Posted on 06/17/2008 10:06:20 AM PDT by Saint X
Searching high and low for someone to blame for contaminated tomatoes, CNN’s Lou Dobbs tried: imported produce; a “moronic” Food and Drug Administration; and finally, President George W. Bush.
In the June 16 edition of “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” Dobbs slammed the FDA and the president for not controlling the salmonella outbreak.
After claiming that the FDA is “led by complete moronic, unengaged incompetents” and calling them “idiots,” Dobbs proceeded to link the spread of salmonella to Bush. “As for this administration, were a responsible president at the helm of this country, I would wonder why he is not taking action, but then again, this is of course his FDA and his legacy.”
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So tiring....I have come to the opinion that nobody in Washington have any control of these agencies. They are out of control and there is nothing we can do about it.
What an idiot this Dobbs is!
Sure Lou, sure
I thought it was “domestic” tomatoes from California?..............
...It appears Lou has caught a touch of BDS...I hope you get better Lou.
Sometimes Lou is right on the money, but sometimes he says some things way over the top.
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Lest we not forget who his employer is: The Communist News Network. He must do what is expected in order to stay employed.
Note that supposedly “conservative” network hosts spend most of their time bashing Republicans and their leadership.
This is the network idea of “balanced reporting”.
When Dobbs backfills his toilet... he blames Bush.
Good Grief! Is he he trying to out derange keith olberman or what?? These 2 boys need to grow up.
I definitely blame lefties about that one.
No, Clinton opened the door for NAFTA, and Bush signed CAFTA so we can grow food with slave labor in countries south of us. The margin on a cucumber goes from 2 cents to 4 cents, so it is worth it for corporations to move their production to non-minimum wage/non-union type situations.
Including the costs of shipping still make margins better when you pay 25% of the cost of labor from the US.
So if a sparrow falls, it's Bush's fault.
Why not try WASHING your tomatoes every time you eat them. There is a reason why Europeans thought they were poisonous when they first encountered tomatoes in the new world.
He often lets his concern for his “independent American” bona fides trump common sense.
Correct me if I’m wrong; but didn’t industry want to irradiate produce to prevent this from happening. Wasn’t it the liberal do gooders who shot that plan down. I think the word irradiate scared them.
What salmonella outbreak?
I’m to the point where I give everything an ‘instant hot’ bath before I ingest.
This appliance was meant to give me a quick cup of hot water for tea or instant coffee.
Now it is used for every single piece of raw fruit or vegetable BEFORE we eating. That includes strawberries, blueberries, etc. EVERYTHING.
Why doesn't this obvious answer get more air time? I mean, come on, a farm is not the cleanest place in world, then there's the people that handle the vegetables.
And how 'bout all those people in the markets fondling the food?
If Salmonella was all people got, they should be thankful.
oh, how 'bout people that eat raw, unwashed mushrooms? (and not the entertaining kind...)
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