I read this AP article about an earmark in our stimulus spending which is for researching pig waste odor in Iowa- researching ways to hide the odor, instead of doing something to eliminate pig production, which, of course, would solve the problem of the odor. 

I am a bit relieved that by the end of the article I read this:

“Lisa Whelan of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement said the state should phase out huge hog operations, not simply try to freshen them up a bit.  ‘If this money goes into research on how we can promote sustainable agricultural methods, that’s a good investment. It’s good for all of us,’ she said. ‘If this money is going toward promoting a system that pushes the corporate-backed style methods of hog production, we don’t think that’s money being used to support the common good.'”

Reading about pigs being manufactured for slaughter was enough to make me vegan. 

If you actually witness it first hand, how could you eat pigs?

We are about to pay for the most expensive economic stimulus package in history, and apparently nearly $2 million of it is for making pigs not stink.

I’m pissed. 

How about we save some loot (and some water, soil, trees, antibiotics,…not to mention some FRESH AIR) and eliminate all government subsidies for agriculture- or what seems to pass for agriculture in this country?

In 2006 (the most recent year for which the USDA has actual data), the US taxpayers gave $18,742,000,000 in commodity subsidies to farmers, half of that was for feed grains alone. 

Did I mention I was pissed?

See for yourself, page 24, go ahead, click HERE.