Weekly Update - A publication of the Michigan Militia Corps Volume 3, Issue 19 August 7, 1996 American & Global Food Crisis "America's emergency food stocks are all gone, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This is the first year since World War II in which there are no emergency food stocks." - James Lloyd, Christian Media "Food is power. We use if to change behavior. Some may call that bribery. We do not apologize." - Catherine Bertini, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program 1996 is turning out to be the greatest year of physical disasters since the 1930s, taking a severe toll on U.S. food production. Many grain producing states are seeing crop reduction down 50% to 80% below normal. Corn prices have just soared to the highest levels in U.S. history, with U.S. corn supplies expected to be exhausted by September when, for the first time in U.S. history, America may have to start importing corn. Cattlemen are finding it very difficult to find or afford corn or grain to feed their livestock, and so are beginning to kill off their herds. Ranchers are being hit with the double whammy of the highest feed prices and the lowest beef prices in decades. Recently Tyson Foods cut its chicken production by 7% in order to help ration scarce grain supplies. Why?! 1) SEVERE AND ABNORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS - floods, snow, winds, ice, heavy rains in some sections of the country, severe drought in the central, southwest and western United States. 2) A NEW WAVE OF CROP DISEASES - A crop-damaging wheat fungus found in Mexico, India, and other countries has shown up in American wheat this year. Kamal bunt (or partial bunt) is a fungal disease of wheat, durum wheat and titicale (a hybrid of wheat and rye) which is caused by a smut fungus and spread by spores. Durum wheat has heretofore been thought to be resistant to these fungi. Kamal bunt had not been seen in the U.S., but in March it appeared in Arizona, then New Mexico, then Texas, then California. Diseased wheat has also been shipped to Montana. The infestation of this wheat fungus probably came from Mexico via rail or truck traffic. There is no known treatment for the fungus. The spores which are spread by the wind, can remain active in the soil for four to five years. Tens of thousands of acres of contaminated wheat have been destroyed in the four contaminated states and if the disease continues to spread, hundreds of thousands (or millions of acres) could eventually have to be destroyed. Other plant diseases that are spreading are: 1) Wheat Scab - showing up in wheat in Indiana and Ohio. 2) Grayleaf Spot - a disease infecting corn crops in Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana. 3) Potato Fungus the fungus that caused the Irish potato famine 150 years ago has turned and is ravaging American potatoes. Fungicides become ineffective as the fungus mutates and becomes immune. Many of the diseases now beginning to affect U.S. crops are because of the modern scientifically-bred crop varieties. These hybrids have increased yields but, because they are striking in their genetic uniformity if one of those plants becomes vulnerable to a new strain of disease, they all are. 3) U.S. EXPORTATION OF OUR FOOD RESERVES TO COMMUNIST AND THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES - Our food reserves have been almost completely sold at heavily discounted prices, on credit to Russia, Red China, and various Third World countries. 400 thousand tons of U.S. grain are going to Red China at a time when U.S. grain surpluses are approaching zero and with growing corn shortages, the U.S. is still exporting 50 million bushels of corn per week. 4) DECADES OF SOCIALIZED CONTROL OF U.S. AGRICULTURE BY THE GOVERNMENT -- The government has paid farmers not to plant and has saddled American agriculture with thousands of laws, rules and regulations which have been gradually strangling American farmers and ranchers. Corn reserves in America are now down to 14 days -- the lowest in history. Wheat reserves are at 50 year lows and oat supplies in Canada and Mexico have also dropped to the lowest levels in recorded history. (The USDA is currently taking the U.S. Food Security Wheat Reserve and using it to meet the country's food aid commitments to Russia, Red China, and other Communist and Third World countries - thus dissipating what remains of America's already highly depleted food supplies at prices far lower than U.S. consumers can buy that grain.) Much of the U.S. grain sold or given to Russia in recent years has either been used to fatten Russian cattle herds or has been stockpiled by the Red Army for some future crisis. It is possible that Russia has larger grain surpluses today than America. It is unthinkable for most Americans that food shortages or widespread hunger could ever occur in America. Like so many other of the blessings we take for granted, we assume that we will always have abundant, never-ending supplies of food. Twenty to thirty years ago, America had several years of food surpluses or reserves set aside for times of emergency, famine, drought, or war, much as our strategic metals stockpile used to be set aside for times of national emergency. Over the past decade or so these food surpluses have been sold off or given as aid to other countries. Today, our food reserves in America are down to 40-45 days. June 1996 McAlvany Intelligence Advisor Michigan: Governor Engler gave final approval to SB 1033, a bill calling for a ballot initiative supporting the state's current sound wildlife management programs run by the DNR experts. The measure will compete directly on the November ballot with the anti-bear hunting initiative being pushed by animal extremists groups, whose goal it is to eventually end any and all types of hunting. Numerous organizations have united to form Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management (CPWM) to promote SB 1033 and defeat the anti-hunting initiative. Please contact MUCC at (517) 371-1041 for more information on how you can join the fight to protect our hunting and sporting heritage in Michigan. NRA Grass fire, August 1996 It's Here! Senator Berryman's ant-militia bill is finally here! Senate Bill No. 1097 has been introduced and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. "Sec. 40". (1) A person shall not drill or parade with a firearm, regardless of whether the firearm is loaded or functioning, on property owned or leased by the state or a local unit of government." Unless you happen to be a member of a politically approved organization, which approved organizations are listed in the bill. "Sec. 4028. (1) An individual shall not be an active member of a paramilitary organization. (2) A person shall not provide instruction or training in warfare, sabotage, terrorism, counter-intelligence, or similar areas to an individual intending the individual to unlawfully cause physical injury to any person or unlawfully damage any person's property or knowing or having reason to know that the individual intends to unlawfully cause physical injury to any person or unlawfully damage any person's property. (3) A person who violates subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $2000.00, or both. (4) As used in this section: (A) "Active member of a paramilitary organization" means an individual who is a member of a paramilitary organization and who commits 1 or more acts intending to further the unlawful activities of that organization. (B) "Paramilitary Organization" means an association of 3 or more persons that is organized in whole or in part to do 1 or more of the following unlawful activities: (i) Engage in or conspire to engage in instruction or training in warfare, sabotage, terrorism, counterintelligence, or similar areas to unlawfully cause physical injury to any person or unlawfully damage any person's property. (ii) Violate a penal law of the United States, this state or another state, or a political subdivision of this state or another state to further or to fund the goals or purposes of the organization, including but not limited to any legitimate or lawful goals or purposes." Well, folks, it seems to me that the way this reads, it could be applied to law enforcement. The chairman of the judiciary committee is Sen. Bill Van Regenmorter. His phone number is 1-800-968-2320 and his fax number is (517)373-2751. American Tax Dollars At Work In Russia What was once the Soviet Union's main top-secret facility for the research and production of biological weapons is being converted into a maker of vitamins, painkillers and antibiotics under a joint venture announced by the Pentagon. The Pentagon is puffing up $2.8 million and Allen & Associates International, a Washington firm, will spend $3 million to convert the biological warfare center to a vitamin maker. The venture is one of four projects using $36.9 million in Pentagon seed money aimed at disarming former Soviet weapons of mass destruction. The venture will be called Kamed Resources. Bill Gert, The Washington Times, April 6, 1995 Did You Know? -Total wages paid by temporary employment agencies more than doubled from 1990 to 1995. -The federal government continues to brag about job creation. The Clinton administration points out that it has created nearly 6 million new jobs. But of that total, 3.6 million are part-time jobs, most of them paying minimum wage with few or no benefits. -Temporary workers now number 34 million, and the National Planning Association predicts by the end of the decade, more than a third of the work force will be temps. Temps, on average, receive only 60% as much compensation as permanent employees. -The fact that Kaczynski (the accused unibomber) is a left-wing radical environmentalist has been played down in the media. -Gun owners who contribute to the anti-Second Amendment YWCA are funding the enemy. YWCA national director Prema Mathaidavis recently told USA Today, "If you have a gun in your home, get rid of it." -When Denver resident Yvonne Montoya could not afford a $150 operation for her pet turtle, animal control officers invaded Montoya's home and seized the reptile. The pet owner was charged with animal cruelty, punishable by a $999 fine and up to a year in jail. Montoya was reported to authorities by her veterinarian. *** To subscribe to the Weekly Update, put out weekly by Michigan Militia Corps state command, simply send a message conveying that to xxx.