Feds Take Down Amish Farmer... Over Milk

Pundit Press ^ | 4/29/11 | Aurelius

[G Larry]

The Obama commie machine must go!

[patton]

On the other hand, the smallpox vaccine was invented when Thos. Salk discovered that diary maids never got smallpox. “Fresh faced, like a dairy maid. No scars.”

Cowpox confers immunity to smallpox.

How many lives has that saved?

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Yep. To drink milk that has not been pasteurized is like the idiot that lived with the grizzlies and said 'I love you bear'; they eventually ate him.

[John Leland 1789]

Letters being written to elected representatives about such over-reaching and anti-liberty actions of bureacracies? Or only sarcasms being posted on forums?

[RnMomof7]

Do you think this is the vision of America our founding Fathers had when they spoke about freedom? They are making a libertarian out of me..

[Dead Corpse]

Well, because of your anecdotal evidence... we should just toss 'em all in jail. Even though there were no complaints filed. Maybe especially because no complaints were filed. After all, it says right there in the Constitution that the FedGov can toss people in jail over milk.

/s

[magslinger]

Testing positive for TB is not the same as having it. My mother’s family got their milk from their cow with a T branded on her cheek. She always tested positive, but she never has never had TB.

[6SJ7]

Bioweapon!

[Roninf5-1]

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[TheOldLady]

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[radioone]

They said if I voted for John McCain, the government would shut down Amish Milk Producers, and they were right.

[Dead Corpse]

You know... If people didn't want to assume that risk... They wouldn't buy it... And people would stop selling it.

Funny how that works completely absent GOVERNMENT.

[rickomatic]

Do you think this is the vision of America our founding Fathers had when they spoke about freedom? They are making a libertarian out of me..

This is the reason our government is so over their heads and broke. They do way too many things that don't need to be done. And because of strong lobbies, none of it can be rolled back. We could do away with most of the alphabet agencies and be just fine.

[rickomatic]

Actually we had better form one new alphabet agency if we get rid of most of the other ones. Freepers would do just fine. But we’d need the DIA (Department of Idiots Assistance) for the ones that seem to think they need all this government intrusion into their lives.

[Hoodat]

Raw milk is the only kind of milk my son can drink. He has an allergic reaction to pasteurized milk.

The farm where I usually buy my milk is now acting illegally, thanks to our previous Congress. And yes, that includes Republicans.

[Roos_Girl]

You buy raw milk from farmers you trust, then review their testing records for not just TB, but brucellosis and johnes also. It’s really none of the gov’t business what kind of milk people want to drink.

But pasteurized milk can have just as many problems as unpasteurized including salmonella and e coli contamination and people have died from those infections directly attributed to come from the pasteurized milk they drank.

[sten]

oh thank goodness we had the feds taking out the amish milk sellers.

it’s not like we have radical blank panthers intimidating voters or rabid drug gangs kidnapping & killing our citizens or anything.

get those evil milk peddlers!

/sarc

these people would be a joke if their actions didn’t have consequences. unfortunately, they do. as such, they are a clear and present danger to all Americans (that won’t vote for them)

we need to stop funding their bullsh*t

[Pure Country]

Well, because of your anecdotal evidence... we should just toss 'em all in jail. Even though there were no complaints filed. Maybe especially because no complaints were filed. After all, it says right there in the Constitution that the FedGov can toss people in jail over milk.

Oh for Pete's Sake...I didn't say let the Feds run your life, I was just saying that if you get milk straight from the farmer, then pasteurize it yourself before you drink it. Good Grief. Calm Down. Chill OUT! Or are you normally a Drama Queen?

[wny]

if this were a Republican adminstration and chocolate milk, the leftholes would be screaming racism

[Dead Corpse]

Drama King, actually. Confusion over gender isn't an issue.

BTW... I agree that Pasteurization is a very good idea and I wouldn't personally buy raw milk. I just wanted to make the point that this should be an individual decision absent government asshattery.

Don't take the Internet too personally. It isn't healthy...