WINTER SOLSTICE NEWS
LUNAR ECLIPSE JOURNAL
FOR DEC 21,2010
Cash For Clunkers FDA Food Safety bill
#2751, former #S-510 Passes 215-144 on this day of the
Lunar Eclipse and Winter Solstice.
Procedures followed were an embarrasment to watch on C-SPAN.
Chewing on food Safety:
A National Conversation was heeded by the people,
but dismissed by both houses.
Rep Frank Lucas (R) Oklahoma
and Virginia Foxx (R) North Carolina
called for procedures to be
followed but their requests were out voted.
Lucas eloquently traced the history of
the Food Safety Bills from their inception.
It was a true mockery of democracy,
and showed that when the powers that
be want to have their way with us, they can find a way,
as was shown by Senator Harry Reid,
who guided the bill underhandedly through to the House.
There truly never was any true debate in either house.
Read this Plant Your Dream Blog for a
Potpouri of things from the morning.
day, and evening
of the lunar Eclipse Winter Solstice,
the day this historic bill passed.
The final tally was 215-144.
More than 70 reps did not vote.
They already went home
to sup on Holday vittles
very Food Safe indeed...
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bmarler
Food Safety 215 Yes, 144 No and 74 already on vacation.
3 minutes ago via TweetDeck
YourEG
@bmarler O.K Bill, hold to your word #2751
You will freely defend Farmers' Markets that are harmed.
Did I read that right on your blog?
less than 20 seconds ago via web in reply to bmarler
ABSTRACT
REVISED DECEMBER 22, 2010
WINTER SOLSTICE NEWS
LUNAR ECLIPSE JOURNAL
FOR DEC 21,2010
Cash For Clunkers FDA Food Safety bill
#2751, former #S-510 Passes 215-144 on this day of the
Lunar Eclipse and Winter Solstice.
Procedures followed were an embarrasment to watch on C-SPAN.
Chewing on food Safety:
A National Conversation was heeded by the people,
but dismissed by both houses.
Rep Frank Lucas (R) Oklahoma
and Virginia Foxx (R) North Carolina
called for procedures to be
followed but their requests were out voted.
Lucas eloquently traced the history of
the Food Safety Bills from their inception.
It was a true mockery of democracy,
and showed that when the powers that
be want to have their way with us, they can find a way,
as was shown by Senator Harry Reid,
who guided the bill underhandedly through to the House.
There truly never was any true debate in either house.
Read this Plant Your Dream Blog for a
Potpouri of things from the morning.
day, and evening
of the lunar Eclipse Winter Solstice,
the day this historic bill passed.
The final tally was 215-144.
More than 70 reps did not vote.
They already went home.
Relatively speaking, the bill
slid through. It was a no brainer
for them who voted for it,
an easy sell to the American eaters
of Junk Food. All the right things were said,
but the day after the nature is being flooded
with severe rains and houses are being washed
away. Truly, Nature is having her day.
uploaded here
1:55 pm
passed about five minutes ago
December 21, 2010
QUOTES OF THE DAY
"We the people" tell the government
what to do, it doesn't tell us.
Our Constitution is a document in which
"We the people" tell the government
what it is allowed to do. "We the people" are free.
Ronald Reagan Farewell Address 1989
--found on a site I lost.
TODAY IS THE DAY TO CELEBRATE
SENATOR HARRY REID's CASH FOR CLUNKERS
FDA FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION #HR 2751
FORMERLY #S-510 ACT in
BEET THE BEET's ROCK YOUR SOUL OPERA
CALLED BEET KEEPERS, RETURN!
Draft uploaded,
9:58 am
December 21, 2010
REP FRANK LUCAS
In His Own Words
"The problem with a lame duck session is that it occurs after many members of Congress have been voted out of office or have retired. They are no longer held accountable for their actions by their constituents and can choose to enact legislation that they usually may not support. Top items in the lame duck session could be the controversial cap-and-tax plan, radical overhaul of our immigration laws, and massive new spending bills aimed at funding their liberal agenda.
Simply put, this is not the way to govern. Lame duck sessions should only be used to wrap up necessary business Congress was unable to complete – not to pass divisive and unpopular legislation that would dramatically alter the way our country operates."
--From his Blog
July 2009
I have been up since early morning
anticipating the Lunar Ecslipse
that has not fallen on the day of
the Winter Solar Exlipse for
more than 400 years.
THE NEWS OF THE DAY
DECEMBER 21, 2010
A major food safety bill that had almost been given up for dead was suddenly revived in the Senate late on Sunday evening, and may be ready for House approval as early as Tuesday.
In a parliamentary move laid out on the Senate floor by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just after 7pm, the Senate took the food safety language that was passed as part of a stop-gap budget plan by the House, attached it to another House-passed bill and approved that by unanimous consent.
CALLED THE CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD NOW
LEFT A MESSAGE FOR REP SUSAN DAVIS
at 202-224-3121;
6:07 am
December 21
Just talked to Cynthia who has worked for
Rep Suan Davis for nine years. She was nice.
I told her to tell Rep Davis to vote no on
HR 2751 The Senator Harry Reid Cash for Clunkers
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act voting on later today.
You can call your HR rep today.
The winte solstice and
lunar eclopsr is happening
as i am writing this....
5 am
December 21, 2010
added
4:35:47 am
December 21, 2010
it is raining now in San Diego.
In Washington, House memmbers
anticipate passing #5-510,
the Food Safety Modernization Act
now in #HR
IN THE NEWS
It was a last-minute change for the legislation,
which seemed all but dead Sunday afternoon.
"This reaffirmed my faith in democracy," said Jean Halloran,
director of food policy initiatives at Consumers Union. "We were getting ready for a last-ditch effort . . . and they just went ahead an passed it, like they should have. . . . There's some hope now that the government will do a better job of protecting people" from tainted food.
The legislation would affect all whole and processed foods except meat, poultry and some egg products, which are regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), a main sponsor of the bill, called Sunday's vote a "critical victory" that would "give Americans one of the best holiday gifts they can receive this year - the assurance the foods they are eating are safer."
The measure had support from an eclectic array of groups across the political spectrum from the Chamber of Commerce to U.S. PIRG and was pushed by a coalition of food-safety groups that lobbied for two years. It passed the House more than year ago with strong bipartisan support. It cleared the Senate three weeks ago by a vote of 73 to 25, overcoming a filibuster threat from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.).
4:24 am
December 21,2010
by Dan Flynn | Dec 20, 2010
The food safety bill--S. 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act--which some had given up for dead, was revived late Sunday attached to a shell bill and passed unanimously just before the Senate adjourned for the day.
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To get the food safety bill back to the House without the constitutional snag, the Senate used H.R. 2475 as a vehicle, amending it with the language of S. 510. Ironically, H.R. 2475 was originally a House version of the "cash for clunkers" bill, a shell with just enough life in it for the Senate's purpose.
The bill's goal is to increase the Food and Drug Administration's powers to keep food safe by increasing inspections of food facilities, placing stricter standards on imported foods and giving the agency broader authority to order a recall.
As word of the bill's new life got out, advocates expressed their relief. Many were part of a coalition that had sent a letter Sunday to Reid and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, asking them to act quickly to save the bill before the end of the session.
Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, said. "The Senate made good on its promise to pass food safety legislation tonight when it passed a corrected version of the FDA Food SafetyModernization Act. It is a huge victory for consumers following a weekend cliffhanger as both consumer and industry supporters prepared for bad news. Senator Harkin, Senator Reid, and Senator McConnell are to be congratulated on their skill in making sure American families will enjoy greater protection and safer food in 2011 and beyond."
Jean Halloran, director of Food Policy Initiatives at Consumers Union, said, "This is a wonderful day for consumers. This day will be especially important to families whose children have suffered lasting damage to their health, and families who have even lost a child, because of contaminated food. Many of them have worked hard for this bill to prevent others from having to go through a similar ordeal. This bill gives FDA essential tools like mandatory recall authority to insure that the food we eat is safe."
Republicans are as good as their word
CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE
WASHINGTON ON REAL FOOD SAFETY
Read about the goals of the year long campaign here.
Study materials about Real Food Safety.
Watch Videos of Micro-farmer Barry Logan
and much more! http://plantyourdream.net/?page_id=50
THE CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE WASHINGTON
ON REAL FOOD SAFETY
Our year long Campaign to Educate Washington on
Real Food Safety aims to return the beat of Nature
to Washington. Our campaign begins with
each of us locally regaining our beat through
having a moment of awakening.
We can grow a bit of our own food.
ALL POINTS OF VIEW ARE WELCOME
TO ENTER INTO A NATIONAL CONVERSATION
ON REAL FOOD SAFETY
REVIEWING HOW TO KEEP THE BEAT
WITH NATURE THROUGH GROWING A BEET
IN A POT
Plant Your Dream was first inspired
more than 20 years ago and has been in print thousands
and thousands of times since then. See Space of Love Magazine, April 2009.
May we each get the idea,
give birth to our own versions of the concept, and co-create
1000 years of peace. Keep The Beet Media Star,
the World;s First Talkng Beet Plant, asks you
thanks you for starring in her Rock Your Soul Opera
called, Beet Keepers, Return!
STANZAS FROM
CHEWING ON FOOD SAFTY:
A NATIONAL CONVERSATION IS NEEDED
THE POEM
FROM THE POEM
OCTOBER 18, 2010
first printed on the
PLANT YOUR DREAM BLOG.
Look out, care for, tend those dreams being planted here. http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1708802
Washington can not believe its ears!!!
Sounds deafen Lobbyists who had spent billions and billions
imagining they could buy stables of men and women
they thought that they had voted into office.
This can never be the case in America the Beautiful!
Our legislators--all of them--are well intended
and know truly in their hearts
America The Beautiful.
The sight is amazing!
Our Honored President is inspired
by fresh and local organic foods that Our First Lady
serves him from the White House
organic garden. He declares to the Nation
he is a Beet Keeper in this
the Enchanted Garden Era.
1000 years of peace start now.
Nations around the world honor
our president who was given
a nobel peace prize.
Birds Twitter!
Sustainability again rules the land.
It is one beet. Many Pulses
evermore.
Soldiers come home.
We honor our returning veterans
and send them back to school
to relearn how to grow food in
their own backyards.
A new middle class in America
is reborn. Children receive all the
plant based education they need,
and exude virtue that inspires
mothers, dads,
grandma and grandpa.
Young folks adopt elders.
A happy day returns as
farmers wake up
as Senators and all elected
say, "Happiness is organic."
The later verses
of "America the beautiful" sing out
throughout the Land:
*O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain...
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream
...beyond the years
...alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!
* POPULAR LINES
FROM The Song
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
IN THE ENCHANTED GARDEN ERA
HELPING THE WORLD TO GET BIOSMART
FALL 2010
HELPING THE WORLD
GET BIO SMART
through using BioSmart
Sustainable Packaging and Serviceware.
Made From 100% Natural Sugar Cane.
Bagasse is a by-product of sugar cane
production. Http://www.earthsmartllc.com
"My Enchanted Friend,
Heartfelt thanks for another “Enchanted” plant.
I love + bless it & you.
It graces my desk beautifully. Thank you!
I deeply appreciate you ‘seeding our dream’
to sell millions. I wish the same for you."
Dear Your Enchanted Gardener,
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Leslie Goldman, Your Enchanted Gardener, sees and seeds success for super ripe people and their dreams. He write daily on the Plant Your Dream Blog and Website. Check on "Chewing on Food Safety: A National Conversation is Needed" on the Huffington Post. His constant companion is Keep The Beet Media Star, The World's First Beet Plant. She speaks on politics and more from a beet's point of view. The book, "The Ultimate Gardener" is dedicated to Leslie.
Monday, June 29, 2009 Media Contact:
Nicole Arseneault
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
908.901.9400 x21
Sir Richard Branson Helps Celebrate
The Farm at Natirar, in a collaborative effort with Sterling College
and Rutgers University, aims for agricultural authenticity as it develops
a “Table at the Farm” dining model. Sir Richard Branson arrives
at Natirar’s Ninety Acres June 24th Preview Party with Founding Partner Bob WojtowiczPeapack-Gladstone, NJ --- With approximately two months until the opening of the restaurant, the farm at Natirar has come to life. The blossoming of the farm was commemorated with a kickoff
celebration held in the converted Carriage House, built in 1912, which will soon be transformed into the Ninety Acres Culinary Center. Sir Richard Branson appropriately arrived at the June 24th party driving
Natirar’s farm tractor after a brief tutorial of how to operate it from Natirar’s newest team member, resident farmer and recent graduate of Sterling College, Benjamin Mackie.
For reservations or more information, please call 908-901-9400
or visit the Natirar website at http://www.natirar.com.
ABOUT NATIRAR
In development by Robert Wojtowicz, Natirar is a much–anticipated luxury destination just an hour outside of Manhattan. Ninety Acres Culinary Center which consists of a restaurant, cooking school and farm will be Natirar’s first phase to open to the public. Future phases include a hotel, spa and fitnesscenter, function center, guest cottages, an outdoor swimming pool and cabanas, and a lawn sports pavilion that will facilitate numerous outdoor activities, including but not limited to tennis, croquet, flyfishing,
hiking, and biking. There is something for everyone at Natirar from the farm animals and verdant gardens, to beautiful vistas and rural history. The resort & spa offers private membership which allows year–round access to the resort’s amenities and activities. http://www.theclubatnatirar.com
ABOUT STERLING COLLEGE
Sterling has a student body of 100, a student to faculty ratio of 7:1, and an average class size of 10. As one of only seven “Work Colleges” in the nation, all of Sterling’s students work on campus and in the surrounding community for a portion of tuition cost. The main campus has 130 acres of woodlands,gardens, and pastures, with 300 acres of Boreal wetlands. Twenty-five percent of all food served in the
Sterling dining hall is grown or raised on Sterling’s organic farms In 2009, over 3,500 pounds of meat and over 8,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables were grown for the purpose of learning and to feed the Sterling College community. The Mission of Sterling’s Food Service is to manage the food system as an integral part of Sterling’s educational programs by demonstrating a living-what-we-teach philosophy. Aligning with this mission, Sterling strongly supports the partnerships between chefs and Vermont farmers. http://www.sterlingcollege.edu
THE CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE WASHINGTON ON REAL FOOD SAFETY
These are our aims:
1-To support mobilization of one Farmers’ Market in our local area, the Hillcrest Farmers’ Market in San Diego. To continue to work with local organic farmers and help them sell more of their produce.
2-To continue to develop a 1/3 acre parcel of land near San Diego State College named the Enchanted Garden Intentional Community Growing Grounds where those who live here and who live around the world may study our process of learning how to keep the beat with nature through learning to live together cooperatively as a household that seeks to live in harmony with the earth. The motto of the house will be Keep The Beet. Through growing a simple beet in a pot, we can regain our beat with nature. Not all in the house garden. Some like to prepare food. Others help with other jobs, or rent. The land, as of January 2010 is being refinanced. A Trust to hold the land is being explored. The Seed Dream would be to leave a museum and park for future generations to learn from this experiment in cooperative living that has been going on since the early 1970′s. The intent is that what we learn here can help others, and Washington, understand and adapt to some of the shifts being asked of all of us now.
3- To develop relationships with those who influence Washington and government. A vast coalition across all political, religious, and philosophical lines has now formed. Mainstream media needs to be reached through bloggers filling the gap where journalism once told all points of view. Elected leaders need to be encouraged to follow the principles expressed in the song “America The Beautiful.”
4- We see the world as we know it now coming to an end. A Shift has already happened. It is for each of us to adapt to the earth and relearn the laws of nature, rather than attempt to further adapt nature to our ways. The source of our economic and health crisis is that we have lost our beat with nature. We can regain the beet through becoming once again a nation of gardeners who live in a world of gardeners. One Pot+One person=You are a Gardener. Start to grow your own food now.
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