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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Army wives warned to buy food?
By Darren Weeks
I just got this in from a gentleman, whose identity I will protect. He echoes the same warnings I've been issuing in this space.
I received a call from a friend [name removed] who keeps up on goings on and has been on the cutting edge of info over the years. This is info out of Texas from an Army wife of things going on at an Army base there.
It seems that the wives of men in active duty were called in last week. They were concerned that it was some sort of bad news about their husbands, but instead they were being given instructions to go buy survival food. They were instructed on what to by [sic], and given vouchers for those purchases. They were also informed that there would also be generators available for when the power went out... At the end they were ordered not to discuss this with the general public.
I cannot verify the info but do respect the source. so apply as you see fit. If you can verify any of this I would appreciate that info.
Take it for what it's worth, people. I've made my opinions known on this issue many times in various venues.
This is a bit of a personal note for our friends and relatives and anyone else who might be interested in what has been happening with the Weeks family.
Some of you likely don't know that my daughters are both figure skaters. They have been for a number of years now. We've been through a few coaches, a lot of lessons, two ice rinks, and several competitions.
We decided last year to limit the number of competitions they participate in, due to a variety of reasons — not the least of which are the expenses involved.
After we hired a new coach, it became apparent that there were some things that they had been taught that were not correct. They had to undergo retraining, which is a difficult process for everyone involved.
I'm happy to announce that they are done with the retraining, and they participated in their one and only competition for this year. As it turned out, it has been the best competition they've had yet.
Jessica, my oldest, placed 3rd and 1st in her respective categories. Hannah, her younger sister, took the gold in both of her groups. Being the proud daddy that I am, I thought I'd share some video with you.
This is Hannah's first performance, limited beginner compulsory (without music). For this performance, she took first place.
This is Jessica's first performance, pre-preliminary compulsory (without music), where she took third place.
This is Jessica's second performance, the pre-preliminary freesytle (with music), where she took first place.
This is Hannah's second performance, the limited beginner freestyle, with music, and she also placed first in this one. The original clip has the music. For some reason, I'm having trouble getting YouTube to play the music in this one.
Hannah's performance was a pleasant surprise, given the fact that it was the first time she has ever placed first at a competition, and she won not one, but two gold medals!
Michelle and I couldn't be more proud. Our ultimate goal here is for them to be able to take what they've learned and use it to coach their way through college.
UPDATE: Brownfield announces he won't leave the air
By Darren Weeks
Contrary to print media reports, and subsequently carried in this space, Derry Brownfield set the record straight on his Thursday broadcast that his parting of the ways with Learfield Communications did not mean that he would be leaving the air.
This is a huge relief to all of us who have enjoyed listening to Derry throughout the years. I view his program as much more than just a radio show. It is one of the very few mainstream radio broadcasts that are educating the common folks about the theft of our rights and property. Contrary to many in the patriot community who have a lot of prominence, I firmly believe Derry is 100 percent on our side. He is the only one out there with any prominence that is talking about Agenda 21 and the Biodiversity Treaty. To lose him, would have been a huge loss for our country and its people.
Begin transcript from Thursday's show:
Derry: Some farm publications — and I've gotten several calls on this — some farm publications are writing that the Brownfield show has been canceled. That first it came out that it was going to be canceled a week or two ago and then it was going to be canceled on the 30th of the month — no such thing.
The Brownfield show will continue on; we are just moving our studios. I'm moving from the building where we have been broadcasting for the last many, many, many years. And we're moving into another location. I'll give you the name, number, and phone number and all that at a later time. But nothings going to change.
Our mailing address will be the same old PO Box 79, Center Town Missouri, 65023. The only thing that will change is the physical location of our broadcast studio. It will no longer be 505 Hobbs Road. That's all that will change. The air times will be unchanged, so uh, as a listener, you'll not going to know any difference, whatsoever. And affiliates are not going to know the difference. There might be one or two that have to change a satellite setting or something of that nature. Jeff, if you want to say something about that, you're welcome to.
Jeff: I'd love to say something about that. If changes do occur that we don't foresee, they will be announced on DerryBrownfield.com. So if suddenly they lose something or something changes — "whoa, what happened?" — go to DerryBrownfield.com.
Derry: Will that change?
Jeff: No, sir. No, sir.
Derry: DerryBrownfield.com will not change?
Jeff: No, that's yours. You're stuck with it.
Derry: Okay, good enough. So for whatever its worth, the word it out there that "hey, Brownfield's gotta leave" and all this. Yeah, we're leaving this building and that is it. We will not be off the air. Just for whatever that's worth.
Anywho, I wanted you to know that, because I wasn't saying much about it because I didn't see any reason to. The only thing that will change is the things we talk about, probably (laughs).
Look out, Monsanto! He's been completely unleashed!
Derry Brownfield axed by the network he helped build
Learfield Communications Bows to Pressure from 'Goons' Representing Monsanto Corporate Interests
By Darren Weeks
On the heels of Michael Corbin's departure from this world, we have lost another powerful voice in the fight for the preservation of our property rights, and in the battle against the multi-national corporate takeover of our food supplies.
If you've never heard the name Derry Brownfield, then you have been deprived of the opportunity to listen to one of the most relevant patriot broadcasters of our day. His broadcast is carried by his own Brownfield Network of radio stations which includes Ted Anderson's powerhouse Genesis Communications Network (GCN) and John Stadtmiller's Republic Broadcasting Network. Additionally, Derry is carried on Nashville-based shortwave giant WWCR and a host of about 80 commercial radio stations along with numerous micro FMs which receive the show in one form or the other.
Derry brings a mix of old-fashioned common sense, down-on-the-farm humor, and many years of agricultural experience and knowledge to the microphone. It is this mixture which has been delighting audiences since 1994, when he switched from reporting agricultural news to the more entertaining, but no less informative hour-long talk format.
A rare breed in patriot and agricultural broadcasting today, Derry covers such vital topics as the Biodiversity Treaty, Agenda 21, and other United Nations initiatives that are designed to steal our water and property rights. He is a heavy hitter on issues such as the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), which is the USDA's plan to register every farm and farm animal in America and implant all livestock with Radio Frequency Identification tags. He has spent a lot of airtime informing his listeners about a similar National ID program for people — the REAL ID.
Brownfield has also long been covering the takeover of our food supplies by corporate interests such as Monsanto. It is a subject that he is all too familiar with, given the fact that he has watched corporate interests progressively advance to frightening and dangerous levels over the years.
It is his unwavering commitment to telling the truth — even if it means venturing into areas where others fear to tread — that has landed Derry Brownfield into hot water from executives of Learfield Communications, his former company, and his founding partner Clyde Lear who bought out Brownfield's share of the company in 1985.
Monsanto has made it a practice to sue farmers who refuse to buy their genetically modified seeds when those farmers' crops are contaminated by Monsanto crops from nearby farms. In recent days, they have begun targeting dairy farmers.
Quoting from a recent Vanity Fair article about the dangers of Monsanto seed consolidation, Derry referred to the company's patent enforcers as mafia-type "goons" who spy on farmers, taking pictures of their operations, and threatening them if they refuse to comply with the company's wishes.
“Multinational corporations are doing everything possible to change agriculture — and not for the better. I know a little bit about this. Not a lot, just a little bit. But Monsanto — literally, they have Mafia goons out, do they not? They show up on farmers’ property, they try and harass them, they say if you don’t sign this, we are going to take you to court. They have literally tried to destroy agriculture as we know it. They have a goon squad. Maybe that’s not what they like to be called. But if it was the Mafia, we would call them the goon squad.”
In an interview with the Corporate Crime Reporter, Clyde Lear described the events leading up to his evicting Derry from the company the two had founded together.
It is important to note that Lear claims in the quote below, that he's sure Derry's allegations about Monsanto are untrue. I can personally attest that I have done my own independent research on Monsanto and Brownfield's claims are very much the truth! I too have covered Monsanto's food control on occasion on the radio show and can recall a particular broadcast where Nancy Levant pointed out that Monsanto was actually trying to patent the way pigs have sex! I verified her claims while we were on the air. They want to control all of the food! They really are an evil empire, as Brownfield claims.
Now to the Corporate Crime Reporter:
“If the Monsanto issue had not come up, we would not be here today,” Lear said.
Lear said that the President of Learfield Communications, Roger Gardner, talked recently with John Raines, Monsanto’s director of public affairs.
“John Raines talked to Roger Gardner about the difficulties they felt Brownfield is giving them,” Lear said. “(Gardner) told me he talked to John Raines about the Vanity Fair article.”
“The pressure I got came from the president of the news division, Stan Koenigsfeld,” Lear said. “Stan is the guy that has responsibility for selling and maintaining the financial viability of our news division. Stan is a no nonsense guy. So, Stan comes in and says – why are we doing this? Why do we continue to do this? We give him all of these things and he spits in our face by lambasting our good advertisers, without giving them an opportunity for fair and balanced reporting. And it is not reporting – it’s just entertainment. Why do we continue to do this?”
Lear says that the complaints have been mounting over the past five years about Brownfield.
“And I’ve been saying to Stan, settle down, it will all be alright,” Lear said. “But I imagine Stan is getting a lot of pressure from his sales executives. We have three that call on Monsanto for different products. And I would assume that he is getting pressure from those sales executives. When those sales executives call on Monsanto, Monsanto is complaining to the sales executives. That is where the connection happens. But you would have to talk to them about the kind of leverage Monsanto is putting on them. They have never to my knowledge threatened to pull any advertising.”
Lear finally confronted Brownfield.
“I went to him and said – Derry, look, lay off of this,” Lear said. “Lay off of this Monsanto thing. I am getting a lot of complaints.”
Lear said he was the only one in the company who could approach Brownfield.
“I’m the only one who can talk to him,” Lear said. “No one else in the company will go to him. He is kind of persona non grata. He is one of the guys who helped start the company years ago. He was my partner for years until 1985 when I bought him out. He is a dear friend of mine. So, there is no one else – all of the rest of the guys are half my age. They won’t go to him. They are afraid of him. They just won’t go and talk to him.”
“They all came to me and said – go talk to Derry,” Lear said. “We’ve got to quit doing this. Plus, it came at a bad time. It came during the same week that the National Association of Farm Broadcasters national convention was being held in Kansas City. And at that convention, of course, Monsanto was omnipresent. They are there trying to woo farm broadcasters, because they want them to say nice things about them, right? So, here are all of the Monsanto people at this convention. And their advertising agencies – Osborne & Barr out of St. Louis – among others. They were all there. And it was embarrassing, because all of that week, Derry is lambasting Monsanto.”
“We have explained to Monsanto, in any way we can, that the Brownfield Network has nothing to do with Derry’s show,” Lear says. “This is a completely independent show that he puts on. Well, Monsanto says – he’s doing it from your studios, isn’t he? And we say yes, we give him space because of the history.”
“And they ask – how else do you help him? If he weren’t doing the show, would this problem disappear?”
“So my guys came to me and said – we’ve got to do something about this.”
“So, I went in to Derry and I sat down with him,” Lear said. “It was very good natured. I wasn’t angry. I wasn’t planning on doing anything. I said – let this Monsanto thing go for awhile. Just let it go.”
“He said – ‘Clyde – Monsanto is an evil empire,’” Lear recalled. “‘This is evil. He said – every farmer hates Monsanto. You know what they have done – and then he would lambast Monsanto and lay out this litany of stuff that they do. It included milk. Apparently there is a human growth hormone that they put in the milk. I don’t know a thing about it, but apparently they won a court case that prohibited milk retailers from putting on the milk carton the label – hormone free. I didn’t know anything about this, but Brownfield was complaining about how the liberal judges of America are siding with the evil empire. And Monsanto pays them off. All kinds of allegations which I’m sure are not true. But Derry believes them.”
“So, I said – will you let Monsanto be on the air? And he said – I’m not going to give them a forum. But then he changed his mind and said – yeah, bring them on. I'll let them on the show.”
Lear then went to hole up with his executives. And his execs told him – “It’s bigger than this now. We just don’t need to be associated with him.”
“So, I just walked back there and said to Derry – you say you are not going to lighten up. And he said no, I’m staying the course. And I said – not with us you are not. You are going to have to find some other way to distribute your program, and you are going to have to find some other office to do it out of.”
Given that he was willing put Monsanto on his show, why not keep him on?
“Maybe we should have,” Lear said.
Would you reconsider your decision?
“I don’t think so,” Lear says. “It is just not a business I want to be in anymore.”
Lear says he feels sad about parting with his old buddy, but he wants to help set up an internet radio studio for Derry out of Derry’s home office.
“We are helping him build a new facility in his home,” Lear says. “But we won’t have a connection to him. Then we can easily say to Monsanto – we don’t have a thing to do with Derry. We don’t have a thing to do with him. He’s not on our property. We can’t control him.”
Writing on his blog, Lear stated of his decision:
Derry Brownfield is a radioman. He's been talking to farmers, city people, and "Constitutional Americans" for 35 years with me...and for a number of years before 1973. He's good. And, he's a dear friend.
His last show will be in the middle of May. The "Common Sense Coalition" grinds to a halt on our system, but likely will continue with a new ownership group.
Eight or ten years ago Derry quit doing his market shows on the network which bears his name and started a new, daily, hour-long talk show. It was home-spun humor that lifted up Constitutional values on some 80 radio stations across the country. Most of his listeners loved him as did his affiliates. He didn't mind controversy or taking on giants like the Monsanto Corporation. He thought they were bad for farmers, too big for their britches and generally bad for America. Increasingly he's been saying so, without seeking balance, in my opinion.
Nothing has made me prouder than my association with Derry. He taught me how to drink Scotch and so much more. If you've been reading our history in this space, you're aware of that. He's a gentleman in every way. His wife, Verni; and children, Joy, Jay, Jon and Jim are a credit to him. He turned 76 in January I think. His legacy is huge. His name is the moniker for America's largest Agricultural network; the "field" of his last name is forever in our corporate name. We love you, Derry; don't be a stranger.
In response to angry comments from several listeners, Lear wrote:
Derry and his program through the Common Sense Coalition (of which I own 49 percent) isn't journalism at all. It is entertainment. Without Learfield's stipend, the program would have gone away years ago. We pay for studio time, for a producer, for the satellite channel, for telephone lines, and offices, all without reimbursement. I'm close to retirement and have given over day-to-day responsibilities--and financial success--to younger executives. They feel these freebees need to stop. So that's the main reason. But, you're right, Monsanto is part of it. So let me talk about responsible reporting.
These comments imply that what we do in the hundreds of other programs produced by the staff for Brownfield Ag News every week – on air and on line – are not balanced. John Raines and crew at Monsanto know very well that the professional agricultural journalists reporting news for Brownfield will cover all sides of a story, whether it makes Monsanto look good or bad. They don’t always like what we say, but they respect us for telling the truth.
If we broadcast or print anything that is commentary or editorial in nature, we identify it as such and always have facts to back up the opinions being voiced. Cyndi Young's Issues program is a good example of that. There are a whole lot of people out there who disagree with what she has to say, but they will never question her integrity because she uses facts to back it up and always identifies an opinion as an opinion.
Some seem to think the reason Derry is leaving is because Monsanto threatened to stop advertising if we didn’t put a gag on him. If that were the only reason Derry was asked to leave, then I can see why they think we are selling out. We've parted ways because accusations being made about not only advertisers, but individuals, corporations, government, (fill in the blank) were based on fear and lies with absolutely no truth to back them up.
Absolutely no truth? Mr. Lear obviously is a business man and devotes absolutely no time to reading documentation! Nearly everything Derry says is documented. The show is indeed entertaining, but not at the expense of the facts. Mr. Lear calls himself a friend of Brownfield, yet does his best to discredit him. What a friend! To make matters worse, he compares Derry with elitist New World Order shill, Rush Limbaugh!
I abhor radio talk shows like Rush Limbaugh...and Derry Brownfield where half-truths are articulated. I won't be a part of them. And, that's MY right.
Finally, I'm working with Derry to find alternative distribution means and ways to keep his entertaining show going. But I'm afraid I can no longer be associated with it. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me.
Joining a chorus of dissenters who made comments on Lear's blog, John Crabtree confronted Lear on his hypocrisy:
"Mr. Lear, How do you reconcile holding Derry Brownfield to a standard that you have not and will not hold yourself or your network to? Seeking balance relative to Monsanto? When was the last time any media syndicate sought balance when dealing with Monsanto, least of all yours?"
So far Derry is refusing to comment until after May 30th, when his departure from Learfield is finalized.
Wall Street Journal Tells Americans To Start Stockpiling Food!
By Darren Weeks
We've said it for years in the alternative broadcast and print media. Now that it is becoming apparent that food shortages are being orchestrated, riots are taking place around the world, and stores in the U.S. are starting to ration sales, the controlled media has finally caught up. At least, a little.
If you laughed off my warning on this blog yesterday when I wrote about retailers beginning to ration food sales to customers, then maybe you are one of the masses who don't believe anything until you hear it from controlled sources.
So, listen up.
The Wall Street Journal floated a monster story on Monday telling Americans they need to begin stockpiling food because of the economic factors of rising prices — a trend they said was likely to continue.
I don't want to alarm anybody, but maybe it's time for Americans to start stockpiling food.
No, this is not a drill.
You've seen the TV footage of food riots in parts of the developing world. Yes, they're a long way away from the U.S. But most foodstuffs operate in a global market. When the cost of wheat soars in Asia, it will do the same here.
Reality: Food prices are already rising here much faster than the returns you are likely to get from keeping your money in a bank or money-market fund. And there are very good reasons to believe prices on the shelves are about to start rising a lot faster.
"Load up the pantry," says Manu Daftary, one of Wall Street's top investors and the manager of the Quaker Strategic Growth mutual fund. "I think prices are going higher. People are too complacent. They think it isn't going to happen here. But I don't know how the food companies can absorb higher costs." (Full disclosure: I am an investor in Quaker Strategic)
Stocking up on food may not replace your long-term investments, but it may make a sensible home for some of your shorter-term cash. Do the math. If you keep your standby cash in a money-market fund you'll be lucky to get a 2.5% interest rate. Even the best one-year certificate of deposit you can find is only going to pay you about 4.1%, according to Bankrate.com. And those yields are before tax.
Meanwhile the most recent government data shows food inflation for the average American household is now running at 4.5% a year.
And some prices are rising even more quickly. The latest data show cereal prices rising by more than 8% a year. Both flour and rice are up more than 13%. Milk, cheese, bananas and even peanut butter: They're all up by more than 10%. Eggs have rocketed up 30% in a year. Ground beef prices are up 4.8% and chicken by 5.4%.
These are trends that have been in place for some time.
And if you are hoping they will pass, here's the bad news: They may actually accelerate. [Full Article here...]
They cite growing demand from communist China and an increase in ethanol, which is driving up demands for corn — all created shortages. Communist China's rise was created by globalism, and we are funding their expansions with our purchase of their unsafe, unreliable garbage which fills our store shelves everywhere.
The additional demand for corn was created by the "peak oil" lie which states that we are running out of so-called "fossil fuels". It is also created by the false notion that CO2 from the burning of said fuels is causing the climate to change.
Once again, we are being led down the road toward inconvenience, starvation, and wide-spread shortages and none of it has to happen. It is all created by globalists whose real agenda is one of depopulation. You can laugh at me and characterize me as a nut all you want. You won't be laughing when your cupboard is bare. You will be desperate. And that is exactly where ANY tyrannical system wants its would-be subjects.
In the past, we've had depressions in America. If the truth were told, they were contrived and orchestrated ones as well. Each had a specific outcome or synthesis which furthered the control agenda. There were bread lines for the people. People who didn't farm, showed up and got their daily rations. How can you get rations from your masters when there is no food today?
Why do we have companies like Monsanto patenting genetically-modified "terminator" seeds so they will not grow after the first year? What do we have genetically-modified rice that is produced with human genes? If you ingest human genes, does that not make you a cannibal? Are we becoming a society of cannibals, just to survive?
Event after orchestrated event, the dialectical process continues to play itself out. And the vast majority of the people still remain ignorant of how the manipulation works. It reminds me of the scripture in Hosea 4:6, "My people perish for lack of knowledge..." Applied to the present situation, truer words couldn't be spoken.
Mexican Official Tries to Steal White House BlackBerries
By Darren Weeks
I find this news article very interesting.
Fox News is reporting that the Secret Service caught a Mexican official, Rafael Quintero Curiel, trying to steal the BlackBerries of the attendees of the North American Leaders summit that is currently taking place in New Orleans.
It is well-known among intelligence officials that cell phones and such devices can be used to eavesdrop. If you have a cell phone nearby, you have a channel through which nosy spooks can listen in to your conversations.
Hence, the requirement that the cell phones be left outside the meeting.
Everyone entering the room was required to leave his or her cell phone, BlackBerry and other such devices on the table, a common practice when high-level meetings are held. American officials discovered their missing belongings when they were leaving the session.
The question is, why are they so worried about the truth getting out regarding what they are discussing at the New Orleans summit? Don't they keep telling us we live in a "democracy"? If that means we have a vote, then why are they so worried about shutting the people out of the process?
Maybe the man was a petty thief. But I tend to believe that the Mexicans don't like the North American Union idea any better than their American counterparts. Perhaps I'm reading too much into this, but it sounds to me like this man might have been attempting to get the word out on what is really happening behind closed doors, as the traitors who lead the three North American countries negotiate away our national sovereignty in favor of the western version of the EU.
The global run on food that has led to shortages and riots in Egypt, Haiti and other nations has made its way to U.S. shores.
Concerned about rising prices and limited supplies of staples such as rice and flour, customers across the country have been cleaning out the shelves at big-box retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s Sam's Club and Costco Wholesale Corp. stores.
On Wednesday, Sam's Club said customers would no longer be allowed to purchase more than four bags of jasmine, basmati or long-grain white rice on each visit.
Sam's Club blamed the restriction on "supply and demand trends" and said it was working with suppliers "to ensure we are in stock." [Full Article...]
Top retailer Wal-Mart's Sam's Club unit said Wednesday it is limiting the amount of rice individual shoppers could buy at one time, as rice prices hit new records around the world.
Sam's Club said it had temporarily placed limits of four 20-pound (nine-kilogram) bags a person for jasmine, basmati, and other long-grain white rice types.
"We currently have plenty of rice for Sam's Club Members," the company said in a statement.
"However, like our competitors, we're just taking the precautionary step of limiting sales of the very large 20 pound bags" of imported white rice, it said. [Full Article...]
Anyone care to laugh now at the people who prepared for Y2K, just in case, with storable food?
