Humpday Humor: Government Regulation

How did we get safe meat before USDA inspections?

Harry Browne explains the silliness of government regulation...

*clip from C-SPAN's Washington Journal

The Legal History of Raw Milk

Is Raw Milk Legal Where You Live?

Tom Woods recently had farmer Joel Salatin on his podcast.  Joel and Tom spend a few minutes discussing the history of milk (both raw & pasteurized)...

Find out more about Tom at his site.

Humpday Humor: Woman Knows What Poor Should Eat

A local woman knows exactly what poor people should be eating.  

“There’s no reason she should be loading up on those pricey TV dinners if she’s getting the government to pay for it,” Gaither told reporters at a local Super Stop and Shop, training her prodigious faculties on a welfare recipient using a benefit card in front of her in the checkout line. 

From The Onion

Take the Hot Sauce Out of the Fridge

Keep Me in the Pantry

It turns out we refrigerating more food items than is necessary.  Hot sauces, garlic and onions are among the many foods that shouldn't be kept in the fridge.

Find a more complete list here.

Cattle Ranchers or the BLM?

Land Management Done Right

ABC News is reporting a peaceful end to the face-off between Cliven Bundy and people calling themselves the "Bureau of Land Management".  In response to Bundy's refusal to pay cattle grazing fees ABC states:

The federal government had countered that Bundy "owes the American people in excess of $1 million " in unpaid grazing fees and "refuses to abide by the law of land"... 

ABC or the feds will not provide details as to what "American people" means or where we can locate the "law of land".

If by "American people" they refer to the people who live in the United States then Bundy owes each person less than one cent.  Are you worked up because a cattle rancher in Nevada did not pay you 1/3 of a penny?  

Even if you are keen on collecting that penny from Bundy I ask what is the origin of the obligation that this rancher has to you?  Do you have a contract signed by you and Bundy agreeing to terms? Without a contract no sane jury would rule in your favor and demand that he pay you that penny.

Of course the BLM is justifying their harsh collection tactics by propagandizing the public that these ranchers are ripping you off for millions.  The reality is that cattle ranchers provide people with readily available, cost-effective food.  

What does the BLM provide you with?

Economic Freedom for Food Trucks?

David Lazarus issues a warning about food truck safety in the Los Angeles Times:

If you dine alfresco in L.A. County, you're taking your chances.

Lazarus has spotted a problem.  A couple bought hot dogs from a food truck and came down with stomach issues.

That's two people with stomach problems.

How many food trucks are there in Los Angeles? 3,200.    

Thankfully Lazarus has found a solution to this perceived problem.  It has something to do with the people calling themselves "Department of Public Health" increasing the number of food inspections.

Alas, Mr. Lazarus himself admits that these very same people are part of a "bureaucratic kudzu".

Why would he have faith in them to break out of their messy bureaucracy and become the market leader in food safety inspections?