If we’re talking about gubmint having control of health care and the banks because “they’re too important”, then I think food production ranks right up there with “too big to fail” enterprises. So, by applying Kenyan Economics, farming should be nationalized.
(”Kenyan Economics”...hey, that’s good! Remember—you heard it from randog first).
“It’s too late to work within the system, and it’s too soon to shoot the bastards.”
Claire Wolfe
I’m overwhelmed by reading a dozen calls to arms every day in these pages (and my email inbox). I honestly think that we’ve moved into a new level of the game, with different rules.
Calling and writing my reps doesn’t seem to have any effect on what the Socialists want to do with us. It’s time for us to wake up and get in the game as it really exists at this point in time.
Let them try to enforce it. I guess that's what President Obama’s Civilian Forces are for — to see if Grandma is growing tomatoes in her backyard. They'll haul the old dame in front of the local constabulary and send her to the pokey. She'll serve out the rest of her life for a tomato unless they shoot her on the spot for domestic terrorism. Problem with aging population solved. Change you can believe in.
They are for genocide. I’ve said it before. I also mentioned of the libertarians’ erring on drugs instead of the constitutional right to be your own grower of anything you wish that is wholesome as you judge it so.
I’ll shoot any bastard that tries to stop me from growin my own food. I hear bureaucrats make good fertilizer.
Mercantilism and Socialism are evil, fraternal, Siamese twins, joined at the government.
Although the US has been considered a Capitalist country, we have had both Socialism and Mercantilism co-existing in the US for a long time. The Welfare State is a form of Socialism. Large corporations, in bed with politicians (usually Democrats) keeping smaller competitors out of the market, is Mercantilism.
Socialists and Mercantilists are happy to scratch each other's backs, though each would like to be in charge, ultimately.
We need to fight this bill. We also need to educate the ignorant who will say, “This is just those greedy Capitalists”. No, it's Mercantilism. It's not capitalism. The small farmer or gardener, who might sell a few food items, is the Capitalist.
bookmark
I am reading more and more about a preference to buy locally produced goods and services. Those who prefer to eat locally grown/produced food sometimes call themselves “localvores”. Thus there is a growing demand for local farmer’s markets.
Our local farmers market is indeed taking business away from the grocery stores. I can just bet that the big food growers are up-in-arms over this and wanting to squash the movement.
This combined with using food production as a way to control the masses is driving this bill. Not only does the government apparently not want us little people to eat healthy, but maybe eventually not eat at all.
Where is the GOP?
They can have my legume when they pry it from my cold, dead butter sauce!
Please get a grip on yourself. IF there is anything in this bill that we need to be seriously concerned about, you are not doing the cause any favor by making preposterous scare claims. Obviously no legislation is going to outlaw growing tomatoes in your backyard for your personal and family consumption. If you think this draft legislation says that, then you don't know anything about how to read legislation and consider the defined terms used therein (which are often defined in other, already existing laws).
I won't be paying any attention to this issue until I see it brought up by someone who is discussing it rationally. Stuff like this post goes in the same file as the outlandish global warming scare claims.
It affects them too ; )
They can pry my tomatoes out of my cold dead hand...oh wait,nevermind...my huge and crazy German Shepherd would have had the trespassers for dinner by then.
We all know what Obama is but do we have a list that shows who are socialists or communists in the Congress?
Such bills introduced has to be written by socialists or communists!
We need to identify these bastards and get them out of there!!!
The trip wire could be tripped at anytime, or anywhere and everyone will need to be prepared to fight for your lives, your freedom, your very Country! Unless you personally decide right now, whether to fight or go along with the Government, you will be bagged and tagged when the fight starts because it will be too late to make up your mind at that point!
“criminalizing organic farming”
Somehow I just can’t see libs agreeing with this.
Even the far left greenies would be in an uproar about this. They are big into growing their own organic food. It’ll never happen.
I’m reading through it and I can’t find where a person growing food in their back yard would NOT be considered either a “CATEGORY 4 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT” or a “FOOD PRODUCTION FACILITY” requiring registration, oversight, inspections, etc etc.
Obama is making heap big mistake here. He’s really pissing off the wrong people. The health food and organic food and all-natural movements represent an enormous lobby these days and they MOSTLY tend to be loyal leftys otherwise.
This would really bite into his “base.”
I’m trying to find the part about the private garden.
i see this smacks of big busincess controlling food, but I need to show this to libs and the exact spot where it prohibits pribate gardening.
I have looked and cannot find it.
I’m going to plant tomatoes just for spite. If they arrest me I’ll throw tomatoes at the thugs hired to enforce an illegal law.