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CHATHAM, Va. — Tomorrow, Jan. 19, is National Popcorn Day. To celebrate, why not appreciate the crop that has silently outperformed tobacco in Pittsylvania County for more than a century? Corn production in Pittsylvania County experienced its first sharp hike in the 1880s, as locally-produced liquor was hard to come by and corn was king crop for liquor production at the time. In one of Chathams ten taverns on Main Street in the 1880s, corn malt liquor sold for $1 a gallon and sweet mash...

You get a conservative blogger yesterday, as well, to endorsing ted cruz those things i think will help a little bit more but this is a race that favors outsiders. im not sure endorsements are going to clinch any race for anybody here. >> and how is iowa looking right now? what do you see? >> you know, cruz looks really strong. hes got a lot of momentum. but, of course, its very hard for someone who opposes ethanol, ethanol subsidies to do well there. well see the ethanol the bill people who are...

People to do whatever -- it is they want about the bee program or the corn subsidies, whatever. theyre dangling the poor people over the ledge to get the business people to do what they want them to do. thats the political dynamic going on. >> what is ultra ironic about this, fincher, the one who says the poor will always be with us, is someone who has benefited from farm subsidies. the irony here is incredibly think. i wonder as someone in washington that follows policy and legislation carefull...

Low and reach high and youre going to find those better for you cereals, et cetera. >> i do want to talk, there is, i mean theres obviously something consumers can do in terms of being more vigilant. but theres the role that government plays and well get into that discussion. first and foremost. theres the money that goes into the corn industry and the money that goes to the sugar industry, in terms of taxpayer subsidies for junk food in the year 2011, 1.over $1 billion went to junk food ingredi...

Rig right/left, and people who come for corn subsidies. there is a big white iron on the left the more that you move personal health care spending and health insurance premiums into the governments fear which is that we. so if you were buying many improvement in. >> youre absolutely right. the best. brit tain has never been healthier before 0.

>> i agree with everything coming out of your mouth. here the primary barrier i see to getting money, people and problem solving together to create jobs. quite simply, there are certain industries for whom it is vastly more profitable not to do this. that there are industries that pay politicians campaign donations as a direct functionality, because it is more profitable for those businesses to do that. whether in the health care industry. whether its in the telecom industry. whether its in bank...

Eat meat or fish. maybe we should change our diet. thats something that our part of the world has to do before, sort of the third world, the developing world, because they are already eating in that way. >> you mentioned the corn subsidies earlier, you know our undertaking here is largely targeted as what we see as the unholy alliance between business and state. agricultural, business, i dont care what it is, how relevant do you think the manipulation of food prices because of the relationship b...

How many times i remember you telling me you personally eaten more than two weses when all you need is two. do you have an agenda to eliminate the obesity scourge which will bring down health costs as well. >> i would like to applaud michelle obama and the awareness that shes bringing to this. i think people need to be aware of how many calories they are consuming and how many calories they burn and its really a math equation. were a country that eats too much and maybe farm subsidies and corn s...

Slash their budgets, raising taxes seems to be it. you can see why theyre seeing green on this one. soda is big business. $18.7 billion in sales over the past year. soda tax may push consumers to lower calorie options. it may help states fill their budget gaps, but if i want my sugar fix, is this somewhere the government should be vold? i guess my bigger question is, if youre going to take money out of my bad eating and drinking habits, are we narrowing the field too much by targeting sodas when...

$18.7 billion in sales over the next year. it may push some consumers to lower calorie options. it may help states to fill their budget gaps, but, matt, if i want my sugar fix is this somewhere the government should be involved? i guess my bigger question is if youre going to be involved in taking money out of my bad eating or drinking habits are we narrowing the field too much by just targeting sodas when, in fact, there are many ways i can get fat and unhealthy? >> im not totally against sin t...