What downer cow? Oh, *that* downer cow

In case you are wondering who is on the front line of protecting the American food source, here's a perfect example of why it all needs to change. In recent weeks we've watched clueless CEOs deliver everything from sorry excuses to shoulder shrugs when explaining why Americans have become sick and even died because of food production problems. Notice the quick "hot under the collar" moment shortly into the video as the slaughterhouse executive is asked whether he ordered a recall in 2005 after a previous problem.



All of us would like Congress to do more in many areas and we get frustrated but what jumps out for me is that none of this would have happened under a GOP Congress. Congresswoman DeGette and her Democratic colleagues are doing exactly what we want Congress to do. The Republicans were fine with letting people like this exec produce potentially dangerous if not illegal products. The GOP was always so focused on how they could help characters like this instead of American families. Even now as we watch the economy go down because of bad Republican policies, think about how a Republican Congress would have handled this meltdown. Would I like to see more from Democrats? Of course. It seems obvious that we need more DeGettes and fewer Steve Mendells and friendly Republicans shaping our future.