i'll take a burger, hold the diarrhea.
the fda, always acting in the public interest, has refused to release the name of the restaurant chain, possibly responsible for the recent outbreak of salmonella illness related to eating raw tomatoes.
i decided to do just a little sleuthing to find a possible culprit.
first off, we found out that it was tomatoes.
then, i remember finding out about this thing in the first place from headlines stating that mcdonalds had decided to pull tomatoes from it's menu.
next, the fda announces that people are getting sick from eating at different outlets from the same restaurant chain. so, it's a chain. this illness has occurred in multiple outlets from the same restaurant chain in 17 states.
i just happened to pick through the news and found out about a boy, who got sick with salmonella in some middle of nowhere town in washington called omak. thanks to google, i found that omak has a mcdonalds, an arbys, a taco bell and a burger king. there are also 2 more mcdonalds close by, whereas there are no more of the other chains nearby. from what i remember of arbys, there ain't no raw tomatoes on any of those meat-tastic sandwiches of theirs.
so, let's narrow it down to the others, but mcdonalds, playing it's hand early, makes me very suspicious that it's them.
whoever the culprit, this episode has supposedly destroyed several aspects of the tomato industry, from the growers, to distributors, sellers, restaurants, fast-food chains and whoever else that put's them in stuff for us to eat. it also appears that the fda is trying to protect whatever chain it is that's responsible for this mess, but this protectionism, while helping the guilty company is screwing everyone else in the industry at a time when things are already bad for our mutual economy.
more politics goodies:
against science
people deny the same science which rules every part of their lives
» read | posted: 2009-10-05
risky business
there's more to the 200 billion dollar bailout of freddie mac and fanny mae than meets the eye.
» read | posted: 2008-09-11
this author knows sarah palin
got this email forwarded to me from a friend of a friend who apparently knows sarah palin
» read | posted: 2008-09-11
the decline and fall
reading edward gibbon's 'decline and fall of the roman empire.' an interesting read.
» read | posted: 2008-07-06
irradiated nation
irradiation is supposed to kill bacteria. doesn't appear to work.
» read | posted: 2008-06-19
i'll take a burger, hold the diarrhea.
who is responsible for the salmonella spread and why is the fda protecting them?
» read | posted: 2008-06-16
future ghettos
the cost of gasoline is going to change the way americans live, whether they like it or not.
» read | posted: 2008-02-29
iSuck
we hate the war, but are powerless to do anything about it. this is why.
» read | posted: 2008-02-24
dr. ron paul
a friend suggested i take a look at dr. ron paul, so i did.
» read | posted: 2008-02-20
cut and run
george bush wants to cut some more taxes to stimulate the economy. this is why we are in this mess to begin with.
» read | posted: 2008-01-18
political progress
with the election machine ramping up, i am taking some time to think about the coming spectacle.
» read | posted: 2008-01-06
whole foods
whole foods has become the only real option for people who eat organic food in alot of communities. this is really bad.
» read | posted: 2007-11-21
eminent domain 2.0
the government wants your stuff to make themselves more money. is it a communist plot?
» read | posted: 2007-10-21
freedom fries
why would someone defend my right to poison myself in the name of the free market?
» read | posted: 2007-09-28
tap dancing
larry craig, just like everyone else in the republican party, is a hypocrite. it wasn't supposed to be this way.
» read | posted: 2007-09-11
gentrification
i am a white male. i live in an ethnic neighborhood that i wasn't born in. i am responsible for rents going up. such is life.
» read | posted: 2007-07-19
nice try gw
will anyone fall for this insincere attempt to pacify european discontent of america's lax environmental policy?
» read | posted: 2007-05-31
ladies and gentlemen, hugo chavez
hugo chavez has become a powerful leader of the old left. the old left is completely irrelevant.
» read | posted: 2007-05-01
a dying colonialism
red dawn, frantz fanon, ho chi minh. america's inability to learn from the mistakes of european imperialism and it's incapacity to understand that other people don't want us to make their decisions for them.
» read | posted: 2007-04-27
burn the constitution
why the constitution must change or be thrown away.
» read | posted: 2007-04-16
an odd union
the american labor movement has always aligned itself with the liberal democratic party - even though union members are anything but liberal.
» read | posted: 2007-04-07
libertarians vs. reality
libertarians are the funniest windmill jousters around.
» read | posted: 2006-05-02
usa uber alles
the current immigration "dilemma" is something that conservatives are, yet again not thinking through.
» read | posted: 2006-04-16
