Every Little Bit

Well now in keeping with my where is the democracy line of messages, I came across this little tid bit of information this morning.

The House of Republicans approved a bill Wednesday night that would wipe out state laws on safety labeling of food. The laws where put into place in order to make food companies print any and all health related warnings on the foods they produced. In light of the recent increase in Bird flu cases around the world, not to mention the Allergy risks involved with foods, Why is there no voice of the people being heard in these decisions.

Apparently the Food Industry has been lobbying for years to do away with the laws that make them have to place these warning labels on packages(for obvious reasons). Now in order to make us the people feel safe, a provision was put into place that would allow individual states to enact laws that would make the food industry have to label the food. But keep in mind that this process will be a long and time consuming process because the State would have to get the FDA's approval before it could enact the laws. (Now don't get me started on the FDA that is a whole other story).

It seems ironic that I can not buy a music CD without the menacing PARENTAL ADVISORY label on it, which does nothing more that protect you from hearing harsh language, But when it comes to my health and possible life the labeling is tedious and a nuisance. Something just does not ad up to me. What next will the tobacco and drug industries be allowed to remove their labels as well? We can only wait and see.

It is apparent to me that the infamous line in the Constitution " We the People of the United States of America" has been replaced with "We the Big Businesses of the United States of America".

We have lost our voice and now stand muted and dumb.