HR 875 = KILL IT!

This is what I wrote to my local rep. in Congress.

I'm writing in reference to HR 875. Please do everything in your power to defeat the passing of this legislation. The very concept is offensive and dangerous. The idea that the government could outlaw natural and essential farming practices that have been perfected over thousands of years of human history is unthinkable.

Could we please (in its place) see legislation that restricts the use of harmful chemicals invented by corporations to narrow and monopolize all agricultural practice and diversity in the US? Despite the arguments from the corporations paying for this legislation there is significant evidence that the practices outlined in the bill will have some very grave consequences. They will have complete authority to manage and diminish the genetic diversity of our crops through seed management and genetic modification. They will Further destroy our health by mandating and increasing the use of pesticides and antibiotics that are proven to cause damage to our groundwater and the humans and animals who consume them. The irony is that they claim to act out of concern for our health.

The past several years have seen organic farming boom in the US. It is one of the healthiest and fastest growing business sectors in the nation (yes, the puns are awesome and unavoidable). It seems pretty clear that corporatized farming interests are waging war on competitors through legislation with this bill. I realize that this is how things currently work in America but is it how we want them to work? Is it right? Is this the best way to do things? I'm asking you to please take part in this process and be a voice for the citizens. You really are one of the only constructive options we have.

HR 875 will give the federal government powers well beyond the scope of what was intended by the founders of this country, many of whom were farmers. By virtue of their placement in time and use of technology you would have to consider them "organic" farmers. Are we to believe that they wanted to be regulated by the government? Why did they not consider such laws and agencies at that time? Obviously they did NOT want to be regulated in such a way and this legislation is unconstitutional. The federal government does not have the power to govern this way even though they do succeed in taking it quite often.

I don't claim to have made every argument possible for my case in this email, just the ones I'm able to make with honesty, information and sincerity. Just a few that come to mind quickly and in a straight enough line that they don't seem too incredible to consider.

stupid media

I really wonder what the hell is going on with reporting standards these days. CNN says some wacky shit sometimes and I just can’t resolve it in my mind. When reporting on the currently undecided voters today they said “they just aren’t ready to vote for Obama.” Oh really? I was thinking that “they just aren’t ready to vote for McCain.” It’s a way of slanting the reporting against a candidate. It makes it seem like they have some kind of problem with him that is significantly different from McCain. The proper language would have been to state them as undecided and leave it at that. Liberal media my ass. More like, stupid media.

NOT AGAIN!?

I'm playing around with the idea of embarking on a new big idea. Both a continuation and a new beginning, a mutation. Same lofty goal, new fresh taste. Daunting and exciting all at once is probably a good sign.

The land of plenty

It occurred to me that the so called “believers” and, “the faithful” have a bounty of resources to aid them in everything from job searches to child care. What do atheists have? I need a job, I’m an atheist and I’d like to help the cause along the way. So I did a search on Google for "jobs for atheists." Apparently Google is so confused by this concept that it returns with Did you mean: "jobs for athletes". Pretty much any attempt to put “jobs” and “atheist” together will revert to “athlete.” So great! Even Athletes have support groups but atheists, no dice. So now I’m faced with the depressing realization that if I had just kept running in circles (literally) around that track ever faster, on and on, I’d be taken care of by now. Funny, I thought computers, business management, event production, multimedia, the internet, music production, film production, critical thinking, analytical thinking, compassion, intelligence, experience, a fucking willingness to work, would see me through. I guess I should have just shut off my brain, believed in god and kept running in circles.

888 - mark of the beast

OK, so if anybody was wondering if Clay Aiken really IS the human manifestation of absolute evil, we now have an answer.

Aiken and his best friend Jaymes Foster welcomed their son Parker Foster Aiken at 8:08 a.m. on 8/08/08.

"Eight is a very powerful number. It's a number of mastery," says Hardt of Life Path Numerology in Indianapolis, Ind. "It's a number of being in control," he adds "That's why a lot of people are drawn to it."

Eight is also a lucky number in Chinese culture, which is why the Opening Ceremonies for the Summer Olympics are scheduled for 8/08/08.

So, what? Is this little son of a shit bag going to grow up to be the ruler of China? I’m a little unnerved about all this. I was half hoping the thing would get wind of what he was about to be born into and would hang himself on the umbilical cord or come out feet first and get choked by the ferocious collapsing cunt of mommy death grip. Oh well, dreams are meant to give way to reality I guess. We’ll have to wait until he really figures out who he is before we get the real drama.

The Second Amendment

Civics lesson 101 people. We don’t have the right to bear arms so we can hunt. It’s so we can overthrow the government when they betray us and our constitution. So that we can forcibly remove unjust power and never be enslaved by a puppet army. If you continue to get it all wrong you will be forced into local detention centers.