Star Telegram | Molly Ivins : It's enough to make you sick

Have you had a terrible stomach illness lately? It's quite likely that you should blame the Bush administration... Consumer advocates put the blame on Bush's "industry-friendly" U.S. Department of Agriculture... Faster line speeds result in more fecal matter on poultry. Consumers do not want poop on their poultry.

So who's in favor of poop on poultry?

Surprise -- it's the meat and poultry industry

The Center for Responsive Politics reports that 82 percent of the meat industry's political contributions, $4.5 million since 1990, went to Republicans. To labor the point, it does actually make a real difference in your daily life who winds up in public office.

So to all of you who "just don't care about politics," take another bite of chicken and think about it some more.