UPDATES: The H.R.2749 - Food Safety Enhancement Act was passed on 7/30/09. Is it anything like the H.R. 875 bill? Find out what is means for organic farmers and you and me!

I received this in an email and was astonished to hear this. I have no idea if it is true but the bill does exist and if it ismore than what it reads on the surface then WOW!
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US House and Senate are about (in a week and a half) to vote on bill

that will OUTLAW ORGANIC FARMING (bill HR 875). There is an enormous rush to get this into law within the next 2 weeks before people realize what is happening.

Main backer and lobbyist is Monsanto - chemical and genetic engineering
giant corporation (and Cargill, ADM, and about 35 other related
agri-giants). This bill will require organic farms to use specific
fertilizers and poisonous insect sprays dictated by a newly formed
agency to "make sure there is no danger to the public food supply". This
will include backyard gardens that grow food only for a family and not
for sales.

If this passes then NO more heirloom clean seeds but only Monsanto
genetically altered seeds that are now showing up with unexpected
diseases in humans.

Here's a link that gives you an idea how this can be happening:
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=12671

To read the bill, you can go to http://thomas.loc.gov
and enter HR875 in the search box after
selecting "Bill Number".option under the search box.

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UPDATE: World Takes Drastic Measures To Combat Swine Flu

Watch Capitol Hills Swine Flu Hearing (LIVE)

Worst Case Scenario

First Swine Flu Death in US

In a company email I received today so you know it's serious:

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that the swine flu virus is contagious and can be spread from human to human. As of 12:00 pm today, there have been 40 reported cases of swine flu in the US (no deaths) and more than 1,300 in Mexico (with 147 swine flu-related deaths).

Symptoms

Symptoms of swine flu in humans are similar to the symptoms of the seasonal flu virus and may include:

-fever (greater than 100°F)
-sore throat
-cough
-stuffy nose
-chills
-headache and body aches
-fatigue

Reduce Your Chances of Getting Sick

Here are a few precautions that you can take to stay healthy:
Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze and dispose of it in the trash after use. If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve, not your hands.
Wash your hands often with soap and water often, especially after you cough or sneeze—alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective. Use waterless alcohol-based hand gels (containing at least 60 percent alcohol) when soap is not available and hands are not visibly dirty. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth—germs spread easily that way.
Try to avoid close contact with those infected (or possibly infected) with flu-type symptoms. Influenza is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person through coughing or sneezing by infected people
Consider deferring travel to Mexico; the CDC recently recommended that persons defer all non-essential travel to Mexico

Exposed? Stay at Home [LOL!! NOT GO TO THE ER? LOL!!!]

If you believe you have been exposed or have contracted the flu, you should stay home from work and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them. Consult your personal health care professional and notify your manager or Frontline Leader if you become ill. "

What some folks are saying:

"♫ The swine flu outbreak coincided with President Barack Obama’s trip to Mexico City on April 16. Obama was received at the anthropology museum in Mexico City by Felipe Solis, a distinguished archaeologist who died a week later from symptoms similar to flu …."

"Swine flu virus may cause global pandemic"
UN chief

Swine flu confirmed in UK.

Magic Johnson, named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history, has been living with HIV since 1991. Recently we've been seeing a lot of him in the media and noticed how healthy he looks. This caused us to ponder...wondering how close are scientist to finding a cure for HIV/Aids? Or how close are they to finding something that allowed people with HIV/Aids to live as long as those without it?

So, we did a little research into HIV/AIDS to truly try to understand it all. Some people seem to think there is a cure for it but it will never be released to the general public while others believe there is no cure for such a virus and those who are infected with it have to live with it forever. Either way we thought well how long can a person with HIV/Aids expect to live? How long do they have just in case there was a cure to be released or discovered? Here is a something we found on Wikipedia that peaked our interest...

"Eventually most HIV-infected individuals develop AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). These individuals mostly die from opportunistic infections or malignancies associated with the progressive failure of the immune system.[7] Without treatment, about 9 out of every 10 persons with HIV will progress to AIDS after 10-15 years. Many progress much sooner.[8] Treatment with anti-retrovirals increases the life expectancy of people infected with HIV. Even after HIV has progressed to diagnosable AIDS, the average survival time with antiretroviral therapy (as of 2005) is estimated to be more than 5 years.[9] Without antiretroviral therapy, death normally occurs within a year.[10] It is hoped that current and future treatments may allow HIV-infected individuals to achieve a life expectancy approaching that of the general public."

Wikipedia.org