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A solemn walk through HR 875

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When you know that Monsanto with the help of the US government plundered ancient and rare seed banks in Iraq that held seeds with a genetic heritage (a biohistory belonging to all of us) going back 1000s of years and then made it a crime for farmers there to collect or use their own normal and non-patented seeds off their own land, you see how extreme the intent to control is.  

Now, perhaps it is possible to see how the identical thing is being done here, only it comes in a heavily, heavily disguised way - through "food safety" that isn't at all - and in only one tiny little paragraph within a very large bill.  

The Iraqis are now abjectly dependent on Monsanto and the US for survival itself and will have to pay whatever prices are set for food.  They cannot just grow their own and be free.  So, no matter what form of government they may have, they are now slaves because the control over them is that extreme.  Kissinger was right - control food and you control people.

We are inches from this ourselves.  The left needs to wake up.

This trick of setting bars above any ability to be in the game, is similar to how blacks had been treated.  Click here.  This trick of setting bars above any ability to be in the game while imposing fines that destroy people who fail to meet that standard, is sadistic.  Then, taking the land as confiscatory payment, is theft by government become totalitarian and colonizing its own people.

There are other items of the list which surely will be controlled as well.  In toto, that little list is the deconstruction of farming itself and given the inclusion of manure, especially of organic farming.

(4) include, with respect to animals raised for food, minimum standards related to the animal's health, feed, and environment which bear on the safety of food for human consumption;

(5) provide a reasonable period of time for compliance, taking into account the needs of small businesses for additional time to comply;

(6) provide for coordination of education and enforcement activities by State and local officials, as designated by the Governors of the respective States; and

(7) include a description of the variance process under subsection (d) and the types of permissible variances which the Administrator may grant under such process.

(d) Variances- States and foreign countries that export produce intended for consumption in the United States may request from the Administrator variances from the requirements of the regulations under subsection (c). A request shall--

(1) be in writing;

(2) describe the reasons the variance is necessary;

(3) describe the procedures, processes, and practices that will be followed under the variance to ensure produce is not adulterated; and

(4) contain any other information required by the Administrator.

(e) Approval or Disapproval of Variances- If the Administrator determines after review of a request under subsection (d) that the requested variance provides equivalent protections to those promulgated under subsection (c), the Administrator may approve the request. The Administrator shall deny a request if it is--

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Hr 875 by Lee Cornell on Saturday, Mar 14, 2009 at 8:36:38 PM
Well done indeed by James Rogers on Thursday, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:46:38 PM
well, well, well done Round 1 by James Rogers on Saturday, Mar 21, 2009 at 9:58:02 PM
43 Million Urban Gardeners and Michelle Obama by Robert Singer on Thursday, Mar 26, 2009 at 10:03:19 AM
Onerous & invasive inspection & tracking protocols by Jim Eldon on Sunday, Mar 15, 2009 at 9:18:31 PM
Big Agri is destroying the oceans with their poison by Mel Smith on Sunday, Mar 15, 2009 at 11:49:55 PM
Oh BTW Thanks for all your work by Mel Smith on Monday, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:13:12 AM
Thank you, Linn, for a monumental work! by Oh on Monday, Mar 16, 2009 at 7:07:09 AM
Thorough Article by Arktig Silver on Tuesday, Mar 17, 2009 at 5:04:25 PM
Request by Mad Jayhawk on Thursday, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:24:37 AM
Did anyone read these 14 pages? by James Rogers on Sunday, Mar 22, 2009 at 5:43:43 PM
Mysterious Article title change by Robert Singer on Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:13:56 AM