Reason 1 We understand the powerful forces conspiring to take away our freedoms and livelihoods:

Tyson Rejects Group’s Appeal for Moral Decency; 

Proceeds to Extract Money from Rancher a Jury Said was Harmed by Tyson’s Actions 

June 29, 2009 Billings, Mont. – In response to R-CALF USA’s request that Tyson Fresh Meats (Tyson) immediately withdraw its judgment against South Dakota rancher and cattle feeder Herman Schumacher, as well as withdraw its legal action to seize Schumacher’s home, Tyson Foods Executive Vice President-Corporate Affairs Archie Schaffer informed R-CALF USA today that Tyson intends to donate the proceeds extracted from Schumacher to local food banks in South Dakota

...The jury awarded Schumacher and the other cattle producers harmed by the meatpackers $9.25 million dollars. The jury’s verdict, however, was overturned on appeal on a technicality. The appellate court ruled it was not enough to prove that packers engaged in unlawful conduct. It ruled that in order to prove a violation of the PSA, “a plaintiff must show that a packer intentionally committed unlawful conduct.”   

 As a result of the appellate court’s decision, Tyson and the other packers were allowed not only to keep the $9.25 million, representing the jury’s calculation of actual damages suffered by Schumacher and other cattle producers, but also were allowed to go after Schumacher for court costs. That is exactly what Tyson has done. As a result of Tyson’s actions, the U.S. Marshals Service posted official “No Trespassing” and “Warning” signs on Schumacher’s home, requiring him to pay nearly $16,000 to Tyson or his home will be sold...  

 Reason 2: We understand that treating cattle like people leads to treating people like cattle:

 Rebellion on Range of Cattle ID Plan  (New York Times June 27th)

...“My main beef is that these proposed rules were developed by people sitting in their offices with no real knowledge of animal husbandry and small farms,” said Genell Pridgen, an owner of Rainbow Meadow Farms in Snow Hill, N.C., which rotates sheep, cattle, pigs, turkeys and chickens among three properties and sells directly to consumers and co-ops.

“I feel these regulations are draconian,” Ms. Pridgen said, “and that lobbyists from corporate mega-agribusiness designed this program to destroy traditional small sustainable agriculture.”

Paul Hamby, owner of Hamby Dairy Supply in Maysville, Mo., and a vocal opponent of the plan, said, “It is very much an economic and class warfare issue.”The notion of centralized data banks, even for animals, has also set off alarms among libertarians, drawing former supporters of the Ron Paulpresidential campaign like Mr. Hamby into the fray. One group has issued a bumper sticker that reads, “Tracking cattle now, tracking you soon.”  

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