Double Whammy

Misguided government policies have already dealt vicious body blows to our economy, but that hasn’t stopped politicians this week from launching two new kicks to the groin: a national health insurance plan and a carbon emissions regulation system called “cap and trade.” …………..If left alone, the free market drives quality up and costs down. Government programs produce the opposite result. Despite the president’s claim that a federal plan will bring costs down, there is no historical precedent for such faith.

NO to NAIS

This just in from Downsize DC.org         NAIS does nothing for food safety and wreaks havoc for small producers.   Downsize calls it another form of corporate welfare designed to get the little guy out of the way.   Here’s the latest: D o w n s i z e r – D i s p a t [...]

Threat to Ranchers and Farmers

NAIS, the mandatory animal identification system, could put small operators under.   It is being done in the name of food safety and yet imported meat, with no such “safeguards” is ramping up from South America.   Go figure.    See this important site for a full explanation.

Perpetual Fear Mongering

“In the video, actors play out the seven signs so you can learn what a terrorist looks like. Accordingly, “anything out of the ordinary” is deemed a “possible terrorist plot or threat,” and it is stressed that such abnormal behavior must be seriously assessed and investigated. At 3:55 of the propaganda production, a jogger runs by a man on a park bench writing in his notepad. I looked for signs of grenades, big ole bombs ’neath the bench, or an assemblage of scary-looking darkies toting box cutters in the background, but no such thing is apparent. However, since spending time alone to write in a notepad outdoors is a highly suspicious, deviant, and subversive activity, the jogger, disturbed by the sinister notebook, stops to pull out her cell phone and call the police.”