re: #32 SixDegrees

It isn’t altogether unwarranted. The FDA’s handling of Avandia, for instance, has been wanting, to be kind. And, although there hasn’t yet been a serious problem, their management of Mad Cow disease monitoring and prevention, as well as other food-borne illness issues, has been less than inspiring. They need to start getting their shit together.

They’re never going to be perfect and things are always going to fall through the cracks. Could you imagine what it would be like without the FDA? It would be a nightmare of epic proportions. These fantasies that business will regulate itself for the common good are just bullshit.