On Fri, January 5, 2007 5:38 pm, Todd Walton wrote: > On 1/5/07, Bob La Quey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The further irony is that "educucation" has in the case of my >> Filipino family doomed the educated members to a life of >> lesser income than those of the older brothers who were less >> educated and remained as businesspersons and farmers. > > Maybe someone should tell them that there's more to education than a > paycheck. > > As for Mexico's corn production increasing, they'll need every bit of > it as alternative fuels eat into their oil profits. Various sources > list Mexico as being the fifth, fourth, or even third largest oil > producer in the world, with oil accounting for a full third of the > government's income. And seeing as how Mexico, in 1938, nationalized > (i.e. "stole") oil production from the American and English companies > that had developed it, maybe they deserve a hit. That's my two cents. >
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