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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 04:00 PM
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"U.S. could drop screening for deadly strain of E. coli"
http://www.mcall.com/health/ct-met-pathogen-program-20110704,0,5968438.story

At a time of rising concern over pathogens in produce, Congress is moving to eliminate the only national program that regularly screens U.S. fruits and vegetables for the type of E. coli that recently caused a deadly outbreak in Germany.

The House last month approved a bill that would end funding for the 10-year-old Microbiological Data Program, which tests about 15,000 annual samples of vulnerable produce such as sprouts, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, cantaloupe and cilantro for pathogens including salmonella and E. coli.
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They don't care.


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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 04:02 PM
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1. don't they and their loved ones eat
those foods as well?! wtf??
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SoutherDem Donating Member (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 04:04 PM
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2. Of course, remember the government is too big...
But, what if one of the Koch brothers die of E. coli? Would government be too big then?
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 04:05 PM
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5. Maybe if we all fling poo at them, they'll get e. Coli. n/t
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 04:05 PM
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3. May they get food poisoning and be found exsanguinated on the can, shitting blood.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 04:10 PM
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I know they are cruel, heartless bastards, but to wish that fate upon them.....
...works for me too.

Mutherfuckers!
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TalkingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 04:05 PM
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4. Nope. They have never cared, they will never care. They are heartless bastards.
Except when it comes to their own gene pool or somebody who can boost them up in the world.
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IndianaJoe Donating Member (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 04:07 PM
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6. Good idea!
Only liberals believe in the germ theory of disease. You won't find germs mentioned anywhere in the Bible. If you can't even see those little bitty things, how can they hurt you?
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Big Blue Marble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 04:07 PM
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7. Perhaps the rich will have their own private screenings. N/T
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 04:10 PM
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8. And the poor can get jobs as food tasters
See? The free market always works things out to the maximum benefit of everyone.
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Big Blue Marble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 04:25 PM
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11. How wonderfully that could work for all.
:sarcasm:
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murielm99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 04:17 PM
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9. Stupid.
I had e. coli a couple of years ago. It is no joke. I am lucky to be here.
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Drale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 04:19 PM
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10. People should stop using the word Congress when talking about
something evil the House terrorists are trying to do. It still takes 2 houses and the president to create a law.
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 04:27 PM
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12. What part of Die Quickly, don't you understand?
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 05:04 PM
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15. Exactly
those screenings and preparing for them diminish the bottom line
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Tunkamerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 04:55 PM
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13. Who was it that pointed out a few weeks ago
that Americans are more worried about defaulting on national debt than they are about having safe food and water?
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-11 05:03 PM
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14. They'll all jump on the bandwagon until someone near and dear to one of
them gets STEC and is grievously harmed or killed. Then the outrage will be directed toward the incompetent Obama administration and/or incompetent federal workers in FDA and USDA, and they will demand privatization of all food safety programs.

And they just might get it.
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