House Majority Leader says manure isn't toxic

[proud2BlibKansan]

Majority Leader Roy Blunt (R-K Street) has filed legislation declaring that manure is not toxic.

According to Blunt's press release:

Nuclear waste is a toxic substance, manure is not. Heavy metals are a toxic substance, manure is not.

That might be true for the amounts of manure produced on a mom and pop hog or poultry farm, but surely Blunt understands the difference when you are talking about the outputs of the industrial livestock operations.

According to RedOrbit, a science and technology news service:

As of 2002, poultry feeding operations were estimated to produce an amount of phosphorous equivalent to a population of 10.7 million people, being dumped into the Illinois River watershed, said Hunter- Burch. The waste also contains nitrogen, arsenic, zinc, copper, hormones and antibiotics, which are not naturally occurring substances.

They are in the waste as a direct result of an industry's addition of phosphorus, arsenic, copper and zinc to poultry feed, said Hunter-Burch. While CERCLA exempts the normal application of fertilizer, it does not exempt widespread surface disposal, nor the resulting release of the hazardous substances.

Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that Blunt thinks phosphorus, arsenic, copper and zinc aren't hazardous, after all, he lives with a woman who makes her living telling people that cigarettes aren't bad for you either.

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/node/3177

[SammyBlue]

1. Roy Blunt's verbal manure stinks, smells and is toxic!

That's all I have.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. His son the governor is toxic too

He is poisoning Missouri.

[drb]

2. Prove it, Blunt. Here's a spoon. eom

nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. yes a couple comments at Fired Up

suggest he ingest some manure to test its toxicity. LOL

[area51]

6. Hear, hear. (n/t)

[SammyBlue]

9. Well. someone get a shovel, because Blunt's manure is getting deeper

And the Republicans are in it up to their chins.

[waiting for hope]

3. Perhaps he should

catch a little hand, hoof and mouth disease....

Hand, foot, and mouth disease is contagious. It can be passed to others through contact with saliva, mucus, or feces. Children are contagious throughout the duration of the disease (7 to 10 days) and may be contagious for several weeks longer because the virus may remain present in their feces.

http://www.webmd.com/hw/parenting_and_pregnancy/ty6231.asp?src=Inktomi&condition=healthwise

I heard it's kinda nasty

:evilgrin:

[Oversea Visitor]

7. What a spin

Manure not toxic........ aaah but I think he refuse to acknowledge the MASSIVE QUANTITY involve here.

Jesus how did he get elected.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. I wish I knew

He is from a very red area. That might explain it. Oh, and his son was sec of state during the election.

[Oversea Visitor]

12. Sadly the more I follow

what is going on in America
The more I read about what the elected Republician reps being saying.
The more I think less of the American people.
Seriously they treating everyone like they are morans.
They are so despicablely blantant in their spinning twisting and lying.

[jobycom]

8. Hell, he's been spewing it his whole life and it ain't hurt him none. nt.

[buff2]

11. Well of course he thinks that!

After all,repukes think their shit doesn't stink,don't they? :puke:

[tabasco]

13. He should go take a drink downstream from a farm.

All that manure will be good for him.

[Historic NY]

14. Perhaps he would like to have some.......

to play with.

[NuttyFluffers]

15. that's why bodies excrete it. because it's perfectly nutritious.

:crazy:

and what are the guidelines about fecal matter being sent through the mail? oh yeah, that's right, it's dangerous. it's biohazard.

and what about clinics and hospitals, how do they treat fecal matter? oh yeah, that's right, as a biohazard.

i wonder what can we find out about biohazards then...

http://www.ehss.vt.edu/Programs/LSD/Biosafety/BiosafetyForLaboratoryWorkers/03_BiohazardIdentification.htm

hmm, zoonotic diseases and allergic reactions. well, zoonotic diseases, hmm. that couldn't possibly be microorganisms, parasites, and viruses, things that often enfeeble the host due to production of massive amounts of *toxins*, does it?

how do people get away with saying this shit without bursting into flames?

ps: remind me to NEVER shake this guy's hand, eat ANYTHING from his home, or generally be in his toxic presence.

[radfringe]

16. and he should know, right?

since the corrupt republicans wallow in the manure so much, they should know if it's toxic or not...

coming soon to a Republican Corrupt Congress near you:

Republicans declare "OUR SHIT DON'T STINK"

[zbdent]

17. It's a trial balloon for when

the Repukes want to get on "America's funniest home videos" with their "gotcha" video of a bunch of true believers . . .

What they will do is have actual footage of people watching Rush Limbaugh excrete into a bowl right in front of them. They will then be told that it is vanilla ice cream.

The footage will show how many spoon in the "ice cream" and smile and declare how it's the best "vanilla ice cream" they've ever tasted . . .