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A couple days ago, the New York Times posted an article about the debate on farm subsidies, leaving readers with a rhetorical query about whether substantial progress was going to be made on cutting them. Umm, probably not. Unless, that is, every single member of the House Committee on Agriculture gets hundreds of phone calls from their constituents asking for caps on farm subsidies pronto. And even then, frankly, the odds are slim.

Consider that the Bush administration's secretary of agriculture got accused of instigating class warfare for some of his stances against farm subsidies, though it must be granted, there are issues with the Bush administration's proposals, as well.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman, Rep. Collin Peterson has yet to publish his revised Farm Bill, but when he does, he says there will be two of them. One will include policies with budget allocations, the other will include policies that will only be funded if offsets are found. Which is to say, they probably won't be funded. My mentors at the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition have put together an action alert highlighting four agricultural sustainablility policies that should go in the real Farm Bill, the one that will be funded. They include support for new farmers and ranchers, conservation incentives for working farmlands, improving local food distribution infrastructure, and support for transitions to organic and sustainable farming.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/11/14 /fox-news-internal-memo-_n_34128.html
Well, it's related.  Fair and balanced huh?

The Satanic 109th Congress has done it again.  H.R. 5533 has passed in the house by voice vote.  There are several related bills such as S 1873, and not the missle defense one.  This is simply the end of western medicine as we know it.  BARDA, the Biodefense Advanced Research and Development Agency will enforce all thing drug, with zero oversight and in total secrecy.
Therefore I have ceased getting flu shots and have sworn off all medications unless it's simply a last resort.   Drugs?  Just say no!  This is far more destructive than Patriot Act, Real ID, No child left unrecruited and the entire Iraq episodes combined!