tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post8411804025311656209..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Obama Sells Out Supporters. . . AgainAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-89637408853462991022010-04-28T11:13:43.779-04:002010-04-28T11:13:43.779-04:00anon, It's true. The problems really are with...anon, It's true. The problems really are with the big players and what they are allowed to get away with is stunning. If people knew, they would demand a total re-working of the system.<br /><br />I hope that someday, someone finally starts taking these issues seriously. But the agency tends to be a total afterthought, interesting only to the people who use it to milk the rest of us and avoid doing things right.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-56470399531480075712010-04-28T01:24:18.592-04:002010-04-28T01:24:18.592-04:00If the whole of the USDA rules regarding contamina...If the whole of the USDA rules regarding contaminates in our foods were known, all right thinking would grow their own and hunt their own.<br />Items like the allowable rodent quantity of hair or feces in ground and prepared meats come to mind. How about the amount of puss allowed in milk? Doesn't that create a mind set?<br />I feel all of the government related controls and inspections should be reactive instead of proactive as they are.<br />Why are these less than palatable<br />items in the rules?<br />It is because when food is processed by the consumer care is taken. The same for the local or regional processor. <br />Not for the MEGA-PROCESSOR their operations are so large and require so much plant area that control of rodents cannot be absolute. If something becomes contaminated mix it with the good stuff,the percentage is small.<br />Puss in your milk doesn't occur in the regional dairy. but it does in the MEGA-DAIRY where the cow is milked even when injured or sick because the numbers on each cow must be kept regardless.<br />Maybe cannibalism is the answer<br />I hear the illegals taste like chicken when cooked right.<br />There we can solve that problem also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-83876476934292839092010-04-27T15:52:25.745-04:002010-04-27T15:52:25.745-04:00Lawhawk, It's the classic example of an agency...Lawhawk, It's the classic example of an agency doing things it shouldn't be doing at the expense of doing things it should be doing. They really need to completely change the way they do business.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-55398568588930277452010-04-27T15:17:30.416-04:002010-04-27T15:17:30.416-04:00Andrew: How right you are. The USDA has been an ...Andrew: How right you are. The USDA has been an agency of misfeasance and malfeasance since its very inception. It was one of the earliest examples of how government interference in the market makes for bad economics and crony politics. It serves neither producers nor consumers, and exists solely to perpetuate its own existence. Its only legitimate function is inspection, and it's the one they've botched up constantly over the past few decades. It has gotten its nose into the economy from the price of milk in Wisconsin to the purity of the water cows drink in California. Begone, USDA !LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-58956719317266451882010-04-27T14:20:07.013-04:002010-04-27T14:20:07.013-04:00Joel, The USDA has a long, bad history of influenc...Joel, The USDA has a <i>long</i>, bad history of influence peddling, corruption, and just total mismanagement. It's an agency that has been dominated by the people it regulates almost since its birth, and they've used it to squeeze trillions of dollars out of taxpayers and to crush their competitors.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-15920329483690573932010-04-27T14:18:24.401-04:002010-04-27T14:18:24.401-04:00Stan, In this case, it's the corollary, what t...Stan, In this case, it's the corollary, what the government can do for donors, it will do for donors.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-88787634053281774522010-04-27T14:09:04.378-04:002010-04-27T14:09:04.378-04:00This is news to me. I always thought of USDA as be...This is news to me. I always thought of USDA as being a positive thing. USDA approved beef was something that I grew up with.Joel Farnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-20834529146669090782010-04-27T14:02:38.274-04:002010-04-27T14:02:38.274-04:00That’s Barry’s m-o, if it’s government make it big...That’s Barry’s m-o, if it’s government make it bigger. The USDA is no exception!StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-76958255359253940892010-04-27T12:44:46.649-04:002010-04-27T12:44:46.649-04:00Bev, If the people who are talking about this (sma...Bev, If the people who are talking about this (small producers, organic growers, environmentalists, and leftists) are correct, this could go a long way to shutting down small farms in this country.<br /><br />Small farms rely on the small producers because the big producers will only deal with the massive commercial farms and feed lots. So if this ends up wiping out those producers, then it's likely that small farmers will go out of business because they will lose the infrastructure they needed to get their goods to the market.<br /><br />That's what this is about. And that's why the left is so shocked that Obama has abandoned them on this.<br /><br />Sadly, none of us are shocked.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-30444658792044965502010-04-27T12:38:08.387-04:002010-04-27T12:38:08.387-04:00My head just stopped spinning from the shock...I h...My head just stopped spinning from the shock...I had to lie down and put a cold cloth on my forehead. These shocks are beginning to take their toll.<br /><br />Of course it's Bush's fault. He didn't do anything right ever. But when Obama does the same thing, he does everything exactly the way we want it done always.<br /><br />The good news is that the "people" are taking their food into their own hands. The "100 miles" movement is really catching on and people are understanding that they just can't be so far away from their primary food sources anymore. If for no other reason than local security. So the big multinational agribusinesses hopefully will have less clout anyway. <br /><br />Anyway, don't the Obamas grown their own veggies in the WH garden?BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-72317197622456918372010-04-27T11:29:25.615-04:002010-04-27T11:29:25.615-04:00Writer X, I know, shocking isn't it? And here...Writer X, I know, shocking isn't it? And here I thought Obama was "change". Wasn't he supposed to finally give the government back to the people. . . not Wall Street, not the unions, not his biggest contributors?<br /><br />It must be Bush's fault somehow.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-47588289935848605512010-04-27T10:43:59.916-04:002010-04-27T10:43:59.916-04:00I'm shocked. President Obama is pandering to s...I'm shocked. President Obama is pandering to special interests and big campaign donors?Writer Xnoreply@blogger.com