Bug-Tainted Similac Baby Formula? Paremnts Worried about Recall

The last thing parents need is creepy crawlers doing the backstroke in little Debbie’s baby bottle.

Isn’t life tough enough without this added extra?

The Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul) reports that worried parents have bombarded the maker of Similac with phone calls and peppered Facebook and Twitter pages over fears about insects in the top-selling baby formula after millions of cans were recalled.

But the company said Thursday it's unlikely any of the formula already sold is tainted, and doctors offered more reassurance: Even if babies drink bug-tainted formula, the chance for serious harm is slim.

"There's no reason for parents to panic," said Dr. Joseph Gigante, an associate professor of pediatrics at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. Symptoms might include a mild upset stomach, but he says that should last only a few days.

Still, parents like Stephanie Roseman of Farmington Hills, Mich., are upset. Her 3-month-old son seemed like he had a stomach ache this week after drinking formula from one of Abbott's recalled lots. So Roseman's switching to a rival formula.

"He was definitely fussy, and he's not a fussy kid at all," said Roseman, 33. "I wish they were a little more careful screening what's going into the formula."

North Chicago, Ill.-based Abbott voluntarily recalled 5 million cans and plastic containers of Similac powdered formula only as a precaution after small common beetles were found at its Sturgis, Mich., manufacturing plant, said company spokeswoman Kelly Morrison.

The bugs are a common warehouse beetle that were found near a production line late last week. Abbott immediately stopped production and then tested containers of formula from that line. Morrison said "99.8 percent of product was not contaminated."

"Chances are really, really remote" that beetle parts made it into formula that was sold to consumers, but the products were recalled just in case they might contain beetle parts or larvae, Morrison told The Associated Press. Similac is the top-selling infant formula in the United States.

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ObamaCare Slaps New Yorker (Doug Gowland) with 25% Rate Hike says “ObamaCare has just made me $icker!”

"Seven hundred dollars a month for insurance is a lot of money. My choice is to find cheaper insurance or none. Can't wait until Election Day."
Doug Gowland, New Yorker

It was widely reported that certain aspects of the new healthcare reform law went into effect on Thursday. Here in New York, a Greenwich Village resident got the shock of his life when he received a letter from his health insurance provider.

The New York Post reports ObamaCare’s a painful shot in the wallet.

A Greenwich Village resident was socked with an eye-popping 25 percent increase in health premiums -- and his insurance company is slapping part of the blame on President Obama's health-care overhaul that took effect yesterday.

Doug Gowland's monthly bill will jump $140 -- from $565 to $705 -- under the hike, according to a letter he received from insurer EmblemHealth.

And the annual cost for the self-insured 62-year-old man's mostly bare-bones plan will increase $1,680 -- from $6,780 to $8,460.

In the notice, EmblemHealth told Gowland, who is healthy, "The proposed rate increase includes two components: a basic increase on your type plan and an increase due to the cost of enhanced benefits required by the new federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act."

A steamed Gowland, who works in real estate, said: "Seven hundred dollars a month for insurance is a lot of money. My choice is to find cheaper insurance or none. Can't wait until Election Day."

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This story is being replicated ALL OVER THE COUNTRY! Folks are really mad because Obama and the Democrats said this:



Is ObamaCare really affordable? Costs are skyrocketing BECAUSE of ObamaCare.

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Democrats Resort to Comedian Stephen Cobert to Speak on behalf of Migrant Workers (Video)

Cobert is a funny guy, but I can’t take him seriously. I’m sure his heart is in the right place. But, what the heck are the Dems on the Hill thinking?

And can we get something straight here?

A lot, not all of these migrant workers ARE ILLEGALS so they’re not supposed to have any rights accept the right to remain silent as they get deported. It’s not a hard concept to understand but it seems to escape Democrats.



Fox News reports that if Democratic leaders were trying to bring national attention to migrant farm labor by inviting comedian Stephen Colbert to a House panel hearing on Friday, they appear to have succeeded, but Colbert's performance didn't leave many lawmakers laughing.

"There was no rational reason for him to be there," Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, told Fox News, adding that Colbert's joke-filled testimony didn't stick to the written testimony he had submitted Thursday night. Lawmakers expected him to summarize his points in five minutes, but he went longer -- and lacked substance, said King, a member of the panel.

"He went off on a comedy routine that he had written as a separate document and I think it's an insult to the time, an insult to the intelligence of the American people that Congress is conducting themselves in this fashion," King said.

Rep. Dan Lundgren, R-Calif., acknowledged to FoxNews.com that he was thankful that Colbert's appearance brought publicity to an issue that Lundgren's been working on for 37 years:

"The contrast and comparison between unemployment of American citizens or nationals with the right to be in the U.S. and those here illegally."

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Democrats can’t even run a simple hearing with any sense of competence. Is it no wonder why the country is screwed with these guys in charge?

Congressman Steve King reacts to Cobert's testimony on Fox News with Megyn Kelly



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Big Booty Friday ll 9-23-10

The end of the week is here and it's time for the weekend.

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Katy Perry Fired from Sesame Street Too Much Boobs Clevage (Video)

If you asked me, Elmo was the one who should’ve got fired for copping a feel, looking up Katy’s dress, and hanging upside and looking down her boobs.

The National Enquirer reports that SESAME STREET axes naughty KATY PERRY's cleavage baring guest shot after much ballyhoo.

Bowing to pressure, the PBS show said it's not going to air a duet between "California Gurls" thrush and Elmo.

The pop starlet who wore one of her trademark risqué outfits - gold bustier top that makes BF Russell Brand randy - was too much for the PBS funded show.

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White House Attacks Republicans ‘Pledge to America’…

My friend over at Weasel Zippers don't mess around.

He calls the White House reaction to the Republicans Pledge to America,

"Pathetic, clueless Democrats. The same old BS won’t save them in November"

Politico reports that the White House immediately attacked the House Republicans’ election agenda rollout Wednesday evening, claiming the 21-page "Pledge to America" plan will “take America back to the same failed economic policies that caused this recession.”

White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer, writing on the White House blog, said Republicans “doubled down on the same ideas that hurt America’s middle class,” listing tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, tax hikes for the middle class, “cutting rules and oversight” for financial services, health care and oil, all while adding to the deficit.

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Recessions are normal events of the business cycle. Under George W. Bush the unemployment rate got as low as 4.5% because his tax cuts created jobs. The Obama agenda kills'em.

Obama thinks the American people can't tell the difference. He's in for a rude awakening.

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Pledge to America" Unveiled by Republicans (Full Text)

Republicans are making their move to stop the Obama agenda that has the country on a crash course toward financial ruin.

CBS News has obtained a final draft of House Republicans' legislative agenda for the next Congress, a 21-page "Pledge to America" that they will formally unveil Thursday morning at a Virginia hardware store.

"The need for urgent action to repair our economy and reclaim our government for the people cannot be overstated," the introduction says.

It continues: "With this document, we pledge to dedicate ourselves to the task of reconnecting our highest aspirations to the permanent truths of our founding by keeping faith with the values our nation was founded on, the principles we stand for, and the priorities of our people. This is our Pledge to America."

Below are some highlights, and the full document is at the bottom.

Jobs:
- Stop job-killing tax hikes
- Allow small businesses to take a tax deduction equal to 20 percent of their income
- Require congressional approval for any new federal regulation that would add to the deficit
- Repeal small business mandates in the new health care law.

Cutting Spending:
- Repeal and Replace health care
- Roll back non-discretionary spending to 2008 levels before TARP and stimulus (will save $100 billion in first year alone)
- Establish strict budget caps to limit federal spending going forward
- Cancel all future TARP payments and reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Reforming Congress:
- Will require that every bill have a citation of constitutional authority
- Give members at least 3 days to read bills before a vote

Defense:
- Provide resources to troops
- Fund missile defense
- Enforce sanctions in Iran

GOP Pledge to America

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