My Anger Towards Careless Food Companies

Hello Everyone,

After developing a heart condition in April 2015, I decided to eat healthy, eat lots of fruit and vegetables, etc. So, for my New Year's Resolution for 2016, I decided to make different healthy smoothies as a fun way of eating healthy. I wanted to make berry smoothies, green smoothies and pumpkin/sweet potato smoothies. I went to Walmart to get some things and decided to get a bag MarketSide Baby Kale and Spinach Blend, some blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, sweet potatoes and carrots. I was eager to start what I wanted to do. I had a goal. I did a lot of research on the internet on how to make smoothies. The next day I decided to buy some freezer bags and divide up the fruits and vegetables I bought and put them in the freezer. For my green smoothies I put some spinach and baby kale, slices of green apple, slices of avocado and a whole kiwi fruit in one small freezer bag. For my berry smoothies, I put my blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and some spinach and kale in three small freezer bags. For my pumpkin/sweet potato smoothies, I sliced up my sweet potato and took my baby carrots our of the bag. I managed to have four small bags. I gathered up all my small bags of organized fruit and vegetables and put them in my deep freezer. Now, on Saturday I decided to make my green smoothie. I put everything I had in the small freezer bag into my blender. When I finished blending everything I pour the green smoothie in a cup. I went into my room and turned on the television. The very first thing I hear is that the Dole Salad Mixes and six other brand products that made salad brands include MarketSide. I'm so pissed! Now I have to throw away the bags that have all the berries in them! And I drunk the green smoothie I made! Don't get me wrong. I love and appreciate the fact that the CDC and FDA warns us about all the recalls. But recently there have been entirely too many recalls involving bacteria and chemicals being in food. What is going on? Why aren't the employees who are working in these food companies making sure that the products that we, as people. are consuming are safe? All of these food recalls that we have been receiving lately makes me question the sanitary conditions of these companies. It is getting to the point that I worry constantly whether what I'm eating is safe or not. I'm getting paranoid about what I'm putting in my body. I'm started to lose trust in these food companies. Do you care about the fact that people can get sick and die from how you companies prepare food? Do you care? I really think the health departments need to be on these companies! Seriously! Please do your job and make sure the food that you prepare for us is safe to eat! Enough is enough!

http://wqad.com/2016/01/22/dole-shuts-down-ohio-plant-and-recalls-all-salads-made-there/

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/dole-salad-recalled-after-listeria-kills-1-sickens-12-n502311

State Over Federal? No!

Dear President Obama, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders,

A Texas Republican Governor name Greg Abbott wants come up with a bill that involves letting state laws overrule federal laws. This is a bad idea that worries me. The reason why I say this is a bad idea is because if this happens, Republicans within each state can have the power to strip away United States Citizens Constitutional Rights. Everything that we, as United States American citizens, have worked so hard for in our 400 years will be for nothing. Over those 400 years, people, whether they are male or female or of any racial background, have died trying to give new meaning of pursuing "life, liberty and happiness". According to their recent history, Republicans who are Senators, State Representatives, and State Governors have been doing everything in their power to slowly take away our constitutional rights such as scheming and plotting to block the voting rights for everyone, especially minorities, taking away same sex marriage rights, bringing unfairness and injustice toward minorities, blocking refugees from the safety from dangers they may face, cheating U.S. citizens out of their fair share of their hard working income and of course, repealing President Obama's Healthcare Plans, also known as Obamacare, that will help the unprivileged have healthcare in the United States. This bill will give Republicans with each state the opportunity to abuse and overuse their power and treat people like me as second class citizens. All of us, whether male or female, or whether any racial background deserve the right to live in the United States of America with independence and in pursuit of "life, liberty and happiness".



http://www.advocate.com/politics/2016/1/09/texas-governor-let-states-override-supreme-court-federal-laws

http://gov.texas.gov/

Roy Moore of Alabama on Gay Marriage

Hello Everyone,

I was just looking on the news website about how Judge Roy Moore of Alabama sent out a ruling on banning same-sex marriage. There are some random thoughts going through my head. Why on earth do these southern Republican/Dixie politicians of the Southern States of USA think that they are above the United States federal law? They have been like this since the beginning. And why do so many people dumb enough to be their followers? The Southern States has a solid history of being arrogant and thinking they are about federal law. They feel like they have something to prove and they don't like to be told what to do. They want to boost up their pointless pride and ego. When it comes to the United States Constitution they cherry pick what they want and what they like. This is suppose to be the United States of America, land of independence, land of opportunity, but who does the United States Constitution really apply for? Judge Roy Moore has no power over the Supreme Court and the President! His ruling means nothing! Roy Moore has wasted time and taxpayer's money on something that is already made into federal law. Federal overrules State. Judge Roy Moore needs to do what the Federal Law says. If he can't do that, then Roy Moore has absolutely no business in the serving the public. Roy Moore needs to step down from his position.When a Federal Law takes effect in the United States of America, every state and every county in that state in the USA has an obligation to obey that law. Also, what Roy Moore is doing is against the law and causing everyone to break the law in the state of Alabama. The last person who tried to "be above federal law" ended up in jail! And that person was Kim Davis who ended up in jail.

http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2016/01/mobile_probate_judge_stops_iss.html


http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/06/gay_marriage_is_the_law_of_the.html

What Really Makes USA Great?

Hello Everyone,

Please note that I'm a Hillary Clinton supporter. I've also been thinking about Donald Trump's Presidential Campaign Motto or Slogan, whatever you want to call it, "Making America Great Again". The truth is the United States of America is already a good country. The ideas and rhetoric that Donald Trump spreads doesn't mean that all people in the USA goes along with it. As a matter of fact, most people think and say that Donald Trump is a joke. The USA was and still is a country made of immigrants from around the world. The people who come to the USA from different cultures and countries around the world have wonderful and bright ideas on how to make USA continue to be the progressive country that it is. Some of our resources that help USA survive as a country come from different countries around the world. Most of the wonderful items and ideas that USA have come from people from around the world! Wonderful people of different religions such as Christianity, Islam, Muslims, Hindu, and Jewish are beautiful. Wonderful people of different racial backgrounds such as Mexican, Hispanic, Asian, Caribbean, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, etc are beautiful. Someone in USA loves all of you! And that is what makes USA great! Variety spices up the USA! People around the world with different cultures, religions and countries I love you!