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Things to Think About
("Carbon Monoxide Meat Coloring"?...)
"Carbon
Monoxide Meat Threatens Consumer Safety"
(Carbon
Monoxide (CO) In Meat
And Fish Packaging )
"...We believe that both the FDA and USDA have let consumers down in
a number of
ways on this issue... Consumers have a right to know
what we are feeding our
families... Consumers are unaware of the deception
and possible food
safety risks these types of carbon monoxide-treated
packaging represent...
Supermarket chains and meat and poultry processors have begun to
recognize
this
and have voluntarily banned this questionable technology from their
shelves
and
food practices... While these voluntary actions should be commended,
we believe
that Congress needs to enact legislation to prevent
these companies from
reneging on their current policies, and ensure other companies
include consumer safety as a top priority in their decisions"...
Wenonah Hauter
(Director, Food &
Water Watch)
(Note:
"Food & Water Watch" Testified at the House Energy and Commerce
Committee
Hearing on November 13, 2007 )
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On January 17,
2006, "Safe Tables Our Priority" (S.T.O.P) co-signed a letter
to the FDA
calling for that agency to prohibit the use of carbon
monoxide as a
colorant in the packaging of fresh meat.
Read the press
release and the letter to the FDA...
Press Release...
Letter To FDA...
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(Note: "Safe
Tables Our Priority" (S.T.O.P) Also Testified at The
"House Energy
and Commerce
Committee
Hearing" on November 13, 2007 )
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Hypocrisy, Chicanery and Cowardice
"Be not
intimidated... nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your
liberties by any pretense
of
politeness,
delicacy,
or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different
names for
hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice" ... John
Adams
"Veterans make up 'One
In Four Homeless People In The United States' though they are only 11
percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be
released Thursday( 11-8-07). And, homelessness is not just a problem among
middle-age and elderly veterans. Younger veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan
are trickling into shelters and soup
kitchens seeking
services, treatment or help with finding a job. The Veterans Affairs
Department has identified 1,500 homeless veterans from the current wars and
says 400 of them have participated in its programs
specifically targeting homelessness... The 'Alliance to
End Homelessness', a public education nonprofit, based the findings of its
report on numbers
from Veterans Affairs
and the Census Bureau. 2005 data estimated that 194,254 homeless
people out of 744,313 on any given night were veterans.
In comparison, the VA says that 20 years ago, the estimated
number of veterans who were homeless on any given night was 250,000"...
Some
advocates say such an early presence of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan at
shelters does not bode well for
the future. It took roughly a decade for the lives of Vietnam veterans to
unravel to the point that they started showing up among the homeless.
Advocates worry that intense and repeated deployments leave newer veterans
particularly vulnerable. "We're going to be having a tsunami of them
eventually because the mental health toll from
this war is enormous,"
said Daniel Tooth, director of veterans affairs for Lancaster County, Pa....
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21678030/) (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/09/opinion/09fri2.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin)
(Say "Yes"
To "Protectionism"?...)
"...'Protectionism' is an acknowledged virtue in all areas of life,
except one. It is a semantic curiosity that, somehow, the word 'Protectionism'
has been placed in the 'Globalists'
Quiver' of arrows to shoot down anyone who tries to protect the good
jobs that have enabled millions to rise from poverty into the middle class and
live
the American dream. It's time that we denounce the 'Semantic
Scalpers' who have perverted the word 'Protectionism'.
It's time to say...
*Yes, we do want to protect American jobs and industries from
'Global Competition' with 'Slave Labor', 'Inhumane Working
Conditions', and 'Countries' that use the 'Profits On Their
Sales' to us to build a 'Military Force' to 'Threaten Us'.
*Yes, we do want to protect
American industries from competition with foreign countries that engage in
'Unfair Trade Practices', 'Dishonestly Manipulate Their Currency',
'Steal Our Intellectual Property', and then bring their products into
our stores 'Without Paying' the same 'Border Fees' that U.S.
products must pay when we sell to 'Foreign Countries'.
*Yes, we do want to 'Protect
American Workers' against the Globalists' effort to locate
manufacturing jobs in Asia where people work for 30 cents an hour. Even
the Wall Street Journal-NBC Poll
reports that 'Republican Voters', by a nearly '2-to-1 Margin',
now believe that 'Free Trade' is bad for the 'U.S. Economy'
because it 'CostsJjobs'.
*Yes, we do want to 'Protect Americans' from the low-wage,
non-English-speaking Mexican truck drivers whom 'George W. Bush' is
allowing on our highways.
*Yes, we do want to 'Protect Americans' from the poisonous
pet food, seafood, toothpaste, and toys that come
from 'Communist China'.
*Yes, we do want to 'Protect Americans' from the foreign
tribunals that rule against us, such as the 'World Trade Organization'
that has ruled against the United States in 40 out of 47 cases and now is
demanding that we repeal our law against 'Internet Gambling'.
*Yes, we do want to 'Protect American Sovereignty' and 'Wealth'
from the 'International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea' which seeks 'To
Control 'All The Seas and the Minerals Under Them'...
It's time we 'Reclaim' the words 'Protect' and 'Protectionism'
and proudly say, 'Yes',
we believe in protecting 'America' and 'American Workers'
against 'Unfair
Competition', 'Unfair Trade Agreements', and 'Unfair Foreign
Tribunals'..."
Phyllis Schlafly
"Let's
Protect American Jobs"
November 7, 2007, Eagle Forum
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