Happy Valentine's Day (and don't buy candy with peanut butter in it for your sweetheart)

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Lots going on in the news but I'm a bit hot and bothered by the peanut butter salmonella outbreak.

First off how dare they put their product before people's health.
Secondly: Now the company is declaring bankruptcy...
CNN peanut butter bankruptcy story

My first reaction was good that's the way it's supposed to go. Shut 'em down. You screw up: you pay the price.

Then, I started to think about it. There are people dead because of this, and many others sick.
So, the question is do you just get to say "Oops, we're in trouble, declare bankruptcy and get out with something?

No. This is wrong. This must be illegal and someone is responsible. Whether it's the inspectors, Company heads, someone.

All these crimes, so called white collar crimes, cause pain, loss of jobs and even death... they are no better than those who sell crack cocaine knowing it's effect on people, no better than people that plan to kill someone.

If you know that salmonella is there and you knowingly send the product out into the population and it causes havok then:
there should be repercussions for your irresponsibility that caused harm to others!
And what of the inspectors?
Beginning to wonder if we are nearly as safe as we think we are.
But by all means get the government out of our lives.
I wonder if those that sue the peanut company will even get compensated. What more can you lose besides your life and health?
It's all about protecting themselves, bankruptcy indeed.

Bernie Madoff's scheme is no less evil. White collar crime indeed. Take everything he has, and find what he has hidden.

When will we clean up our act?
We put kids in jail for smoking marijuana... but why are these people still walking around?
Bastards.

I'm just sayin'

G'night,

Laura

PS: Happy Valentine's Day...
I know it's a fake capitalistic holiday, but we went out for dinner, a few drinks and actually (I think anyway for I never speak for someone else) enjoyed relaxing, sitting and talking to each other for the evening.
No roses, cards, silly sappy stuff, just respect for each other for 35 years all told together.

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