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Posted by: gatitabonitasen 1 year, 4 months ago

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First, they came for the spinach. I remember the day last September. The supermarket had a new kind of salad dressing, one that looked like it would taste good with spinach. I went to the produce section to buy a bag. But they all had been recalled. Three people had died from E. coli contamination from eating spinach. I decided I could live w

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crespi1 year, 4 months ago

They've already ruined our intellectual health, our spiritual health, and our emotional health.
So why wouldn't neocons want to ruin our physical health.
Nazi doctrine says a sick and damaged population is easier to control.
God Bless George Bush.
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Reignman1 year, 4 months ago

A bit of advice... Stop smoking crack, get a job, take control of your life, and stop wasting your time on this complete and udder B.S.... Finally BE HAPPY!!
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  Lurch1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Do you consume food or liquids?
  OK, maybe you don`t, but does your family?
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Matteu001 year, 4 months ago

Well let's see. Reduce checks on the food supply, outsource to foreign countries, watch as dogs and cats die, tell everyone don't let the next terrorist attack be a mushroom cloud and guess what? Al Qaeda Healthy Brand salads and beef will hit supermarkets this fall. Yes Neo_-cons, you have threatened us with mushroom clouds but you didn't bother to check the mushrooms! They like to say you will die like a dog and now with Al Qaeda Healthy Brand salads and steak, you really will. This government is so inept and incompetent, while you are die from because a 50 cent check for poison wasn't conducted feel good it was a mushroom and not a mushroom cloud.
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Reignman1 year, 4 months ago

Humm Might I suggest some serious therapy for some!!!!! But I will agree on one thing our goverment is being controlled by Dumbocrats no wonder its inept!!!
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  Lurch1 year, 4 months ago
  
  So much for stop smoking crack, getting a job, taking control of your life, and stopping wasting time, eh.
  "BE HAPPY" didn`t work out for you, I see.
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pacifex1 year, 4 months ago

Partisan politics has ruined the US more than anything else.
Whoever put up this useless piece is guilty of it.
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  Lurch1 year, 4 months ago
  
  OK, so show us some facts and links to prove that the selling out of our food safety is a bipartisan issue.
  Otherwise, you`re just wasting our time and protecting the problem instead of trying to help with the solution.
  What is your solution except beyatch about politics? You are just as guilty as the poster or the writer. Actually more, because at least they are taking a stand on improving the situation.
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    pacifex1 year, 4 months ago
    
    If you take a little time to read, you will find these in the referenced topics:
    "After journalist Upton Sinclair wrote about the horrors of Chicago slaughterhouses in 1906, Congress passed new rules to make meat safer.
    But fruits and vegetables never got their Sinclair moment. There are no federal safety rules in place for fields or packinghouses, and several recent illnesses have come from contaminated produce."
    In the past 100 years both parties had not done anything.
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    "Food safety experts attribute the rise in reported outbreaks to everything from better tracking of produce through DNA to increased consumption of convenient pre-cut, bagged products such as salads."
    I had 20 years in the food industry, all reputable companies have control stricter than your home.
    You be suprise how many more people get sick from their home cooking. Do some research before you bring politics in.
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Reignman1 year, 4 months ago

I know its all the REPUBLICANS fault isnt it.. Its our fault your unemployed, its our fault for the food, its our fault for how your life has been...
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zonkra1 year, 4 months ago

"Conservative" is a term misapplied
"fascist" is the truth it's trying to hide
for a corporate merger they're hellbent
with our formerly democratic government
to wash away freedom on a Blackwater tide.
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zonkra1 year, 4 months ago

And if you don't believe their intent is foul
read above and below how the Bushbots howl!
the snickering insult and sophomoric jibe
will clearly point out those of their tribe
their faces contorted in a Cheney-esque scowl.

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themps1 year, 4 months ago

BS, terrible article.
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jdhatl1 year, 4 months ago

Food inspections always go down when republicans are in power. Industrialized food is a disaster. The only thing that gets the US food industry to do anything is fear of lawsuits. Buy your food from local farmers directly whenever possible. Zapp your coldcuts in the microwave 30 seconds before putting it on your sandwich. Bacteria thrive in refrigerated meats.
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