Friday, July 25, 2008

War has been declared on small farmers

This is outrageous!

USDA declares war on small farmers


There is an increasing backlash against this giant governmental entity, almost totally under the control of equally giant corporations, but it appears that the USDA will steamroll right over anyone and everyone in their way.

It is, indeed, time for a revolution. Time to dismantle the greedy, life-sucking government agencies that pay no heed to the populace but are corporate boot lickers and ass kissers. At this time, there is not ONE federal agency that is not controlled by people in the thrall of Big Pharma, Biig Ag, Big Banking, Big Trucking, Big Whatever... not ONE! If you don't believe me, find one and I will retract this statement. I won't hold my breath, though. From the FMCSA right on through to the CDC, any effort to progress has been quashed. Efforts to reduce the effect of the vise-like grip of Big Whatever have been ignored, ruled unscientific, such efforts have led to personnel being fired, being re-assigned to a position totally out of their sphere of expertise. Research has been ignored on many subjects from the effect of factory farming on the local environment to the foolishness of giving statins to small children. All because of leverage from lobbyists and Big Whatever.

I place the blame squarely on the succession of federal administrations since Ronald Reagan. All of them, not just the Republicans, the Democrats as well.

How long will it be before Big Brother starts arresting people for protesting? How long will it be before small organic producers are pushed to the limit of their financial stability? How long before people get together and start yelling, "We're mad as hell and we're not gonna take it anymore!" As far as I can see, there is not one single viable candidate for president that will be any different from the last 4. Can you? They're all players in the same game for the same stakes: money and power.

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A hobby cook from the Midwest. Experiments, thoughts, new recipes, maybe even a photo or two... You noticed the pouting little girl with the words superimposed over her face? Growing up in the 60s and 70s the refrain of "there are starving children in [insert current poverty-stricken nation] that would love to have such... etc etc etc." I don't know that anyone actually believed all that but the image of a starving foreign child, holding out a bowl in hopes of being gifted with boiled tongue or green tomato pie, was pretty powerful. I do recall the kind of trouble kids would inevitably be in if they dared to say what most of us thought: "Well, then, send this stuff right on over to those poor, starving [insert country] kids." I don't usually post other people's photos, just my own. If you want to borrow or use one of my photos, I would appreciate your asking first. I usually don't mind but do hate having my work attributed to someone else. By the way, I found the photo of that pouting girl on the web with no attribution. If it's yours? We'll deal, ok? Thanks.
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