Felt that this deserves a repost: Opposition to HR 875 is being astroturfed....

[FLAprogressive]

...by (John Bircher) Ron Paul's "Campaign for Liberty":

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5257121

And a lot of you have fallen for it hook, line, and sinker.

It's all a bunch of crap from the libertarian/paleocon movement....which wants no regulation. Exactly what Monsanto wants.

MYTHS ABOUT HR 875 DEBUNKED:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5313448

[jody]

1. I'm curious, has Congressman Ron Paul been an active (John Bircher) for very long? n/t

[FLAprogressive]

2. Yes.....

[NashVegas]

3. The Problem With the Bill Is Broad Language - From the Organic Consumers Assoc.

"Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009


HR 875, the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, is a limited-vision attempt by moderate Democrats and Republicans to craft food safety legislation to address the out-of-control filth and contamination that are inherent in our industrialized, now globalized, "profit-at-any-cost" food system.

This being said, OCA does not support HR 875 in its present form, given the fact that, if the bill's regulations were applied in a one-size-fits-all manner to certified organic and farm-to-consumer operations, it could have a devastating impact on small farmers, especially raw milk producers who are already unfairly targeted by state food-safety regulators.

Although the OCA deems this bill somewhat well-intentioned, we are calling on Congress to focus its attention on the real threats to food safety: globalized food sourcing from nations such as China where food safety is a travesty and domestic industrial-scale and factory farms whose collateral damage includes pesticide and antibiotic-tainted food, mad cow disease, E.coli contamination and salmonella poisoning.

And, of course, Congress and the Obama Administration need to support a massive transition to organic farming practices."

Just because Ron Paul's people are against it doesn't mean I'm going to be in support of it. Nor should anyone allow their positions on our food supply be defined in opposition to Republicans.

[FLAprogressive]

4. except the cosponsors of 875 are progressives. Don't buy the astroturf.

[NashVegas]

5. Progressives Screw Up Some Things With Good Intentions

And this is on track to be one of them.

Want to improve food safety?

Arrest CEOs and presidents of companies who knowingly ship out what Peanut Corp of America did. Arrest low-level employees who do the same and protect whistle-blowers.