Well by now I'm sure you have heard there has been a massive egg recall due to salmonella. In China the Iowa businessman that has been connected with all these health and business violations would be executed. Ouch! Not exactly the best idea but here he will probably pay a measly fine after thousands have become sick and some have lost their lives. It seems my family is always caught up in the recalls, the canned goods, the medicines for children etc. Now eggs?
Heck we do a better job hurting and poisoning ourselves then terrorists even plan to do in this country. The basic idea behind government is protection. How is our government protecting us? Yes we have police and the military those are the basic protections a nation needs to protect it's populace. What about the safety of toys, children's medications and yes, Eggs! Without the basic safety protections to the citizenry then the government has failed. If we can't make sure we have safe dairy products then what about a our nuclear arsenal or DOE Nuclear reactors? We have billions spent on pork barrel projects around the country by idiots that give themselves raises and take excessive vacations. We send foreign military aid to Lebanon, a known terrorist state but we can't feed our children safe eggs. Hello Washington lets reallocate some cash here! Even the Romans made sure they had safe food and a clean water source thousands of years ago. Yeah but remember what happened to them. Look over your shoulder the Visigoths! Never mind those are just the Mall Goths.
Last time I checked the FDA/USDA inspected said eggs. If this got through the expensive dragnet of both over funded fat agencies along with all the other recalls then its time for some much needed change, oops I meant improvement. Change isn't always good. That's why I refuse to use the term. We need to make government accountable, effective and efficient. If they are supposed to protect us then they need to do a better job and get graded and evaluated for it. The housing projects in my town deliver free WiFi, cable and utilities to the residents. If the feds can fund that, oops I mean our tax dollars can fund that then I want a dadgum SAFE EGG in 2010! If all the world can watch a leaking oil well a mile under the sea for three months in living color from our IPhones and Blackberries then there shouldn't be a kid on this planet that can't eat a salmonella free egg.
Thirty years ago if there were a billion bad eggs on the U.S. market there would be protests, marches and riots. Now you fat,lazy drive thru queens and texting kings that can barely hit the forward key on your email account to display your disgust, drive your tin can coffin to work, try not to spill your fivebucks coffee, sit in your cardboard cell for eight hours, race home to ignore your family, find out who got voted off American Idol and take your dying family to the ER so your insurance claim can be denied for eating that one bad egg. All because you have become a complacent soul and need instant gratification without accepting the responsibility of being a Citizen (if you are one even) of the Greatest Show on Earth.
I'll have mine at Waffle House in a Ham and Cheese Omelet, Hash browns scattered, smothered and covered, with bacon egg and cheese sandwich on the side. Hey man, if your gonna go out, Go Big!
Love Y'all. Mean it too!
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