The greatest President in 100 years

[danielan]

What's Singapore?

A country in S.E. Asia...

[RobsanX]

The Japanese government provides health care and pension which takes some of the burden off of Toyota and Honda...

[kreigle]

But you repeal the FDA and meat grading vanishes without, outside of high class culinary circles. That grade D meat that goes into cat food becomes just as legit to use in product for human consumption, and much cheaper. If there is no high standard people or businesses are held to, they tend to sink to the lowest one possible. If there is no better alternative within the means of the average consumer, there is no incentive to meet a higher standard than the bare minimum. They would be held responsible eventually, but I believe that the accounting for the failures would only result in a new legal authority that was the FDA in all but name being created down the line.

Meat grading actually falls under the USDA, not the FDA. We already have substandard 'meat' in our food supply that wouldn't even be put in pet food:

http://www.alternet.org/environment/...._ground_beef/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/us/31meat.html
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-01...monia-burgers/

[Bigblue1]

Man, the more I learn about the agribusiness practices in this country, the more I wish I could procure all of my own food.

[danielan]

Man, the more I learn about the agribusiness practices in this country, the more I wish I could procure all of my own food.

Do what I do to procure my food - go to the grocery store!

[Curtisp]

Man, the more I learn about the agribusiness practices in this country, the more I wish I could procure all of my own food.

or you can do what i have done for years. Hunt it and kill it yourself. 90% of the meat i eat is wild game. Almost zero fat (depending on species), and properly cared for, much safer. I have a years worth in a chest freezer at any given time. But, that's just me, i like venison, others, more than beef anyway.

[shikitohno]

Meat grading actually falls under the USDA, not the FDA. We already have substandard 'meat' in our food supply that wouldn't even be put in pet food:

http://www.alternet.org/environment/...._ground_beef/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/us/31meat.html
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-01...monia-burgers/

Well, you got me there. You should be warned, those three links of yours will likely be discarded as commie, hippy, pinko propaganda by bsd777 should he return to this thread, since they're all too liberal for his tastes. To change to a different example, killing the FDA would kill the US pharmaceuticals business. With no industry standards in place, would you really want to import US produced drugs when you could get them elsewhere for less money (no ad budget to recoup in most other countries on prescription meds), and you know that they meet a certain standard. Pharms are big business. To lose that would be a heavy blow to our economy.

[MGX]

Calvin Coolidge, hands down

[eyephantom]

you'd have to be a real "square deal" to think the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt wasn't our nations' finest

[f. bandersnatch]

T.A.F.T.

or William Henry Harrison-> too BA to wear a proper jacket, and didn't stick around long enough to disappoint.

[Darwin]

Haw. He may the the only prez who's legislative agenda disappointed no one.

[Joe234]

What's Singapore?

A place where chewing gum is prohibited.