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OBAMA’S NEW FOOD ACT TO SEAL SORRY FATE OF AMERICA’S FARMS
The Last Crusade ^ | July 30 2009 | Last Crusade

Posted on 07/30/2009 4:09:42 PM PDT by Psion

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To: April Lexington

Me too


61 posted on 07/31/2009 12:30:20 AM PDT by mojitojoe (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people the people to remain silent.)
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To: 2Jedismom

Me and my garden best be left alone. Oh by the way, if you are not already doing it, better get some heritage seeds for each plant you grow just in case they make it impossible to get seeds, or alter them to affect you in ways you would not like.


62 posted on 07/31/2009 2:22:31 AM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Psion

Right Obama. Because a person who takes seeds and plants them in their own home garden can’t possibly do this without government supervision to ensure what’s grown is safe.


63 posted on 07/31/2009 2:39:41 AM PDT by PowerPro (2009 - Conservative Revolution Reborn (Go Palin!))
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To: Marie
There are two ways for this to go...

It is not written into the law, so no.

or

Based on some archaic judicial ruling, if they feel your personal “farming” affects commerce, the law may affect you.

That ruling was over some wheat farmer growing his own stuffs. Ruled one way then ruled another...you get the idea. Of course all our courts now follow precedence, not the real law so much.

64 posted on 07/31/2009 3:24:12 AM PDT by EBH (it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new Government)
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To: Psion

65 posted on 07/31/2009 3:27:00 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: Psion
From the article at The Last Crusade:

As proposed by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, H. R. 2749 will grant the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate all farms and farm produce in an attempt to purge America’s farmland of E. coli O157:H7, a lethal, food-borne bacteria.

Under the terms of the bill, crops must be grown in sterile areas, surrounded by 450 foot buffers, so that they are not exposed to other vegetation, runoff water, birds, beasts, or wildlife of any kind.

To create such sterile farms, ponds will be poisoned; wetlands drained; and streams re-routed to safeguard the crops from untreated water.

Trees will be bulldozed from agricultural corridors to protect the fields from bird droppings.

Fields will be lined with poison-filled tubes to kill rodents.

All children under five will be prohibited from stepping foot on farmland or tilled soil for fear of leaking diapers.

A crow landing in a cornfield will mandate the destruction of the entire corn crop.

I scanned the bill, H.R. 2749, and none of that was in there.

66 posted on 07/31/2009 3:40:43 AM PDT by giotto
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To: giotto

Bump


67 posted on 07/31/2009 4:38:37 AM PDT by voicereason (I Don't Need SEX...I Get Screwed By Democrats Everyday!!!)
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To: Psion
Actually, DDT was shown to NOT cause any harm - simply another enviro nazi movement that the non-use has caused the deaths of millions in 3rd world countries from malaria.
68 posted on 07/31/2009 4:42:13 AM PDT by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Psion

Strange coincidence. Most American farmers voted for McCain.


69 posted on 07/31/2009 6:05:34 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: Psion

Does this mean that if say neighbors get together to grow crops (I know communist crap), but just for sake of argument, will GOVERNMENT(Local State, Fed)Hellicopters be watching to make sure people don’t get together and start ILLEGAL gardens. Just wondering.


70 posted on 07/31/2009 6:06:27 AM PDT by Marty62
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To: Tamar Rush

successfully tested an “RFID tattoo” on cows and rats?

dude, that seriously sounds like a Terminator scene. - Really.


71 posted on 07/31/2009 6:16:41 AM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: DNME
And when some federal “Major Pitcairn” and his redcoats come to inspect my farm and demand their license fee, then the second Shot Heard ‘Round The World will be fired. Only this time, the colonials will not retreat from the field.

Be very careful. - They will kill you for that.

Be prepared...

72 posted on 07/31/2009 6:19:44 AM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: mojitojoe
These dirty rotten bastards should all be tarred and feathered and run out of this country.

My solution would involve a little more “prejudice.”

73 posted on 07/31/2009 6:22:06 AM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: buffyt
I am sorry to say that Zero considers you Husband a “useless eater”. He does NOT fit the collective ideal of an asset to the State. He falls outside the parameters of a value to the STATE. Requires to much maintenance doncha know. Americans BETTER start evaluating their OWN lives and determine where they fit in, especially those that vote Repub or Indy.
74 posted on 07/31/2009 6:33:28 AM PDT by Marty62
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To: Junior_G

bump


75 posted on 07/31/2009 7:40:02 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin
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To: Psion
I wonder how these guys are feeling right now?
76 posted on 07/31/2009 8:36:59 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: Eagles6

“zero’s” goal is to control the life of the sheep from cradle to grave.

Those ‘commoners’ that are still alive will be controlled but Obama and the rest of the left ultimate goal is to reduce the herd.


77 posted on 07/31/2009 8:39:01 AM PDT by Le Chien Rouge
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To: Psion

“Uncle Joe” (Stalin) was in charge of the food supply too.

I wonder if we will have food czars? I can imagine Barney Frank as the Fruit Czar. Al Franken would be a good Cucumber Czar. Of course, they wouldn’t give up their current offices. But I imagine Obama can find people of equal caliber who are not elected officials.


78 posted on 07/31/2009 9:18:57 AM PDT by ChessExpert (The unemployment rate was 4.5% when Democrats took control of Congress. What is it today?)
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To: Psion

We can expect more corruption. Republican farmers will be shut down, to the benefit of Democratic party contributors.


79 posted on 07/31/2009 9:21:45 AM PDT by ChessExpert (The unemployment rate was 4.5% when Democrats took control of Congress. What is it today?)
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To: newfreep

We eliminated Malaria.....the 3rd world birth-rate soared, they all immigrated to the USA, and America became the trash-can for the world.


80 posted on 07/31/2009 11:40:02 AM PDT by Psion ("He who dares not offend cannot be honest." Thomas Paine)
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