Dear Phil;
A good note about the kosher rules and extending kosher to encompass
not only how the animal was processed kosher wise but including the
health and labor practices as being more kosher for the laborers.
A small side note here is that if a faithful Muslim can not find
Halal food - the food processed according to Muslim law they can go
get Kosher food. The pratices in processing are similar enough to
make allowances for Kosher vs. Halal and vice versa.
Ron Getty-SF Libertarian
Hostis res Publica
Morte ai Tiranni
--- In lpsf-discuss@yahoogroups.com, Philip Berg <philzberg@...>
wrote:
What is really encouraging is that the Rabbi's who are downthere
in
Iowa are pressing for changes in the kosher rules. This involves
the
always murky politics of orthadox jewishorganizations, but there a
lot
of nonkosher people who seekout kosher meat. It would behoove
everyone
involved to make thekosher trademark also represent good safety
and
helath, labor ,and especially childlabor practices. This could
endbeing a terrific example of the power oftrademarked quality
certification organizations.
> Dear All;
>
> Based on the references to Upton Sinclair in the latest posting
and
> The Jungle I looked up what Upton Sinclair was proposing to do
in
> 1934 California which so captured the imaginations of the voters
and
> almost won the election.
>
> This article is a historical copy of Upton's basic campaign
> statement from the Literary Digest.
>
> http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/sinclair.html
>
> When the votes were counted, Upton Sinclair got 37% of the vote,
the
> Republican candidate got 48% and a third-party progressive
candidate
> took another 13%. Had it been a two-man race, or had Sinclair
been
> less intellectually honest and more of a politician, he would
likely
> have become Governor of California and the EPIC pension plan
might