tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post5140041478307425632..comments2024-02-02T05:45:33.724-06:00Comments on Incoming: John Phippshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-38215473697392255882007-09-03T09:58:00.000-06:002007-09-03T09:58:00.000-06:00VA:I think one of the comment problems can be corr...VA:<BR/><BR/>I think one of the comment problems can be corrected with some badly needed blogging updates currently in progress. Recent comments will be displayed in a sidebar, just like the real bloggers do. Then even comments to way-past posts will be noticed.<BR/><BR/>I have also observed it takes time for readers to become comfortable with this open dialogs - especially a profession with little literary tradition.<BR/><BR/>Weirdly, I am becoming more optimistic our farm policy will be corrected from without by trade/budget issues and declining ag clout compared to business (deep concerns over intellectual property and industrial tariffs, for example) which will throw ag subsidies under the trade bus in a minute.<BR/><BR/>I also think the administration is a real wild card on every issue you can think of. Note the change of policy toward NK (one-on-one meeting) and the result. Who knows what could happen next?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading and contributing.John Phippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-9427854273237483972007-09-03T09:34:00.000-06:002007-09-03T09:34:00.000-06:00John,You nail it on farm policy every time! But I...John,<BR/><BR/>You nail it on farm policy every time! But I always wonder why more replies are not posted to your insightful comments. I wonder if it is because they have no response. It is frustrating that everyone in Washington DC maintains the attitude of "please don't confuse me with the facts". I have become convinced that the inertia of the status quo is next to impossible to overcome. I have given up hope on Doha as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com