HEY-O THE DERRY-O, THE FARMER ON THE DOLE: I know I haven’t updated my page on farm subsidies in a while. That’s because I haven’t seen any new developments or arguments. So this is my twofold plea: 1) Please email me at [email protected] if you see any intriguing, strange, or troubling farm-dole news, or, especially, if you read any defenses of the subsidy regime that are either popular or persuasive. I’d also like more stuff on Republicans and the farm dole; the history of farm subsidies; information on the Farm Aid concert; blogs, webrings, and other personal pages of farmers; pages on information technology and farming; and, most importantly, web sites for farmers who need support but don’t want to perpetuate the farm welfare system. Some of that info (like the history and Farm Aid items) I’ll eventually scrounge up myself. But much of the site’s future goodness will depend on links people send me and things I just happen to run across. Be a part of the goodness!

2) I read somewhere or other that Google finds and ranks sites partially based on links–in other words, if people keep linking to pages debunking Marc Herold’s Afghan civilian death estimates, eventually those pages will be first in the rankings when you Google “marc herold afghan civilian deaths.” Similarly, I’d like to make The Farm Dole a much better site than it is–and I think it does have some good stuff on it now–so if you all like the page and want me to get more responses for it, please consider doing this: farm subsidies

on your own sites.

Thanks. And now back to our feature presentation.