HOG FARMS: More dangerous than Osama bin Laden! No, really, that’s what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is saying, making clear that he’s uninterested in, or at least unfit for, political office in the future. Fortunately, hog farmers seem familiar with what Kennedy’s producing:

Luke Kollasch, an Algona hog producer, said it is irresponsible to compare the pork industry to the man blamed for the largest terrorist attack against the United States. Kollasch and three other people walked out during Kennedy’s speech. “You have to be a complete wandering idiot to make that statement,” said Kollasch, whose family owns several hog farms and feed and construction companies in northwest Iowa.

“To compare pork producers with a regime that kills and terrorizes Americans, that blew my mind,” said Craig Christensen, a producer who farms with his father and uncle near Ogden.

I missed this story when it appeared, but found it via the Political Hobbyist site. Here’s a Walter Olson column on this subject, too.

And is it just me, or is real life getting more and more like The Onion?