Consensus? What Consensus?

Once again, if you go looking for something, you will more than likely find it. However, that is not science.

Cook et al. will take a smidgen of a molehill and turn it into the whole of a mountain. They don’t want facts, facts would just get in the way. They and their ilk have a world to take over. What use are facts to them?

Even the Warmists who were included denied the classification.

Food has been a military weapon since agriculture first started. To be blunt killing the livestock and burning the fields of the enemy or your own in the case of a retreat is very good strategy.
Unfortunately in most industrialized countries we are four or more generations off the farm and have lost our appreciation for where our food actually comes from. In the USA for example, the Census classifies only 18% of the population as rural. The portrait of the dumb gun toting redneck primative throwback in the MSM for years has been intentionally fostered to marginalize the opinions of farmers.
To many food comes from the store wrapped and sanitized with absolutely no connection to the farmer who produced it with no realization that there is less than a weeks supply if the trucks cease to run or no supply at all if harvest fail in more than one hemisphere. Heck kids don’t know where eggs, milk and more important a Big Mac comes from and if they find out the reaction is YUCK!

“We’ve not been producing as much as we are consuming. That is why stocks are being run down. Supplies are now very tight across the world and reserves are at a very low level, leaving no room for unexpected events next year,” said Abdolreza Abbassian, a senior economist with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). With food consumption exceeding the amount grown for six of the past 11 years, countries have run down reserves from an average of 107 days of consumption 10 years ago to under 74 days recently.
Prices of main food crops such as wheat and maize are now close to those that sparked riots in 25 countries in 2008. FAO figures released this week suggest that 870 million people are malnourished and the food crisis is growing in the Middle East and Africa. Wheat production this year is expected to be 5.2% below 2011, with yields of most other crops, except rice, also falling, says the UN.
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A few appropriate quotes from my treasure trove:
“The Collective Farm Policy was a terrible struggle, Ten million died. It was fearful. Four years it lasted. It was absolutely necessary.” Joseph Stalin http://www.faminegenocide.com/resources/quotes.html
Why was it necessary?
“The Socialist Revolution in the US cannot take place because there are too many small independent farmers there. Those people are the stability factor. We here in Russia must hurry while our government is stupid enough to not encourage and support the independent farmership.” V. Lenin, the founder of the Russian revolution
Quote provided by Anna Fisher
1934, “[Our] future is becoming visible in Russia.”/b> Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Rexford Tugwell (Now doesn’t that one send a chill up your spine?)
That was not a slip of the tongue either. In September 1995 Catherine Bertini, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program, and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, stated “Food is power. We use it to change behavior. Some may call that bribery. We do not apologize.” at the UN’s 4th World Conference on Women: Beijing, China. http://ngin.tripod.com/280702c.htm
On April 16, 1999 A veritable who’s who of corporate agribusiness writes a letter to Clinton about WTO meeting in Seattle: They want to establishment a three year goal, and a more effective set of trade rules for the agricultural sector http://www.thecalamityhowler.com/agbiz/agex-31.html
“In summary, we have record low grain inventories globally as we move into a new crop year. We have demand growing strongly. Which means that going forward even small crop failures are going to drive grain prices to record levels. As an investor, we continue to find these long term trends…very attractive.” Food shortfalls predicted: 2008 http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/dancy/2008/0104.html
“Recently there have been increased calls for the development of a U.S. or international grain reserve to provide priority access to food supplies for Humanitarian needs. The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and the North American Export Grain Association (NAEGA) strongly advise against this concept..Stock reserves have a documented depressing effect on prices… and resulted in less aggressive market bidding for the grains.” July 22, 2008 letter to President Bush http://www.naega.org/images/pdf/grain_reserves_for_food_aid.pdf

This statement by US bureaucrats sums up the attitude of our ‘government masters’:
In July 2000, USDA officials claimed in court hearing that, “The farmers have no rights. No right to be heard before the court, no right to independent testing, and no right to question the USDA.” ~ Linda Faillace: Mad sheep http://www.vtcommons.org/journal/2006/10/linda-faillace-mad-sheep-vermont-farm-family-challenges-national-animal-identificati
This was not a one off either.

FDA’s Response to FTCLDF Suit
…The agency has long opposed ‘freedom of food choice’ but its response to the FTCLDF complaint represents FDA’s strongest public statement yet on the freedom to obtain and consume the foods of one’s choice.
FDA’s Views on Freedom of Choice

* “Plaintiffs’ assertion of a new ‘fundamental right’ under substantive due process to produce, obtain, and consume unpasteurized milk lacks any support in law.” [p.17]
* “There is no absolute right to consume or feed children any particular food.” [p. 25]
* “There is no ‘deeply rooted’ historical tradition of unfettered access to foods of all kinds.” [p. 26]
“* Plaintiffs’ assertion of a ‘fundamental right to their own bodily and physical health, which includes what foods they do and do not choose to consume for themselves and their families’ is similarly unavailing because plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to obtain any food they wish.” [p. 26]
“* “There is no fundamental right to freedom of contract.” [p. 27]

Did someone say that Americans are FREE?
See pages 32 to 47 FROM JUDICIAL WATCH FOIA PDF:
http://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2161-docs.pdf
It is a document obtained from the Department of Defence entiled: “AFSS 0910 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND TREATMENT INCIDENTS (EOTI) LESSON PLAN”
Subtitle Extremism

D. Extremist Ideologies
1. Introduction
• As noted, an ideology is a set of political beliefs about the nature of people and society. People who are committed to an ideology seek not only to persuade but to recruit others to their belief. In U.S. history, there are many examples of extremist ideologies and movements. The colonists who sought to free themselves from British rule and the Confederate states who sought to secede from the Northern states are just two examples.….
Ideologies
a. Nationalism – The policy of asserting that the interests of one’s own nation are separate from the interests of other nations or the common interest of all nations.….
d. Anarchism – A political ideology that considers the state to be unnecessary, harmful, or undesirable. National anarchists appeal to youths in part by avoiding the trappings of skinhead culture—light jackets, shaved heads, and combat boots—in favor of hooded sweatshirts and bandanas. They act the part of stereotypical anarchists as envisioned by most Americans outside of far-left circles: black-clad protesters wreaking havoc at political conventions and anti-globalization rallies.
e. Religion – Extremist ideology based on intolerance toward other religions. Anti-
Semitism is a prime example of this ideology.
f. Eco-Warriors – Environmental activist’s who take action to fight against the exploitation of the environment and/or animals. An eco-warrior can be someone non-confrontational, such as a tree-sitter, or someone who engages in direct action….

Nice to know the US military tosses the Founding Fathers into the same category as ” anti-globalization rallies” “Eco-Warriors” and Christians who might have a wee bit of a problem with a religion that destroys the twin towers in NYC and then wants to put up a victory symbol. It is even more interesting that the US MILITARY lists first under EXTREMISM:

a. Nationalism – The policy of asserting that the interests of one’s own nation are separate from the interests of other nations or the common interest of all nations.

No wonder they court martialed a young man who refused to take orders from the UN.Specialist Michael New, refused to wear a United Nations uniform and to serve under a foreign commander.
The USA, Canada and Australia of course are not the only countries losing their farmers.
January 8 2008 ~In the UK Defra has dropped the word ‘farming’ from its title. “Defra and the Treasury’s joint vision document of 2006 presented to the EU argued that supports for farming should be completely abandoned..” http://www.warmwell.com/archivejan2008.html