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NAIS IS NOT VOLUNTARY-read the info below from FARFA-there is info saying that people will be signed up regardless–USDA issues memo mandating NAIS premises registration for all federally regulated disease control programs
A new memo out of USDA shows they are pushing ahead with NAIS despite the public protests and even state laws barring mandatory programs.
USDA recently issued a memo to its “Veterinary Services Management Team” that requires NAIS premises registration for various disease program activities. (Veterinary Services Memorandum No. 575.19, posted on our Government Documents Page at text
The memo includes activities such as vaccinations, testing, and applying official ear tags, for programs for every livestock species, ranging from brucellosis to scrapies to equine infectious anemia. The memo says that people who refuse to have their farms registered will be registered against their will. Thus, USDA has officially abandoned the supposed “voluntary” nature of NAIS. Now animal owners who take government-required steps such as testing and vaccinating their animals may find themselves enrolled in the NAIS premises registration database with or without their consent.
Take Action—The USDA’s action means we have to continue and redouble our efforts to educate state and federal legislators about the problems with NAIS, so that they put a halt to the agencies’ continued implementation. Take a few moments to call your Congressman today!
It’s also critical to get more state laws passed stopping NAIS. Stay tuned for more information on bills for the 2009 legislative session!
Four states already have laws that forbid their state agencies from mandating NAIS: Arizona, Kentucky, Missouri and Nebraska.
USDA has failed to follow any of the administrative procedures required to create enforceable regulations when it issued this new step in NAIS. So whether USDA can actually enforce it isn’t clear. On the other hand, USDA has created the entire NAIS program without regard to following the rules administrative agencies must follow, so it’s likely that the state agencies will automatically follow the USDA’s memo. Here are some excerpts from the memo:
USDA is requiring NAIS premises registration “as the sole and standard location identifier” for activities relating to any disease regulated through the Code of Federal Regulations, for emerging or re-emerging disease, and for foreign animal diseases (page 1, Section II & III.A.1)
People who refuse to voluntarily register their properties in NAIS will be registered against their will: “If the person responsible for the premises chooses not to complete the form to register his/her premises, either the animal health official or an accredited veterinarian will collect the defined data fields.” (page 2, Section III.B.2)
The memo applies to federal animal health authorities, state animal health authorities, and private veterinarians who are accredited for federally regulated diseases (page 1, Section I)
Any veterinarian who is accredited for a federally regulated disease is subject to the USDA’s edict to involuntarily register his or her clients: “A PIN is required for activities performed at a premises by a State or Federal animal health authority or an accredited veterinarian for any disease that is regulated through Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations.” (page 4)
The listed disease programs for which a PIN will be required include:
o Tuberculosis
o Brucellosis
o Johne’s disease
o Pseudorabies
o Scrapie
o Chronic Wasting Disease
o Low pathogenic Avian Influenza of the H5/H7 strains
o Communicable diseases in horses, asses, ponies, mules, and zebras, which would include equine Infectious Anemia
o Texas (splenetic) fever in cattle
o Scabies in cattle
o Exotic Newcastle disease and chlamydiosis
o Poultry health as addressed in the National Poultry Improvement Plan
o Swine Health
The activities that will result in being registered in NAIS include:
o Vaccinations
o Diagnostic tests
o Certifications (other than certificates of veterinary inspection)
o Application of official eartags or backtags (page 5)
USDA states that PIN’s are not required for “participation in voluntary programs,” but does not explain which those would be (p.6)
Comment esbee — November 1, 2008 @ 2:49 pm
found this on a website called Prairie Star and was submitted by Henwhisperer Feb 29, 2008. I am sure she will not mind me posting it here.
” Here is an excellent rebuttal from a rancher in Australia who knows first hand the folly of an animal identification system.
MANDATORY RFID FOR AUSTRALIA
THE SECOND Y2K BUG GOLDMINE.
Speech to R-CALF USA on 21st Feb 2008 in Omaha Nebraska
by John Carter.
I thank R-CALF USA for its invitation to have me address the Conference. ABA is R-CALF’s sister organization—we too, represent independent producers in the fight against multi national processors, feeble and corrupt bureaucrats and our sycophantic equivalent of your NCBA.
I was appalled to buy the Los Angeles Times when I landed in the US and read their headline article on the Chino beef recall. I worked with USDA men from 1983 to 1994. Their integrity was admired worldwide. It appears to have gone. There will be a backlash that will help our cause.
Australia, being a desert island in the middle of a huge ocean has the least disease of any continent.
Despite this, Australia has had Premises ID for cattle since 1980. We used a paper or plastic wrap around tail tag had to be affixed before sale.
In 1990 I got individual animal numbers put on those tags in around 1990—for use in producer carcass quality discovery. I t was hardly ever used. Later I was amazed to find that those sycophants supporting RFID didn’t even know.
Three years ago I spoke to you in Denver. I advised you not to allow mandatory RFID to be foisted on you because – It would be very costly And it wouldn’t work. I am back today to tell you that I was right.
In those three years Australian cattle producers have been the fall guys for the international tag manufacturers. Follow the money. Put your money on self-interest—you always know that it is trying.
ABA has no problem with voluntary RFID use. If I were unfortunate enough to own a feedlot I would use it in many ways to save feeding inefficient cattle.
Mandatory tracing is an entirely different matter.
We have abandoned our efficient mandatory tail tag system for expensive chaos.
No other large producing country has mandated the RFID Trace back system. All the reasons given for its introduction are now in tatters. Face saving and blame have replaced them.
Remember an ounce of prevention is worth pounds of cure. Don’t let anyone take you down this suicidal path because once you are on it, it will become the unchangeable custom and be used by your packers to discount your cattle. Its administration will cost you a fortune—all for no purpose but to increase tag manufacturer profit and give jobs to bureaucrats.
In Australia, the tag manufacturers beat us with lies and propaganda. They provided letters to the papers signed by producers who didn’t exist amidst a flood of propaganda. At one stage the rural press did a poll on NLIS acceptance by producers on one of its Farm polls on the Internet. On day 3 the poll showed 75% of producers voting the NLIS as being hopeless or a failure. About 10% were approving. In two hours this was reversed. Fortunately ABA had a computer fanatic following the vote and trying to boost the negative vote. We immediately did a press release stating that the poll was being fixed. It was withdrawn and hasn’t been attempted since. Investigations showed that hackers had the poll alteration from the database team at MLA( our Beef Board). We called for a full disclosure. MLA spent $81,000 of OUR MONEY on their auditors investigating, refused to release the results, and did not sack the two hackers. One can only presume that someone above had instructed them. A divisional head noted for his careful work resigned and was appointed as Integrity Officer by the packer organization.
2 Reasons that tag manufacturers used with their stooges in Government, the packers and our NCBA equivalent.
· Market Access. In 2003 we were told that we had to have mandatory RFID NLIS because the USA was getting it and we would lose market share to the US in Japan and Korea. The US, with no RFID NLIS, is now regaining its market share in Japan and will get back into Korea despite your two cases of BSE. Australian producers are getting 60% of your prices.
Brazil and Argentina—with no RFID NLIS send many times Australia’s small 6,000-ton quota to Europe. The largest cattle producing exporter in the world does not have federal animal ID.
· Customers are demanding it.
This was a farce, as the system cannot trace beyond the packinghouse. Inquiries in Japan showed that no one was asking for it. Our packers claimed that McDonalds required RFID NLIS. Knowing the US situation I rang the McDonalds purchasing officer in Sydney .She denied ever making such a claim.
· Disease control.
The inaccuracy of the system and its slowness has shown that it would be of little use in an outbreak of exotic disease. We are supposed to inform the database of any movement of any cattle off our ranches— including to another pasture. Very few are doing it. NLIS couldn’t track a bleeding elephant through a snowfield.
· Prevention of stock stealing. Australia has decided that RFID NLIS is not a legal means of identifying livestock (the tags can be easily cut out and substituted). The recent severe floods in Queensland have seen police and owners rely on the firebrand to identify the thousands of stock on other ranches. However enthusiastic bureaucrats are demanding the producers put orange RFID tags in the ears of cattle that they have identified as theirs on other ranches before they take them home. An orange tag indicates that the beast has no whole of life accountability and will be discounted by the packers.
· Carcass feedback to producers. Our packinghouses were supposed to supply feedback to the breeder who put his tag in the ear when the beast was sold for the first time. They eventually agreed to give a carcass or a live weight but many are not doing it.
· The minute tag number on the outside (readable with glasses) is different to the computer number inside. Australia has been sold inferior tags by the multinationals—they think that we are stupid –I’m afraid that they are right.
3. It hasn’t been shown to work in any major beef producing country.
· The UK Auditor General’s Report on Livestock Tracking released on 10/11/2003 should be compulsory reading for anyone involved. At that time they had 700 bureaucrats chasing 10 million cattle at an annual cost of $ 60 per head sold with 20% missing. The committee concluded that the system was “in complete chaos”. That is a paper trail system. The EU’s IDEA trial on RFID had not found RFID to be feasible. Since then we have found the UK Lamb RFID trial release (late 2006). They concluded that it would not work as well as the paper trail and would cost the lamb producers so much that they would lose their European markets.
· This has caused our Sheep equivalent of your NCBA to say “NO –not without a cost benefit analysis”, which we had unsuccessfully demanded of MLA. The sheep people don’t seem to like the idea of paying $3 for a tag for a sheep that they may sell for $1. This doesn’t seem unreasonable.
· I phoned the Canadian ID Agency on Monday. I was told that their system of informing on stock movement is still voluntary and that few producers send in cattle movements to the agency, as they are not computer literate! This fact was obvious to “Blind Freddy” in Australia and was uncovered in the EU trials. You can have the best computer database system in the world but it is garbage in garbage out.
4. Monumental Failure.
When we began this war in Australia I said that there were 200,000 who sold cattle every year. MLA and your NCBA equivalents said that there were only 60,000. We now have 160,000 on the database. We have around 27 million cattle in Australia and the last figure on the database showed many millions unaccounted for.
Two weeks ago I did an audit of my account on the database-In three years I have bought 900 tags—they are on the database.
I have bought 92 cattle—79% are on my account.
I have sold 618- 74%have been taken off the account.
I have had the required carcass weight at abattoir when killed on 58%.
I have had fat depths (wildly inaccurate) given on 14%
I have had 20 cattle killed on my account that could not have been mine. I have had 22 recorded as deceased on ranch that never died.
I live in one of the better areas with higher stocking rates and a controlled system. I have the equal oldest registered firebrand in Australia (1853). I have tattooed every calf born with that brand since 1955. My experience would be better than most. Linda Hewitt who addressed you last year and is now in serious floods with her family run 15,000 cattle, she has had error notices from the database on thousands of cattle.
We have an international embarrassment on our hands because the tag companies bribed, cajoled and fooled those in power. Those in power refused to do a cost benefit analyses, they refused to do a trial. They mandated an impossible system and are now lying very low. They have had two small inquiries, which produced what they paid for but with very heavy qualifications on what needed to change to make it work. No senior bureaucrat, politician or NCBA equivalent will stand up and say that it is a success. They know what any producer who goes into his account knows—it is as the UK Committee said of their system in 2003-it is “In complete chaos”.
Fight this one down to the last cowboy. With 900,000 producers in 50 different state legislatures your bureaucrats have even less chance of making it work than ours have. That isn’t the point though— you must stop the transfer of you money to multinational tag manufacturers. Follow the money and don’t be fooled as we were with theY2K Bug.. I think that you will win. Good luck and thank you. “
Comment esbee — November 1, 2008 @ 3:03 pm
I do not know if this was ever covered before. I am quoting from
WTO, GMO and Total Spectrum Dominance
WTO rules put free-trade of agribusiness above national health concerns
By F. William Engdahl, March 29, 2006
(Previously published in GlobalResearch)
“The Agreement on Agriculture
The heart of the WTO machinery is the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA), which under the sheep’s wool of ‘free trade,’ hides the wolf of private agri-business GMO monopoly power. Under AoA rules, since 1995 poorer developing countries have been forced to eliminate quotas and slash protective tariffs, at the same time the Bush Administration voted to increase its subsidies to US agribusiness farming by $80 billions.
The net effect has been to allow the powerful monopoly of five grain trading giants—Cargill, ADM, Bunge, Andre (formerly) and Louis Dreyfus—to dramatically increase the dumping of food commodities globally, ruining millions of family farmers worldwide in the process, while maximizing their private corporate profits…The AoA was written by the US-dominated agribusiness giants such as Cargill, ADM, Monsanto and DuPont, to serve the agenda of these global supranational private companies, whose sole aim is to maximize profits and market monopoly, regardless of human consequences. Their focus is the domination of the $1 trillion global agriculture trade. The actual author of the AoA of WTO was Daniel Amstutz, a former Vice President of Cargill Grain, who was at the time in the Washington US Trade Representative’s Office, before going back to the grain trade”
Writer of AoA
Comment Snazy snezy — November 3, 2008 @ 2:26 pm
Let your state legislators know there will be no more brucellosis vaccinations for your cattle, or pullorum testing for your chickens. If we must we will sacrifice a little safety for the sake of liberty. (I don’t think Ben would be too offended by my twisting his words)
We inherited a unique gift, one that men pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to provide for us. We too long ignored our precious inheritance, and left it to be managed by reprobates, while we expected it to always be preserved for us and our future generations. When our congress passed the bailout bill against the majority’s wishes, it flaunted taxation without representation.
Do we lose what is left of our inheritance tomorrow?
Comment eileen — November 3, 2008 @ 8:30 pm
I read the new memo from the USDA and found something that was curious. There will be a code in each PIN to indicate whether it was a premise registered voluntarily or involuntarily. What are they up to with that? I doubt it is in our favor.
Comment Mary Beth — November 4, 2008 @ 9:52 am
Mary Beth -
It is my thought, although nothing justifies it, that those who were “not with the program” will be the first to be “checked for complience”.
Maybe I am just being paranoid.
Comment Mrs. Michael Sabo — November 4, 2008 @ 1:40 pm
I intend to ask why they want that info when I go to the PSU seminar. Do you think I’ll get a straight answer?
Comment Barbara — November 4, 2008 @ 7:46 pm
You are correct. The VS Memorandum also states in a “task force situation” (exact definition unclear) no contact may be available (or at home), so as much information as possible should be gathered and sent in to assign a pin. Of course big brother might think they missed something (maybe someone was horseback riding off the premises)so further investigation/harassment would be warranted in their view.
Also it was mentioned in the VS Memorandum that the vet’s training and paperwork will increase costs to their clients.
I wonder if higher vet costs will be added to the cost/benefit analysis of NAIS, oh, I forgot, we probably won’t be seeing that information.
Comment eileen — November 4, 2008 @ 7:58 pm
” There will be a code in each PIN to indicate whether it was a premise registered voluntarily or involuntarily”
where can this memo be found?
Comment esbee — November 5, 2008 @ 1:55 am
text
I started a discussion intertwining NAIS with the new prez on newsvine. I really fear for our freedoms now.
Comment esbee — November 5, 2008 @ 2:06 am
It was uploaded to the Americans_Against board file section or I could forward the PDF to you. It might be good to have a hard copy in your hand to refer to:
III.B.2 (which states you will be given a number regardless of your wishes)
III.C. (which states that the PIN enrollment code will “differentiate them” from PINs issued as a result of voluntary NAIS registration.
III.C.1. (Which states that all PINS gathered in III.C. will be included in the Premises RSSR)
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Basically - USDA could not get the critical mass numbers they were looking for - so this should speed it up for them. USDA will use the involuntary numbers added the voluntary numbers = mandatory.
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Sharon Sabo
Illinois
Comment Mrs. Michael Sabo — November 5, 2008 @ 7:16 am
Eileen
Add Coggins, Rabies shots and any other vet administered shots or procedures.
Also expect lots of livestock especially horses turned loose. In North Carolina a $5 head tax was placed on livestock. All the farmers sent their kid’s ponies to the auction. Ponies were scarce in North Carolina for years afterward. Since horse slaughter is banned they will be turned loose.
Go to the local horse shows and tackshops ASK them to sign the R-CALF petition
R-Calf has asked for help in obtaining signatures. Please download and print off the petition,get signatures, filling out the requested information and add the animal(s) owned. Once filled out send them directly to R-Calf. The address is on the bottom of the 1st page
R-CALF Petition
TEll the horse owners about the up to $500,000 fines and/or one year in jail (a year jail term means you lose the right to vote TOO!)
From NAISINFOCENTRAL
The current rule making process for USDA is found on line at Cornell University Law School, Legal Information Institute, U.S. Code., Title 7 >Chapter 109> 8313. Penalties. #8313
(b) Civil Penalties, (1) In general (A)
(i) $50,000 in the case of any individual, except that the civil penalty may not exceed $1000 in the case of an initial violation of this chapter by an individual moving regulated articles not for monetary gain;
(ii) $250,000 in the case of any other person for each violation; and
(iii) $500,000 for all violations adjudicated in a single proceeding.
TELL them about GGFP the Guide to Good farming Practices, Guide to Good Farming Practices
Aside from prison type security, keeping feed samples and extensive records you have to ensure the health of those coming in contact of the animals! Boarding, showing and lessons stables will LOVE that.
– ensure that staff are regularly monitored to detect any healthy carriers of bacterial or parasitic agents that could be transmitted to animals.
– Keep a record of all persons entering the farm: visitors, service staff and farm professionals (veterinarian,tester, inseminator, feed deliverer, carcass disposal agent, etc.)
– keep the medical certificates of persons comming in contact with animals…
The `Safe and Secure Food Act of 2005 (Introduced in Senate) United States SEC. 411. FOOD SECURITY
Sources: Safe and Secure Food Act
Shows the USDA’s intent to implement GGFP.
Tell them the RFID tags have been shown to cause cancer in horses. RFID chips cause cancer
Also the USDA expect vets and other snitches to “Contribute animal sighting data to the NAIS” USDA/Vet snitches
Also expect in the future a PIN to be needed to buy vet supplies, feed, hay and livestock handling equipment. I expect a very lively blackmarket to startup shortly there after.
Comment Snazy snezy — November 5, 2008 @ 8:28 am
Wow. That’s hugely intrusive. To identify those who did so “willingly” and those who fought the system and had to be forced, albeit with a “hidden” identification, is tantamount to making us wear orange jumpsuits.
It seems in these modern progressive times we are trading one form of slavery for another.
Comment Podchef — November 5, 2008 @ 9:24 am
#11 YES please forward copy or url to me….thanks
Comment esbee — November 5, 2008 @ 4:12 pm
“– keep the medical certificates of persons comming in contact with animals…”
HUH? What certificates? HIPAA regulations guarantee privacy of people’s medical records.
Comment Barbara — November 5, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
How much time do we have to gather signatures?
Comment Barbara — November 5, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
I don’t know how to get it to you!?
Sharon Sabo
IICFA
muttipie@htc.net
Comment Mrs. Michael Sabo — November 5, 2008 @ 5:15 pm
On the petitions, you have until Jan 2009, R-Calf would like them back before congress goes back to play, I meant to say work.
Now on the petitions, if you own species other than cattle put and asterisk next to your species, *equine. This is per Dr Thornsberry.
Now here is a thought that if you go after just consumers, try not to commingle them with livestock and Just do a heading for consumers.
Comment Gisela — November 5, 2008 @ 5:39 pm
I’ve already commingled livestock owners with consumers. I had some people at work sign the petition today. I’ll be getting more. There’s a lot of time before January.
Comment Barbara — November 5, 2008 @ 6:13 pm
Snazy snezy, thanks for the heads up on the R-CALF petition, I’ll take one to the feed store.
If pins become required for basic vaccines, perhaps there will be a lot of county and state properties registered by mistake.
Comment eileen — November 5, 2008 @ 7:07 pm
Sure seems bad at times doesnt it? I have no doubt that they will continue to push NAIS and the corporate takeover of farming,it is the way of despots.
Remember Colin Peterson said several months ago that he would wait till after the election to see what happened then he would push for NAIS well they got their person in,now I am sure they will try to impliment this by decree.
These international agreements suck, they are unlawful and benefit people who disregard the Constituitional rights of the people; always on the premise of protecting somthing,always a bunch of BS!
I want to encourage all of you,fighting for liberty is always the right choice,dont let them wear you down,remember they work for us: even if they dont get it,we can jerk the slack out of them!I believe it is time!
We as individuals will have to make some hard choices in the near future,to give up or to fight back,to submit to the decrees or to say enough,no more and refuse to give in even if it costs us everything.
As most of you know I do not advocate violence,I will not however advocate slavery,I still say we can beat this, I will myself continue to work to stop this BS,
we all have been successfull in a way that I didnt know if we could be 3 years ago,we stalled them,we have some states with laws against NAIS and some states have bills ready to go after the new sessions open.
However as I said choices will have to be made and may well cost some of us dearly,I pray I/we have the intestinal fortitude to stare the govicorp down if push comes to shove.
We all have certain inalienable rights beyond the ones listed in the Bill of Rights, they are the rights of man,rights we possess simply by being born human;govt didnt grant them,and govt has no right to take them.
That does not mean that they will not try to take them away or overpower them with political BS,they will try to intimidate us and push us,how much we take is up to us as individuals.
I feel that I would not give up my rights to any govt; why then would I surrender to a corporation, a outside group like the UN, or any combination of these? This is insane! I am sure most of you feel the same.
Insane it is but it is happening, and not just NAIS but REAL ID,violations of gun rights, property rights,free speech and so much more, we are facing the most critical time in our nations history,to see whether there will continue to be a nation,or individual rights where we can all be different and love each other for it,where we all have a right to engage or disengage;
in
short liberty OR a new world order where we all bow to the state,a world where if you dont conform we kill you,this is my fear, this is where we seem to be heading,
we must stop this and get our nation back,before we have to bleed and die just to be free,sad when we were free but so many couldnt be bothered to get involved,not the folks here of course for the most part,but people in general.
We didnt get here overnight and we most likely wont get out by morning,
but we have to keep pushing back, get involved if your nor,go to local meetings,speak up at govt hearings and demand they get back in the constitutional box and leave your rights alone,
speak up at school meetings tell them how they are going to behave where your kids are concerned,get a copy of the constitution and the founders writings and find out what they say,find out what it is that is yours, teach your kids/grandkids/neighbor kids ANYONE!
You can have a million in the bank; but if you dont know it you could starve to death all the while having the means to buy food,just not knowing it,same thing is true with your rights,if you dont know you have them then they do you no good!dont let any area in your life just slide along and dont let govt run any part of your life,take charge,be responsible for you and your own, then help your neighbors.
We can do this ,but we must go into it with our eyes wide open,realize the risk,accept the responsibility,
America was not free because everyone agreed and fought,only a small percentage of the people believed in the dream and gave all they had to secure the blessings of liberty for themselves and their children,we owe ourselves and our children at least the same. Thanks!
“Live free or die tryin”
Comment Lee — November 5, 2008 @ 7:13 pm
Nature’s Juice (IL) Illegally raided - please help!
Rather than tell the story, I will post the letter… If you’d like a copy of it to fax out, just email me, and I’ll send it along with the list of contacts…
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November 3, 2008
Dear Sir/Madame,
We contact you because of your role trespassing onto and into our private membership Nature’s Juice Co-Op located at 219 Barnwood Trail, McHenry, IL 60050, that is also the Ainlay/Bentall residence. The purpose of the Illinois Food Service Sanitation Code is “safeguarding public health and ensuring that food is safe, unadulterated and honestly presented when offered to the consumer.” The Food Service Sanitation Code defines “consumer” as “a person who is a member of the public, takes possession of food, is not functioning in the capacity of an operator of a food establishment or food processing plant, and does not offer the food for resale.” Nature’s Juice Co-Op is a private membership, not public. Our membership is not subject to requirements of the Food Service Sanitation Code. In fact, we consider your sanitation codes unsafe for our food.
On September 4, 2008 around 12:00 PM, members of McHenry County Health Department Environmental Division, with an administrative Warrant and an officer of McHenry Police Department, conducted a search and seizure of private documents at the Ainlay/Bentall residence. That is our private membership’s headquarters that is out of your jurisdiction and those present were informed of that before executing the illegal search. We are contemplating filing a class action lawsuit against all officials and personnel involved in that harassment. You have violated our civil and inherent Constitutional rights. We are a Private Membership that assures and protects our rights to healthful food. Governmental health departments have jurisdiction over commerce to protect the public and absolutely no jurisdiction over our private membership that does not conduct illegal activity.
Again, on October 9th around 10:00 AM, 4 representatives of the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) demanded entry to the Ainlay/Bentall private residence and headquarters for our private membership. Government agents claimed they did not need a Search Warrant to conduct a search of the Ainlay/Bentall private residence and our headquarters but we know that they did need a warrant and refused them entry. We hereby advise all government entities that we are private and lawfully out of your jurisdiction, that all future contact be made in writing and supported by Federal and State Constitutional references as well as any State and County codes of law, and that any accusation of illegal activity be properly charged and handled through the courts. We will not afford you any convenience of meetings outside the legal means to harass and make any false case against us.
Our right to consume foods that we deem healthy is a natural right protected by both Federal and State Constitutions and thus cannot be a violation of any statute. Your uninvited presence on our property and refusal to leave upon our verbal request is a violation of the Illinois Criminal Trespass laws [720 ILCS Chapter 38, paragraph 21-3].
The Ninth Amendment and the Substantive Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution have been interpreted by courts to include many common law and natural rights. Those rights include the right to privacy, protection of one’s body from harm – which may be interpreted to include eating foods that we deem healthy to protect us from disease, and the basic right to self-determination whether it be health care, dietary preference, occupation and travel so long as the exercise of our right does not violate the rights of another. The United States Supreme Court has recognized that there is a fundamental right to raise a family. Providing our children foods we believe best for their health from sources of our choice is fundamental to raising a family. Our consumption of raw food products does not interfere with any legitimate right of another citizen and should not be interfered with by the state. By trying to stop us, you have violated our inherent rights.
Article I, Section I of the Constitution of the State of Illinois entitled, INHERENT AND INALIENABLE RIGHTS reads as follows:
“All men are by nature free and independent and have certain inherent and inalienable rights among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. To secure these rights and the protection of property, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
Being the first section of the first Article of the Illinois Constitution, it is clearly of great importance to the drafters of our state’s highest law and should be recognized by state judicial officers as a fundamental principle to be considered in all State v. Citizen legal actions. This Article is an incorporation of rights declared in our Federal Constitution. The inalienable rights referred to in this Article include: our freedom to protect ourselves from harm, provide for our health and happiness, and most certainly includes the right to decide which foods we will eat for our health. Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution states, “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people”.
Nowhere can government point to any legitimate power it has that can override that right. In fact, the duty of federal and state public servants is clearly stated in the constitution “TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS AND THE PROTECTION” of its citizens’ property. Although government has the power to protect the public from harm by arresting those that do harm to the public, that harm must first be done before the law may act against such offenders. You must show and prove harm done to the public by our membership. There is no such evidence. You have valid scientific evidence that processed and hydrogenated foods, candy, alcohol, sugar and cigarettes cause harm, yet you do not seize and stop those substances from public shelves.
Any state that passes a law which outlaws a food that has been consumed for health for thousands of years and yet protects access to (and often subsidizes) toxic substances which science have deemed to be damaging to our health (i.e., processed foods, soda pop, hydrogenated fats) is acting outside the scope of its authority; and hence, such laws are void.
We stand firmly with our constitutions and the truth where both law and science are on our side. We do not ask the public to feed their children properly, we simply demand that our government not interfere with our right to feed our family and ourselves in a manner we deem to maximize our health. The fact that you have forced us to issue this letter and use our valuable time to explain the law and duty of the state to you is an injustice. The law states that ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking the law. Your offices and officers should be defending our rights and making sure that we are free to eat foods we know to be healthy for us.
Article I, Section Six of the Constitution of the State of Illinois entitled SEARCHES, SEIZURES, PRIVACY AND INTERCEPTIONS, protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures and from invasion of privacy. It reads as follows:
“The people shall have the right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and other possessions against unreasonable searches, seizures, invasions of privacy or interceptions of communications by eavesdropping devices or other means. No warrant shall issue without probable cause, supported by affidavit particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.”
Your presence on our property is a clear violation of our right to privacy protected by both Illinois and United States Constitutions. You did not show any evidence that we caused harm to the public. Therefore your search warrant was falsely procured and is an illegal document, for which no public servant has immunity from prosecution.
We hereby notify you, for that last time, that any interference with our right to consume foods that we choose for our health or enjoyment will be violation of our constitutional rights and may be actionable in law under Title 42 U.S.C. 1983 and Title 18, section 241 and many other laws. You are refused any admission onto and into our properties for food-health-department-related issues. Any violation will be trespass. You are ordered to cease and desist any further action against us and any of our associates, such as the Ainlays/Bentalls, with our private members and our property.
Sincerely,
(your name and address)
Natures Juice CoOp LLC
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see next post also…
Sue
Comment Sue Diederich — November 6, 2008 @ 11:26 pm
Nature’s Juice UPDATE:
The letter above is the one meant to be faxed…
Anyway, this morning, I got this from Renee:
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Just to let you know: I received a phone call today from a very upset person at Jack Franks office, She said they are receiving numerous faxes and want to be taken off the list. She stated that this is NOT a (State) matter. I tried to explain that this is a (State) matter but she didn’t want to listen.
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This - I BELIEVE - is the same woman that claimed NAIS was not a state issue. Its not the first time she’s used this excuse to brush people off.
Also - despite her insistance on NAIS, Jack DID co-sponsor the IL bill against the program. I believe he would support Renee if we could get through to him.
Jack Frank’s full contact info:
Jack Franks (R)
Contact Information
Capitol Website:
http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep. …
District Email:
jack@jackfranks.org
Capitol Address
249-E Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
Phone: 217-782-1717
Fax: 217-557-2118
District Address
1193 South Eastwood Drive
Woodstock, IL 60098
Phone: 815-334-0063
Fax: 815-334-9147
Campaign Address
6903 South Grant Highway
Post Office Box 5
Marengo, IL 60152
Phone: 815-338-6363
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Committees:
Aging, Member
Committee of the Whole, Member
International Trade and Commerce, Vice Chair
Public Utilities, Member
State Government Administration, Chair
Comment Sue Diederich — November 6, 2008 @ 11:32 pm
#15 said
“– keep the medical certificates of persons comming in contact with animals…”
HUH? What certificates? HIPAA regulations guarantee privacy of people’s medical records.
Comment Barbara — November 5, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
Barbara,
This is the from the International “Guide to Good Farming Practices” If WTO can get NAIS shoved down our throats then Good Farming Practices are next. The Safe and Secure Food Act (Defeated) shows the intent. That is why food safety has been making headlines lately, to blackmail the public into demanding Congress pass it. If you have to pee in a bottle and have a medical card to drive a truck then it is just a short step for medical cards to be required to handle animals or ride. (I have a medical card for a CDL in my wallet and I am required to show it to the police if asked)
NAIS and Premise ID take farming from a “human Right” to an activity regulated and licensed by the government.
Comment snasy snezy — November 7, 2008 @ 5:54 am
Change.gov website is up:
This is President-elect Obama’s website asking for our input:
change.gov rural
Please be polite, but share your story about NAIS, and offer suggestions on how export market programs, food safety, and animal disease control could be addressed in a more constructive way than NAIS.
I am so impressed by all of you, your strength, your determination, and your participation in the political process. I really do want your stories to be heard.
Comment Ann — November 7, 2008 @ 9:37 am
“If you have to pee in a bottle and have a medical card to drive a truck then it is just a short step for medical cards to be required to handle animals or ride”
I understand what you are saying, but how are they justifying this? With truck drivers, I suppose they are proving you don’t have a medical condition that makes you unsafe behind the wheel, but since livestock doesn’t catch disease from people, and a loose cow isn’t a menace to the public if you collapse while handling it, what’s the point of a medical card - besides the obvious harassment?
Comment Barbara — November 8, 2008 @ 7:23 am
got this from darrol dickenson….the name at the bootm is the man who wrote it…esbee
ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS
Don’t sign up for animal ID system
Friday, November 7, 2008 9:37 AM PST
People who sign up for the NAIS - even those who are signed up without their knowledge - may find that they have signed a “no-knock lease” with the USDA. Who, in their right mind, would sign a paper that allows an outsider to enter their private property unannounced to look for infractions of rules that the owner doesn’t even know exist? This very well may be the situation for every NAIS participant.
NAIS is enforced by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The agency in charge of enforcement is the Investigative and Enforcement Service. They come armed with an arsenal of powerful regulatory ammunition. Penalties for non-compliance range from $50,000 to $500,000 in fines, and up to 10 years in prison. IEA caseload has increased by 51 percent and the dollar value of fines has increased three-fold - in one year. USDA is serious about enforcing its regulations.
The Constitution requires law enforcement agencies to present “probable cause” evidence to a judge who, if convinced, can issue a warrant that authorizes law enforcement officers to enter private property to search and seize evidence of a crime. By signing up for the NAIS, this constitutional protection may be waived, and any hope of due-process forfeited.
NAIS is still said to be voluntary. But when someone signs up, they become subject to all the rules that are already in place, as well as all the rules that will be adopted in the future. Few people have any idea of what the rules are, and no one knows what rules are yet to be adopted.
People who have signed up for the program should get out.
Instructions for withdrawing from NAIS can be found at www.libertyark.net. People who are being coerced to sign up should resist, and send evidence of coercion to their elected representatives. USDA, once a friend of the rancher and farmer, has become an enemy, no longer welcome among the people who earn their living from the soil.
Bert N. Smith OX Ranch
Ruby Valley, Nevada
Comment esbee — November 8, 2008 @ 12:32 pm
text
Cyprus to cull 25% of Goat Population due to Scrapie.
“Final decisions on the matter on a European level are expected to be announced by the end of the month.
Agriculture Minister Michalis Polynikis yesterday said the situation was closing in on the government. [b]He added that Cyprus needed to be rid of the disease as soon as possible, therefore animals would immediately start being destroyed.”[/b]”Apart from the damages farmers will suffer from losing their livestock, Constantinou added, [b]they will also have to build new farms as they won’t be able to use the old ones, according to the relevant EU Directive on dealing with scrapie.”[/b]
If the NAIS system is implemented in the United States - who is to say this is not the future of many species?
As Doreen truthfully said
“Control the Food - control the population”
Sharon Sabo
IICFA
Illinois
Comment Mrs. Michael Sabo — November 9, 2008 @ 7:53 pm
Build new farms?? What do you suppose they will use to pay for that? And what happens to their old farms? Does the government take them over?
Comment Barbara — November 11, 2008 @ 5:02 pm
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i think this is the nais document and it is screaming for comments.
Comment esbee — November 11, 2008 @ 8:05 pm
TEXANS-TAKE NOTE——-
Texas Animal Health Commission Re-Forms Animal ID Working Group
The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has “re-formed” an “animal identification working group” to “provide input into implementation” of the NAIS in Texas. The agency did not make a public announcement of the activation of this group. Nor did the agency invite organizations or individuals who have publicly opposed a mandatory NAIS to be part of the working group.
As it moves ahead with implementation, the TAHC will presumably claim to have involved “the industry,” as it did when it proposed mandatory premises registration and fees back in 2005 and 2006.
FARFA has sent a letter to the TAHC, the House Agriculture Committee, and the Senate Natural Resources Committee, objecting to the make-up of this working group. A copy of the letter is posted on our website, as well as copied below.
Take Action
Contact your state Representative and Senator! If you are not sure who they are, you can find that information on the Texas Legislature’s website. Ask to talk with the staffperson who handles agricultural issues. Explain why you are against NAIS, and ask them to support a bill in the coming session to remove the agency’s authority to make NAIS mandatory.
Please email Judith@FarmAndRanchFreedom.org to let us know who you spoke with, so that we can follow up.
FARFA’s Letter to the TAHC
Dr. Bob Hillman
Texas Animal Health Commission
P. O. Box 12966
Austin, Texas 78711-2966
Dear Dr. Hillman:
The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) recently “re-formed” an “animal identification working group” to “provide input into implementation” of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) in Texas. The TAHC did not make a public announcement of the activation of this working group. Nor did the agency invite organizations or individuals who have expressed concerns about NAIS to be part of this process. This exclusionary approach to developing agency policy is entirely improper.
The list of participants invited to participate on the working group exhibits a clear bias. Aside from government agencies, the invitees consisted of ten organizations that have either supported a mandatory NAIS or, at the least, not expressed significant public opposition to a mandatory program. Several of the organizations have applied for government funding to promote NAIS in the past. In addition to these organizations, TAHC invited Temple Tag, a company that sells electronic tags for livestock and that has applied for a contract with TAHC to provide tags for NAIS.
Irrespective of their positions on NAIS, these entities do not represent the hundreds of thousands of people who would be impacted by the agency’s implementation of NAIS. The USDA’s plans for NAIS call for it to apply to every single livestock and poultry animal, regardless of what the animal is used for. This will impact hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Texans. Based on the 2002 census of agriculture, the USDA estimates that there are 187,118 “premises” in Texas. Yet that is a severe underestimate of the number of people who would be impacted by NAIS. The census does not include recreational horse owners, homesteaders, people who own livestock as pets, or the many farmers and ranchers who simply failed to respond to the census. As just one example, the Texas Horse Council estimates that there are over 900,000 horses in Texas. With NAIS applying to every person who owns even a single horse, chicken, cow, sheep, goat, pig, turkey, llama, alpaca, or other poultry or livestock animals, it is clear that ten conventional agricultural organizations and one tag manufacturer cannot fairly represent all of the stakeholders.
The failure to include other points of view cannot be due to simple ignorance. TAHC is clearly aware of the numerous organizations that have raised concerns about the implementation of NAIS. During the 2007 legislative session, the following organizations testified in support of HB 461, which would have limited NAIS to a voluntary program only:
ACLU
Exotic Wildlife Association
Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance
Texas Eagle Forum
Texas Landowners Council
Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
Other organizations submitted comments to TAHC on its proposed premises registration regulations, or testified at the hearing on February 6, 2006 on those proposed regulations, including: R-CALF, World Hunger Relief, Texas Thoroughbred Association, Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society, and the American Indian Horse Registry. Most recently, five Texas organizations signed a letter to Congress opposing the linking of mandatory NAIS to the School Lunch program, including the Davis Mountains Trans Pecos Heritage Association and the Wintergarden Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. Yet the agency did not contact even one of these organizations to participate in the working group.
Since TAHC chose to conduct the working group meeting behind closed doors, we are deeply concerned about the agency’s intentions regarding the implementation of NAIS. The stated purpose of the meeting was to “review the immediate and short-term goals and strategies as outlined in the USDA’s Business Plan.” The Business Plan calls for various non-voluntary methods to be used to implement NAIS, such as by integrating it into existing disease control programs and breed registries, and creating either government or economic coercion to participate.
As a state agency, TAHC has a duty to involve all of the stakeholders, not simply those that agree with the agency. In 2005, after proposing mandatory premises registration, the agency received almost 700 comments from organizations and individuals, the overwhelming number of whom were opposed to NAIS. One of the repeated complaints at the 2006 hearing on the proposed regulations was the lack of information provided to the people who would be directly impacted by NAIS. It is past time for the agency to involve all of the people who would be impacted by NAIS and address our concerns, rather than pushing forward with plans developed behind closed doors. We ask that you expand the working group to include an equal number of organizations who have publicly expressed concerns about the implementation of NAIS.
Sincerely,
Judith McGeary
Executive Director
Laws have been passed in four other states to bar a mandatory NAIS. Legislators in Arizona, Kentucky, Missouri, and Nebraska have stood up for their constituents and stopped their state agencies from implementing a mandatory NAIS. Tell your Representative and Senator that it’s time for Texas legislators to do the same!
Sincerely,
Judith McGeary
Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance
www.FarmAndRanchFreedom.org
Phone: 512-243-9404
Toll-free: 866-687-6452
Comment esbee — November 11, 2008 @ 8:34 pm
I tried to use the link to liberty ark in #27 above and got sent to aeneas.net instead.
Comment Lorene — November 12, 2008 @ 3:34 pm
I saw this:
I have created a petition to have Mr. Pollan appointed Secretary of Agriculture. Please everyone, take a look at the petition, sign via the link below (or on the blog) and join me on the blog for some good discussion.
Thanks all! We have an opportunity to really change lives!
-bf
The Petition
Comment Annie — November 12, 2008 @ 5:15 pm
EU to use satellites to spy on farmers
GeoEye, the world’s largest satellite remote-sensing imaging company has received a contract from the European Commission to supply high-resolution map-accurate imagery.
The imagery will be processed and delivered to the European Commission by EUSI located in Munich, Germany. The contract requires GeoEye to begin imagery collections over 24 specific European sites to support the European Commission’s agricultural subsidy controls.
more spying
Comment Snazy snezy — November 15, 2008 @ 10:10 am
Annie,
I just signed the petition for Michael Pollan for Secretary of the USDA. #599. If Michael doesn’t want the job I am willing to take on the burden. I will have to do it from my farm here in Vermont part time so as not to interfere with our farming and homeschooling my kids. It is critical that we have leadership that actually is connected to the land and food. In this Internet age surely we can be efficient and handle virtually all business over the web which will save a lot of time and cost for the tax payers.
Cheers
-Walter
Sugar Mountain Farm
Pastured Pigs and Sheep
in the mountains of Vermont
http://SugarMtnFarm.com
http://BlackLightning.com
http://FlashMag.com
http://NoNAIS.org
PS. You can find much of my biography and Curriculum Vitae at the above web links… :)
Comment walterj — November 16, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
Walter do you really think that president elect Obama will pick Pollan or you as opposed to him picking someone from what you so endearingly call “Big Ag”
Comment Asimina Qhara — November 18, 2008 @ 4:25 pm
Asimina, no, I don’t think Mr. Obama will pick Pollan, or me, for Ag Secretary. First of all neither of us have any experience. Additionally it takes political and industry connections. Big Ag isn’t backing Pollan. What he espouses makes them very uncomfortable. But, perhaps by floating his name it will get a city boy like Obama to pay attention. That could be good. So go sign that petition. Make comments on the Obama web site etc. Be active.
Comment walterj — November 18, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
Walter, I understand your response and your reasoning so I am not disagreeing with you….BUT I would like to say that you and Pollan are real farmers and you dont play one on TV,that my friend is all the experience needed to handle being Sec of Ag; in fact compared to the previous idiots in that position you are way overqualified!
Running the ag dept would be alot like running your farm except the hogs are smarter on your farm than the ones in DC!
I think what this nation needs in the govt;top to bottom are some real honest people who have experience and not a bunch of useless papers that imply that someone was taught by someone else who knows nothing about how to do something! (You follow that?:)
There are far too few real people involved in the system anymore,and so the stuffed shirts spout drivel all day long while they pound their chests and try to impress all us hicks with what they think they know,heck talk about inexperience Obama(As I understand) only served about 150 days as a senator,and we all know being a senator isnt all that big a deal compared to being an honest farmer,so dont sell yourself short,even though I know you have more important things to do with your time:) than deal with those DC hogs.
Seriously all of you out there,most of you have more common sense in your head than the entire US politic combined so lots of you are indeed qualified to fill political positions especially at your local level,get involved,we can all hope that somthing will change for the better with the new president,but if history is any guide, and it is, then we have to do the job of fixin’ things ourselves and not leave it to someone else,otherwise we will likely be sorry again!
“Live free or die tryin”
Comment Lee — November 18, 2008 @ 7:54 pm
Dennis Wolff of PA is on Obama’s short list for Ag Sec’y. He’s the guy who tried to ban labeling of rBST free milk by saying it was absence labeling and misleading and confusing to the public.
He also tried to convince us that the PA premise ID number wasn’t part of NAIS - until we got him to admit that it would be a federally generated number.
Comment Barbara — November 18, 2008 @ 7:57 pm
walter,dont make the mistake of wanting to save time and tax payer money,you cant fit into any government program by doing that,IT IS UNAMERICAN to save tax payer money.just look at the USDA and their programs such as nais ,they have only spent upwards of 200,000,000 and counting of tax payer money and still have nothing that will work.THAT IS THE AMERICAN OF DOING BUSINESS TO DAY for the government.
Comment nick — November 18, 2008 @ 9:05 pm
“EU to use satellites to spy on farmers
GeoEye, the world’s largest satellite remote-sensing imaging company has received a contract from the European Commission to supply high-resolution map-accurate imagery.”
Sorry, Snazy, they are already doing that here.
usdaremotesensing
USDA uses this technology to insure every farmer signed up for crop insurance or subsidies is doing exactly what he/she is contracted to do. They will send a ’suit’ with GPS coordinates in his white SUV post haste if anyone fails to tow the line.
A friend’s daughter in Montana just paid her way through her master’s degree sitting at a computer monitor watching UAV transmitted images - in real time - of farmland under ‘contract’.
We don’t receive any subsidies, but we have a couple of these ‘dealios’ overhead anyway. I guess we’re worth watching. Occasionally, I address a few comments or gestures in that direction just to keep up the spirits of that poor kid watching the monitor.
Comment donna — November 18, 2008 @ 10:03 pm
Here is a podcast of Dr. Bradley D. Doorn, Remote Sensing Program Manager at USDA.
He makes it sound like remote sensing is being used as a food inventory tool to abate global hunger, “to make sure there is no disruption in the global food supply.”
Well, yes, an inventory for Wall St., more like it.
The information gathered is ’shared’.
globalusdainventory
Comment donna — November 18, 2008 @ 10:15 pm
Barbara, Wolfe is a terrible person for that job as you well know, he told me right to my face that he wants NAIS and he would get it,regardless of what the people want.
I told him I would work to the bitter end to stop him,he and Gov.Eddie Rendell are buddies so if one gets in will the other get in too,thats a horrible thought,lets hope not!
“Live free or die tryin”
Comment Lee — November 19, 2008 @ 8:17 am
Lee, I agree with what you have to say, but Michael Pollan is NOT a farmer. He doesn’t even work in agriculture. His agricultural achievements are having grown a marijuana plant and writing about the experience and writing some excellent books about farmers and horticulture.
Pollan is clearly an advocate for the small farmer. He is anti-Nais, but won’t or hasn’t written a piece on it yet. He is very concearned about the American diet, and healthy eating. Local, sustainable, organic are all things he promotes. So, yes, on one hand he could be seen as a good candidate for the position, but he hasn’t a snowball’s chance.
Being Secretary of Ag. is about as close to farming as a fireman is to being a pole dancer. We do need someone who understands farming, the importance of small farmers, the evils of Corporate Ag, and the necessity of food security at the local level. But I wouldn’t wish the political nightmare of DC on any farmer I know.
To be so far from the soil, the elements, the warm, sweet breath of a heifer over your shoulder, the toe dodging dance of feeding the pigs, the peck of a hen when you take her eggs, the heart-breaking rain as you race to bale the last acre–To be so far from this, is it any wonder American Agricultural Policy as strayed so far from the mark. DC is death to any farmer’s soul.
No, we need farmers like Walter and voices like Pollan’s out in the country being heard. We need to collectively sound our “barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world” and not be tamed.
Comment Podchef — November 19, 2008 @ 9:22 am
Podchef,I understand!You are correct,but inspite of the soul sucking nature of politics I hope we can find some down to earth real people who can do it and help bring some sanity back to this life we all love,thanks!
“Live free or die tryin”
Comment Lee — November 19, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
People may want to contact their U.S.Senators ASAP re: The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 (S.3213) as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hopes to use the lame duck session now to pass this “massive land grab” bill. I found this at r-calfusa and then hit on Animal ID and you see their letter of Nov. 18th, against it, to the U.S. Senate. As it covers such things as Wilderness Areas, Heritage areas, scenic rivers…it made me think of Derry Brownfield’s article at newswithviews, several months back on Nais and titled:”Our land; collateral for the National Debt”….he mentions all these heritage areas, etc….So, read R-calf’s letter, and if you agree that this bill is against our property rights and individual liberty….contact your Senators, and tell them No! to this Omnibus Land Bill…
Comment The Phantom — November 24, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
Oops! At previous post I did, when you go to r-calfusa, you hit on “property rights”…not animal ID…to get to their letter to the Senate on the Omnibus Public Land Management Act….sorry. (but they have good reading at the Animal ID catergory too!)(You can find this S.3213 at: washingtonwatch (dot com)
Comment The Phantom — November 24, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
The fox is among the chickens, OBAMA born in KENYA
It is a radio program with a Mike in the morning - WRIF Radio.
The disc jockey’s talk to the Ambassador of Kenya - about Kenya and then at 12:30 into it, it when the Ambassador says Obama’s birth spot is already a huge attraction in Kenya. The government may put up a marker to highlight it.
wrif.com
This is going to be hard to ignore. Anyone want to go to Kenya and get photos of the marker???
Comment Snazy snezy — November 25, 2008 @ 12:14 pm
No thanks on the tourism to Kenya. Jerome Corsi did not have a welcome mat extended his way on his recent trip there to investigate Obama’s Kenyan connections. World Net Daily has some interesting articles on the Obama nativity.
Comment eileen — November 25, 2008 @ 7:50 pm
What we need is better representation in government. To achive that there need to be strict limits on ethics and conflicts of interest. Basically almost totally everybody in government now should be eliminated and then the right people should be put in place. No lobbists.
Comment Paul R. — February 25, 2009 @ 3:08 pm
Looks like Knight is still at USDA
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Terry Van Doren Named Administrator of GIPSA United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Agriculture Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Bruce Knight announced the appointment of Terry Van Doren as Administrator of the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “Terry brings a wealth of experience in farm policy and administration to the agency,” said Knight. “Having served in several key roles at USDA since 2005, in addition to his experience on Capitol Hill, I am pleased that he will quickly assume his new responsibilities at GIPSA.” GIPSA facilitates the marketing of livestock, poultry, meat, cereals, oilseeds and related agricultural products as well as promotes fair and competitive trading practices for the overall benefit of consumers and American agriculture. The agency is part of USDA’s Marketing and Regulatory Programs, which works to ensure a productive and competitive global marketplace for U.S. agricultural products.
click
Comment Snazy snezy — March 11, 2009 @ 2:55 am