being paid for by MY TAX DOLLARS!!! This charter school would have been shut down before it even opened if it was being run by the Baptists or any other christian organization.