THIS IS URGENT....URGENT....URGENT...

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This is Linn Cohen-Cole speaking out against HR 875 (audio clip is 11:26 long, thanks to Gary Null)One of the most potentially dangerous bills we've ever heard of is trying to sneak its way through Congress right now, in the sheep's clothing of so-called "modernization" of food safety. HR 875 (text of bill) is a bill put up by Monsanto and other monolithic corporations trying to seize totalitarian control over all agriculture. It was introduced by Rosa DeLauro, whose husband WORKS for Monsanto, and is ultimately about one thing, defining ONLY their own GMO products as "safe".What makes the bill so dangerous is that it is heavy on penalties including prison time, while at the same time being incredibly vague about what would actually trigger those sanctions. HR 875 is nothing but a Trojan horse, with an invading army to be designated later, in the form of an bureaucratic administrator (most likely a corporate lobbyist shill) with the LAW MAKING POWER to make up their own definitions so that all competitors are either driven into bankruptcy or locked up. There are problems with food safety we can talk about, but HR 875 is not going to make us safer, any more than invading Iraq made us safer. It MUST be stopped.

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Listen to the interview on Democracy Now......http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/2/obamas_blackwater_jeremy_scahill_on_triple

Obama’s Blackwater?

Jeremy Scahill on Triple Canopy, the New Lead US Mercenary Force in Iraq and Israel
The Obama administration has confirmed the hiring of mercenary firm Triple Canopy to take over Blackwater’s contract to protect US diplomats in Iraq. Part of the firm’s job will be to protect the “monstrous” US embassy in Baghdad. We speak to independent journalist Jeremy Scahill, who has also just revealed that the administration is using Triple Canopy to protect US diplomats in Israel.

Ground the Drones…
http://vcnv.org/ground-the-drones-lest-we-reap-the-whirlwind
Lest we Reap the Whirlwind
A witness in the desert that peace will come through love and not through predators armed with hellfire Creech Air Force Base is home to the latest high tech weapons that use unmanned aerial systems (UASs) to carry
out surveillance and increasingly lethal attack missions in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.
The idea that technology can provide a cleaner and safer battlefield is seductive but has been proven a lie. From the catapult and crossbow, through the use of poison gas and airplanes in World War I, the atom bomb, helicopters and napalm in Vietnam to the “smart bombs” of the Gulf War, war has only grown deadlier.
Technological advances may reduce the danger of casualties among the military personnel in the short run, but with each advance the number of civilian deaths multiplies and every war of the
past century has numbered more children than soldiers among its victims.
Proponents of the use of UASs insist that there is a great advantage to fighting wars in “real-time” by “pilots” sitting at consoles in offices on air bases far from the dangerous front line of military
activity. With less risk to the lives of our soldiers and hence to the popularity and careers of politicians, the deaths of “enemy” noncombatants by the thousands are counted acceptable. The illusion
that war can be waged with no domestic cost dehumanizes both us and our enemies. It fosters a callous disregard for human life that can lead to even more recklessness on the part of politicians.
With audacity that would confound Orwell, the Pentagon touts the “true hunter-killer role” of these robot “drones.” Armed with “Hellfire” missiles and other weaponry, they have names that suit their lethal uses: the MQ-9 “Reaper” and the MQ-1 “Predator.” Such tools can kill but not pacify. By killing civilians, UAS drones do not prevent or eliminate terrorism, but instead incite more violence
and retaliation. We wait in vigil at the gates of Creech AFB to witness that peace will not come through the work of predators armed with hellfire. Antagonisms against the US in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq will be reduced when we actively respond to the reality of the poverty and lack of infrastructure revealed to us by the drone’s own surveillance cameras. Human interaction, negotiation, diplomacy and dialogue, not surveillance and bombing by robots, will ensure a more peaceful future at home and abroad.
People of all faiths are invited to gather from April 1-13 in the Nevada desert, sacred land stolen from the Western Shoshone. Our vigil marks the holy days of Passover and the last days of Lent, the
season in which the Christian church commemorates Jesus’ struggle of forty days with demons in the desert. We come to this desert parched and thirsty--with intention to act as the winds and breath
that will erode and sculpt the structures of war into thirst quenching rivers. We come to confront and resist our own high tech demons. On Good Friday, the day of Jesus’ execution by the Roman Empire, we act nonviolently in solidarity with the victims of our own empire.
Vigil sponsors include Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Nevada Desert Experience, the Des Moines Catholic Worker, Strangers & Guests Catholic Worker Farm, Catholic Peace Ministry, Iowa Peace Network,
Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service.
Contacts: (Renee, 4/1 to 4/11)515- 664-1326 (Voices for Creative Nonviolence)773-878-3815
(Nevada Desert Experience)702-574-7420 (Jim, NDE Coordinator)415-828-2506
info@vcnv.org info@NevadaDesertExperience.org

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Garden Plum Welcome to the gardenplum.com healing blog. Read here for thoughts and inspirations about the collective consciousness of the world as we grow and develop through these changing times. Spirituality, herbal healing, the law of attraction, prophecy, abundance and prosperity- delightful creations and thoughts gather here.
THE LIVER FLUSH::: BY GARDEN PLUM
Its spring time, a great time to flush the liver. All winter we have been eating our hearty soups, meat, and products with fat in order to keep ourselves warm. Now it is time to clean our blood and renew our energy with an easy, simple Spring Liver Flush.
R E C I P E :
1/8th of a Lemon (no peels)
8 cloves of organic garlic
2 TB Apple Cider Vinegar
3 TB Raw Honey
In a blender, combine all ingredients until it becomes a mash like consistency.
Take 1 spoonful (about 1/2 Tablespoon) and eat it in the morning. Do this for three mornings in a row. Your liver will love you! The mash will go to your liver, and act as a cleansing screen for your blood. The garlic is a key ingredient here, as it is a blood thinner, detoxifier, and viral inhibitor. Honey is an anti-bacterial, helping to eliminate bacteria, the vinegar alkalizes the blood and cleanses, and the lemon also alkalizes, cleanses and offers Vitamin C and alkaloids and bioflavonoids (great for vein health). Watch the bags under your eyes, yellow tones to skin above eyes, and aches and pains fade away.
Your liver has a tough job of taking everything you put into your body, and removing anything unhealthy. The liver runs all of your blood through it about 20 times a day! Help your liver do its job by “Cleaning the Screen”. Did you know your liver is the largest organ in your body, after the skin? It weighs about 3 pounds!
We encourage the Liver Flush for whole health. You will notice a boost in energy, elimination of nagging symptoms, and increased bodily health. For even more liver cleansing and toning, try a cup of dandelion root and dandelion leaf tea. Milk thistle is also an excellent nourishing herb for assisting the liver in repairing itself.
Enjoy!

ORA-83 (Earth Day 2009) Yeha Noha

Give them back the Bones of their Ancestors.
Nothing is so grossly wrong as acts such as these.
Give them back the Bones of their Ancestors.

Annual Powwow to move from Ann Arbor to Saline
By Mallory BebermanFor the Daily On March 4th, 2009
http://www.michigandaily.com/content/2009-03-05/annual-pow-wow-move-ann-arbor-saline
The Ann Arbor Dance for Mother Earth Powwow, which has been a University tradition since 1972, will be held outside of Ann Arbor for the first time in almost 20 years.
Each April, Native Americans nationwide gather alongside University students and Ann Arbor community members to kick off the national powwow season with the Dance for Mother Earth Powwow.
After refusing direct funding from the University, the Native American Student Association decided to hold the 37th annual powwow in the neighboring town of Saline at the Saline Middle School on Apr. 4 and 5, instead of its usual location, Crisler Arena.
Rackham Graduate School student Conner Sandefur, a member of NASA, said the move reflects NASA’s desire to redirect the powwow’s management away from the University’s Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs and back to the Native American community.
Sandefur said that while MESA has done a great job planning the event in the past, the red tape of University bureaucracies do not allow Native American students to have as much direct involvement with the Native American community as they would like.
“We are taking back our central control of the powwow to honor our community,” he said. “One of the great things that have happened this year is we have been able to connect with the greater community.
Ojibwe Lecturer Howard Kimewon, who has attended the powwow in the past, said he hopes that the move will bring back traditions that have been absent in the past.
“I think that people are starting to wake up now,” he said. “Last year, tradition wasn’t there at all, it was all governed by the University of Michigan.”
Sandefur also said one of the major reasons for the move is the controversy surrounding about 1,900 Native American remains currently located in the University's Museum of Anthropology.
University officials maintain that they can’t turn over any of the artifacts because the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act requires them to keep all artifacts that are not considered “culturally identifiable.” But last March, members of the Saginaw Chippewa tribe asked the University to return culturally identifiable objects, of which they claim ownership.
Sandefur said one of the reasons NASA is relocating the powwow is because the remains have yet to be returned.
“(We are making) a statement that this is a wrong thing and that Michigan is supposed to be the leaders and the best,” Sandefur said. “Let’s be a leader and return the remains.”
Kimewon said he thinks the remains should no longer be housed at the University.
“I strongly believe that native human remains should go where they belong in the Earth and finish their journey,” he said.

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