Peterson is one Dem who must go - covering up his attack on the organic/local movement with a big lie is proof he's on the fascist team.

Whatever.

Why?

I was at the Oregon Tilth members meeting this weekend and the editor of their monthly publication, In Good Tilth, did a fantastic impression of Collin while re-reading that quote about us organic folk being dumb.

It was beautiful.

I slapped my knee and held my belly. Good times.

I can not think of a bigger mistake to make right after accepting a high profile appointment than to piss off a highly thoughtfull and highly active market niche.

ahhhh... Collin. You are to Organic what GWB is to The Comedy Network.

I have been reading various comments by Rep. Peterson and decide he IS DUMB. So I sent him my book: A Field Guide to Buying Organic with a note that said: "I LIVE IN MINNESOTA AND I VOTE! Here read my book so you at least know what you are talking about".

I sent it on Friday to his Washington office, so I don?t expect to hear from him (or his aide) anytime soon. Moreover, I don?t live in his district, he seems to be so arrogant that he will probably point that out and say he can ignore me.

I guess I am dumb by Washington's standards since I eat almost nothing that isn't organic. I guess it is smart, by those standards, to eat nutritionally depleted factory-farmed foods, genetically engineered foods with unknown health risks, and of course foods grown by people who make political contributions to the right people.

Personally, given these definitions I would rather stay dumb. I foolishly take comfort from knowing that the food I eat isn't contaminated by anything like e coli, pesticide, or questionable man-made strands of DNA. I enjoy the fact that it is cheaper for me to eat these so-called "expensive" organic foods because my food is 80% to 300% more nutritionally dense that the commercially grown foods, so at least twice as cost effective (see http://www.rawfoodlife.com/Articles___Rese...rcial_food.htm)

Finally, I enjoy knowing that the lifestyle I choose to live is healthier, more enjoyable, tastes better, creates less garbage is sustainable and requires less energy. So I am a dumb person. Well, this is proof that the old saying IS true: "Ignorance Is Bliss..."

- RawFood

Why bother commenting to Rep. Colin Peterson or anyone else? I just paged through 387 pages of letters to him looking for mine, and it isn't there.

BobK,

I found my own comments, but the City and State were set to Null. If you were searching based on those fields, that may be why you didn't find your comments.

I'm rather disappointed by a lot of the comments. I was hoping that Rep. Peterson would get a variety of feedback that mostly included intelligent and enlightening responses (and proof-read ones!). I realize this campaign was set up initially with an ad hominem approach, but I think it would have accomplished more if Peterson could have seen the more thoughtful and compassionate side of organic consumers.

Looks to me like Mr. Peterson has just done a very good job of letting us all know that not a single word he says is believeable! Good enough for me!

Dear Organic Friends and Poet Warriors,
As of yesterday the OCA staff counted over 2600 individually composed letters emailed to Peterson from organic consumers in all 50 states, infused with passion, well-informed information, and creative humor. What impressed me the most was how many of our are definitely making the connections between local production, organic nutrition, sustainable ag, reducing global warming and living wages for family farmers and farmworkers. Sources tell me Peterson has never received this many letters before, on any topic. Keep up the good work, everyone. Bon Appetit,
Ronnie Cummins, Director, Organic Consumers Association

Here's what I posted to Collin P.:

Hi Collin,

I am not writing to make fun or embarrass you further on this issue. I am writing to show you some empathy in hopes it will open new possibilities to you. Please take a moment to read and digest my words. I am a reasonably financially comfortable tax paying citizen from Portland, Oregon – not rich, not poor. I grew up poor and paid my way through my engineering degree through hard work and dedication and loans and grants. I finally paid my loans off this year (I am 33). Through all of this hard work I have been an organic consumer. I struggle to afford the cost, but I am willing to sacrifice some of life's luxuries and adjust my budget to support local, sustainable, organic practices whenever possible in hope for a better future for all of us. I have high hopes to see the cost of organic dramatically decrease in my lifetime as the supply/demand model shifts through increased consumption and awareness. I care about the environmental impact for humanity and I care about fair treatment of animals and I care about knowing what I put in my body. My mom has breast cancer and my brother is a leukemia survivor. Both may be partially attributed to the way environmental toxins bond and react within our bodies. I call myself someone who "lives consciously". It takes a lot of effort to make conscious decisions with my dollars but it is the intelligent evolutionary right way to live. I educate as many people as I can and here comes the empathy part:

I have about given up on educating some people whom I love and am close with, and I must stifle the urge to secretly feel their ignorance equates to stupidity. I am trying hard not to blame these people for not caring enough to put in the work to educate themselves on their impact in this world, and I apply that to you as well. I grew up with a conscious family who grew their own organic food and voted consciously with their dollars every day. It is ingrained in my being. It's a lot tougher to learn anything later in life, and even harder to change behaviors. You are undoubtedly an intelligent man, so hopefully you are curious to learn and make more educated decisions, especially since you have chosen a role which can have such a positive (or negative) impact on the future of organic, sustainable, local practices. The long term economic, social, environmental, health…and so many more…benefits are unprecedented. I believe you have the opportunity to create extraordinary change for the good of our all.

Thank you for reading. I implore you to take the time to try to understand the root of this. Feel free to email me directly for links excellent reading.

Thanks for sharing, MissA.

Also nice to see another PDX local in the forum.

Congressman Ron Paul is the ONLY one in Washingtion who seems to get it. Maybe Representative Peterson should pay closer attention to and support his ideas. Dr. Paul is for Health Freedom (H.R. 2117) Protection Act (which he authored) and oppose's the FDA's move for greater control over nutrients and vitamins, and the directives of the UN''s World Code (CODEX). We have a RIGHT to know which foods include GMO, but the government has asserted that labeling food as such is necessary. He opposes forced vaccinations and mental health screenings of American citizens. Some state run schools are starting to "screen" kids without the parent's permission to determine if they may be in need of drugs! Big Pharma is so sly.....
We NEED Ron Paul!!! He will stop the madness.
"We must stop federal government interference with our freedom to choose what we eat and how we take care of our health." -Ron Paul
PLEASE check the dates for your state's primary and make sure you are registered Republican, especially if your primary is CLOSED, there is a cut off date for that as well. Voting in the Primaries is all that matters! That is the only way he will get nominated, otherwise, we will just get more of the same, or even worse.

"Each of us should choose which course of action we must take; education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary change, but let it not be said that we did nothing" -Ron Paul
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-DqY8iIxe2c

Correction: The government asserts that the GMO labeling of foods is NOT necessary.

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