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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Darren Doin's
By Darren Weeks
I took this photo at the park which is located at the end of my road. It is a small park, maintained by a devoted woman who also serves as the township supervisor. I just happened to get lucky with the camera that day. I stop in once in a while to snap a few beauty shots and I saw this butterfly on one of the flowers beside the roadway.
It has been a while since I've posted anything in this space. It always seems that I do less writing when I do a talk show. It seems like when I don't have an outlet to blow off steam, I write.
I have been working on an article for several weeks about flood insurance and how it is being used to implement Agenda 21. I have just sent the final copy over to Paul Walter at NewsWithViews.com. It is titled "Controlling the Land by Soaking the People" and it contains all of the documentation connecting the dots between the National Flood Insurance Program and how it is being used to place restrictions upon private land ownership. One of the things I noticed as I was writing the article is how many of the links that I had acquired months earlier were no longer active. FEMA has said a lot of very damning things about their programs, but they remove the pages from their website after attention has been called to it. The information, in many cases, was difficult to dig back up. We have them nailed down now, however. I believe this article is one of the most important pieces that I've done so far. Watch for it at NewsWithViews when it is posted. They usually take about a week to get them up.
My garden hasn't been doing so well. For some strange reason, the vast majority of my seeds never came up. I do have some tomatoes and green beans, but only a small percentage of the seeds that I actually planted ever germinated. Perhaps I have bad seeds, or perhaps I did something wrong. I have learned from the experience and next year I intend to get better seed. There are a number of companies from which you can order heirloom seeds over the Internet. The stuff you get at the store is almost always genetically-modified.
I've learned that weeding wasn't near as big of a headache as I had anticipated. The important thing is to stay on top of it every week, so the hoeing won't get out of hand. Also, I plant my rows far enough apart so that I can get the tiller between them so I can wipe out all of the weeds in between the rows. I always remembered my mother laying down plastic or newspaper between the rows to smother the weeds. I wanted to avoid that if I could. I'm not sure which approach is better, or if it even matters.
Obviously, there is a lot to learn when it comes to gardening and I'm really just getting started with it. The biggest obstacle that I've encountered: The evil rabbits!
The radio show is coming along, although I must admit to missing Nancy Levant pretty sorely, at this point. It has always been nice to have her to bounce ideas back and forth and to have her as a regular guest/co-host. She has always been a popular writer and radio personality with the listeners.
She has been moving and hasn't re-established contact with a new telephone number. Hopefully, we'll be back in touch soon. When you do the kind of work that relates to our country, you desperately need your little support group. All of the news seems pretty depressing these days.
I am seeing more and more people getting discouraged and dropping out of the fight. It is so sad to experience this as a radio host because guests that you were able to rely upon in the past are no longer there for you. Probably any talk show host that does their own producing can tell you that one of the hardest parts of the job is finding good guests. You look for people who are well-spoken and have good information. I leave the UFO nuts to others.
I have Charlotte Iserbyt scheduled for August 16th. I view her as a great American hero. She had that cushy job as senior policy adviser in the U.S. Department of Education during the Reagan administration and chose to throw it all away by blowing the whistle on their plans. Most people would have a very hard time giving up a job like that and doing the right thing. I wonder how many people that are on the inside actually do see things that are wrong, but choose to ignore them because of their own personal comforts. Charlotte did the right thing. She put her country and its people first and paid the price for it.
Also, I had a very pleasant conversation with Dr. Ann Blake Tracy who talks about the over-drugging of the population — a subject about which I've become more and more impassioned in recent days. I have her tentatively scheduled for August 30th.
I built a simple website for a friend of mine who was starting an online radio station. Check out his station; he programs hits from the 70's, 80's, and 90's. He lives in the mint city (St. Johns, Michigan), so that explains the green background.
The site is very much in its infancy, but you can check it out at www.woaponline.com .
It can now be revealed that after a six month hiatus from the airwaves, Govern America with Darren Weeks will return to the air on a new network, at a new time.
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.
I was shocked and very saddened to see Dennis' post regarding patriot broadcaster, Michael Corbin. Michael hosted a broadcast called A Closer Look, until last Sunday when he had a stroke and passed from this world.
I've had the privilege of hearing his show a few times and he always did a fantastic job. He was one of the few people who actually covered the United Nations system, Agenda 21, the Hegelian dialectic, and he even had the guts to tell the truth about Ron Paul's voting record on China — a courageous act which brought him a lot of heat from his listeners.
It was Michael's willingness to delve into unpopular subjects that helped to convince me that Michael was 100 percent genuine. Though I never had the pleasure of speaking with him, I feel his loss very deeply, as I know others do.
Michael, may the angels from on high escort you to your eternal reward, my friend. You were a part of what is right with America.
Running an ethernet cable from my study, where my desk and broadcast equipment are located, into the family room, has proven to be one of the best decisions I've made. I'm now able to sit comfortably next to the fireplace and do my research, and catch up on Dennis' headlines.
I thought I'd take a moment to share my cozy fire with you. I shot this video with my camera phone just moments ago, and uploaded onto YouTube.
The fire is especially cozy, considering that it is again below zero degrees in southern Michigan tonight. I keep waiting for "global warming" to kick in, but it never does. Maybe it will when spring comes.
Regardless, I've been pretty busy working several hours (some overtime), and it has pulled me away from the work about which I've felt most passionate — the work of our country. It's ironic, but when I was doing the radio broadcast, I almost felt as if I was married to it. Now that I'm away from it, focused to a much greater capacity on my career, it feels as though I'm almost married to my job. I actually have less time with the family than I did previously.
I really have been trying to write, but every time that I try, I feel so overwhelmed I don't know where to begin. I wish I could be more like my good friend, Nancy Levant, who was able to churn out article after article on NewsWithViews. She would always just get angry at what was happening to America and our freedoms, and she'd "puke it out on the page". That is how she put it to me, one day. It makes me smile thinking about it. I've always loved her spunk.
Despite the adjustments that I am having to undergo, the career move was a necessary one for the future of my daughters, if they are going to survive in this "global economy". Things certainly are not getting any easier for people who don't have a set of letters after their name. Even for those who have degrees, it is sometimes impossible to find work. Nancy is a good example of that. She is still away from her writing and research work because a lack of employment has made it impossible for her to continue. This is a woman who received her master's degree, graduating with a 4.0 GPA, has done public speaking, appearing on numerous radio talk shows (including frequent appearances on mine), and has published three books. Yet, she cannot find any kind of gainful employment and life is a struggle.
Over the last several years, a striking new feature of the U.S. economy has emerged: real income growth has been extremely skewed, with relatively few high earners doing well while incomes for most workers have stagnated or, in many cases, fallen. Just what mix of forces is behind this trend is not yet clear, but regardless, the numbers are stark. Less than four percent of workers were in educational groups that enjoyed increases in mean real money earnings from 2000 to 2005; mean real money earnings rose for workers with doctorates and professional graduate degrees and fell for all others. In contrast to in earlier decades, today it is not just those at the bottom of the skill ladder who are hurting. Even college graduates and workers with nonprofessional master's degrees saw their mean real money earnings decline. By some measures, inequality in the United States is greater today than at any time since the 1920s.
Advocates of engagement with the world economy are now warning of a protectionist drift in public policy. This drift is commonly blamed on narrow industry concerns or a failure to explain globalization's benefits or the war on terrorism. These explanations miss a more basic point: U.S. policy is becoming more protectionist because the American public is becoming more protectionist, and this shift in attitudes is a result of stagnant or falling incomes. Public support for engagement with the world economy is strongly linked to labor-market performance, and for most workers labor-market performance has been poor.
What a remarkable admission from the biggest globalist masterminds! Even though they continue to tout the benefits of globalization on the country as a whole, they apparently have been forced to admit in part that globalization doesn't produce wealth for the average worker. It impoverishes most people.
It actually amazes this writer that the NAFTA-touting Rush Limbaugh still has any credibility with his listeners — or that he even has any listeners. He has been one of the biggest cheerleaders of globalist policies that undermine and eradicate American sovereignty and jobs that ever existed. Yet, people apparently still tune into his show? No wonder he refers to his audience as "ditto-heads".
It is nice to see that there are a lot of people out there who still are doing their best to save our nation and the freedoms. Sadly, most will never mount to beans because they refuse to investigate what is happening in their own back yard. Communitarianism is the system to study and about which to learn. Niki Raapana has it right! We are being merged into a capitalism/communism hybrid of community-oriented and "planned" (meaning tightly controlled) neighborhoods. Everything we do will be controlled, and it will all be fully in line with Agenda 21.
To all of "patriots" out there who refuse to accept and talk about this fact, you are wasting your time. You'll never accomplish anything other than making a bunch of noise — and money selling your videos.
Maybe that's the point. Perhaps, most of the so-called "patriot" community are driven by love of profits, rather than love of country. Why else would they not take the time to research, discuss, expose, and explore solutions to community plans?
After three and a half years of hosting patriot network radio, I have notified Nicklas Arthur that I am ending the radio broadcast. Though it has been an incredible burden to carry, I will miss it on many levels.
I have met and interviewed many interesting people in the past three and a half years. It has been exciting at times, and incredibly frustrating at other times.
My children are getting older and I'd like to be more of a fixture in their lives. I also want to focus more on my writing and research. I'm certainly not giving up the fight. I just need more flexibility. Unlike radio, my writing can be done when time allows.
To all who have listened and responded with comments, thank you. Also, I would like to thank Jackie Patru and Chris Gerner, who got me into this patriot broadcasting field in the first place. Thanks to Nicklas Arthur for his unwavering support these last few years. Thanks to Dennis Hodges for his countless hours of continuing work, gathering the news headlines and research for the websites. Thanks to Sam and Trish Brittain in Missouri for carrying the show from beginning to end on their FM station, and for their encouragement when the hours were looking very dark. To Nancy Levant and Niki Raapana who have also become very good friends and have helped us out at different times with the work, thank you. To all of the other guests and guest hosts who have graced us with their presence, you are remembered and appreciated.
To all of the other micro FM stations that have carried the shows at one time or the other thanks to you. Your dedication in educating your communities is both admirable and heroic. My hat is off to each of you for your work.
Most of all, I want to thank my lovely wife and children for their patience at my long hours that I've spent holed up in research, and production for the show. Only those who have ever had a show can appreciate the time and effort that goes into the planning and preparation for air. For every hour you spend on the air, there are several that you spend preparing to be there and it is always on your mind.
I had originally intended to have a clean break and just end it (I hate sad goodbyes), but at the request of Nicklas, I am doing one last show. Monday, November 19th will be my last show.
Blessings to all, keep the faith, and long live the republic.
