National Animal Identification System NAIS, Back to the Drawing Board

And the question is how much will these genius bureaucrats spend this time?  

Here is the email I received yesterday:  If you are curious about our local efforts to crash this boondoggle, scroll down in the Labels column on the right and click on NAIS to access previous posts.  The front page with banners will show up as usual but the posts will be the archived posts.

Good job fine citizens of Otero County and the U.S. of A.

GRASS ROOTS WIN AGAIN

LISTENERS TO YESTERDAY'S KALH FARM AND RANCH REPORT WHICH IS AIRED ON 95.1 FM - 7 DAYS A WEEK - AT ABOUT 6:55 AM HEARD A STORY ON SATURDAY, FEB. 6-TH ABOUT FEDERAL PROGRAM THE WIZARD BUREAUCRATS AT THE U.S.DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COOKED UP A FEW YEARS AGO THAT HAS NOW BEEN DECLARED DEAD ON ARRIVAL.

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, UNDER THE DISGUISE OF PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM TAINTED MEAT, THE U.S.D.A. COOKED UP AN ANIMAL I.D. TRACEBACK SYSTEM THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED EVERY GROWER OF LIVESTOCK ... EVEN MOM AND POP GROWERS WITH A COW AND A COUPLE OF CHICKENS IN THE BACK LOT FOR THEIR OWN CONSUMPTION ... TO REGISTER THEIR "LOCATION" WITH THE U.S.D.A. THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO FILE A MASSIVE REPORT ON A REGULAR BASIS AND IF THOSE ANIMALS WERE EVER SENT TO MARKET IN ANY FASHION ... EVEN TO A LOCAL PROCESSOR FOR LOCAL CONSUMPTION ... I.D. NUMBERS WOULD HAVE HAD TO FOLLOW THAT MEAT ALL THE WAY TO THE CONSUMER. THAT WAY, IF SOMEONE GOT SICK, THEY COULD TRACE THAT HAMBURGER, PORK CHOP OR HOT-WING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE PRODUCER IN ORDER TO SAVE THE POPULATION FORM THIS PERIL.

THEY SPENT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS ESTABLISHING AND PROMOTING THIS ANIMAL I.D. PROGRAM, HIRED AN UNTOLD NUMBER OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO MANAGE ALL OF THE REPORTS THAT WOULD BE COMING IN TO THE GOVERNMENT. WELL, THE DEADLINES FOR PRODUCERS TO REGISTER CAME ... AND WENT.

ONLY 37 PERCENT OF THE ANTICIPATED "LOCATIONS" WERE EVER REGISTERED.

THE PRODUCERS RESISTED ... NOT BY TAKING THEIR PITCHFORKS INTO THE STREETS IN PROTEST. THEY JUST DIDN'T RESPOND. THEY REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL PROGRAM INSTEAD OF KNUCKLING UNDER TO "BIG BROTHER".

NOW, SEC. OF AG. TOM VILSACK HAS ORDERED THE PROGRAM SHUT DOWN. THE U.S.D.A. IS GOING BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, AND TO THE GRASS ROOTS. THEY'LL BE REQUESTING LOCAL PRODUCERS AT THE COUNTY AND STATE LEVEL TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR A NEW PROGRAM WHICH I UNDERSTAND WILL RUN AT THE STATE TO PROVIDE A TRACEBACK MECHANISM FOR PROBLEM MEAT PRODUCTS.

WHAT ABOUT MOM AND POP? OH, THIS TIME, THE SYSTEM WILL APPLY ONLY TO MEAT SOLD IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE AND NOT TO MEAT SOLD OR CONSUMED ON A LOCAL BASIS ONLY.  

WOW ... DO YOU THINK SOMEBODY AT THE U.S.D.A. FINALLY GOT AROUND TO READING THE CONSTITUTION?

I SEE THE UNDERLYING POINT OF THIS BEING, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN OPPOSE TYRANNY ... JUST THE WAY THE FOUNDING FATHERS SAID WE COULD. 

THE REST OF US NEED TO, ONCE AGAIN, TAKE A LESSON FROM THE FARMERS AND RANCHERS AND STAND UP TO OPPOSE THE TIERNEY OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND RESIST THE TAXATION INFLICTED ON US BY THOSE WHO FAIL TO REPRESENT US IN CONGRESS.

THAT'S MY OPINION ... WHAT'S YOURS?  

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