The Man Who Gives Corrupt a Whole New Meaning

[ekg]

Ah now I understand!


I think it's stupid to prosecute Amish for selling unpasteurized milk.  It doesn't matter to me if Bush or Obama is the President.  Of course for you guys, whose President is all that matters.

you guys?  really?

wow, if only here was some way for you to know that your 'you guys' was bullshit and quite a large fib...I mean, if there were posts or something where those 'you guys' had said the same exact thing.....

oh well, I guess we'll never know and you can just go on fibbing..

as for " whose President is all that matters".... coming from a member of the party of No, I find that amusing..

[Howey]

They weren't prosecuted for selling unpasteurized milk. You know that, don't you?

hmmmm...another unanswered question.

Anyhow, about that milk:

The federal government said Tuesday that fresh milk is 150 times more dangerous than pasteurized milk — a finding that bolsters the government’s argument as it goes after farmers who sell unpasteurized milk across state lines (**cough** **cough**.

After a 13-year review, the taxpayer-funded Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said states where so-called “raw milk” is available had twice the rate of dairy-related disease outbreaks as states where those sales are banned.

And disease outbreaks from fresh milk are more serious in nature, according to the study, which found 200 out of 239 hospitalizations during the study stemmed from cases of fresh milk.

“Restricting the sale of raw milk products is likely to reduce the number of outbreaks and can help keep people healthier,” said Dr. Robert Tauxe, director of CDC’s division of foodborne, waterborne and environmental diseases. “The states that allow sale of raw milk will probably continue to see outbreaks in the future.”

[ekg]

lol  I still don't agree with it,

[Howey]

lol  I still don't agree with it,

Feel free to feed some to the girls and let us know how that turns out. 

[ekg]

Feel free to feed some to the girls and let us know how that turns out. 

I have, in France.. and it was pretty damn awesome.

also, when I was little, we used to get raw milk from a cow guy we knew.. we never had any problems with it..

I"m not saying it's all good, but neither is what is on the shelf's today with all the hormones and antibiotics... and selling raw milk to people who want it, should be allowed and not treated like some meth drug deal..

[Howey]

I have, in France.. and it was pretty damn awesome.

also, when I was little, we used to get raw milk from a cow guy we knew.. we never had any problems with it..

I"m not saying it's all good, but neither is what is on the shelf's today with all the hormones and antibiotics... and selling raw milk to people who want it, should be allowed and not treated like some meth drug deal..

Don't matter. We're both lactose intolerant. The day after  one of our infrequent ice cream splurges would  probably put a hole in the atmosphere Al Gore couldn't fix.

[ekg]

Don't matter. We're both lactose intolerant. The day after  one of our infrequent ice cream splurges would  probably put a hole in the atmosphere Al Gore couldn't fix.

[Howey]

True story. One I will be killed for when he sees this. Jb has a weak stomach. He heard me laughing my ass off last night and asked me what I was watching. I told him it was Monday's Two and a half men.

This morning I made him watch it. Thank God there was a bucket on the patio.

[ekg]

True story. One I will be killed for when he sees this. Jb has a weak stomach. He heard me laughing my ass off last night and asked me what I was watching. I told him it was Monday's Two and a half men.

This morning I made him watch it. Thank God there was a bucket on the patio.

HA!

Had I been Allan, I would have paid Berta $1000 to clean that bathroom... LOL

[Howey]

HA!

Had I been Allan, I would have paid Berta $1000 to clean that bathroom... LOL

Your toilet gif made me think of it.

"Ohhhh Johnny look at the toilet!"

"Brrrraawaapppp!!!!!!!!!!!"

I'm not mean, am I?

[Howey]

I'll do better than that, I'll show you.

Now, we were talking about the purpose of contracting out services, the purpose of which is to save money.  That has exactly zero to do with a licensing board job.  So why you wanted to distract the conversation to that, I've no idea.

Damn. Looking over this thread to post something about the level of corruption in our state government (and most of the prisons haven't been privatized yet!) I found this from almost a year and I missed this comment and feel a need to have the final say. 

The point I was making was that while I worked at a State Agency, I thought our goal was to prevent nurses with drug, alcohol or psychological problems from being licensed. If our job was to save the State money we wouldn't have given a damn and just licensed them.

Of course, lilMike probably realized that one point proved my argument about privatizing prisons.

Anyhow...

...the level of corruption in our state government (and most of the prisons haven't been privatized yet!)

So this is what our Republican-led State Legislature has become? Two gangs of thugs breaking arms and threatening others just to pass a prison privatization bill? Ya know...if this had been a Democratic Legislature folks would have been raising hell. If it had been the Obama administration...well, you know. 

What are things in the Florida Legislature coming to when one senator needs protection to walk on the Senate floor? • The debate over privatizing much of Florida's prison system last week probably marks one of the few times a couple of senators provided an escort for one of their colleagues — from the opposing political party, no less. • It attracted little attention last week when Sens. Charles Dean, R-Inverness, and Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, walked onto the Senate floor before the debate on privatizing prisons with Sen. Larcenia Bullard, D-Miami, between them. • Bullard, who has been seriously ill with a recurring heart condition, had been in tears after days of pressure from Senate leaders and lobbyists who wanted her to be the deciding vote in favor of a bill that would have privatized 27 South Florida prisons.

It's probably no coincidence that this week Gaetz and Thrasher unsuccessfully tried to seize control of a battle over who will follow Gaetz as Senate president. One of those contestants happens to be Latvala, one of the key opponents of the prison privatization bill.

The Senate vote on prison privatization followed weeks of intrigue. Several senators questioned why the Republican leadership rushed the bill through without allowing it to be considered by committees that traditionally review criminal justice issues. And the search for votes to support it was relentless.

The Democrats, including Bullard, were solidly opposed. That didn't stop Republican supporters of the legislation from beating a path to her door.

On the day of the final Senate vote, Rich and several other women senators accompanied Bullard back to her office after extricating her from a committee room where she had been lobbied by Thrasher and Alexander.

Summoned by Rich, Sens. Audrey Gibson, D-Jacksonville, and Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa, stayed with Bullard for the remainder of the day to fend off colleagues determined to change her mind.

"It was straight out of a gangster movie,'' Gibson said as she described the effort. "Arthenia and I are her sorority sisters so we wanted to sit with her and let her know we had her back.''

Gibson said supporters of the prison privatization bill were "dead-set to get it through at whatever cost."

"But we had the same vehemence to make sure she was able to be there and vote and not in the hospital,'' Gibson added. "Nobody should pounce on somebody's weakness. That's just not right.''

damn...

[Howey]

PS:

If you really want to see how sick our state is, read some of the comments on that article.

[ekg]

Damn. Looking over this thread to post something about the level of corruption in our state government (and most of the prisons haven't been privatized yet!) I found this from almost a year and I missed this comment and feel a need to have the final say. 

The point I was making was that while I worked at a State Agency, I thought our goal was to prevent nurses with drug, alcohol or psychological problems from being licensed. If our job was to save the State money we wouldn't have given a damn and just licensed them.

Of course, lilMike probably realized that one point proved my argument about privatizing prisons.

Anyhow...

So this is what our Republican-led State Legislature has become? Two gangs of thugs breaking arms and threatening others just to pass a prison privatization bill? Ya know...if this had been a Democratic Legislature folks would have been raising hell. If it had been the Obama administration...well, you know. 

damn...

if those tactics don't prove someone is going to be raking in the $$$$ then what does it prove? what, that they'll save money? ahhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhha

sure.. thug-life is all about the savings..