Statement Introducing Unpasteurized Milk Bill, HR 1830 ~Ron Paul

Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce legislation that allows the shipment and distribution of unpasteurized milk and milk products for human consumption across state lines. This legislation removes an unconstitutional restraint on farmers who wish to sell or otherwise distribute, and people who wish to consume, unpasteurized milk and milk products.

Hard as it is to believe, the federal government is actually spending time and money prosecuting small businesses for the "crime" of meeting their customers' demand for unpasteurized milk! Recently the Food and Drug Administration conducted a year-long sting operation targeting Rainbow Acres Farms in Pennsylvania. As a result of this action, Rainbow Acres' customers will no longer be able to purchase unpasteurized milk from this small Amish farm.

Read entire statement here>>> Statement Introducing Unpasteurized Milk Bill, HR 1830

The Bill is here>>> HR 1830

Please write to your Representatives and ask that they support this bill. Even those of you that are scared to death of raw milk as this bill will put raw milk under health regulations just like your store bought milk.


What do you think about HR 1830?

Here we go

I don't really talk politics here. I have many reasons to not do so. Just like I don't talk about religion. Somebody will not take something right and get all upset over it. Sorry April, but we are going to use your post as an example. April has a great sense of humor, I have been reading her for what seems like years. But when it comes to politics, people lose their humor. Go read it, then come back here, I'll wait.

Back? See what I mean. Whether or not you are voting for a certain person, it is a cute post. And really didn't warrant some of those comments.

Now, about me. Some of you know that I was a Ron Paul fan. Unfortunately Ron Paul will not be a choice come November. So what is a gal to do?

I am an Independent, that tends to lean to the left. I am pro-choice, I am pro marijuana (surprise surprise) for medicinal use, I am pro gun, I am for the death penalty. I love freedom of speech, but wish the press would keep their opinions to themselves. I am proud to me an American, even if we smell like hamburgers to the rest of the world. And even though my family are immigrants, I still think we should do something about illegal immigration. I grew up in a Socialist house, and know too much about it to trust it. I am all for freedom of religion, and although I am not religious myself, have no problem with the Pledge of Allegiance in my children's' class rooms. I am anti-big brother, all for welfare reform, and think we have become a nation of whiners. oh come on! You know we have. Just listen to the conversations around you. How many people aren't complaining about something? I think we should drill, and find alternative fuels. And by my State's standards, we are poor.

Now with all that said, you can see why I am an Independent. No single party encompass all that I believe. Either way I vote in November, I will have to forfeit something I believe in. This year I have decided to go a direction I have never gone before. There is no lesser of two evils for me, I made my decision a good time back.

My choice was easy. And no matter how you vote, I still love you all. Our freedom to decide is one thing that makes this country so great.

I do argue with myself

Killi over on live journal posted a reply ;

Country of Origin can be very misleading ~ so long as something (anything) is done to the food, it then becomes "from" that country, so Argentinian imported beef suddenly becomes Irish because it was processed here. A farmer friend in Somerset raised Aberdeen Angus cattle; these were sold at market, bought, sent to Scotland for 6 days & thus became prime Scottish beef, with prices to match. Is NAIS going to put origin chips in every cut of meat so they can track it successfully? If something turns up contaminated, will the chip still be in it so they know exactly where it came from? At what point is the chip removed from the carcass? Chip swapping from dead animals? Will the chip itself contaminate the meat or cause problems? Has anyone asked these questions? How can you chip an egg? Much better to buy your produce from a very local farm, so you know your supplier & can report any problems back to them.

I bought a chicken from my butcher in Somerset, cooked it & it was awful (was going to write foul, but of course it was fowl!). I happened to be ill before dinner was cooked, so didn't touch any of it, but all the meat had disintegrated from the bones ~ it went back in that state to the butcher so he could get it tested & warn the farmer of a possible problem. That was the only problem chicken the butcher had ~ none of the others from any of his suppliers were anything but perfect. I wasn't out to sue, cause difficulties or anything, just to warn the butcher & his supplier of a possible problem. Chickens are a natural living entity & could have picked up anything in their lifestyle & I told him this. We got free meat for 2 weeks because of what happened. s had prepared the chicken for cooking, I just cooked it, so it wasn't my illness that affected the poor bird. Would all the suppliers to my butcher have had their flocks slaughtered because of 1 rogue chicken? Is that what NAIS is about?

The only question that I can answer is the last one. Yes, Killi, if one chicken is sick the entire flock and neighboring flocks will be "depopulated". How else would one contain a disease, even if it is non-communicable (like mad-cow)?

As for the title of this post, I am having an argument with myself. It is weather I should share an email I received or not.

Yesterday I opened my mail to find a note from the President from a certain Ag Tech company. It was an odd little note, and I am not sure what to make of it. First I thought that he was against what his own company was doing, a cry for help if you will. Then I thought, he wants me to mention his company. But that doesn't make a lot a sense because I don't have a huge readership. I have a good readership, of some wonderful people that wouldn't be interested in this man's wares. Then I looked at the construction of the note. A President of a company should not be writing like this. No spelling errors, but grammar and capitalization problems. Not saying I am perfect. I edit my posts, and then later cringe at me own errors (some are left because some of the feed readers will reissue the post after I correct it, don't want to get too annoying). I did look at the site that he claims to the president of. The company seems legit, and a tad scary (cell phone chip readers?!?) Should I post the email?

Keeping with the political theme, did anyone watch Glenn Beck last night? Ron Paul was on for the entire hour. As an Independent that leans left, I reiterate that I really like this man. He makes sense, and spouts the same things I go off on about here. To bad I am married (ha!)