part 2 Its now enough time that all those who were 'forewarned' could have switched to something else, but there is now yet another generation of farmers (and 'big agriculture') that is dependent on those gov't incentives/backups (for those who don't know--if the price for the tobacco isn't enough, the gov't buys that tobacco at the higher price that is already set and stores the tobacco--thus guaranteeing farmers their 'price' and giving them no incentive to switch to a different agricultural product). We can't talk out of both sides of our mouth on this G. If we don't want it, then we should pressure our gov't to stop these economic incentives to farmers and help them move on (in this part of the country they could make a fortune on 'turf' farms LOL). I have to say too, that I used to raise sheep and got 'wool incentives' for 'guarantees', but that's been done away with. Farmers can adjust. I sure didn't mean to give an economics lecture here, but Europeans are probably not aware of how our system works in total. We have the surgeon general issuing warnings, class action suits in court and paying farmers to grow the stuff. What a crazy thing, right?!?! LOL. I guess this is REAL OT, isn't it?!? Sorry--as to the image--art IS controversial in many cases (look at Legume's--gee, he hasn't posted anything that stirred anything up for quite awhile). Diane B