In article , Todd wrote:
On 08/16/2011 08:42 AM, Kay Lancaster wrote:
Do you know how to pick "store corn" by examining the silks and
feeling the kernels through the husk?
Actually, I don't. My corn, so far, comes frozen in plastic bags
with no cobs in sight. And purchased in a grocery store WHERE
NO PLANTS OR ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE PROCESS! :-D
Actually, the field had to be cleared of native plants before sowing the
corn. The native plants, in turn, gave habitat to animals. All gone.
Much of the corn that is grown is for animal feed, and only because
"Feed Lots" typically slaughter at 6 months, do the beef not get stomach
ulcers, but it can't be pleasant, nonetheless.
More over, you don't know if the packing house where your corn came from
has rats, or bats or some other enteric bacteria vector. You don't know
if, or what chemicals have been used on the corn to make it a bright
yellow, to lengthen its shelf life, or to sterilize it before packaging.
Lastly, you don't know if the plastic bag of corn has been kept cold.
Every bite you take into the unknown is an act of faith.
Good luck,
Thank you for the help.
-T
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- Billy
Both the House and Senate budget plan would cut Social Security and Medicare, while cutting taxes on the wealthy.
Kucinich noted that none of the government programs targeted for
elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans
"appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of
waste, fraud and abuse."
http://www.politifact.com/ohio/state...is-kucinich/re
p-dennis-kucinich-says-gop-budget-cuts-dont-targ/
[W]e have the situation with the deficit and the debt and spending and jobs. And itıs not that difficult to get out of it. The first thing you do is you get rid of corporate welfare. Thatıs hundreds of billions of dollars a year. The second is you tax corporations so that they donıt get away with no taxation.
- Ralph Nader
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/19/ralph_naders_solution_to_debt_crisis