So as I was in the midst of my morning newscrawl, I came across the headline “Report: Terrorists may poison US food supply.” Well, it turns out that the DHS knew about “a possible credible terrorism plot that targets food products in the restaurant and hotel industry, though the threat is non-specific about time and location for the plot.” And truth be told the Jerusalem Post reports that “Al Qaida planned to poison US hotel buffets, salad bars.”
Nevertheless, be afraid! The Evil Terrorists are wanting to poison your food!!
Of course it seems obvious to me that if we gave a damn about food security and really thought terrorism from foreign terrorist organizations was a risk, the first thing we would do is make sure that illegal immigrants are not harvesting and processing our food! But no, even many latte liberals think we somehow need underpaid, undocumented workers to get food from the farm to our plates.
In Closing: Amen; maps; food stamps; 308.7M; student loan debt; Dave Johnson is on a roll; CEOs; temps; and WTF.
Why do the terrorists need to poison the food supply when corporations are already doing such a good job?
Glad you liked the Assange post. To paraphrase Martin Luther King, I wish people would focus on the contents of the cables rather than on the character or lack thereof of the leaker.
Thanks, Charles. I had been thinking towards a post to the effect of “I’m not saying anything about Assange until there’s been a trial,” but you did such a lovely job. =)