Posted on 08/01/2009 7:24:30 PM PDT by FromLori
Despite some really eloquent speeches to the contrary, our “for sale” House of Representatives passed the Food Fascism Act….euphemistically called a food safety act, by a margin of about 140 over the naysayer’s.
True to form, Rosa DeLauro spoke about things she knows nothing about and couldn’t care less; Rosa just loves her some Monsanto!
And that exclusion for farms??? Gone! And that includes you organic idiots who thought you had kissed enough behinds to have your industry excluded.
The newly revised bill that appeared overnight after the original was defeated 29th of July, now includes all those farms we were told would not be affected by this legislation. Of course those big agri-corporations made out like bandits. Biopiracy is going to have a profitable future thanks to the political whore’s in congress we call our representatives.
The entire HR 2749 bill was completely wiped and replaced with an amendment that was the text of another bill similar to, but far more lethal than the first. Now, please tell me again that backroom deals and pre-planned votes don’t happen in congress. To make it look bi-partisan, some Democrats voted no, and some Republicans voted yes. This was to make you think they had actually debated and considered what they all intended to do anyway.
The bill that passed does only two things……..it seizes control of food production and supply and then hands it over to big agri-corporations. The remaining content of the bill is a primer on enforcement……meaning all the powers they have granted themselves to prevent you from claiming Constitutional protections, and enabling them to violate your rights on multiple levels…..all for food safety of course.
There is NOTHING in this bill that will address, prevent or otherwise affect the safety of food. This was federal encroachment which will be extended to the states with the cooperation of state officials. This bill did nothing but establish a police agency, granting it massive and uncontrolled enforcement capabilities allowing it to make up even more rules to benefit its corporate sponsors, as it moves along.
Oh! And did I mention this will be done by expanding the FDA? The FDA for god’s sake!
A November 2007 report titled “Subcommittee on Science and Technology, FDA Science and Mission at Risk” doc was a scathing review of the not only the inadequacies of FDA, but the fact that it in no way can assure the safety of food in the United States.
That report cited the massive failure of FDA to perform even its basic functions, going on to declare the agency’s problems were the result of corporate influence and funding. It should have been declared defunct right then and there, but of course the lobbyists who stalk the hallways of congress on behalf bio-pirates and other parasitic corporations just wouldn’t hear of such a thing. I can only assume the report on the massive failure of FDA to operate on even a cursory level ended up in the restrooms to wipe the behinds of all those royal asses who hold down seats in the House and who voted today to end competition for industrialized corporate producers while wiping out family and independent operations.
And it wasn’t just the House that sold us out. In the last few months various organic associations and other assorted producers came out with what they described as “myths on the net” about the intention of these bills. Why…..these bills were not going to apply to family and independent farms and ranches and surely not to organic growers. That was just internet hysteria! I wonder who was hysterical last evening as this bill passed specifically bringing them under the expanded FDA authority? And drinks all around!
I have no doubt that dinner and drinks were being supplied last evening by corporate lobbyists as a way to thank House members for passing this seizure of the US food production and supply. FDA was probably pouring the champagne. I wonder if anyone thought to invite those organic groups?
Maybe they could give everyone a big dose of Vioxx when they arrive, spike it with a Gardasil shot and then wash it all down with a big giant super sized diet soda loaded with that yummy aspartame. This should all be followed by a meal consisting of gmo infected fruits and veggies with a big slab of genetically altered meat just oozing antibiotics, growth hormones and the residues from chemicals of all kinds, shipped in from a country who gave their word they “inspected” the food before shipping it.
After all, thanks to Henry Waxman and his cohorts in Constitutional Crime, that’s what is going to end up on our plates.
Thanks. I’m heading to the local feed store first thing Monday morning and the hardware store next. Then on to Walmart for some vacuum seal stuff.
McCotter voted for it as well.
Some good info here http://forums.gunboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=43
Glenn Beck has been talking about that problem for the last week or so. Flood the system so we can't pay attention to everything.
Well those bastards did it. We were so focused on Deathcare, the bailout for the cash for clunkers, crap and trade, that we completely forgot this POS bill was sitting in limbo.
They want to start a war, and going after our food is the best way to do it, next to going after our guns.
It’s getting to the point that I am begging to be either woke up from a crazy dream or believe maybe I am loony with a tinfoil hat.
The best source for dehydrated supplies and other goods of that nature is USA Emergency Supply...
https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/
That is a good place to start looking. I also recommend that you start shopping around on line for books on how to prepare for any number of emergencies. There are a number of ways that things could go south on us so it is prudent in my view to be prepared to survive in place. My home gives me more assets to survive, even damaged, than any refugee camp would.
It is important for you to find a plan that works for you, as opposed to just buying someone else’s plan, and hoping you can adapt it to your needs. Just buying a cubic yard of MRE’s might be simple, but you’ll get really tired of those entree’s after a very short time.
Think in terms of the acronym “OAR”, for Organize, Acquire, Rotate...
For example, I just got another batch of oxygen absorbers that we’re using to protect buckets of dried goods and putting into our vacume bags to remove any traces of O2. Doing that alone extends the life of your stores. USA Emergency Supplies ships quickly and their prices are very reasonable as compared to other products that are out there. Do some independent surfing and you’ll see.
My biggest immediate problem was water storage, and I put together a fairly simple and inexpensive system to harvest rainwater off the roof of my shed. Right now it keeps the waterbill down when I water the garden. In an emergency I have four 55 gallon plastic (food grade) barrels for immediate water storage. I have room for and will add at least another four barrels by this fall.
And yes, we are avid canners here too. We have collected a large assortment of jars, and we keep 1000 new seals in the emergency stores. We live in a great area for fresh produce, and there is nothing like a jar of fresh stewed tomatoes on a cold winter night...
I’m always open to any suggestions...
Thanks for the suggestions - I did some of this back during the 2000 meltdown worries. That proved unfounded. Fortunately I was not stuck with loads of stored food - I had just done some minimal stocking up.
For this....who knows?
LOL - isn’t it the truth? Seems we are in the middle of a nightmare that won’t end.
We have 3 sections of farmland. Among many friends who have lots of land. The problem will be seed licensing, transportation, and regulatory cost.
No more cheap food.
Corporate Ag has been hammering at this hard for years. This must be stopped.
You think the oil embargo years ago was painful. Food will be much much worse.
There will be a War over this.
The end is near!
Oh, did I mention that I live in Massachusetts??
“I just read that food “facilities” have to test their soil for radiation and such.
How much is food going to increase from this? Not that I want radiation in my food, but you know what I mean.”
Hard to tell, I am not an expert on food economics. A lot depends on where the threshold is set for “radiation” and what kind of testing is required. A full soil analysis would put a lot of small producers out of business. Since moonbats like Dingel are completely unaware that soil is naturally radioactive to some extent, I would fear the worst; that is, a regulatory requirement so extreme it could be used to shut down virtually any producer at the whim of an FDA inspector.
GUYS!! I have been packing up SHTF stuff for months now and there is one thing that I feel the need to share with you guys even though you probably already know, but just for the ones who hadn’t thought of it.
VITAMINS.
Go to a Walmart, online discount vitamin supply, etc.. and buy all you can of the multivitamin. Spring Valley has an inexpensive Prenatal vitamin with EXTRA stuff in there so if you aren’t in a position to eat all the vitamins you have a cushion. Vitamins are supposed to supplement what you are eating, but in a SHTF time, you may be getting rice and beans.
So please buy as much as you can in vitamins.
I’m worried about a few of the libs in my family, one of them is my daughter, mother of my 3 grandsons. So even though she still isn’t listening to me, they won’t starve.
It figures Davis (D-AL) voted for this. Thank God Bonner didn’t(R-AL).
Jesus wept.
They won’t. They will still worship him.
Thanks you bring up some things I had not thought of though I am pretty well on the road to being prepared having moved out to acreage and good storage space, garden,etc. but would not have thought of oxygen absorbers.
We have a very good deep well thank goodness. I have been meaning to purchase a dehydrator I will definitely do that soon.
Thanks for the tips.
Government controlled health care will take care of that.
Once the feds declare guns in the home a health hazard and refuse to grant coverage to gun owners and their dependents, we'll turn in our guns voluntarily in order to receive medical care.
They are fortunate to have you looking out for them.
My whole neighborhood is comprised of people like your neighbor. We are the “nutcase Republicans”...which is why I’m bugging out when the time comes.
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