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I am so disappointed in our leadership now.

What I don’t understand is on one hand you have Michelle Obama fighting to get kids to eat fresh fruits and vegetables, at the same time the government is making real food less available.

It has passed, and we just have to get on with life and eat the best we can for as long as we can. At some point we won’t have a choice. Everything will be a chemcial concoction. Our grandchildren have been guaranteed a life of sickness and dependance on prescription drugs. I think that is really sad, but it appears that there is nothing we can do about it at this point. Our voices have meant nothing against the influence of Monsanto.

But their grandchildren will die too, unless they have some secret garden. I think ‘they know not what they do.’

For today, we lay down the political battle and enjoy some great food. Make it a point to eat the best foods available while you still can.

The congressional vendetta continues…

I thought this was done. But congress continues to hold the American public hostage while they attempt to shove through their last pet projects before leaving. And how does the Monstano Protection Bill keep getting attached to a budget bill?

A grass hut in Belize looks more attractive by the day.

I’d ask you to take action again – but I don’t think it matters to them one bit what we think. They are going to do what they want before they leave office. I guess they’ll show us, huh? Monsanto must be paying them a ton.

If you care to try anyway – here is the latest action alert – (the other one hasn’t shown up yet) http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=j4X87cQS5%2FUAiCtUjilajg3kUDan3Cy1 

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• American food safety bill not what it seems (rt.com)
• War Over Monsanto Gets Ugly (nwoandsecretsocieties.wordpress.com)
• “The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s investments in Monsanto and Cargill have come under heavy criticism (African Agriculture)” and related posts (desertification.wordpress.com)
• “They are in the Process of Owning Food, all Food.” How Monsanto is Eating our Food Sovereignty (georgedonnelly.com)
• Analysis: Seed leaders Pioneer, Monsanto see S.Africa backlash (reuters.com)
• Americans are fattest people in developed world (still) (rt.com)
• Monsanto’s losing bet on GM sugar beets has bitter repercussions (grist.org)
• Monsanto obtains approvals for corn and soybean products in Latin America (newstatesman.com)

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• Tell the Senate to Strip S.510 from the Continuing Resolution! Lame-Duck House Sends Fake Food Safety Hot Potato Back to Senate. (pumabydesign001.wordpress.com)
• “More About the Food Safety Act” and related posts (ruralvotes.com)
• Slight of hand – Food safety bill moved into appropriations bill (bellalu0.wordpress.com)
• Betrayed again: S.510 fake food safety loaded into government funding resolution (ppjg.wordpress.com)

We will need to publicize  every Senator and Representative who takes part in this. So far it appears that they intend to pass whatever they want, no matter how loud the outcry has been from the people. We can only assume that they are being paid enormous amounts to totally disregard the wishes of the people who put them in office.

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Take Action Here -

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/750/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5264

And/or here -

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4613

Call your Senators -

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Related articles

• URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Tell Your Senators to Support Family Farms (planetsave.com)
• Will Food Safety Reform Hurt Small Farmers? (food.change.org)

 How did the much needed food safety bill get so bogged downin corporate protectionism?

We need better enforcement of food safety regulations in big commercial farms and food production. No one will argue that. People have died as a result of commerically produced foods.

So why were small farms, locally grown and produced foods, and even supplements included in this bill? None of this is the problem – at least when it comes to food safety.

It is a problem however when it comes to big corporate profits.

The growing trend to eat locally produced food is cutting into profits.

Not only is it cutting into Big Food profits now, but it will cut into Big Pharma profits if God forbid, people actually started to get healthy.

If everyone were to start eating healthy – companies like Monsanto, Con-Agri, Kraft, Tyson, Perdue, Baxter, Abbott, and many others who depend on you eating cheap fake foods and getting sick would be in big trouble.

People are starting to wake up to that fact and growing their own food, buying organic, or buying at local farmer’s markets. Even having your own chickens has increased in popularity.

The solution?

Take away the right to obtain real food, or take supplements.

If Congress would have addressed the real problem and passed a real food safety bill that took care of some of the shortcomings in current regulations, or geez – even just made sure that current regulations are being enforced – it would have been easy.

But in the world of back rooms deals, the companies have to agree to regulations?

Yes, that is how it works. The regulations are negotiated.

And they only way they will agree to regulations is if their profits are safeguarded.

Your health and well-being mean nothing. It’s all about your money. If they need to keep you sick to keep profits flowing, so be it.

I for one am totally sick of being sold out to protect corporate fat cats.

I am totally sick of watching people’s lives be ruined by obesity and sickness so that they can protect their profits.

I am disgusted.

You don’t have to be fat.

You don’t have to be sick.

You don’t have to spend your life savings on medical expenses.

At least not yet.

Take action today to protect our right to real food.

Call:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Email:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4613

 

The Food Safety Bill is back on the Senate Floor tomorrow. While early news of some compromise language was encouraging – latest reports reveal that it is just another smoke screen -  

http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=7527

If this disturbs you, follow this link to email  and/or call your Senators –

http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=7446

You might think that your Senators would never sell you and your family out.

Here’s the record -

 

Alabama:	Sessions (R-AL), Nay	Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Alaska:	Begich (D-AK), Yea	Murkowski (R-AK), Not Voting
Arizona:	Kyl (R-AZ), Nay	McCain (R-AZ), Nay
Arkansas:	Lincoln (D-AR), Yea	Pryor (D-AR), Yea
California:	Boxer (D-CA), Yea	Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Colorado:	Bennet (D-CO), Yea	Udall (D-CO), Yea
Connecticut:	Dodd (D-CT), Yea	Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Delaware:	Carper (D-DE), Yea	Coons (D-DE), Yea
Florida:	LeMieux (R-FL), Nay	Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Georgia:	Chambliss (R-GA), Nay	Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Hawaii:	Akaka (D-HI), Yea	Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Idaho:	Crapo (R-ID), Nay	Risch (R-ID), Not Voting
Illinois:	Burris (D-IL), Yea	Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Indiana:	Bayh (D-IN), Not Voting	Lugar (R-IN), Nay
Iowa:	Grassley (R-IA), Nay	Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Kansas:	Brownback (R-KS), Nay	Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Kentucky:	Bunning (R-KY), Not Voting	McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Louisiana:	Landrieu (D-LA), Yea	Vitter (R-LA), Not Voting
Maine:	Collins (R-ME), Yea	Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Maryland:	Cardin (D-MD), Yea	Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Massachusetts:	Brown (R-MA), Yea	Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting
Michigan:	Levin (D-MI), Yea	Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Minnesota:	Franken (D-MN), Yea	Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Mississippi:	Cochran (R-MS), Nay	Wicker (R-MS), Nay
Missouri:	Bond (R-MO), Nay	McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
Montana:	Baucus (D-MT), Yea	Tester (D-MT), Yea
Nebraska:	Johanns (R-NE), Not Voting	Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Nevada:	Ensign (R-NV), Not Voting	Reid (D-NV), Yea
New Hampshire:	Gregg (R-NH), Not Voting	Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
New Jersey:	Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea	Menendez (D-NJ), Not Voting
New Mexico:	Bingaman (D-NM), Yea	Udall (D-NM), Yea
New York:	Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea	Schumer (D-NY), Yea
North Carolina:	Burr (R-NC), Nay	Hagan (D-NC), Yea
North Dakota:	Conrad (D-ND), Yea	Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Ohio:	Brown (D-OH), Yea	Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Oklahoma:	Coburn (R-OK), Nay	Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Oregon:	Merkley (D-OR), Yea	Wyden (D-OR), Yea
Pennsylvania:	Casey (D-PA), Yea	Specter (D-PA), Not Voting
Rhode Island:	Reed (D-RI), Yea	Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
South Carolina:	DeMint (R-SC), Not Voting	Graham (R-SC), Nay
South Dakota:	Johnson (D-SD), Yea	Thune (R-SD), Nay
Tennessee:	Alexander (R-TN), Not Voting	Corker (R-TN), Nay
Texas:	Cornyn (R-TX), Nay	Hutchison (R-TX), Not Voting
Utah:	Bennett (R-UT), Nay	Hatch (R-UT), Nay
Vermont:	Leahy (D-VT), Yea	Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Virginia:	Warner (D-VA), Yea	Webb (D-VA), Not Voting
Washington:	Cantwell (D-WA), Yea	Murray (D-WA), Yea
West Virginia:	Manchin (D-WV), Yea	Rockefeller (D-WV), Not Voting
Wisconsin:	Feingold (D-WI), Yea	Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Wyoming:	Barrasso (R-WY), Nay	Enzi (R-WY), Nay

 

Let them know how you feel about this –

http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=7446

 

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• S.510 Food Safety Modernization Act Update; Cloture Vote (pumabydesign001.wordpress.com)
• “Senate Bill 510 Now On the Floor of the Senate” and related posts (thesurvivalpodcast.com)
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• “Senate Bill S 510 Food Safety Modernization Act vote imminent: Would outlaw gardening and saving seeds – Mike Adams” and related posts (dprogram.net)

So many people are thinking that all this food safety talk is just alarmists and lunatic fringe.

That’s what they thought about the people who fought the Fair Trade act. The lunatic fringe saw that this would mean an irreversible loss of jobs. And that is exactly what has happened.

Will you sit back and allow more of your rights to be stolen away?

Here’s more info on the food safety issue, and action to take -

http://www.naturalnews.com/030418_Food_Safety_Modernization_Act_seeds.html