The Govt's. War on ......Raw Milk

No, I'm not kidding.  The government is pursuing the Amish for selling contraband. The government is at war on drugs, terrorism, and now milk.  So yesterday I found an article that interests me on more than a few levels.

My son, Joshy, is very dedicated to healthy eating.  It has helped him make dramatic improvements in his breathing, helped tremendously with his allergies, and strengthened his running.  He is responsible for getting me on the natural and raw eating plan.  So far, I have lost a fairly decent amount of weight from being on this plan.  Naturally,(no pun intended) he is interested in drinking raw milk.  Quite surprisingly, it is hard to get.

 In an article in the Washington Times, the feds performed a yearlong (yes, yearlong) sting operation on an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania because he is selling raw milk.  The federal government announced this week that it has gone to court to stop Rainbow Acres Farm from selling its contraband to willing customers in the Washington area.

The contraband in question: unpasteurized milk.

So the government performed a year-long sting, used aliases to trick the farmer, had 5:00 a.m. raids, and is now going to Federal Court to sue Dan Allgyer, the farmer.  All of this despite the fact that" the FDA’s actions stand in contrast to other areas where the Obama Adminstration has said it will take a hands-off approach to violations of the law, including the use of medical marijuana in states that have approved it, and illegal-immigrant students and youths, whom the administration said recently will not be targets of their enforcement efforts." Yep, according to our government, those evil, law-breaking Amish are doing so much more harm to our population and economy than, say, the illegals.  And I am sure that the government thinks that my money that they spent on this sting operation is well worth the cost.

I know that the argument against drinking raw milk is that it is unhealthy and will cause sickness.  So I did some research.  There are roughly 12 million raw milk drinkers in the U.S. on a daily basis.  Over the last 10 years, 2 (not a typo) people have died from sickness related to drinking raw milk.  In that same period, 70,000 people in the U.S. died from eating tainted meat.  Hundreds of thousands died from complications related to eating meat.  The reason that the FDA required milk to be pastuerized in the '30's was because farmers milked by hand into a bucket and the cows would poop all over the place, including splashing into the bucket.  You can ask my wife (who grew up on a dairy farm) it doesn't happen that way anymore.  Many would say that this "war" is being fought so vigorously by the government because it interferes with the middle man and the money that goes to the middle man.  I agree.  And the middle man is the FDA.

But really raw milk is just a piece in the "puzzle".  There is more to come.  With Michelle Obama lecturing all of us simple, regular "Joes" about our eating habits and "choking" food processing companies on a daily basis, it won't be long before the McDonalds cheeseburger joins the list of salt, meat, soda, sugar, morning cereal, and MILK on the list of foods that should be banned and are shunned by Michelle.

I still choose liberty.  I still think a person should be allowed to make a choice as to whether or not they want to drink raw milk.  So, today I am going to order some raw milk and drink it slowly and enjoy every last drop.  Are you reading this Moochelle Obama? (pun intended)