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Old 06-05-2005, 09:45 AM   #1 (permalink)
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The guilt you swallow with your potatoes

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in699716.shtml

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Feds Bust Fla. "Slave" Labor Camp

EAST PALATKA, Fla., June 5, 2005
(AP) Federal agents have raided a Florida labor camp where they say homeless men and women lived in a type of modern-day slavery.

Ronald Evans, the boss at one of North Florida's largest labor camps, and three associates face federal charges in a case that officials say is likely to grow. Seventy-eight potato field workers have been interviewed at the Evans Labor Camp south of Jacksonville. Some were arrested on unrelated, outstanding warrants.

Officials say the homeless people were lured to the camp with offers of room and board. They were then apparently supplied with drugs, alcohol and tobacco on credit. Investigators say the homeless people would work in the field to pay back the debts, but never earned enough to clear their accounts.

In a small central shed, investigators found about 100 rocks of suspected crack cocaine along with cigarettes and beer. The Environmental Protection Agency is also looking into alleged illegal dumping of raw sewage into a nearby waterway. ^

The raid on the Evans Labor Camp, a drab, horseshoe-shaped complex largely hidden from public view, marks a significant step in the federal government's crackdown against abuse of the men and women who harvest Florida's rich crops.

"The word is out that we are concerned about human trafficking, and we will leave no stone or camp unturned," said Steve Cole, a spokesman for Jacksonville U.S. attorney Paul I. Perez, whose office is prosecuting the case.

The raid was led by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of the Inspector General, and also included the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency's Criminal Investigation Division. As DEA and Justice chase drug and worker exploitation issues, the EPA is examining environmental failings at the camp, such as the potential dumping of raw sewage.

For years farm worker advocates have said that abuse of laborers remains rampant in Florida as growers profit from the sweat-drenched work. In recent years, a dozen farm contractors, smugglers and henchmen have landed in prison for up to several years for crimes against farm workers, including slavery.

At the risk of being funny...

This is YOUR fault America. Your unbridled demand of cheap french fries has caused this greed.

Just look at them:



You know you want them. Krinkle Kut florida fries -fuel for the revolution!



Viva La Revolution!
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Old 06-05-2005, 09:59 AM   #2 (permalink)
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do they have gravy there too Astro?


cuz no matter how they cut 'em.......fries need gravy.
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Old 06-05-2005, 10:30 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Bah I hate thick cut fries.
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Old 06-05-2005, 10:46 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I don't eat french fries, or potatoes at all for that matter.
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Old 06-05-2005, 05:53 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Old 06-05-2005, 07:13 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by flyman
do they have gravy there too Astro?


cuz no matter how they cut 'em.......fries need gravy.

I'm starting a gravy farm and need cheap Canadian labor....
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Old 06-05-2005, 11:23 PM   #7 (permalink)
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/holds breath and waits for the next potato famine/
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Old 06-05-2005, 11:27 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Astrocloud

This is YOUR fault America.
yeah. you're right.
my bad. i won't do it again.
sorry about all that crack rock, too.
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Old 06-06-2005, 02:10 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ngdawg
I'm starting a gravy farm and need cheap Canadian labor....

can i lick the ladel?

if so,i'm your man.
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Old 06-06-2005, 09:05 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Hey, those are FREEDOM FRIES.

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Old 06-06-2005, 10:00 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Damn you Mikey, I was just going to pull the freedom fries card and you beat me to it!
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Old 06-06-2005, 10:27 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Old 06-06-2005, 10:44 AM   #13 (permalink)
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This is why I only eat Oregon-grown potatoes.

(Did you know Oregon produces more potatoes per year than Idaho? It's true!)
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Old 06-06-2005, 11:36 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Idaho potatoes are also known to be militia members.
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Old 06-06-2005, 11:53 AM   #15 (permalink)
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I'd like to know if eating Colorado grown potatoes is supporting the "Focus on the Family" crowd down around Colorado Springs, or the liberal hippy types up in Boulder.


Maybe I just need to give them up.
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Old 06-07-2005, 02:17 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Hail Potatophages!

You salt your fries with the bitter tears of the Floridian thrall.
You dip them deep into pools of itinerate blood still frothy from the lash.
You are loving it.
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Old 06-12-2005, 03:51 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Oh man...and I used to love french fries!

That's a pretty ridiculous story. I wonder how many more of these situations are out there?
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Old 06-12-2005, 08:29 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Hey, I'd farm potatos in return for all the alcohol and cigerettes that I can use!
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Old 06-12-2005, 09:09 AM   #19 (permalink)
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It is part of the human condition to find yourself in a situation that seems hopeless. The beauty of our modern world is that there are opportunities if you only step away from your view of yourself as a trapped victim. The homeless potato farmer can walk down the road and become a homeless orange picker if he wants. Freedom for all.
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Old 06-12-2005, 09:20 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Yessir, we all held a gun to their heads and made them start smoking crack and end up on the street. They have no personal responsibility for their lives at all.
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