the state of the world and a hole in my dog

So I'm sitting here on a Sunday morning after a healthy night of getting sick, but not from drinking and I'm catching up on all the reading I've missed out on. Not long books, but rather my preferred literature - farm magazines. Now is often both a very good and very frustrating time to be reading about all the things that people in warmer climates can still do (still doesn't make me want to move to texas though) and winter issues are usually about more of the state of the world and the farming community. Of course this one I'm working through is incredibly democratic and most of the articles are about petitioning Obama. There's evils around. Obama promised to eradicate them. He promised!!!
I'm not sure if I believe that he's listening to me, the half-farmer half-consumer in shit-town Ohio with no savings and little influence on my surroundings, I mean with millions of Americans loosing their houses and their jobs, why would GMO crop reform be top on the list? With farming subsidies so out of whack, with factory chicken plants just eeking by on only 24% e.coli sent to market... why take the time now to reform it? Is public outcry still high or are they more worried about putting food on the table than colony collapse disorder?

I will try not to post another fatalistic, depressing blog. Perhaps it's not keeping food down that's making me be a little loopy or I just discovered a hole in the side of my faithful companion and don't have the money to take her to the vet but I'm having trouble seeing the silver lining come Jan 20th.