I see an economic diasater coming...

[triffid]

The federal government claimed authority under the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution (Article 1, Section , even though the Commerce Clause was originally written primarily to prevent states from erecting tariffs, not to allow the federal government to control interstate trade. But thanks to the twisted interpretation of the government -- and believe me, the government will twist every interpretation it can in an effort to assert more power over the population -- the feds claimed that Filburn's growing of his own wheat effectively reduced interstate commerce in wheat. Therefore, they reasoned, they could regulate his backyard wheat production (and order him to destroy his wheat).

Because of this US Supreme Court decision in 1942, it now means the federal government can order you to halt food production in your own back yard by arguing that when you grow your own food, the amount of food you purchase from other food providers is reduced, meaning that your food production impacts interstate trade and therefore can be fully controlled by the federal government.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/030799_food_freedom_Wickard_vs_Filburn.html#ixzz18ofoQsnr

[triffid]

Really wicked news isn't it?
if they want to they can seize your homegrown gardens just from a 1942 court case.And they are now groping passengers at the airports under new TSA rules.I wonder when the full body scans will make it out on a porn site somewhere?If I thought of it I'm sure someone else has too.triffid

[triffid]

So now we will have to live underground in caves.Grow our gardens in secret.Grow plants that don't use sunlight.And no telling what else we will have to do to live on the surface.No wonder I eat out at fastfood places all the time.Jack in the box sounds good this morning.triffid

[triffid]

In other words, the federal government claims the authority right now -- even without the Food Safety Modernization Act -- to knock on your door and order you at gunpoint to destroy all the food in your garden, your greenhouse or your farm. They can order you to destroy all seeds in your possession and all food harvested from your own garden. And they can do all this with the full protection of U.S. law by simply citing the precedent set in Wickard v. Filburn in 1942 as ruled by the US Supreme Court.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/030799_food_freedom_Wickard_vs_Filburn.html#ixzz18okqvoG4

[the_big_m_in_ok]

So now we will have to live underground in caves. ... 
...And no telling what else we will have to do to live on the surface. ...

Well, there's a conspiracy theory---out there somewhere, anywhere, everywhere    , right??!!??---that the Gov't has cave complexes that can last for years when the worldwide economies collapse.  "Ya can't win fer losin..."

Grow our gardens in secret.Grow plants that don't use sunlight.

Some mushrooms don't necessarily need light to grow, right?  You can't eat mushroom all the time, though.

No wonder I eat out at fastfood places all the time.Jack in the box sounds good this morning.triffid

Yeah, it's easy.  I do, too, when I have money.  I'm still collecting cans of food.

REEDIT:
This thread's poll(very successful) has 107 respondents so far.  The consensus has the "definitely failing" category consistently above 54% of the total for months and months on end.

This thread is the second longest in terms of public/Member clicked Views on this Forum("News").  I myself will keep watching the TV news reports and commenting occasionally, as I've always done.

--Lee