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I’m a Bitter Elitist!

Or perhaps I’m an embittered one because I write about soaring food prices, organic farming vs the evils of Monsanto, impending catastrophes like a global shortage of water, the inanities and futility of wars so I suppose I am an elitist, and a bitter one at that! Whichever. The news we get in Europe from the US Primaries are somewhat farcical and anathema to our own expeditious political system: we elect a new head of State within weeks, not years. I would be the first one to concede that it may not be the best system either (look at the Italians, they’ve returned the gangster to power, grrrr…), but then again we don’t have that much time to dwell on the avalanche of moronic pronouncements from the wingnuts ad infinitum. Ignore the clamoring repukes, elect Obama and get on with it. We are all elitists!

As a fellow elitist, I’d like to report some news on the bees and the scent of flowers and why it’s important politicians worldwide should take global warming seriously, not just paying lip service.

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