euphemism
- Main Entry: eu·phe·mism
- Pronunciation: ‘yü-f&-”mi-z&m
- Function: noun
- Etymology: Greek euphEmismos, from euphEmos auspicious, sounding good, from eu- + phEmE speech, from phanai to speak — more at BAN
- : the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant; also : the expression so substituted
- - eu·phe·mist /-mist/ noun
- - eu·phe·mis·tic /”yü-f&-’mis-tik/ adjective
- - eu·phe·mis·ti·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
The government works hard to put a positive spin on the bad news that what they want to do is kill all our livestock. They use words like depopulate:
depopulate
- Main Entry: de·pop·u·late
- Pronunciation: (”)dE-’pä-py&-”lAt
- Function: transitive verb
- Etymology: Latin depopulatus, past participle of depopulari, from de- + populari to ravage
- 1 : obsolete : RAVAGE
- 2 : to reduce greatly the population of
- - de·pop·u·la·tion /(”)dE-”pä-py&-’lA-sh&n/ noun
Instead of coming right out and saying what they really mean:
Should USDA officially confirm the presence of a disease, such as FMD, the affected herd and all cattle, sheep, goats, swine, and susceptible wildlife—infected or not— within a minimum 10-kilometer zone around the infected farm would be killed.
:
If the disease were to spread beyond the initial zone, authorities would continue to quarantine and kill animals until the disease was “stamped out.”
-GAO Report 05-214 pages 31 & 34
Recently, Mark Bosma, the Vermont Ag Department’s PR guy said, “I’ll try to use euthanize if that is preferable to people.”
euthanasia
- Main Entry: eu·tha·na·sia
- Pronunciation: “yü-th&-’nA-zh(E-)&
- Function: noun
- Etymology: Greek, easy death, from euthanatos, from eu- + thanatos death — more at THANATOS
- : the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy
- - eu·tha·na·sic /-zik, -sik/ adjective
The problem is they just doesn’t get the point. People don’t want their healthy animals depopulated, stamped out, euthanized or otherwise killed, maimed, spindled or injured by men in moon suites. It doesn’t matter what you call it or what spin you put on the words. The effect is the same - unnecessary deaths. In other countries like England, Germany, India, France, Russia, Egypt and the far east this has lead to total destruction of the rural farm economies, destitution of the people, desolation of families and farmers committing suicide. Is that what our government is pressing for?
Personally, I prefer the immortal words of Arlo Guthrie, “Kill, Kill, Kill!” - It is so much more visceral and real. That is what is being done after all. Lots and lots and lots and lots of killing.
Euthanize has this connotation that you are going to gently put the pet dog or granny to sleep to end their pain. We are definitely not talking about euthanizing livestock.
Depopulate is so impersonal - maybe that is how it is for the desk jockeys who have never delivered a calf, nursed a sick chick or enjoyed the company of happy pastured piglets. To them perhaps the animals are just units to be cut from a production schedule. Small farmers and homesteaders feel a bit differently about the lives of the animals they nurture.
In the good news section we have the fact that Vermont, at least, is backing away from this “Kill, Kill, Kill!” scenario, er, I mean depopulation, and pushing testing in the new Vermont Agency of Agriculture’s (AoA) Avian Influenza Response Plan. Our State Veterinarian Dr. Rood explained some of the AoA’s new thinking in his letter recently. This is definite progress. You may want to ask your state Ag Dept. to consider examining Vermont’s example. With time perhaps we can even get the USDA to consider a more scientific approach to disease control rather than mass killings of healthy livestock.
All terminology aside, I wonder specifically how does the government intend to go about killing all these animals? I am quite curious. How do they plan to “depopulate” 5 hens? 50? 500? 5,000? 50,000? 500,000? Okay, let’s cut to the chase - how are they going to kill the 5,000,000,000 poultry in the United States? That’s five billion birds! That number does not even include small producers which could add another billion birds or so. Realize that is just poultry. There are billions more swine, cattle, goats, sheep, horses and other animals. Then there are all the wild animals they want to kill. My estimate is there is about 1 Giga-ton of animal flesh ready for roasting at this grand BBQ…
This is a real question - I am not being facetious. I would really love to know how the government plans to kill five or six billion birds. Are they going to gas them? What will they do with five billion little dead bodies? Burn them? Have they already built the gas chambers and ovens? This is a major undertaking…
facetious
- Main Entry: fa·ce·tious
- Pronunciation: f&-’sE-sh&s
- Function: adjective
- Etymology: Middle French facetieux, from facetie jest, from Latin facetia
- 1: joking or jesting often inappropriately : WAGGISH
- 2: meant to be humorous or funny : not serious [a facetious remark]
- synonym see WITTY
- - fa·ce·tious·ly adverb
- - fa·ce·tious·ness noun
So what is the euphemism for “Der Fearless Leader?” Johanns is going to need a good title.
YIKES! We DO NOT want the USDA to use scientific method. Scientific method was used by regimes such as Stalin implementing Marxism many others.
Part of the subtle character of what we are opposing is psychology which through various means gets us to demand what they are wanting to implement. Please study regime history everyone.
Scientific method:
Collect *ideas*
Find proofs
Establish theory
Establish theory as fact
Make laws based on the *new facts*
To establish the proofs one uses a formula, such as:
small farmer+non-value added property+non-compliance=not worth the limited resources =terminate or delete
Some forumlas insert years, productivity, and other statistics to *establish new facts*
From Wikipedia:
Scientific method refers to a body of techniques for the investigation of phenomena and the acquisition of *new knowledge* of the natural world, as well as the correction and integration of previous knowledge, based on observable, empirical, measurable evidence, and subject to laws of reasoning.
Comment Celeste — May 20, 2006 @ 8:42 am
Speaking of “Killing” as a result of USDA/NAIS, I received specific emails from various “Iowa Congressional Body Members” specifically requesting to “BE REMOVED” from all emails relating to this issue and the USDA/NAIS.
It would appear “Dir Iowa Congress” supports the removal of Constitutional Freedoms of Liberty from Intrusion and Violation of Private Property (Premise’s) and to freely own animals without the “Threat” of “Death” by execution, from the USDA.inc in order to protect Agri-Biz Profit margins.
Dean Ayers
Glenwood, IOWA
IOWANS AGAINST NAIS
Comment DeanAFOSI (IOWA) — May 20, 2006 @ 11:56 am
oooooooowwww walter you are cool and unusuallll!!!!! And so too the point to! johanns face must be burning. I vote that we awl should sauld them hail USDA with a one figured salut!!!!!
I amgoing to call my hous rep again monday on the vote thing. just wanna let you know
Comment PV — May 20, 2006 @ 12:18 pm
Walter, I really do think that this may well be one of your greatest posts of all time. You have said it ever so well with satire and wit. Keep poking the USDA with sharp pokey things and waving your red cape. You are a master. I think you may well be a bit facetious at times too. (-; How does a “Pig Farmer” get so good at this sort of thing? Maybe there is more to you than meets the eye……
Comment Mark — May 20, 2006 @ 8:04 pm
we need to start a foundation
to helpfarmers in other countries to repopulate while there are still some breeds of chickens and ducks left..
like heifer foundation only not
connected to the government…does
anyone know why heifer foundation
isn’t screaming in outrage after
giving all those chickens and
ducks and then having them be
killed by the gestapo men ?
Has heifer foundation been
silenced.How many children have
been traumatized for life ?
cAN’T WE SUE THE GOVERNMENT?
FOR THAT ALONE?
aRE THERE NO MOVIE MAKERS IN
THIS CROWD?
the english language has been
desecrated..it’s a sickness
we have
to become the government
because the government we have
is not interested in representing us.it’s not too
late to file for an office
your secretary of state can send you free the “plain english” hand book for candidates…from the president
on down…any idiot can and
should run..my rep informed me
that he “nor any other legislator hasn’t got time
to answer my calls or emails”
he said i was rude..that’s
what decided me to run for state rep in district 87 in
arkansas…it’s the only way to
get their attention by threatening their jobs,alas….
by running you could get the word out about nais as well as
other issues….just the word
“NAIS” is numbing to the brain”
we need new ways to connect
with our local communities and
running for public office is a
legitimate way and will gain you respect just for trying….
I dare you….
Comment sid sargent — May 20, 2006 @ 10:27 pm
>>
since he is going to be in charge of depopulating the masses of our fur and feather covered friends how about bestowing upon Johanns the title of
DER DE-FURRER
you raise a good question about depupulating, (maybe they will include dogs as well) how will they go about it…perhaps the regs were written with safety in mind (giving them the benefit of the snout) but even if they never depopulated a whole 10 kill-ometer area, with
that reg in place, someone later might come along and do so….
Comment SUSAN — May 21, 2006 @ 6:18 am
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that’s an easy one to answer…send them to china for processing!
Comment SUSAN — May 21, 2006 @ 6:20 am
things you can do to stop NAZE
1.change the name
de-euphamize it
2.boycott factory farmed products.
3.exspose the dangers of factory
farming to the envirenment and to
our health.
4.support humane farming.
support organic farmers.
5.buy local
6.talk to the neighbors.
7.letters to editors.
8.watch c-span.stay informewd
9.support good congress people
10.research candidates.
11. VOTE
12.if your state rep doesn’t
represent you,run for office.
13.running for office is your
patriotic duty.
14. wake up,try harder and pray
15.the force is with you.
Comment sid sargent — May 21, 2006 @ 7:43 am
is there anyone in northwest arkansas who will join my
campaign and dare to run for state rep in their district??????
anyone can run in a democracy…..
siddartha@care2.com
Comment sid sargent — May 21, 2006 @ 7:47 am
The current, horrific plan to de-populate farms of suspect poultry is to gas them in their houses and then force you to compost the dead animals in the buildings. WTF????
I’d like Johannes personally to live on a farm within site, let alone smell, or one of these de-contaminated places–he wouldn’t do it, and neither should we. After the NAIS this is one of the worst concieved plans I’ve heard of.
Firstly they could test, and analyze the situation before sending in the stormtroopers. Then they could at least come up with a useful plan for truely infected birds–turn them into biodiesel or something like that.
http://www.podchef.motime.com
Comment Podchef — May 22, 2006 @ 8:48 am
who would take a job like that
desparate mexicans?????
Comment sid sargent — May 22, 2006 @ 1:59 pm
Here’s another interesting twist. Each state has the power (legislated authority) to “depopulate” in a disease circumstance. However, the USDA (Feds) will be informed by the state “on a case to case” basis (info courtesy of Dr. Weimers, USDA) of any disease outbreak and can decide to send their federal minions into any state and take over the situation. In other words, State rights do not take precident even though the state has the authority and ability to manage the circumstance. This has already happened in Vermont with sheep. Federal “troops” (USDA persons) descended and took over.
Comment SallyB — May 23, 2006 @ 8:16 am
Article in today’s newspaper:
TEAMS REPORT PROGRESS IN AVIAN FLU VACCINES
Combination vaccines that could point the way to a more efficient and cost effective means of battling bird flu have been created by separate teams of researchers.
Scientists in the United States and Germany reported on methods of combining vaccines for flu and Newcastle disease.
Their findings are being published in Tuesday’s issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Comment Valerie — May 23, 2006 @ 4:18 pm
Thakx for all the great info walter! I will write my reps. We must stop this insanity!
Comment bradlye — June 12, 2006 @ 5:20 am
We need less government. THe entire USDA should be sacked.
Comment Garry — June 12, 2006 @ 5:40 am
strait talk from our goverment is the last thing i would expect.
Comment anna — June 28, 2006 @ 6:54 pm
Hmm… But given that they are working for us (we pay them!) I would like a lot more honesty. It really isn’t too much to expect.
Comment walterj — July 16, 2006 @ 11:17 am