Government Proves Incompetent Again? Not Tomatoes After All?

J.J. Jackson* | July 6, 2008

Filed Under Conservative Musings, Our Government

In yet another example of governmental incompetence, we find that perhaps the salmonella outbreak which has sickened so many (and blamed on George Bush by many insane liberals) may not have been caused by tomatoes after all like we have been told:

WASHINGTON — Officials investigating the salmonella outbreak now are looking at jalapeño peppers as a leading suspect for spreading the bacteria that has sickened hundreds across the U.S. over the past three months, according to people familiar with the probe.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention initially blamed tomatoes. That led to industry losses of hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the National Restaurant Association, as consumers cut down on consumption and restaurants pulled them from menus.

But as the disease continued to spread, the investigation turned to other foods commonly eaten with tomatoes, in particular to other …

Well gee, after all that panic and all the trouble caused by tomato farmers because they were incorrectly blamed, we find out that maybe, just maybe we jumped the gun and blamed the wrong people?

OOPS!

And some of you want these people running our health care system?

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