not so organic after all

there was an article in the wall str33t journal on 4/19/05 that talked about the business of organic foods. here is a quote:

Some consumers also tend to assume that organic means no chemical pesticides were used. But organic regulations do allow for pesticides from a list of acceptable chemicals. Some farmers who call themselves "beyond organic " are trying to indicate that they use less chemical pesticide than organic farmers.

ha ha. organic foods have chemicals in them. struck me as funny. seems like manufacturers can get away with just about anything these days. like the 98% fat free oscar meyer shaved turkey in my fridge: it actually has 20% of calories from fat. hmmm. how do they get away with that? or the horsepower claims in cars. they advertise horsepower to the flywheel which is not as meaningful as the actual horsepower to the wheels on the ground. the general rule is to take the horsepower claim (which is flywheel hp), for example 180hp, multiplied by 0.78 = actual horsepower of your car of 140.

so what i'm trying to say is that i took tonight off. need a good night of sleep. later dudes.