Take action now to stop S.510 - the "Food Safety Modernization Act"

This bill is not about food safety. This bill is is about the Overreaching Expansion of Big Government and more power to the FDA!!!

Please call your Senator NOW and tell them and Harry Reid NO on S.510.

(NaturalNews) If there's one thing to give thanks for this year, it's the fact that the Senate floor vote on the so-called "Food Safety Modernization Act" has been delayed until after the Senate's Thanksgiving recess. This gives all of us -- the commonsense opponents of S.510 who don't want the FDA having authority over raw milk, seeds and backyard gardens -- another week to flood the offices of U.S. Senators with calls, faxes and emails that express opposition to the bill.

California News

◼ Brown Faces Challenge in Keeping Education Promises Californiawatch.org
Gov.-elect Jerry Brown will face substantial challenges in implementing may parts of his education platform, arguably the most detailed of any California governor in recent memory. The platform received little attention during the election campaign....
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◼ California's Unemployment Fund Has $10.3 Billion Deficit Sacramento Bee
California businesses already pay some of the highest unemployment taxes in the country - and the tab is likely to increase. The recession and the Legislature's decision years ago to raise benefits have drained the state unemployment insurance fund, which now has an estimated $10.3 billion deficit

◼ Happy Meal ban closer to reality in San Francisco latimesblogs
San Francisco's quickservice toy ban wins final approval
A proposal to ban toys from quickservice meals that don't meet certain calorie and nutritional standards gained final passage from San Francisco's Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. The board has enough votes to override Mayor Gavin Newsom's expected veto, which means the so-called "Happy Meal" ban would take effect next year.

Ben Stein's final column: read and be inspired

For many years Ben Stein has written a biweekly column called
''Monday Night At Morton's.'' (Morton's is a famous chain of Steakhouses known to be frequented by movie stars and famous people from around the globe.) Now, Ben is terminating the column to move on to other things in his life. Reading his final column is worth a few minutes of your time.

Ben Stein's Last Column...
How Can Someone Who Lives in Insane Luxury Be a Star in Today's World?
As I begin to write this, I 'slug' it, as we writers say, which means I put a heading on top of the document to identify it. This heading is 'eonline FINAL,' and it gives me a shiver to write it. I have been doing this column for so long that I cannot even recall when I started. I loved writing this column so much for so long I came to believe it would never end.

Obama, Weakened After Midterms, Reveals Limited Leverage in Failed S. Korea Deal

◼ at washingtonpost.com
President Obama's inability to secure a free-trade agreement with South Korea reveals in sharp relief the limits of his leverage overseas after a devastating midterm election.

Deficit Panel Leaders' Plan Curbs Social Security

◼ at washingtonpost.com
Leaders of Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission on Wednesday proposed reducing the annual cost-of-living increases in Social Security, curb the growth of Medicare and eliminate popular tax breaks, such as mortgage interest deductions....

GOP House Could Spell End of New 1099 Rule

◼ Reuters
President Barack Obama acknowledged this week that a forthcoming rule requiring businesses to file 1099 forms for expenses over $600 could be detrimental to small businesses. The statement followed Tuesday's elections in which Republicans took control of the House of Representatives. The requirement, which is part of the health care bill, has been heavily criticized by Republican lawmakers as well as business groups.

Outrageous: MSNBC Broadcast Causes Left-Wing Woman to Make Fake School-Shooting Threat Blamed on Tea Party

◼ MSM headline you’ll never see: MSNBC Inspires Left-Wing Hate Hoax at TheOtherMcCain
...the truth emerged: The shooting threat came from Ellisa Martinez, a left-wing Green Party activist:
The FBI says that after Martinez saw a tape on MSNBC of Kaufman at a July 3 Tea Party rally, she fired off a threatening email that led to a lockdown at all Broward County schools....
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Happy Thanksgiving

Tea Party activists flex their muscle

◼ Next Tea Party Target: Corporate America
Jesse Jackson isn't the only activist that can use corporate boycotts for political purposes. Starting next year, the huge Tea Party organizer FreedomWorks will urge supporters to punish huge corporations like General Electric and Johnson and Johnson for backing President Obama's progressive agenda....

USA Today Poll: Tea Party support grows

◼ Poll: Tea Party support grows; USA divided
,,,The results reflect the strength of the Tea Party movement as the GOP prepares to take control of the House of Representatives in January....