tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post1019689517329827623..comments2024-02-29T00:46:38.800-08:00Comments on Washingtons Blog: Industrial Hog Farming Is Just Like Wall StreetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-16220036764575763292009-06-07T11:53:20.509-07:002009-06-07T11:53:20.509-07:00The idea that much of Corporate America maintains ...The idea that much of Corporate America maintains that working strictly for the bottom line of the corporation, even, or in some cases, especially at the expense of the general public, is good, needs to be jettisoned. This is the poisonous core of many of the issues we face today. It's almost as if these corporations, which have been granted personhood by the courts, are nasty greedy little children that don't care what others suffer as long as they get what they want. They will use any tactic, any ruse and if necessary, will buy any politician and use ads to deal with the downside. We need to remove corporate personhood, legally (it was the result of an ERROR). We need to regulate these entities for the public good or we will all remain subjects of the Corporate State.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-55273596449947086002009-04-29T03:46:00.000-07:002009-04-29T03:46:00.000-07:00Smithfield's Tarheel Plant, the world's largest ho...Smithfield's Tarheel Plant, the world's largest hog-packing facility, is a 10-minute drive from here. It's a monstrosity that boasts pf processing 32,000 pigs a day. This part of North Carolina is dotted with hog-raising facilities' manure pools that eventually dump their fecal matter into the environment. <br /><br />Regardless of whether the swine flu outbreak is traced to Smithfield, this is a low-wage industry that, like the whole of corporate America, should be brought under control.<br /><br />We need to decide whether this country exists for the benefit of its citizens or its businesses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-39710807292887258302009-04-28T18:07:00.000-07:002009-04-28T18:07:00.000-07:00So far there has been no proof that the swine flu ...So far there has been no proof that the swine flu came from these hog farms.knightrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03708067525500589356noreply@blogger.com