Blue Bell and Infected Money
Most of you have heard by now that Blue Bell Ice Cream has found “the potential” of more listeria in their Texas factory. This is after they killed three people and made ten people horribly sick. And after their employees told some pretty disgusting stuff about the sanitary conditions at their factories.
But, do you want to know what’s not dirty at their company? Money. Their money is still very desirable.
Yeah, that’s $5,000 to Governor Greg Abbott at the height of the last shameful listeria outbreak at Blue Bell.
And here’s $500 to Joe Straus, the Republican Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
I wish they’d spent that money on handiwipes or something.
Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.
Since Texas leaders are so guiet about this incident I’m convinced Blue Bell must have stuck the checks in their mouths. Blue Bell’s new Flavor of the Month: Cold Hard Cash You.
1Might I suggest some Ben and Jerry’s ice cream? comming soon a Vegan version.
2Pesky government regulations stopping listeria, so A-Butt has the Texas solution to save death by the spoon and line his pockets at the same time. That’s some fine multitasking, Greg.
Up next send those commie OSHA people back to Dee Cee. Texas chemical plants have the right to implode and rebuild, or not rebuild. A week ago a plant near Houston blew. That’s only two in two years, Texas. Protect your state rights and blow up a few more courtesy of A-Butt and the lege.
3Here’s a win-win donation. Instead of money, why doesn’t Blue Bell send some of their delicious listeria flavored ice cream to Abbott & Straus for their next fund raisers?
Just desserts.
4Rick! Good idea! But it needs marketing. Let’s see… how about… Blue Bell Listeria. It’s to die for!… No?
5Better yet, send it to the good ol’ boys hanging out in Oregon!
6Good one, Rick.
I remain stunned that they can sell a spoon of that stuff. Just proves the power of willful ignorance.
7I’m with Linda Phipps: Send boatloads of that Blue Bell listeria to the Bundy welfare queens taking a walk on the wild side up in Oregon.
8C’mon guys….. this ain’t Flint. Or…..maybe it is.
9It’s a damned shame in many ways, too bad they didn’t have better QC, and that they’d stoop to polcontrib’s to R’s (although if the D’s were in power I’m sure they’d be getting the dinero instead).
I used to commute through Brenham twice a day sometimes*, right by the Blue Bell plant. And often stopped in the dairy bar/giftshop in front (no wonder I’m no longer rail thin…), when daughter was at TX A&M-CS we made a stop there a tradition. Baseball games there too.
But it’s hardly a surprise, during elections the yard signs tilted pretty far R, at least where I drove by (remember they were big Ron Paul fans around there too, heh).
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*Man, do I have some Texas rural road miles in the bank.
10The movie “Baby the Rain Must Fall” is playing on GetTV (it rotates in periodically) right now, and I’m DVRing it (Lee Remick, Steve McQueen, Don Murray).
It was filmed on location a little south of Brenham/Blue Bell, in Columbus, Wharton, Bay City, Lockhart (w/a brief clip of the Humble bus station out the winder). Brings tears to my eyes, I’ve driven every road in that movie, a little later of course ( and luv the song/music).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_the_Rain_Must_Fall
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Their favorite flavor: Moolah-llenium Crunch. A classic white vanilla ice cream with a combination of dark money and assorted nuts.
11Notice that it’s an Administrative expense. Is that business speak for Bribes to Stay in Business?
12Oh, please, a shipment of Moolah-llenium Crunch would be just the perfect snack for those moochers in Oregon–as long as it was heavy on the nuts. Weren’t they begging for snacks just a while ago?
13I fail to understand the fawning celebration that followed the return to production. I wouldn’t eat it if a truckload arrived at my door.
14‘Cause bribery works out so much better for the public good than regulation.
15I am still gonna back up my suggestion of sending all those infected ice cream snacks up to that bunch of eeejits in the wildlife refuge in Oregon. I would put money on that fact that they would indeed indulge with smug gratitude as they are in their own little bubble and don’t know about Blue Bell and listeria as their own cause is so damn consuming.
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