tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post3636974432645554302..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Running From the Governmentgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-4757053963633172852008-06-18T13:14:00.000-04:002008-06-18T13:14:00.000-04:00Free market wingnuts always make this mistake. Th...Free market wingnuts always make this mistake. They assume that since competition creates lower prices that it could also create lower rates of mad cow disease.<BR/><BR/>This is simply not true. For the vast majority of businesses, it is far cheaper to kill off a few customers each year than to protect every single customer.<BR/><BR/>If you are counting on insurance companies and adverse publicity to do the job, then you are grasping at straws. <BR/><BR/>Insurance and bad publicity rely on effective data collection, and effective use of knowledge, both of which are relatively inexpensive to defeat, compared to the cost of inspecting food.<BR/><BR/>More to the point, your controls only work when a company is killing a measurable percent of its customers for so many years that the increased costs are quantifiable. <BR/><BR/>By that time, you are long dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-65679188625740610152008-06-09T03:43:00.000-04:002008-06-09T03:43:00.000-04:00Update: OK I put my finger on it.So how did it fee...<I>Update: OK I put my finger on it.</I><BR/><BR/>So how did it feel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-35530380248469857932008-06-07T15:49:00.000-04:002008-06-07T15:49:00.000-04:00I had a further thought, upon reading this gripe: ...I had a further thought, upon reading this gripe: Whenever I see a cockroach in a restaurant, I relax: they're not spraying inicticide enough to--least--harm them, I know that they are way beyond us in surviving, but, still.Wabulonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16838347174718251102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-65181631699750393132008-06-07T14:44:00.000-04:002008-06-07T14:44:00.000-04:00OK, Bob, is this a challenge??OK, Bob, is this a challenge??Wabulonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16838347174718251102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-52630506304982284012008-06-06T16:02:00.000-04:002008-06-06T16:02:00.000-04:00I'm glad you guys were able to sink to my potty hu...I'm glad you guys were able to sink to my potty humor. I don't think I have ever seen a blog thread before--EVER--where every single comment made me laugh out loud.<BR/><BR/>Crash Landing rocks.Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-50195290445776847212008-06-06T15:38:00.000-04:002008-06-06T15:38:00.000-04:00Let me get this.People have been saying on this bl...Let me get this.<BR/><BR/>People have been saying on this blog that you are full of shit.<BR/><BR/>Now, you agree with them, but blame it on Pizza Hut?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-72695207291385767202008-06-06T14:39:00.000-04:002008-06-06T14:39:00.000-04:00dude, you ATE AT PIZZA HUT.all bets are off. jeez...dude, you ATE AT PIZZA HUT.<BR/><BR/>all bets are off. <BR/><BR/>jeez. I read you people because you're supposed to be smart. ;-) the empirical evidence is in the toilet.<BR/><BR/>seriously, Chick-fil-a is worth the extra cash. far better food, far better service, and guaranteed delicious and safe.Adam Szczepanskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940326313751161881noreply@blogger.com