Posters who have BDS should now all be UNEMPLOYED... Alas, it has not happened...
On Jan 30, 4:06 pm, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > So what’s up with the Democrats putting lobbyists in top cabinet > positions? Do you simply turn the other way when Democrats are in > office? I guess you should revise your tag line to "Republicans AND > Democrats: All propaganda. No patriotism." Hmm… I might start using > that myself. > > As I said, you’re interested in trying to score political points, not > discussing the problem. How is this episode any different than the > ones that occurred during the Clinton administration? > > The simple truth is the FDA, like every other government agency, is > too big, too ineffective and too corrupt. It’s been this way for a > very long time. Historical data clearly shows this. To suggest that > Bush is the cause of something that has been going on long before he > became President is illogical - but your partisan hypocrisy has been > duly noted. > > On Jan 30, 2:50 pm, Fritz_da_Cat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is it really? Putting a lobbyist who disregarded regulations and let > > food producers do whatever the fuck they wanted is what was really > > dumb and hs endangered our nation's food supply on multiple > > occasions. > > > Republicans: All propaganda. No patriotism. > > > On Jan 30, 11:07 am, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Sorry Fritz, but this is just dumb. To put this into perspective I > > > offer the following *sample* of contaminated food problems that > > > occurred in just one year during the Clinton administration (not > > > attacking Clinton, he just happens to have been the president before > > > Bush); > > > > - A parasite, Cyclospora, on raspberries from Guatemala caused over > > > 1000 consumer illnesses all over the country and in Canada. > > > - E. coli poisoning outbreaks traced to lettuce caused at least 100 > > > consumer illnesses in three states. > > > - E. coli and Cryptosporidium poisoning from unpasteurized juice > > > products, including Odwalla juice, caused over 100 consumer illnesses > > > and one death in at least 5 states. > > > - 23 deaths were traced to one bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, in raw > > > shellfish. > > > - Over 70 consumer illnesses from shellfish were traced to raw oysters > > > from Louisiana. In January 1997, in another major outbreak, over 400 > > > consumers became ill from oysters. > > > > Oddly enough, I don't recall that vast right wing conspiracy team ever > > > blaming Clinton for these problems. The truth of the matter is it's > > > impossible to police everyone, and these things will happen. It > > > usually turns out to be careless and indifferent producers who figure > > > they can take shortcuts and not get caught. Normally they do, until > > > someone gets hurt. > > > > Here's a quote from the same story, which was written in June 1997, > > > right in the middle of Clinton's presidency; > > > > "Last year, there was a bumper crop of food borne illnesses from FDA- > > > regulated foods," said Caroline Smith DeWaal, director of food safety > > > at the CSPI. "Years of inadequate funding have left FDA with a food > > > safety program that is little more than a recall agency for > > > contaminated foods." > > > > From a May 1997 report titled; "Scrambled Eggs: How a broken food > > > safety system let contaminated eggs become a national food poisoning > > > epidemic" (http://www.cspinet.org/reports/eggs.html) > > > > "The history of the federal government's failure to curb the > > > [Salmonella] epidemic illustrates the ineffectiveness of having > > > multiple government agencies responsible for regulating the same food. > > > The agencies were further hamstrung by a Congress that cut funding for > > > a pilot control program just as it was beginning to show results and > > > an industry that, except for producers in Pennsylvania, resisted > > > attempts to prevent egg contamination on the farm." > > > > This problem has existed for a loooong time. It's just a shame there > > > are still disingenuous people more interested in scoring political > > > points than addressing the problem. > > > > On Jan 30, 12:36 pm, Fritz_da_Cat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/us/29Peanut.html?_r=1&8au&emc=au > > > > > Bush didn't protect us. He poisoned us.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
