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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Well , at least it is getting some attention in different places.  DailyKos 
is such a bastion of Groupthink, that the people there tend to stick to 
certain scripts.  Protecting individual liberty has never been reall 
imporantant to the fringes of the progreesive side.  I think that the fact 
that this subject is even being mentioned there is a positive, though, of 
course, what you said was correct...............................

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--- On Thu, 12/18/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] the most TERRIBLE day in the history of US 
> farming--DailyKos- NAIS
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 5:30 AM
> Maybe this guy isn't paying attention. Small farmers are
> harrassed and 
> hauled into court a lot, for all kinds of stuff.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "bobf" <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:59 PM
> Subject: [Homestead] the most TERRIBLE day in the history
> of US 
> farming--DailyKos- NAIS
> 
> 
> > >From today's DailyKos-- USDA/ Amish? NAIS/
> Vilsack
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Excerpt:
> >
> > Today is the most TERRIBLE day in the history of US
> farming
> >
> > by Scaredhuman
> >
> > Wed Dec 17, 2008 at 03:51:36 AM PST
> >
> > No, I am not referring to Obama selecting Vilsack for
> the USDA though it 
> > is a blatant betrayal not only of his promise of
> sustainable agriculture 
> > but of "change" and "grassroots"
> anything.  Vilsack is a Monsanto lackey. 
> > http://www.organicconsumers.org/...
> >
> > and I believe the hand of the Clintons is heavy in
> this. 
> > http://www.localforage.com/...
> >
> > Scaredhuman's diary :: ::
> > No, the choice of Vilsack for USDA, though, casts an
> even darker shadow 
> > over the day.
> >
> > For today the state of Wisconsin at the behest of the
> USDA drags an Amish 
> > farmer named Emmanuel Miller to court for obeying his
> religious 
> > principles.
> >
> > Perhaps this moment will begin to intimate how the
> USDA has been operating 
> > and why the head of the USDA has become not a
> political choice but 
> > actually life and death for American farmers.
> >
> > Mr. Miller is due in court today, this Wed. Dec. 17th,
> at 3:00 pm, at the 
> > Clark County Court House, 517 Court St. Neillsville,
> WI, for his initial 
> > court appearance
> > Family Farm Defenders is encouraging food sovereignty
> advocates to appear 
> > in court in Neillsville to express their solidarity
> with the Amish farmer 
> > being targeted by the State of Wisconsin in its first
> effort to enforce 
> > mandatory premises registration, stage one of the
> controversial National 
> > Animal Identification System (NAIS).  
> ......................
> >
> > http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/17/63219/619
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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