Posted on 10/06/2011 5:05:22 AM PDT by tutstar
A Wisconsin judge has decided – in a fight over families' access to milk from cows they own – that Americans "do not have a fundamental right to consume the milk from their own cow."
The ruling comes from Circuit Court Judge Patrick J. Fiedler in a court fight involving a number of families who owned their own cows, but boarded them on a single farm.
The judge said that's a "dairy farm" and is subject to the rules and regulations of the state of Wisconsin.
"It's always a surprise when a judge says you don't have the fundamental right to consume the foods of your choice," said Pete Kennedy, president of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, which worked on the case on behalf of the farmers and the owners of the milk-producing cows.
Read more: Judge: Americans have no right to choose food http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=352249#ixzz1a0BpghTe
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
great quote!
That, my FRiend, is what the majority of those that voted on November 4, 2008, voted for. They demanded, via their votes, that the Government take possession and control over them. That is now happening.
“I will really expend a lot of effort to see him removed from office. “
Why? Because he says the facts are in dispute, so it must go to trial? Do you prefer judges to make rulings without listening to the facts, or to both sides of the case?
“Yes, this had better get overturned on appeal...”
Ummm...you cannot appeal something that hasn’t gone to trial. All this ruling says is that the case needs to go to trial so the relevant facts can be presented in a court of law.
Before I get trashed here, lets take an honest look at this...I understand the sentiments, and agree that this is extremely over the edge by a justice...
A part of me agrees with the judge that this is a “fundamental” issue, and they may be right according to the law of that state...
BUT...
We (including me) are absolutely right that this is more than a “fundamantal” right to consume food product YOU produce or “farm”...
This IS an absolutely “UNALIENABLE” right that is covered by an authority higher than anything instituted amoungst men...Very similar to your UNALIENABLE right to keep and bear arms as YOU see fit...And should not be infringed upon...
Bottom line...If you are not engaged in a criminal act that is considered to be a “man-act” (i.e.: murder, rape, kidnapping, etc etc etc) in my opinion, it should not be restricted, or regulated to an individual or the population in general, to conduct yourself in a lawful manner in the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness as written down on some document I heard about when I was younger...
Someone may want to remind me what that document was...And then we need to send a copy to the idiot judge who made this ruling...
Somehow I just have to wonder how we ever got by without grocery stores, super-markets, Costco, Sam’s Warehouses, and WalMarts, before the government and our judicial system started inserting itself into our daily lives, our homes and our businesses...
I know the answer to that is simple...We got by with courage, preparedness and a tenacity to protect our lives, property and out happiness...
Something that is seriously lacking in a great majority of our countrymen and its elected officials these days...And there is not enough of us now to want to recoop or regain those freedoms...THAT WE WERE SO SUCCESSFUL IN LIVING IN A FREE’r EXISTANCE...
But what do I know, eh???
HA! I think you’re right!
Thank you for the link. I’ll have to hold reading it until this evening, but I do appreciate the info.
“This is a hill I would be willing to die/kill on.”
Amen. This is a perfect example of Fascism — although it is (so far...) your property, they control what you do with it.
And he’s a coward, to boot. He’s not going to defend his onerous decision. He’s going to run and hide with a pack of liberals.
I L-O-V-E love that picture of the skunk! Thanks!
You’re exceedingly welcome.
We have an abundance of the stinkers around here. And our blue healer 1-2 year old pup still thinks jousting with them is great sport. Slow learner in the smell dept evidently.
They love the grapes.
Don’t be too hard on yourself, that line of reasoning is so brilliant that I have a hard time understanding it myself. Maybe we need to go back to school and study modern logic. Let’s see now, if I am overweight I need to eat more ice cream and pound cake, does that sound about right?
“... if I am overweight I need to eat more ice cream and pound cake”.
Your making sense to me. I guess an alcoholic really needs to drink more booze, too. I have a friend who’s lactose intolerant. I think I’ll send over a gallon of milk to her! LOL!
“This is a perfect example of Fascism — although it is (so far...) your property, they control what you do with it.”
It is a business that cannot get its license renewed because of activity that MAY be against state law.
Ever hear of zoning? Try building anything you want on your property, or conduct business in an area zoned for no commercial use.
Frankly, when I buy food, I like the idea that it has to meet some health standards. I have no desire to take my life in my hand every time I buy food in the supermarket.
Meanwhile, you need to realize that A) this case has NOT gone to court yet. This ruling merely says that there is enough of a dispute to justify a hearing. And B) the state is arguing that the ‘owners’ are not owners at all, and that the operation is a commercial dairy farm whose real owners are engaged in a “sham arrangement”.
When the case goes to court, one of the critical factors in the judgement will be if the ‘owners’ are really owners, or if this is fraud. Owners ARE allowed to drink milk right from the cow. DAIRY FARMS cannot sell it. What is really going on is a critical part of the case that WILL be heard WHEN it goes to court.
I think this judge needs fatty chesseburgers and raw milk stuffed down his throat.
Nanny State PING!
Thank you for finding that. I’m always suspicious of paraphrases these days.
Stung up from a lamppost, more like it..
It should be some dish based on offal - like menudo or haggis.
In other words, judges can't just make up rights that aren't enumerated in the Constitution and use that to override laws made through normal means.
all the good wisconsin cows escaped to california.......... i saw it on tv
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