FARK.com: (6896049) Why does first-term (R) Rep. Ben Albritton, a citrus grower from Wauchula and recent chairman of the Florida Citrus Commission hate photography?

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		Why does first-term (R) Rep. Ben Albritton, a citrus grower from Wauchula and recent chairman of the Florida Citrus Commission hate photography? (heraldtribune.com)		8
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Philip Francis Queeg		2012-01-23 12:27:15 PM

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amishkarl: Last Tuesday I had a validation at my farm for a new regulatory program the canadian government is bringing in for dairy farms. Since we knew it was coming everything was perfect in the barn. The inspection was over at 1. If an animal rights activist had walked in at 3 we would have been facing animal cruelty charges. Why? A heifer had broken a waterline and flooded her pen.

The point of my anecdote is that things can go from Grade A to "animal cruelty" very quickly. The consumer won't get the info that I moved the heifer to a dry pen as soon as I got there, they'll get the activists' narrative,.

But your narrative is to be blindly trusted?

karmaceutical		2012-01-23 11:42:56 AM

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StoneColdAtheist: And by "small government" he means "government of the rich and powerful, by the rich and powerful and for the rich and powerful".

Fark the 99%.

Well, Government small enough to be pushed around by businesses is what they would like. Currently, you've got a "can't beat 'em, join 'em" situation. So there are enough "business friendly" guys in Congress to get through 90% of what they would like... but it is that 10% uncertainty that frightens them.

Crunch61		2012-01-23 11:32:29 AM

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This was never a problem with illegal immigrant workers.

KatjaMouse		2012-01-23 11:19:06 AM

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After reading his statement, this is what filtered out for me:

"Fark human rights, animal abuse and legal working conditions. I'm a small government guy."

King Something		2012-01-23 11:17:47 AM

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FriarReb98: If it's a privately owned company....why would you need a law to enforce something you could write in as a condition of employment and get away with? I know it's crazy and all, but it just seems to me they can actually ban it without a law....

With a law in place in addition to company policy, a wage slave who steps out of line would lose their job AND go to jail, thus making it that much harder for them to get a new job (especially if said wage slave intends to get a job that pays above minimum wage)

Sock Ruh Tease		2012-01-23 11:05:23 AM

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Florida Republican: Chaotic Stupid

keylock71		2012-01-23 10:21:34 AM

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Can't have people seeing the truth about how their food is produced, I guess...

Flint Ironstag		2012-01-23 10:07:36 AM

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Oh and it's typical that he is going after people who might report lawbreaking and animal mistreatment. You see, a decent lawmaker would go after the farmers breaking the law and mistreating animals....

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