Bootleg Goat Milk
Pravda (a Russian newspaper) has been writing about how repressive the current US Government is.
Did you know you can legally purchase the raw ingredients to make powerful explosives? In fact, there is a company which sells everything you need in a two part package. Just mix part a and part b and it’s party time. Because I love a good bang, you can check out their web site at:
On the other hand, it is illegal in most states to offer the raw ingredient for soap and cheese. That’s right, raw milk is illegal but explosives are not. Not that I have a thing against firecrackers and skyrockets, but I have to wonder why I can fire a machine gun in my back yard but not set off a few firecrackers on the Fourth of July. Either would scare the goats so lets get back to this illegal milk trade.
Even if you are not selling raw milk, if you bring it across state lines you are probably guilty of a Federal Crime. Goat milk makes for a great eggnog, so if you live in Kentucky and you want to bring your Ohio grandma some this Christmas you’d better fire up the General Lee because raw milk seems to be as important to the feds as boot leg whiskey. Damn Revenuers.
Make no mistake, raw milk poses more of a threat to your health than pasteurized milk. There is absolutely no doubt about it. Well water also poses more of a threat than distilled water. So the real issue is who should decide what risks a person can take and which risks a person can not.
Ask Gary and Dawn Oaks of Double O Farms in Verona, Kentucky what they think of the growing problem in this country. Back in 2004 Gary and Dawn began offering Cow Shares. The idea being a family can purchase shares in a dairy. Based on the number of shares owned and the milk production, the share owners receive a quantity of raw milk. Because it is effectively coming from the share owners cows, the raw milk is not being sold to those share holders. It is simply delivered to its rightful owners.
Now one might think this is no more illegal than my milking the goats and handing the milk off to my wife to make cheese. But chances are good that if your thinking follows that line then you are not a law enforcement or agriculture officer from the states of Kentucky or Ohio. These are the officers who raided Gary and Dawn on March 6, 2006 in the parking lot of Bernard’s Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. The share holders, families and children, looked on as officials stormed up, separated Gary from the stock holders, and demanded none of the share holders touch the “white liquid substance”, demanding “Shut up, this doesn’t concern you”.
http://www.livingblissfoods.com/blog/kentucky-raw-milk-battleground/
Just how bad have regulations become? Ask the Amish. Yes, I said ask the Amish. They don’t allow electricity into their homes because it is a visible connection to the outside world. For years I thought they were a bit over the top for such distrust. Now I am not so sure, growing a long beard, and thinking about shaving the hair above my lip. Why? Because after an undercover sting operation against Amish dairy farmer Arlie Stutzman I am starting to think the Amish have a good point about the outside world.
On September 20, 2005, Arlie sold a gallon of milk to an undercover agent (secret agent man) for $2.00. Although Arlie had a Class B license to sell milk for cheese production, the secret agent man did not feel it was sold for that purpose. Despite having that Class B license for over 12 years without a single customer complaint, Arlie was prosecuted. The prosecution claimed Arlie was in violation of state and federal laws concerning labeling. Arlie claims the $2.00 was a donation taken only after secret agent man persisted.
I don’t know about you, but now a days I tend to believe the Amish over authorities.
http://www.realmilk.com/raw-milk-battlground-kentucky-ohio.html
Ah, more reasons we have a “Bad Attitude”. How about you?
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