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"Pressing problems sidetrack FDA fixes; Agency overhaul could be delayed" by Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times | December 27, 2008
WASHINGTON - Despite calls from the incoming Obama administration to bolster the embattled Food and Drug Administration, the agency is unlikely to see major changes soon as bigger problems once again push aside food safety in the competition for resources.
I'll bet I know what we DO have resources for!
Some of the leading champions of rebuilding the FDA and the food safety system acknowledge that the faltering economy, healthcare, global warming, and other issues will make it tough to allocate more money for food safety, despite years of scandals involving food poisoning and tainted imports.
Translation: the government doesn't give a shit about your health!
"This is an issue that will have to wait its turn," said Assistant Senate Majority Leader Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, a longtime proponent of tougher food laws and a friend of President-elect Barack Obama. Instead of assuming more direct control of the inspection system, the government seems likely to remain heavily dependent on growers, food processors, and others in the industry to police themselves and the food supply.
Durbin and others on Capitol Hill nonetheless plan to push ahead with legislation to try to strengthen the FDA....
Called WASTING TIME!
The federal government's food oversight was once seen as a model. But after years of neglect - and Bush administration distaste for aggressive government regulation - a series of deadly food-borne disease outbreaks involving peanut butter, spinach, and peppers called public attention to holes in the FDA's capacity to stay on top of a rapidly expanding food market....
--more--"Oh, yeah, here is what NEED NOT be PUT OFF, America:
"Obama has challenges, advantages; Analysts advise moving quickly on big problems" by Charles Babington, Associated Press | December 27, 2008
WASHINGTON - .... Issues that cannot wait, however, include the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama has repeatedly said he wants to withdraw US troops from Iraq within 16 months, although he has left himself some wiggle room. Top military leaders advocate a somewhat slower schedule, and the new president will have to resolve the matter. Obama wants to increase the US military presence in Afghanistan, which might draw more public attention and controversy if the economic news were not so dominant.
Makes you wonder about the timing of that meltdown, huh? Ah, just another "coincidence" I'm sure.
For now, at least, Obama enjoys strong public support. Political insiders say his Cabinet picks are savvy and substantial. A recent AP-GfK poll found that nearly three in four Americans approve of how Obama has handled the transition. That's about the same level of support his two immediate predecessors enjoyed.
Translation: the rigged MSM numbers and narrative are going to be used to shove the s*** agenda down our throats! MSM gonna be screaming that everybody is for it!
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Oh, 'bamer is already bought and paid for, folks.
"Spending doubled in 2008 campaign
Presidential candidates spent $1.7 billion in the 2008 US election campaign, more than double the amount four years ago, Federal Election Commission filings show. President-elect Barack Obama, the first major-party nominee to reject federal funding for the general election, spent $740.6 million....
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Somehow, I feel my $15 got lost.
How many mortgages would that useless waste of $$$ paid off?
