Those Darned Amish and Quakers Are At It Again

[Conan71]

Hey, if you haven't read Huff today, it's well worth it.  

Yikes! President Obama probably should start trying to make friends on the right as soon as possible since the Dims are ready to pitch him to the wolves.  

He's got a great opportunity to turn on that charm and charisma and tell people: "This is what bi-partisanship looks like".  Sure it's not popular with people on the polar ends.  Arch libs hate the tax cut extension, arch conservatives hate another 13 month "hand-out" for U/E.  Moderates don't like the nature of extending a spending program while not raising the tax rate to help compensate but realize what else can you do at this point?  The economy could slow back down and we might see even higher U/E.  This is what you call compromise.  People on the poles need to figure that out and quit whining and sniping like children when they don't get their way.

[guido911]

Suicide bomber strikes in Sweden.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/12/11/car-bomb-sweden.html

Love this blog headline:

"Blasts rock Swedish capital - suicide bomber, shouted in Arabic before blast (unlikely to be Amish)"

[guido911]

WMD arrest in Texas.

http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-terror-suspect-arrested-in-lubbock-texas-20110224,0,3805722.story?track=rss

The Amish are everywhere.

[heironymouspasparagus]

I've been saying for years we NEVER should have supplied the equipment, materials, and training to Iraq to make WMD!!  It always comes back to bite us when we do that!  It spread far and wide and now is right here.  Thanks Bush the First!!

Should have just let them and Iran fight it out without taking sides.

[Gaspar]

WMD arrest in Texas.

http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-terror-suspect-arrested-in-lubbock-texas-20110224,0,3805722.story?track=rss

The Amish are everywhere.

He was attending an American university.  I'm sure he got the idea there from some crazy Tea Partier or something.

[guido911]

This time it really WAS the Amish, out there flouting and showing downright contempt of the law by undermining our dairy industry.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/28/feds-sting-amish-farmer-selling-raw-milk-locally/?sms_ss=email&at_xt=4dbaf6556945f71a%2C0

[Ed W]

This time it really WAS the Amish, out there flouting and showing downright contempt of the law by undermining our dairy industry.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/28/feds-sting-amish-farmer-selling-raw-milk-locally/?sms_ss=email&at_xt=4dbaf6556945f71a%2C0

I'm confused.  You strike me as a free market type, so letting the market determine whether they're selling a good product or not should be left to consumer choice.  Yet here you're apparently arguing in favor of government intrusion into both the family farm and the act of commerce the farmer engages in to sell his product. 

Which side are you on: free market or governmental intrusion?  Or are you simply anti-Amish?

[Red Arrow]

I'm confused. 

I think you are just trying to agitate Guido.

[Hoss]

I think you are just trying to agitate Guido.

Hey...turnabout's fair play.

[Red Arrow]

Hey...turnabout's fair play.

I didn't say it wasn't.  Just making an observation.

[guido911]

I'm confused.  You strike me as a free market type, so letting the market determine whether they're selling a good product or not should be left to consumer choice.  Yet here you're apparently arguing in favor of government intrusion into both the family farm and the act of commerce the farmer engages in to sell his product. 

Which side are you on: free market or governmental intrusion?  Or are you simply anti-Amish?

I have no opinion other than how damned funny the whole thing is. Seriously, the mental picture I got of Donnie Brasco going undercover and trying to snare some farmer for possession of contraband (milk).

[joiei]

Guido,  if you didn't have an opinion you would not of brought up the topic in the first place.   

[guido911]

Guido,  if you didn't have an opinion you would not of brought up the topic in the first place.   

I was 100% serious that I only posted it because of its humor value. Apparently it's not as funny to others. Oh well.

If the Amish guy broke the law, he deserves the consequences.

[Ed W]

In Pennsylvania, a farmer does not want to run afoul of the Milk Marketing Board.  This is only a slight exaggeration, but I think they have global ambitions.  It exists to regulate milk production and prices (gasp! socialism!) and it's largely controlled by the big dairies.  They set the price per hundredweight, thereby controlling their costs. 

I knew two small producers who sold directly from the farm.  One pasteurized but didn't homogenize his milk.  The other did both.  And the Board gave both of them a lot of grief over their businesses.  The big dairies could deliver.  The little guys were not permitted to do so, even locally.  They couldn't sell their milk to any retail stores.  If I recall right, customers had to buy their own bottles and have them sterilized at the farm.  In short, the Board threw endless, petty roadblocks in the way.

But don't tell anyone I said so.  Their agents are everywhere! 

[Conan71]

But don't tell anyone I said so.  Their agents are everywhere! 

Like little green men?



Honestly, if people want to assume the potential health risks of consuming raw milk, let them do it.  It's not like this farmer was taking the milk to a farmer's market and selling it as a pasteurized product or representing it as being anything but raw milk.  This is an over-reach on the FDA.  If people want raw milk or un-inspected meat, let them have it and be responsible for the circumstances if they get sick.