<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post3000384179416471285..comments</id><updated>2009-07-10T20:25:06.617+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Land and People: Obama to help poor farmers (and maybe some mega-ag...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://landandpeople.blogspot.com/feeds/3000384179416471285/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4163876234969175446/3000384179416471285/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://landandpeople.blogspot.com/2009/07/obama-to-help-poor-farmers-and-maybe.html'/><author><name>Rami Zurayk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14644937988631864952</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post-6512602324521408318</id><published>2009-07-10T18:05:49.284+03:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T18:05:49.284+03:00</updated><title type='text'>I hate to be a constant cynic, but it seems the op...</title><content type='html'>I hate to be a constant cynic, but it seems the opportunities just keep coming to my doorstep.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Less and less do I see any altruistic motivations in our leaders for improving anything for anyone, but the large corporations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Increasing yields means using ever increasing amounts and types of chemicals, which end up in our bodies, causing more and more afflictions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can appreciate a profit motive being necessary to helping people, but it seems to me, this is all about developing a market on the backs of an indigenous people, who will not share in any meaningful way...the profit.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4163876234969175446/3000384179416471285/comments/default/6512602324521408318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4163876234969175446/3000384179416471285/comments/default/6512602324521408318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://landandpeople.blogspot.com/2009/07/obama-to-help-poor-farmers-and-maybe.html?showComment=1247238349284#c6512602324521408318' title=''/><author><name>Garage Sales For Gaza</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07964735582742210850</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://landandpeople.blogspot.com/2009/07/obama-to-help-poor-farmers-and-maybe.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post-3000384179416471285' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4163876234969175446/posts/default/3000384179416471285' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>