Civil Liberties, Health Care, Food Policies

Government Panel Recommends All Teens Be Tested for Depression

March 30, 2009

Associated Press - An influential government-appointed medical panel is urging doctors to routinely screen all American teens for depression — a bold step that acknowledges that nearly 2 million teens are affected by this debilitating condition...

Author Claims 'Gardens Won’t Help'

March 25, 2009

Infowars - The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, as it has been styled, is this: “The safety and security of the food supply require a systemwide [sic] approach to prevent food-borne illness involving the integrated efforts of Federal, State and local agencies; a thorough, broad-based, and coordinated approach to basic and applied science; and intensive, effective, and efficient management of the Nation’s food safety program.”

Sounds nice but the reality is that this law is so broad that it will give the federal government control of the production and distribution of all food in this nation. No thanks.

Here are only a few points to consider:

If you like buying shrimp right off the shrimp boats in Corpus Christi, too bad for you.

If you like to buy fresh produce from your local farmer’s market, too bad for you.

If you like growing food in your own garden or in a community garden, or if you like to buy organically produced eggs from a local farmer, you will be flat out of luck.

So the same folks who brought you the Social Security Administration and the out-of-control EPA – which harasses property-owners who have the misfortune of harboring some “endangered” species, but which does nothing to the real polluters of the earth – will bring you a new, giant, powerful agency. Hands up! Drop your garden hoe! We’re the Food Police!..

Parking Meter Rate Hike in Chicago Sparks a Rebellion

March 23, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times - By handing over municipal parking meters to a private company, the city has given its citizens a colossal case of sticker shock. The cost of most meters will quadruple by 2013...

TSA to Conduct “More Aggressive” Gate Searches

March 18, 2009

USA Today — A new, more aggressive effort by airport screeners aims to halt randomly selected passengers for a security check just before they step onto their departing plane, according to a government memo obtained by USA TODAY...

Passengers can be selected at random or for suspicious behavior, according to a TSA memo dated last Thursday. The program primarily targets riskier flights, according to the memo, which doesn’t specify how flights are singled out.