The US Senate just passed S.510 voting 73 to 26 to end food freedom – now the action moves on to the House where the NY Times reports the “lame-duck” House “leadership” will try for quick approval.
100 people a minute are emailing their Congresspeople to tell them “No! to S.510!” — through our system; please do so often!
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Food Fascism (yes, that is not too strong a term!) is just three days away.
To prevent this dire outcome, millions of people must act together over the next couple days! Our Senators are home until Monday when they will be back in Washington, at the “lame duck” congressional session. Over a million emails sent over the past year!
On 11.30.10 the US Senate voted to end Food Freedom. Tell your Congressperson not to make the same mistake that the Senate made: VOTE NO ON S.510! Action Item Here: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5270
There is still a bit of time for the Home Folks to tell them what we want: Vote “No!” on S. 510. Even Dr. Coburn’s well-intentioned amendment striping some of the worst clauses from the bill does not go far enough to protect local, organic, family, community food production and distribution! The amendment to which the sponsors and Sen Tester agreed actually reduces the exempt territory from 400 to 275 miles from the farm.
Here are our Talking Points about the bad features of the “Managers’ Version” of the bill: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=6910
And here our up to date analysis: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=7446
THIS IS A CONTINUING RED ALERT!
Last November (2009) just 150,000 emails over one memorable weekend held the bill in committee for nearly a year; the Week before Thanksgiving this year (2010) our system exceeded 5,000 an hour for many hours! Since the start of our campaign in mid 2009 to stop the fake “food safety” bills, over one million emails to decision makers have gone through our Action eAlert system on this issue!
WE NEED EVEN MORE PUSH BACK RIGHT NOW!
PLEASE contact all your online friends and associates — tell them to contact their Senators; we must make this message “go viral” and flood the Senate email system over the next few days! Let them know that a vast and growing transpartisan alliance of health & food freedom advocates, framers, ranchers, gardeners, tea partiers and others have sent millions of messages to Congress: SENATOR: VOTE “NO!” ON S.510!
We do not support any version of the fake “food safety” bill and will work to defund any bill that is adopted and signed into law! We will not forget how each Senator votes on this critical issue!
Action Item (to contact your Senators; please do so at least daily for each member of your household!) – http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4613
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Current Action Item: Tell the Senate to Strip S.510 from the CR – http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5303
December 20, 2010 Update: http://TinyURL.com/GOPbetrayal
December 10, 2010 Update: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=7682
Bloomberg reports – Headline: “Small farms would be exempt from food safety regs” — nice sounding, but false! More details below…
FINAL SENATE VOTE PENDING ON NOV. 29! – ACT NOW TO STOP $.510! PLEASE TAKE EACH STEP BELOW ONCE FOR EACH MEMBER OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD, EACH DAY:
[1] EMAIL YOUR SENATORS HERE :
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http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm — OR, BETTER, CALL THEM AT THEIR HOME STATE OFFICES; GOOGLE “US Senator [your state] office”.
[3] BETWEEN NOW AND NOV. 29, PLEASE TAKE BOTH STEPS EVERY DAY!
[4] REACH OUT TO YOUR ENTIRE CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE, CONTACTS, COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS, SUPPLIERS, ASSOCIATES, CLASSMATES, ETC. TO HELP THEM BECOME ACTIVATED IN TAKING STEPS [1] THROUGH [4]
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The Congressional lame duck “leadership” have used every maneuver allowed by their parliamentary procedures to push through the fake “food safety” bills; what will be, essentially, a law that sets the stage for regulatory imposition of industrialize “farming” methods on our local, natural food production and distribution while implementing the worst of Codex Alimentarius’ international restrictions on our freedoms. It would allow imposition of what we have called “Food Fascism” and be a continuation of the Federal Administration’s policy of “seizing the commanding heights” of the economy.
One of those maneuvers has been to tempt several Senators who are normally on the side of local food production to “go along” with this Big AgBiz-written bill in exchange for some changes in the new farm order to be imposed. Those amendments, even if adopted in their most local-food-friendly versions barely begin to allay our fears of Federal Food Fascism.
Let this example suffice:
Earlier today Bloomberg reported, and the Natural Products Association (NPA) spread it around and about that:
Headline: “Small farms would be exempt from food safety regs” — nice sounding?
But read the Text: “Some small farms would be exempt…”
Read the rest here: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9JJ0G700.htm
Bloomberg, we should point out, is the media outlet of the wealthy Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City. Just as a reminder, New York City is not what most people would call a farming community. It does not raise food and is not the home of any significant number of small farms. Just why is Bloomberg organization positioning itself as a Company Man in the food wars which have been thrust upon us by the likes of Monsanto Man, Michael Taylor, now our Food Safety [sic!] Czar? And why would the Natural Products Association take the position that industrializing the US Food Supply is a good thing? We believe that their lawyers are as capable as ours of reading the bills and discerning the disastrous consequences and stipulations. We’ve quoted specific language from the Manager’s Bill that would allow secret regulations, would pave the way to full implementation of Codex Alimentarius (the so-called ‘world food code’ that serves the globalists’ interests) and have shown how the “exemptions” will hardly protect significant proportions of local food production.
Could it be because their membership is heavily weighted to Big Pharma? Given that Big Pharma makes most of the nutrients and “natural products” with which they deal, and given the fact that clean food is a direct threat to Big Pharma, whose income rests on your impaired nutrition and immune system, and given the fact that Big Pharma is also Big AgraBiz and Big Chema and Big Biotech, could it be that NPA (formerly the NNFA) has once again acted the whore to its powerful members as it did when it produced its expensive (rumored to have cost $800,000) “Report” assuring wellness companies that Codex would prove not threat to them or their businesses? see http://drrimatruthreports.com/?page_id=180 for a detailed analysis of that report.
Make no mistake: $.510 will not only hurt small farmers, it will eventually criminalize their activity, and yours if you are growing your own food, and put them out of business. Done. Finished. Over. Ended.
But consider our $.510 Talking Points,http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=6910, first published weeks ago, to see the truth is that only a small percent of local food production and distribution would be exempt from Federal controls under the best of the amendments; only partially protecting a few small family farms, representing a small percentage of local food production, and as inflation kicks in, without indexing, the “protections” will become meaningless. Under one version of the “let them eat cake” amendment, only farms grossing less than $500,000 annually would be exempt… and as inflation kicks in, even with “indexing” pegged to the manipulated CPI, the “protections” will become meaningless.
“In 2009, the majority of family farms (60 percent) had gross sales of less than $10,000, but they accounted for only 2 percent of the total value of agricultural production… Family farms with gross sales of $10,000 to $249,999 were 30 percent of the family farms and were responsible for 18 percent of production. At the other end of the size distribution, the 10 percent of family farms that grossed at least $250,000 accounted for 80 percent of the value of production…” http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/WellBeing/farmhouseincome.htm
Talking Points: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=6910
What percent of local food production would be protected? The above Federal figures do not reveal that, but applying a reasonable distribution curve suggests less than 40%.
Bloomberg’s and NPA’s headlines are misleading and the threat from S.510 is far worse than they imagine.
But we do not need to let that happen. Here’s the plan to STOP S.510!!!
1. Flood Senators’ home offices with calls over the Thanksgiving holiday week; if you know the Senator personally, call him/her direct, or talk to him/her over the Thanksgiving Day table!
2. Begin to flood the Senate with emails starting Sunday 11.28 and peaking throughout 11.29 — our system reached over 5,000 emails an hour for several hours a day, several days last week. Other groups were similarly engaged. We need to do much better.
No time for Thanksgiving yet, no time to pat ourselves on the back! Our Senators are home… it’s time for the Home Folks to tell them what we want: Vote “No!” on S. 510. Even Sen. Testor or Dr. Coburn’s well-intentioned amendments do not go far enough to protect local, organic, family, community food production and distribution!
If the lame duck “leadership” forces this bad bill through the Senate, we will flood the House of Representatives with opposing emails; if it is sent to the White House, we will petition the current occupant to veto the bill; if he signs it, we will demand that the new Congress refuse to fund its provisions, including any funding for more FDA inspectors or for any “HARMonizing” with Codex Alimentarius, or any other provision that restricts Food Freedom!
The updated Action link, a bit of the history of the past couple weeks and more information are right here:
http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=7446
Right now you and I and our Freedom Mouses are all that stand between Food Freedom under a corrupt FDA and Food Fascism under an FDA on steroids… a true Food Gestapo.
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On 11.30.10 the US Senate voted to end Food Freedom. Tell your Congressperson not to make the same mistake that the Senate made: VOTE NO ON S.510! Action Item Here: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5270
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RED ALERT! SENATE TO VOTE TODAY! $.510 WILL PASS UNLESS WE PUSH BACK HARD NOW!
ACTION ITEM: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4613
Take It Viral NOW!
Why $. 510 MUST NOT Pass: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=7446
Take This VIRAL NOW! Senate Adjourned Until 4 PM Today: MUST Flood Email Boxes and Switchboard
TAKE ACTION ITEM NOW For Each Member of Your Household, THEN!
CALL YOUR SENATORS – RIGHT NOW! Tell Them You Vigorously Oppose $. 510
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11.17.10 UPDATE
PUSH BACK rate reaches 5,000 emails an hour to decision makers! Keep sending those messages! And PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS, Too
S.510, the horrific, fake “food safety” bill (and possibly its evil companions, $.3767 and the discredited S.3002) will be pushed through the Lame Duck Congress this week. It is definitely on the Obama Lame Duck Agenda. Our friends in DC have confirmed this.
Today there will be a cloture vote on Senate bill $.510. But there are two other bills whose cloture (choking off debate) votes will occur first. IF cloture passes for the first one, a “cooling off” period of 30 hours of debate must pass before the next one can be voted on for cloture and before the vote can take place, we have been informed. If the second cloture vote passed, then an additional 30 hours of debate must occur before the vote on it can take place.
On the other hand, it is possible that $ 510 will be voted upon without cloture or that a cloture vote will be taken and then it is voted on after the required 30 hours of debate.
So the exact schedule of voting is not clear. What is clear is that this bill, and its horrific companion pieces MUST NOT be allowed to pass despite the determination of the worst combination of Lame Duck destructiveness, Corporate greed and Regulatory irresponsibility.
The delays, if they occur, may, in fact, be exactly what we need. The President, Secretary Sebelius and the US Senate have been bombarded with more than 600,000 emails from you and more from the supporters of the many, many health and food freedom groups who have followed our leads and asked their supporters to send the same message to the same recipients: DON’T YOU DARE!
So we may have hours or days to make sure that we still have food freedom without having to fight for repeal or use other strategies to make sure that we control the quality of the food that we eat. Health Freedom, including food freedom, IS our first freedom.
IT IS URGENT THAT EVERY HEALTH AND FOOD FREEDOM GROUP WARN THEIR SUPPORTERS AND FLOOD CONGRESS WITH “NO $.510!” MESSAGES, NOW!
Please forward this message widely. Please take the Action Item below each day this week, for each person in your family!
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On 11.30.10 the US Senate voted to end Food Freedom. Tell your Congressperson not to make the same mistake that the Senate made: VOTE NO ON S.510! Action Item Here: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5270
Vote on S.510 expected Monday 11.29! WE’RE STILL FIGHTING! CALLS & EMAILS TO SENATE DECIDERS CONTINUING THOUSANDS A DAY! Links for Action Item and Phone Numbers below.
November 2010 Updated Information: http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=7527
THIS IS A CONTINUING RED ALERT! NOW WE MUST CONTACT THE SENATORS AT HOME! Last November Just 150,000 emails held the bill in committee for nearly a year; THIS WEEK WE EXCEEDED 5,000 EMAILS AN HOUR… FOR MANY HOURS!
WE NEED EVEN MORE PUSH BACK RIGHT NOW!
PLEASE contact your supporters and tell them to contact their Senators at their home State offices… or if you know them, call them at home or talk to them over the Thanksgiving Table. Let them know that a vast and growing transpartisan alliance of health & food freedom advocates, framers, ranchers, gardeners, tea partiers and others have sent millions of messages to Congress: SENATOR: VOTE “NO!” ON S.510!
We do not support any version of the fake “food safety” bill and will work to defund any bill that is adopted and signed into law!
Follow Senate voting here: http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/a_three_sections_with_teasers/votes.htm
Senate Calendar here: http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/d_three_sections_with_teasers/calendars.htm
11.19.10 Sen. Coburn offering a substitute bill that doesn’t hurt local, natural production and distribution quite as much as the draconian globalist bill now pending. While Sen Coburn’s substitute amendment makes some changes (such as removing the language allowing secret guidelines) it still sets the stage for a nearly complete Federal takeover. Take a look at it: Click Here. We do NOT support any bill to increase Federal power over food. However, if the Federal establishment insists on wasting more taxpayer funds, Dr. Coburn is to be thanked for trying to keep the burden less. We support his effort, but do not support the “leadership” bill, or any fake “food safety” bill.
11.18.10 – Senate another step closer to final vote on S.510; voted to move ahead at 6 PM, 57 to 27; 16 abstaining. 11.17.10 – Senate voted 74 – 25 “cloture” limiting debate.
FINAL SENATE VOTE PENDING IN NEXT FEW HOURS – PLEASE ACT NOW! PLEASE TAKE EACH STEP BELOW:
[1] EMAIL YOUR SENATORS HERE:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4613
[2] CALL THEM HERE:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
PLEASE TAKE BOTH STEPS EVERY DAY!
Here is a list of Republicans who voted to bring this bill to the floor of the Senate. PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW!
Alexander (R-TN) co-sponsor – (202) 224-4944
Barrasso (R-WY) – 202-224-6441
Collins (R-ME) – (202) 224-2523
Corker (R-TN) – 202-224-3344
Enzi (R-WY) co-sponsor – (202) 224-3424
Grassley (R-IA) – (202) 224 – 3744
Gregg (R-NH) co-sponsor – (202) 224-3324
Johanns (R-NE) – (202) 224-4224
Richard Burr (R-NC) – (202) 224-3154
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) – 202-224-3521
Orrin Hatch (R-UT) co-sponsor – 202-224-5251
John Isakson (R-GA) co-sponsor – 202-224-3643
LeMieux (R-FL) – (202) 224-3041
Lugar (R-IN) – (202)-224-4814
Snowe (R-ME) – (202) 224-5344
Thune (R-SD) – 202-224-2321
Vitter (R-LA) – (202) 224-4623
Voinovich (R-OH) – (202) 224-3353
Campaign for Liberty, the “Doctors Ron and Rand Paul” citizen group broke the story earlier today [Monday, 11.15.10] that S.510, the horrific, fake “food safety” bill (and possibly its evil companions, S.3767 and the discredited S.3002) will be pushed through the Lame Duck Congress
this week. It is definitely on the Obama Lame Duck Agenda. Our friends in DC have confirmed this.[2] CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW! Phone numbers here:
C4L WAS off the Internet, apparently a victim of hacking. This very well protected, very professional site was hit to stop the word getting out that Congressional insiders expect to move S.510 immediately. This Ron & Rand Paul supporter group’s warning needs to get to the public!
Update: 11.15.10 10 PM: Tea Party Nation reports: “On Wednesday, there will be a cloture vote on Senate bill S.510.”
11.16.10 UPDATE: PUSH BACK rate is now 5,000 emails an hour to decision makers! Keep on sending those messages!
IT IS URGENT THAT EVERY HEALTH AND FOOD FREEDOM GROUP WARN THEIR SUPPORTERS AND FLOOD CONGRESS WITH “NO S.510!” MESSAGES, STARTING NOW! Please forward this message widely; please take the Action Item below EVERY DAY FOR EVERYONE IN YOUR FAMILY!
If you need information about the bills, see our Talking Points here:
http://drrimatruthreports.com/?p=6910
Our action item, to email US Senators, is here:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/568/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4613
It is urgent that many thousands use the action item every day to make PUSH BACK work!
We must act fast to stop this threat!
Ralph Fucetola JD
Trustee
www.HealthFreedomPortal.org
PS – please forward this to everyone who has an email list!
And below we re-post this excellent analysis of the continuing threat to our access to clean food, water and air that just came to us by email; keep those emails coming!
S-510 – Food Safety Modernization Act – is one of the bills that must be stopped. D[redacted] has been following this bill for several organizations during its entire existence. Here’s some of her reasons why the bill must be stopped. D[redacted] says:
“In a nutshell, S510 is effectively NAIS (National Animal Identification System) for everything. It is a tremendous amount of additional enforcement (fines and penalties, license revocations, further license requirements, control over processes and harvest) which are definite issues with the bill as it currently exists. However, not unlike the “Health Care” bill, they will have to pass this to see what it actually does.
“Here’s why….In S 510, the FDA is instructed to follow all international agreements. One of the issues with international ‘guidelines and standards’ is “Good Agricultural Practices”. Well those are not necessarily good. Most GAP certifying bodies have checklists about 25 pages long for growers to follow. They all require traceability (i.e., NAIS) they also require auditing, verifying and certifying the processes used to produce a consumable product for human or animal feed. Every step in GAP costs the grower of food money and a good deal of paperwork. What happens if you’re better at growing food than filing forms? You will be penalized (i.e., more money). Sec 420 is exceptionally dangerous in my eyes. It subjects all farms that ‘produce’ milk to risk assessment and management (i.e., insurance).
“The idea that exemptions will be helpful is rose-colored-glasses thinking. Exemptions can easily be taken away or modified without Congressional oversight through the regulatory process. Most farmers aren’t watching the Federal Register like hawks.
“The FDA has plenty of authority to protect the anonymous food supply already. But they don’t. Instead, they put small entities out of business through Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP), also to be expanded in this bill, and heavier regulations that are not helpful to smaller economies of scale. The FDA inspects less than 1% of imported produce, has performed inspections on less than 25% of processing facilities that they are authorized to inspect (in a five year period) and they ALREADY have authority over live food animals on the farm. The USDA authority is over animal disease.”
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