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Strategies & Market Trends : Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis
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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (4310)4/14/2004 1:51:13 PM
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`Green Acres' Misleads U.S. Congress on Pork:
Capitol Hill is the stage set for many surreal publicity stunts. Congress watchers get used to the weirdness of seeing a U.S. senator on the newest ethanol-fueled motorbike or some anorexic Hollywood starlet testifying before the agriculture committee on the dangers of malnutrition.

But the appearance last week of a pair of pigs in the hallowed halls of the U.S. legislature was a particularly notable event, part policy seminar, part ``Green Acres'' episode. All that was missing was Eva Gabor, drenched in diamonds and clad in a nightgown, sounding alarms about the costs of federal debt service. Even in an election year, you can't have everything.

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