Because I notice that all the people you pinged, did not actually reply/participate on the topic, except for myself.
And “my little rant” could not possibly have been misconstrued as supportive of any of the points you listed in YOUR rant against the USDA.
When/if you ever sober up, feel free to apologise publically, and profusely.
I will not accept a private apology from you, at this point.
You, sir or madamn, are either an idiot or a troll!
None of the pingees responded, therefore I perforce am drinking? Now, THAT'S a howler!
Just FYI, the pingees are all very serious small government advocates, hence the ping. That they have not (yet) responded here is not indicative of anything at all. I don't respond, invariably, to their pings either, but instead limit commentary to the occasions whereon I've something to contribute.
Apologise? To you, or indeed to any statist? Another howler. That will simply never occur.
This "farm bill" was and is more statist poison, an enormous amount of new pork, and larded with yet more instances of crony capitalism, such as has been rampant in all the years of this century. However, you have cause for cheer; this piece of garbage posing as legislation will return, due to the inability of the Regress to refrain from buying votes.