Pedro Picasso has a beef

[franksolich]

http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4128990

Oh my.

RamboLiberal  (1000+ posts)        Mon Nov-02-09 11:00 AM
Original message
 
One Person Dies; New York Producer Issues Recall of Ground Beef Products

One person died and at least two people were sickened after eating ground beef in New Hampshire that was possibly contaminated with E. coli bacteria.

Health officials said Saturday the products were packaged between Sept. 15-16 and may have been labeled with sell-by dates from Sept. 19-28, according to The Associated Press.

The contaminated meat may be related to the recall of almost 546,000 pounds of ground beef in Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts. That meat was sold by Fairbank Farms in Ashville, N.Y......blahblahblah.....

Romulox (1000+ posts)        Mon Nov-02-09 11:01 AM
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1. But...letting our corporations free to employ whomever they want, (and under whatever conditions they want!) was supposed to unleash the "magic of the market!" What happened?

What happened was that the primitives demanded cheap groceries, and something has to give, to get the primitives cheap groceries.

Dreamer Tatum  (1000+ posts)        Mon Nov-02-09 11:05 AM
Response to Reply #1
 
3. Epic fail
 
Meat packing is highly unionized, and the production of meat is supervised by the USDA. Epic fail.

11. Err, you don't follow the news very closely, do you?

fficial&client=firefox-a" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/search?q=meat+packing+industry+il...

Dreamer Tatum  (1000+ posts)        Mon Nov-02-09 11:19 AM
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15. That's not news, that's a Google search

And in any case, are you saying that illegals are shitting in the meat, what?

Romulox (1000+ posts)        Mon Nov-02-09 11:24 AM
Response to Reply #15
 
21. "Google" is a search engine that aggregates many things, including news stories.

"And in any case, are you saying that illegals are shitting in the meat, what?"

I'm saying that I don't clown dance with you (apologies to RB LaTexas.) You didn't know about the problem with illegal immigrants and child labor in the meat packing industry because you're not interested, not because the stories aren't out there.

Dreamer Tatum  (1000+ posts)        Mon Nov-02-09 11:28 AM
Response to Reply #21
 
24. I'm sure that happens, absolutely. Now post a fact relevant to the issue at hand.

zonkers (1000+ posts)       Mon Nov-02-09 11:58 AM
Response to Reply #24
 
32. Smackdown. Round 3.

Romulox (1000+ posts)        Mon Nov-02-09 12:53 PM
Response to Reply #32
 
39. So...you're not a big follower of the news, either?

If you understand how google works, you're still ahead of the poster to whom I was responding.

zonkers (1000+ posts)       Mon Nov-02-09 01:02 PM
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41. Duuude, you defended your point with 3 year old google news links. How lame is that?

The primitives squibble-squabble some more, wiggle-waggling their arm-pits at each other in raving hostility, and then move on to discussing cast-iron home meat-ginders, and then Pedro Picasso shows up:

Atman  (1000+ posts)        Mon Nov-02-09 11:43 AM
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30. "Recalled products include ground beef sold under various labels..."

"... at B.J.'s Wholesale Club/Burris, Trader Joe's, ACME, Shaw's Supermarkets Inc., Price Chopper, Giant Food Stores and Ford Brothers. The products were sold in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia."

This is an indictment of the whole agri-business problem, only at another level. Consumers are duped into thinking that by shopping at one place or another that they're actually picking and choosing based upon some perceived level of quality and trust. Trader Joe's, a "boutique" and somewhat upscale brand name, is selling the same shitty contaminated meat as Price Chopper, a cheesy, lo-rent discount supermarket chain? WTF is the point? Just roll the dice, buy from anyone..the poison is all originating from the same source.

Or, of course, you could buy at a local farm. Easy for me to say, living in a rural, agricultural area -- there's farmer's markets and family owned farms stands all over the place.

There Pedro Picasso goes again, in the last paragraph boasting to the poorer primitives that he has it better than they do.

The following primitives ignore Pedro Picasso's gloating, and move on to discussing alternative ways of buying beef. 

[USA4ME]

They start blaming this on Dear Leader and they will show themselves to be consistent with the disposition they held for the last 8 years.  Until then, another fine example of their hypocracy.

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[JohnnyReb]

Health officials said Saturday the products were packaged between Sept. 15-16 and may have been labeled with sell-by dates from Sept. 19-28

....and if it hasn't been frozen for the last 6 weeks...DUmmies ought to get sick.

[Karin]

Price Chopper, a cheesy, lo-rent discount supermarket chain?

  I don't know why Pedro had to insult my grocery store.  It isn't cheesy and lo-rent.  It's quality and cleanliness are just fine.  Top notch.  Not a thing wrong with it. 

[BlueStateSaint]

  I don't know why Pedro had to insult my grocery store.  It isn't cheesy and lo-rent.  It's quality and cleanliness are just fine.  Top notch.  Not a thing wrong with it. 

I agree wholeheartedly.  The Golubs are big in local philanthropy.  Their main warehouse, and corporate headquarters (I think) is in Rotterdam, about 15 miles SW of here.