King Corn

King Corn


"According to the US GAO report to Congress on the 1990 farm bill, "The government established a wool and mohair price-support program in 1954 ...to encourage domestic wool production in the interest of natural security." Really, it says that. I guess back in the fifties there was this military school of thought that held that in the event of a Soviet attack we could confuse and disorient the enemy by throwing blankets over their heads..."
- P.J. O'Rourke