USDA's Snooping Machine

Worldnetdaily ^ | 1-13-2007 | Henry Lamb

[Cicero]

It is a sad state of affairs when Congress has so little concern for the U.S. Constitution that it allows this kind of abuse by federal agencies.

It's also a sad state of affairs when the President puts people in charge of these agencies who do this sort of thing.

And it's also a sad state of affairs when our courts permit this kind of unconstitutional behavior to be imposed.

All three branches of our government are sick. And if you think it's bad now, with only leftover clintonoids and carterites infesting the bureaucracy, just wait until hillary does her share to put more socialist rodents in charge.

[traviskicks]

Libertarian ping! To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here.

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ping

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The instructions for the questionnaire say "Response to this survey is legally required by Title 7, U.S. Code." Title 7 of the U.S. Code is an enormous document, containing 105 chapters, each of which is a lengthy book unto itself. To find the specific requirement, a person would have to read all the way to Chapter 55, Section 2204g, to discover that a person who falsifies an answer to the questions asked may be fined $500; a person who fails or refuses to answer may be fined $100.

I would just pay the 100 dollars, shred the questionnaire, and put it in the cattle feed. A little roughage will never hurt Bessie (or so I hope).

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Some landowners will simply ignore the questionnaire, pay the $100 fine and consider it to be an expense of keeping the government out of their business. Some folks may try to avoid the fine and maintain their Fourth Amendment rights by responding to each and every question with, "It's none of your damn business," and mailing the form to the USDA by the Jan. 29 deadline.

Sounds good to me. :-)

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Thanks for the ping. If this is what the USDA has become, it should be abolished. (It is unconstitutional, anyhow.)

[Firefigher NC]

I'd opt for not sending it or paying the $100 out of principle, but then you might face a squad of armed goons dressed in black at your door.

[Calpernia]

Hogs Massacred in Virginia

Elk Rancher in Idaho, depopulation story.

Faillace Sheep Disease Free

USDA Identified as Terrorists

Dr. Bret A. Combs, DMV, USDA, Posts on a Vegan Message Board, call to action for Suspicious Cattle

[mugs99]

payment schemes for environmental services in livestock-based land use;

It's always about the money.
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[Small-L]

When are the good people of the United States going to say "THAT'S ENOUGH", and take back control of the nation from the bureaucrats and Nanny Staters in Washington? Sooner or later, there is going to be another Stamp Act of 1765, Townshend Act, or Punitive Act that is going to tip the scales. Or are the American people so beaten down and brainwashed by the federal government that they are simply sheep being willing led into slavery.

[fishhound]

Thanks

[SunkenCiv]

Carrots. The whole danged place is planted to carrots. And we also raise bunnies. And these are some scary-big bunnies.

[Seadog Bytes]

Thanks. ...Bet the ag guys are just tickled with this.

[Calpernia]

NAIS Identity Cards

News — walterj 7:05 am

Texas Goat Gal found an interesting graphic on line… Premises Identity cards and an accompanying press release from Clemson University. Things to note are the date, the replacement fee, the expectation of return and the fact that they’ve published what is supposed to be private information.

[Calpernia]

update

[Calpernia]

update at 34

[Calpernia]

ping

Rodeo bulls are definitely on the agenda for tagging.

[Calpernia]

ping to update at 34

[Calpernia]

ping to update at 34

[tacticalogic]

Congress never intended the Superfund law to apply to the nation's farms – it was designed to clean up industrial waste sites like Love Canal. But because it did not specifically exempt animal waste, activists are now seizing on this lack of clarity to haul farmers before the courts and apply the draconian penalties permissible under Superfund.

The Founders never intended for Congress to assume control of anything and everything they could imagine potentially having an effect on interstate commerce. The New Deal Commerce Clause is, in the words of Clarence Thomas "a blank check", and the beltway bureaucrats aren't about to start exercising anything that resembles self restraint in the use of that power.