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Obama's Failure to Help May Spring from Racism

Charles2040 Wrote: Sep 03, 2009 8:34 AM

runs along the lines of union....a bill is sitting on Arnolds desk for him to sign that pertains to the union (card check). This water issue is a pressure tactic to get him to sign it into law. Because if he signs it they will then give the central valley water. Politics is the only reason we don't have water for our crops...the fish is only an excuse. Rom emanual sent dead fish to people....do you think he was sending a message?

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Obama's Failure to Help May Spring from Racism

Welcome to Mendota, Calif. Its population is 10,000. Most of its families work in farming; the town used to be called the "cantaloupe capital of the world." Today, unemployment hovers around 41 percent. The town is now known as "the food-line capital," says Mendota's mayor, Robert Silva. This is the Dust Bowl, circa 2009.

Mendota is located in Fresno County, where July unemployment stood at 15 percent. And even that staggering number is artificially low because of all the temporary employees hired to pick the seasonal vegetables like squash, carrots, tomatoes and peppers.

Why are the communities of Fresno...

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