[lbo-talk] Hersh: How a secret Pentagon program came to Abu Ghraib

[martin]

The cost of fuel/energy in the US is a key to build an alternative 
plan. The obvious truth of the cost is the fact that there isn't enough 
to go around without a bidding war driving up the cost, and the one who 
gets the alternative first will be ahead in the race. I've always been 
a fan of the 'hemp' alternative. Bring back the troops, and the 
contractors and set them to turning the US heartland in hempland. 
Ferment it, press it for oil, gring the seeds for food, wear the fibre, 
and the shit doesn't need fertilizer of pesticide.

Then grow some real kickass weed and export it all over the world on 
the 'cheep'. Win the drug war at the same time.

Martin

On May 17, 2004, at 9:24 PM, Jon Johanning wrote:


> In sum: I don't see any way to use the UN as an alternative to the 
> Bush-style "cowboy" "war on terrorism," sad to say. We've got to work 
> out a practical alternative.