From the Tri-State Observer:
Our concern is not that we are using the remainder of our strategic grain reserves for humanitarian relief. AAM fully supports the action and all humanitarian food relief. Our concern is that the U.S. has nothing else in our emergency food pantry. There is no cheese, no butter, no dry milk powder, no grains or anything else left in reserve. The only thing left in the entire CCC inventory will be 2.7 million bushels of wheat, which is about enough wheat to make 1⁄2 of a loaf of bread for each of the 300 million people in America.
Wait. We had a strategic cheese reserve and nobody told me about this? Because my strategy is to eat as much cheese as I can when my wife is not around. I have a cheese-eating strategy.
On an unrelated note, congratulations to Bockover, Gabriel, and the rest of the Banshee team for their 1.0 release. These guys are amazing hackers, and Banshee has really matured into a fantastic piece of software. And having a new website up and packages for several distros available on release day? These guys have their shit together.