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[Don Bowen KI6DIU <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 2/23/2008, you wrote:

> I only used it to show the vulnerability of relying on local food
> production. I happen to be a big advocate of local food production,
> but I think it is insane to rely on it and not have alternative
> supplies.

The problem with the Irish Potato was that it was a single genetic 
variety.  A pathogen would then attack and take most of the crop until a 
new variety came along.  There were several Potato Famines over the course 
of the century.  At one time the Irish Immigrant was hated more than the 
Hispanic immigrant of today.  Many of our early immigration laws were 
designed to control the Irish on the east coast and the Chinese on the west.



Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up                       KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com