"I would like to restore your right to drink raw milk anytime you like!"

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/12/19/quote_of_the_day.html


Quote of the Day

"I would like to restore your right to drink raw milk anytime you like!"

-- Ron Paul, quoted by Bloomberg, saying he would give Americans the freedom to drink unpasteurized milk that the federal government says is "unsafe."

[XemaSab]

1. Libertie, egalitie, cafe latte?

[golddigger]

2. "I would like to restore your right to be detained indefinitely!"

Quote of the week.

[Le Taz Hot]

3. Well, a stopped clock is right twice a day.

He's also for legalizing pot. It's all that other batshit crazy stuff that's the problem.

[backscatter712]

16. Out of all the Republican candidates, he's the least batshit.

You're right - he's got issues like his opposition to the Civil Rights Act, his opposition to abortion, his support for bringing back the gold standard, his wish to dismantle social safety nets...

But he's for legalizing drugs, he's opposed to civil-rights-destroying stuff like NDAA, and he's been against the wars in the Middle East since the beginning.

Which is an improvement over everyone else the GOP has brought to bat for them. Still won't have me voting Republican, but I'll give him credit.

[MrCoffee]

4. Of all the problems I face on a daily basis, the lack of raw milk is top of the list

Thank you, Ron Paul, for addressing the issues that really matter.

[LiberalFighter]

5. Why doesn't he get himself some raw milk each time he talks about rights?

And drink a glass of it each time.

[inademv]

10. Because he probably is aware of the health risks of doing so n/t

[Riftaxe]

26. Absolutely, I died from drinking raw

milk decades ago...

[Proud Liberal Dem]

15. Yeah

let's get a drinking game going!!!

[warrior1]

6. I use to drink raw milk

in the 80's, but stopped because of the weight that I gained.

It's really not the healthy for you.

[DesertFlower]

14. all milk is bad for you.

i'll probably get flamed for saying that.

[Remember Me]

17. but raw milk is at least

supposed to be BETTER for you, with its live enzymes, etc.

[inademv]

27. And all its live bacteria etc.

The bulk of research doesn't support the idea that unpasteurized milk provides any health benefits that pasteurized doesn't.

[Remember Me]

28. Well, were they looking for the enzymes?

Or what?

I'm not so clear that science thinks all that much of enzymes.

However, many people who are lactose intolerant find they CAN use raw milk dairy products as well as goats milk products which is supposed to be much closer to human.

Just telling you what I've read.

[LiberalFighter]

7. There is no law prohibiting the drinking of raw milk.

When I was young I drank raw milk whenever I was at my grandparents farm. I'm sure anyone on a farm with cows can still do the same.

They just can't sell or buy raw milk for the purpose of drinking.

Telling the teabaggers that drinking raw milk is a right the federal government doesn't want for the public might be a good way to winnow out the crazies.

[Remember Me]

18. well, that's not exactly the same thing at all

If you can't sell or buy raw milk, you have to live on a farm to get it. That's NOT full allowance of drinking it. That means the RIGHT to do so rests only with those who already have access.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. Raise your hand if you want THAT freedom?

Didn't think so.

I find the constant Republican diatribe against regulations to be idiotic. THEY may be willing to take all kinds of crazy and wacky risks with their health, lives, safety, etc. but some of us actually care about ours and like our milk to be safe to drink, our workplace to be safe, our cars and highways and roads safe to drive, our appliances safe to use, etc. Do they really value their lives and the lives of their families and fellow citizens so little that they would completely dismantle any and all regulations (rhetorical question)?

[baldguy]

9. Along with dioxin, mercury, BGH, pesticides, disease, etc, etc etc.

The federal govt says its unsafe BECAUSE IT IS UNSAFE! Without federal regulations banning such contaminants thousands of people would die every year just because they had the audacity to eat some food.

[SixthSense]

12. also it breeds terrorists

Everyone must get their milk only from the corporate farm. It is dangerous - dare I say, subversive even - to even consider doing otherwise!

[Brickbat]

11. Fortunately, that's a right we all still have.

Anyone can buy a cow and milk it and drink it right there if they want to. God bless America.

[marybourg]

13. That 's ok with me as long as you

carry adequate medical insurance and pay your fair share of the taxes that support the court system you'll likely resort to eventually if you drink it long enuf.

[The Straight Story]

19. So...are we for the government controlling our lives and choices more?

Pretty sad that we even have to have someone say 'restore your right'.

[Throd]

23. You might make the wrong choice. Can't have that.

[LeftishBrit]

20. I knew someone who had lifelong health problems from drinking unpasteurized goat's milk

It happened in the Middle East; I don't know whether the dangers are the same in America.

I suppose people have the right to drink what they want; but people should have basic consumer protection about what's *sold* to them.

[alittlelark]

21. I just got back from Andronicos (local groc. store)

I saw 1/2 gallons of raw milk for $8.99.

I got 1/2 gall. of organic for $2.49.

[DFab420]

22. Berkley? nt

[alittlelark]

29. Los Altos.

They are getting bought out soon.

...sad face...

[Coyote_Bandit]

24. I drank raw milk for

the first 25 years of my life. While my dairy consumption is limited I'd drink and cook with fresh raw milk today if I could.

But that won't make me vote for Ron Paul.

[SecurityManager]

25. I would again like to restore the thought Ron Paul is an uber idiot

No way this clown will ever get elected!

Freedom is one thing but to willy nilly make statements like this is insane almost as bad as newt boy.

[killbotfactory]

30. I can buy raw milk from the store I work at.

It's not illegal in this state.

And the raw milk comes from an apparently clean manufacturer, which greatly reduces the risk of harm, as the biggest problem leading to the pasteurization of milk came from the unsanitary conditions milk was harvested in.

Although it would make sense to regulate the cleanliness and working conditions of production to greatly reduce the risk of any harmful stuff being present in the milk. Which is something Ron Paul would be against.

[rustydog]

31. My Niece spent two weeeks in the hospital recovering from ingesting raw milk

Her anti-regulation daddy found this farm by Vancouver WA that sold the stuff. Several people became very ill.

I'm sorry mr. Grinch, but sometimes big bad, nasty, evil-minded government must step in and REGULATE for the public good.

The problem with Mr. Paul is rather than let an American buy a milk cow and do what the fuck they want with the milk, he wants to de regulate every fucking thing in America. He is way too Anti-government involvement for me.

[gulliver]

32. Used to drink raw milk on the grandparents' farm.

I didn't notice any difference whatsoever in flavor. I definitely would not drink raw milk I had to buy. That would be stupid. You would have to pay more for something that is no better tasting at best and at worst could kill you.