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Department of Health Declares Public Health Emergency

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES has declared a Public Health Emergency. They repeatedly urge us not to panic and lay out their plans of what comes next. They also offer the possibility that things may begin to “ramp up” in areas and advise you to think about what that would mean in your local community.

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The Story of a CAFO Survivor

WILL THE SWINE FLU SERVE AS A WAKE UP CALL for the agricultural industry, finally? That a different system is needed? That our current output and mass production rates are an illusion built on dangerous processes? A Wall Street Meltdown of the food supply that teaches us we cannot sustain ourselves with a structure that lacks integrity and tries to compensate with excellent marketing?

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The Danger of Becoming a Conservative Liberal

IT IS AS LARGE A FEAT for Liberals to be liberal in their thinking as it is for Conservatives. However, it is not a failing of Conservatism to refuse this challenge. On the other hand, it is a failing of Liberalism if a Liberal becomes too wed to their thoughts, the arrangement of same, and their approach to changing that arrangement.