Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Would You Belive it??

Food safety...Time April 18th .... "Thanks to new legislation, the U.S. is spending 1.4 billion to inspect a growing number of foreign food sources. But will that be enough?" I guess I am probably one of the most naive people on this planet. I always thought that I lived in the most wonderful place this earth had to offer. I remember in school I was told we were the "breadbasket" of the world. My teachers even went so far as to tell me that we could easily be self sustaining with our products, our ingenuity, and our desire to be number one. I now understand that we no longer can supply the world's needs, as a matter of fact, we can't even supply our own needs. What a shame!! Now, let's suppose we were to take that little 1.4 billion and let the farmers that used to operated small farms that fed this great country do it again. How about cutting out those multi-corporate magnates who took advantage of the stupidly handled farm subsidies of many years ago and letting the little farmer, who got squeezed out, get back into business. How about something really stupid like actually relying on what our country has to offer? What do you think about cutting off the millions of immigrants coming here now (especially those who have nothing to offer at all) and make use of our own labor force? How about another crazy idea of actually letting our own people work instead of draw on money that was just printed yesterday with nothing to back it up? Have I scratched that open sore yet? Are you ready to strike out and hit me yet? Or,....just maybe you agree with something I might have written? We sit around her on our political butts and say silly things like "let's police the world, you know all of those that we now rely upon for product, food, fun, and the likes...it is so much easier than actually (excuse me) doing it ourselves and getting our hands dirty." If you don't think that is what we are doing you aren't paying attention. The government now thinks we need more education to keep up...maybe we do, but we also need people that can take an idea from their head and let it flow down into the hands and get it accomplished...these are called workers!!!!! Gosh I hope that isn't a new word!! I could go on and on, but I won't. Just some food for thought from a guy that started out at 13 working 12 hours a day and going to school and does know what work is all about.