My Two Cents Worth
January 12th, 2006 by Northern FarmerI usually don’t get very much into political matters here, but with this National Animal ID I figure I’ll put in my two cents worth, mostly because of the urging of others. First off, I’m totally against it, period. In my opinion it’s just a tool the industrialists are using for total control of everything. Three blogs on my link list cover the subject very well, check them out if you haven’t already. They are Antithesis In Agriculture, Sugar Mountain, and Adventures of a Turtle Mt Hillbilly. One thing I’d add to all of this is to get in and stay in contact with your Senators and Representatives. It is incredible how few people do this. Up until last year I was a volunteer for R-CALF, a cattlemen’s organization that represents real cattlemen, not the phony packer lackeys. My job was to stay in contact with one of our Senators in DC and let him know what the common man thought, not the misguided bull from the NCBA, National Cattlemen’s Beef Assn, which is just another title for packer serfs. When I first got in contact with them they said I was the only farmer to ever call about beef matters, the rest were just paid lobbyists and serfs from the NCBA. After a while the Senators agriculture aid was even calling me for advice. After a few months the Senators aide would call me with the results of everything we were discussing, it was incredible what one person can do. I still have some of the papers that they sent me, thanking me for helping them figure out what farmers “really†thought. So I would urge everyone to give it a shot, if we don’t we’re basically on the industrialist one world orders side. Don’t let these thugs take away our freedoms.
I’m disturbed enough on this issue to come out of retirement and do my part again. I’d rather not, it’s so much easier to just let the world slip by and mind my own farm, and hoping things will always be OK. Hoping the world would pass us by. But such is not the case; in fact it was never the case. This whole ID thing is a perfect example of a few people putting very heavy burdens on the many, for the profit of a handful. And you can bet the farm they’ll use patriotism as an excuse for it, the war on terror. National security they’ll say. Don’t believe for a minute that’s what it is. It’s control, short and sweet, control over one of the last segments in society that cherishes freedom, that haven’t sold out yet to the New World Order. While the beef and pork industries talk up all the benefits of this to the “modern†producer just remember, you could knock the brains out of a pig and come up with a more intelligent critter than these organizations are, combined. These people touting it up are so far in debt and so sucked into the modern whirlpool of destruction of the family farm that they’ll follow anything, with the slim hope it might help their crumbling situations. But it’s not entirely their fault, we let them go to DC and tell our representatives all that garbage and for the most part we stay silent.
After writing this I’m pretty well convinced that I’ll get going again, reluctantly but, once a person gets started he knows he’s doing the right thing. We have the freedom to do it yet, and how could I ever face my children and grandchildren and say I did nothing. God doesn’t want his people to stay silent.
January 12th, 2006 at 7:39 pm
Applause-standing up first!
Now you got me figuring that I can’t stay silent on this as I was assuming I was going to do.
May God guide us in this battle against the ‘Mark of the Beasts!’
January 12th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
Great way of putting it! I’m sure we’ll be contacting our senators soon.
January 13th, 2006 at 6:49 am
I have heard about this Animal ID stuff, but I don’t know much about it. Is there a website explaining the details?
(ps. Someday when I get on a soapbox about politics and the government, we’ll need to have a chat about the IRS and how it makes the Patriot Act, et al, look benevolent.)
January 13th, 2006 at 8:02 am
Its so very easy to take the ostrich’s route and stay in your status quo and let the rest of the world battle! I’m proud to say that I now know someone who can make a difference! Actually, a few people!
It’s easy to forget that one of the wonderful aspects of being in the United States, is that there is the power to make a difference. So many other countries struggle so hard to have this freedom. We have to remember to use it, or we might loose it!
If you ever need cheering on, let me know!
January 13th, 2006 at 9:21 am
Nevermind about that website. I just read your post again (this time with my eyes open) and saw the references to Antithesis In Agriculture, Sugar Mountain, and Adventures of a Turtle Mt Hillbilly.
Another example of the government’s insatiable appetite for control. If nothing else, this will certainly be used to control the small guy. Big AG loves this stuff, no doubt. I wouldn’t be suprised if they invented it.
January 13th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
ummmm…..did anyone notice the words “coming out of retirement” Surely, your not taking of retiring your blog.
January 13th, 2006 at 4:34 pm
MTN Firekeeper and Jonathan,
Sure am glad to have met you Nordakoda gentlemen in the blogging world. I was wondering if your Senator Dorgan still has Jeremy Bratt for his ag aide, Jeremy is one ok guy. If he is and you’d ever come into contact with him say high from Tom Scepaniak,from Minnesota. Heck he might even remember me.
Steve,
I hear you, and hey, if you ever want to talk about the irs I do have experience, I was the lucky winner of a full blown audit three years ago.
HH,
Time to get into a little action on this, that’s for sure. Thanks for the inspiration!
KSMM,
Now don’t get excited, I wasn’t talking about the blog, I was talking about my involvement with our government. Another job on my shoulders, it would be so easy to just ignore it all but I always get stuck doing the dirty work. But no matter what happens, in the end it’s always worth it.
Tom
January 13th, 2006 at 6:29 pm
Whew!!! One less thing to fret about. Thanks for explaining. I need to skim a little more closely, I guess.
January 13th, 2006 at 7:55 pm
NF, I deeply hope that you will come out of retirement and take action on this. NAIS is seriously bad. I am young and do not know the ins and outs of fighting something like this. I have been writing my congressional reps and newspapers for about a year now on this topic. Roughtly every three months. I figure they are getting sick of me but I persist and try and stay constructive on it. I hope that perhaps you might give us all some idea of how to deal with this. I feel like I’m flailing about. -Walter
January 13th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
KSMM,
Never fear, if I ever decide that I’m cashing it in I’d let you know personally before the fact. But no plans for that at this moment, to much to do around here.
Walter,
I’ll be out of retirement come Tuesday morning. I commend the actions you are taking on this. If you want to take it to a higher level, that is beyond petitions and letters to congressmen and newspapers, here’s how. Call the congressional office and ask for the congressman’s agriculture aid. That’s the person whom advises the congressman on these issues. Many times the congressman has no idea about any of these issues and just goes about business on the advice of the aide.So introduce yourself to the aide, let him or her know your concerns, and don’t be afraid to chat, heck I used to talk weather with them.If it’s a friendly aide, by that I mean one that agrees with you, make sure you follow up every couple of weeks and get to kinda know the person, don’t worry, they’ll remember you. If it’s one that disagrees with you, be persistant but civil. And keep calling that aide every couple of weeks also. And try to get a few more people to do this in your area. This has a huge impact, much bigger than most people think. The biggest problem is that hardly anyone does this, and it’s the most important step a person can take. It has much more effectiveness than letters or petitions. Remember, these folks are “your” employees. Once you get to know the aide you can even arrange to meet them and the congressman when they’re in your area.
I hope this little bit of advice helps, this is what I did for a couple of years and I’ll never forget it. Anything I can help with, I sure will.
Tom