Reader Mail Plus the Race for Arable Farm Land

So again, you're efforts and educated opinions are definitely appreciated.

Just thought you'd like to know!

I put you [new Food-Fight story] to a friend who is very knowledgeable about such matters. FYI his reply: "Please tell me this is spam and you haven't signed up for 'commentary' like this. It's utterly bogus. The purported Daewoo land deal in Madagascar never happened, but loads of 'experts' are using it to try to prove there's some new financial/commercial world order emerging. These rumours emerged last year and were subsequently discredited. The riots were politically motivated and had nothing to do land grabs. These guys are flogging snake oil."

I have been reading the Daily Reckoning, Money Morning etc. with grim fascination for the last few months as one who would like to be informed about the stock market, our economy and the whole horrible mess we are in. You are providing much food for thought.

I see the strutting of the politicians and the others in government at their beck and call. I was not too impressed to see all my super contributions from the last financial year turn negative and be deducted from my small super fund.

There is such a lack of common sense in the governments around the world that one wonders where they are coming from. Are they complete dolts and dunderheads?

I am not given to conspiracy theories, but are these clots hoping that the world economy will fall and we will change to a totally socialist system, with the government being the only important financial centre, giving life to our cities and people, rather than enterprising small business providing employment and the money creation? It sure looks that way.

Of Labor politicians with their background of decisions made in Caucus, rather than the parliament, and the solidarity (used in the union/socialist sense) over the masses of their followers, surely one has to ask, where are we heading?

Their blind followers will happily endorse the carbon taxes on everything, yet they were happy to scream about the GST at the time. And I have come to the conclusion that we are the most propagandised country in the world, with the media generally endorsing all the pap and happily knocking down any who oppose.

Keep up the good work.