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Help Start a Tyson's National Electronic Boycott

See: The Anti-Trust Lawyers...They are needed very badly in the High Tech Industry..Let's get together. They got Tyson's for Billion in legal actions!

http://www.antitrustlawyersite.com/class_action/tyson.html

Tyson's Nailed for over a Billion on Anti-Trust!!! They finally are getting payback for putting Clinton into office, Abusing the School Lunch Program with tanited food and using illegal immigration and H1b-Visa labor while putting the Americans on the streets.

See:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/2001860564_tyson19.html

Washington ranchers buoyed by antitrust verdict against Tyson
An Alabama jury's antitrust verdict this week against Tyson Fresh Meats is being cheered by Washington ranchers, who hope it forces changes in the way the corporation buys cattle across the West.  The jury found that Tyson, a dominant player in Washington's meatpacking industry, manipulated the cash-price market through long-term contracts that tied up large volumes of cattle. That allowed Tyson to stay out of the cash market when prices were high, and then buy in that market when they were low. The jury awarded damages of up to $1.25 billion to ranchers in the class-action lawsuit.  "We are losing our independent cattle producers, while the packing industry has steadily become more concentrated," said Tim Kunka, executive vice president of the Washington Cattlemen's Association. "We're hoping that this decision sets a precedent for more competitive markets so our cattlemen will have a viable future."  The cash markets are formed in auction yards as ranchers sell livestock to the highest bidders.  The jury ruled Tyson practices in long-term contracting helped ratchet down cash-market prices between 1994 and 2002, and affected as many as 30,000 cattle producers. That likely would include hundreds — possibly thousands — of Washington's producers, according to John Locke, executive director of R-CALF, a Western cattle-producers' group that has tracked the lawsuit.  Tyson has contested the antitrust allegations and plans to appeal the damages award.  "The verdict is a disappointment to our company and thousands of cattle producers who want to maintain the right to market cattle the way they want," Tyson spokesman Gary Mickelson said earlier this week.  The verdict results from a long-running battle by cattle producers who have chafed over the past few decades as independent meatpacking plants have gone under or been swept up in consolidation. In 1980, the top four meatpackers controlled 36 percent of the market, but the top four now control more than 80 percent of the market.  Industry consolidation has been even stronger in the Northwest, where Tyson plants in Pasco and Boise, Idaho, handle 70 percent of all the cattle killed and processed in Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon. But many ranchers here opt to truck animals to fatten in Midwest feedlots and be sold, where there may be more competition.  Overall, Washington has some 10,000 cattle producers. In 2002, they grossed $451 million, making cattle the state's fifth-ranking agricultural commodity, according to state statistics.  As part of the verdict, plaintiffs will ask a federal judge to issue an order requiring that a substantial amount of the nation's cattle be bought on the cash market, not with contracts.  During much of the period covered in the lawsuit, cash prices were often at lows that made it difficult for producers to make a profit, Kunka said. Last year, prices soared to record highs as restrictions on Canadian imports tightened supplies. Since then, prices have declined but are still well above the rock-bottom lows, Kunka said.

Hal Bernton: 206-464-2581 or hbernton@seattletimes.com

HELP BOYCOTT TYSON FOODS...They are one of the largest abusers of Immigration Labor..Let your group know about them..eg Church, School, Workplace, Anyplace they serve food..

Agent Says He Supplied Tyson Immigrants

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - An undercover agent who posed as a smuggler testified Thursday that he delivered illegal immigrants directly to the manager of a Tyson Foods poultry plant to use as cheap labor. Prosecutors in the federal conspiracy trial also played secretly recorded tapes on which a man — whom they identified as the manager — says he needs hundreds more workers. "Hell, I put over 700 people to work," the man said. "I'm going to need to replace 300 or 400 people — maybe 500. I'm going to need a lot." The company and three officials are charged with conspiring to smuggle illegal immigrants to work on the production lines of the nation's largest meat processor. Tyson lawyers said in Wednesday's opening statements that any hiring of illegal immigrants was done by a few plant managers and was not known to executives at Tyson headquarters in Springdale, Ark.

See: Federal Indictment Here

http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/tysonfoods/ustyson1201ind.pdf

Contact Their CEO John Tyson

See this Consumers Reports article on  Tyson Food

http://www.consumerreports.org/main/detailv2.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=297797&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=162689

Can Cold Cuts Kill? MICHAEL WEISSKOPF Time Feb 24,2003

The USDA may be dragging its feet on inspections and favoring the industry

The processed-meat industry is patting itself on the back for getting the Bush Administration to water down a new plan aimed at keeping a deadly bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes, out of deli meats. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman pledged to step up testing after last summer's outbreak of listeriosis — seven deaths, three miscarriages and dozens of hospitalizations — was traced to tainted turkey from a processor near Philadelphia. Veneman came up with a blueprint directing federal inspectors to hunt down Listeria on the equipment, surfaces and drains of every major producer of ready-to-eat meat and poultry. (Though the USDA selectively inspected processed meat for Listeria, it had left testing of plant interiors, where the bacteria can breed, to the companies.) The National Food Processors Association (N.F.P.A.), voice of the $500 billion industry and a major Republican donor, called Veneman's plan "very onerous" and predicted that universal government testing of plants would result in undue recalls and delay meat shipments while test results were pending.

The final directive, issued to little notice on Dec. 6, made the industry a lot happier. The USDA will limit its plant testing to those that make the riskiest products and to plants that do not do their own testing or don't share their results with the USDA. The final version dropped plans to fine companies where Listeria was discovered. The changes outraged consumer advocates, who claim the USDA is compromising safety to satisfy industry. The N.F.P.A. gloated in a Nov. 11 members-only newsletter obtained by TIME that "a number of key [USDA] personnel have bought into much of the industry proposal." It added that the tough federal directive was averted as a result of "industry efforts made at the White House level."

Officials of the N.F.P.A. reached by TIME refused to elaborate on the group's lobbying efforts. The White House, through a spokeswoman, denied it had any role in the final directive. usda Under Secretary Elsa Murano acknowledged consulting both the White House and industry before the final directive was issued but insisted it was "fine-tuned" solely to advance public health.

During the Clinton Era.. It is known from the folks in the Center of Arkansas that a drug smuggling ring existed flying in C-130's into a small airport in the center of the state. From here the Cocaine Smugglers would use Tyson Trucks to load the drugs up and ship to the distribution centers. Pres. Clinton's Brother Roger Clinton was involved here. Pres. Clinton Granted Roger a Pardon for his conviction over this issue.

See: Roger Clinton's Cocaine Story

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/cocaine.html

"Gotta get some for my brother. He's got a nose like a vacuum cleaner!" Roger Clinton Quote brother of Pres Bill Clinton.

10-30-96 Investors Business Daily - Roger Clinton Drug Arrest
What did he snort and when did he snort  it? Americans well might wonder what to make of the stories that Bill Clinton's drug  use went far beyond just puffing on a joint or two. The stories are easy to disregard -  except insofar as they provide the missing motive for an unquestionable scandal: the  president's terrible record in fighting drugs.   Two years ago, Sen. Lauch Faircloth,  R-N.C., said: ''If any credible evidence surfaces concerning drug use by President   Clinton while he was governor of Arkansas, it would be a national scandal.''  A lot of testimony has bubbled up. But is it credible?   Sally Perdue, a former Miss Arkansas and  Little Rock talk show host who said she  had an affair with then-Gov. Clinton in  1983, told the London Sunday Telegraph that he once came over to her house with a bag full of cocaine. ''He had all the equipment laid out, like a real pro.''  Gennifer Flowers says she saw Clinton smoke marijuana and carry joints with him  when he first began visiting her in 1977. Clinton was Arkansas' attorney general  from 1977 through 1979. His first term as governor ran from 1979 through 1981. He  was governor again from 1983 through 1992.  Two Arkansas state troopers have sworn under oath that they have seen Clinton ''under the influence'' of drugs when he  was governor. Sharlene Wilson is a bartender who is serving time on drug crimes and has cooperated with drug investigators. She told a federal grand jury she saw Clinton and his younger brother ''snort'' cocaine together in 1979.  Jack McCoy, a Democratic state representative and Clinton supporter told the Sunday Telegraph that he could ''remember going into the governor's conference room once and it reeked of marijuana.'' Historian Roger Morris, in his book ''Partners in Power,'' quotes several law enforcement officials who say they had seen and knew of Clinton's drug use.  On a videotape made in 1983-84 by local  narcotics officers, Roger Clinton said   during a cocaine buy: ''Got to get some for  my brother. He's got a nose like a vacuum  cleaner.''

One-time apartment manager Jane Parks claims that in 1984 she could listen through the wall as Bill and Roger Clinton, in a room adjoining hers, discussed the quality of the drugs they were taking. R. Emmett Tyrrell, editor of American Spectator magazine, has tried to track down rumors that Clinton suffered an  overdose at one point. The incident supposedly occurred after the young politician lost the governorship in 1980 and fell into an emotional tailspin.  Tyrrell asked emergency room workers at the University of Arkansas Medical Center  if they could confirm the incident. He didn't get a flat ''no'' from the hospital staff. One nurse said, ''I can't talk about that.'' Another said she feared for her life if she spoke of the matter. The president himself has helped fuel
suspicions of an overdose or some other drug problem by refusing to make his full medical records public. It's easy to see the weak spots in these accounts. Some are just hearsay, and many come from very questionable characters. Few prosecutors would try to use any of them as evidence in court. This may be why the scandal of which Faircloth
spoke seems to have such a long fuse. Yet President Clinton himself has done as  much as any critic to keep the issue alive. In carrying out his presidential duty to enforce drug laws, he has waved the white flag. In hiring White House staff, he has shown extreme tolerance for recent drug use. In talking to the young about drugs, he has spoken irresponsibly. In short, its not at all clear, even now, if our president takes the issue of drugs seriously. Consider how he dodged the drug question over the years. In 1986,
when asked if he had ever used drugs, Clinton responded he hadn't. In  1989, when asked if he had used illegal  drugs while an adult in Arkansas, he said he ''never violated the drug laws of the state.'' The question was narrowed in 1991 to whether he had tried marijuana in college. ''No,'' he said, adding: ''That's the  question you asked, and I'll give you the answer.'' That same year, Clinton told the National Press Club he hadn't violated state or federal drug laws. Only in 1992, when asked directly if he had smoked marijuana while in graduate school or if he had violated international drug laws, did Clinton finally fess up. ''I've never broken a state law, but when I was in England I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn't like it. I didn't inhale it, and never tried it again.'' So why didn't he just say that in the first place? ''Nobody's ever asked me that question
point blank,'' he said. These mealy-mouthed explanations and non-denial denials are mirrored in White House policies that were negligent or worse. The Secret Service reports that more than 40 staffers brought in by Clinton had such serious (and recent) drug problems that they had to enter a special testing program for security reasons. Clinton himself has equivocated on the issue. Through his first three years in  office, he was nearly silent on the subject of illegal drugs. And in his now-infamous appearance on MTV, he joked about them. Asked if he would ''inhale'' if he had all to  do over again, he said, ''Sure, I would if I could. I tried before.'' We doubt if he would make such jokes about children smoking cigarettes. The real tragedy here is that Clinton inherited a successful anti- drug strategy. In the '80s and early '90s, former drug czar Bill Bennett notes, ''America saw an astonishing reduction in drug use: down more than 50% between 1979 . . .  and 1992, with a reduction of almost 80%  in cocaine use between 1985 (the peak for  cocaine) and 1992.'' Yet candidate Clinton blasted President Bush for not fighting ''a real drug war.'' After winning, Clinton showed what he meant by a ''real'' war: Downgrading enforcement of drug laws and treating the use of illegal drugs as a medical, not a moral, issue. On the books, drugs like cocaine were still illegal, but his
enforcement amounted to de facto legalization. Treatment and tolerance became his watchwords. The ''Just Say No'' days were over. Instead  of working to harden social attitudes against illegal drugs and discouraging first-time use - the great achievement of Reagan-Bush drug policy - Clinton decided to pour money into treatment for hard-core
addicts. His failure to police the first-use gateway ensures that there will be plenty of addicts to treat, for a long time. ''I have never, never, never seen a  president who cares less about this  issue,'' said Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.  Clinton has since buried an administration-sponsored drug study that declared his policy a failure. He also has buried a memo from Drug Enforcement Agency head Thomas Constantine and FBI director Louis Freeh that blasted White House drug policies. The two top cops warned that the country is ''lacking any true leadership.'' Worse, ''if firm new action isn't taken soon,'' we will face ''a national nightmare that will kill and maim and terrorize our people in  perpetuity.'' The numbers back them up: Monthly drug use among teenagers is up 78% since 1992, jumping 33% last year alone.  Marijuana use has increased 37% between  1994 and 1995 and more than doubled  since 1992. Monthly cocaine use by teens has  exploded, rising 166% in the last year. The University of Michigan's Monitoring  the Future Study, which tracks drug use among teens, found that they don't believe drugs are a dangerous as they did in the '80s. High school seniors who see ''great
risk,'' for instance, fell from 78.6% in 1991   to 60.8% in 1995. This comes at a time when two highly dangerous and addictive drugs, heroin and methamphetamine, are back in
vogue.  As the election drew near, Clinton had one of his convenient conversions - up to a point, at least. More drug enforcement  funding, renewed White House drug testing and tough talk from the new drug  czar are all welcome steps. But can they make up for the attitude problem that  Clinton has done so much to create? And how long will Gen. Barry McCaffrey stay as drug czar? Will he get the needed support - fiscal, political, moral - from the Oval Office after Nov. 5? Judging from Clinton's past record on election-time
promises, McCaffrey should not plan on a long stay. Election-year flip-flop aside, Clinton has  failed to use his great rhetorical gifts - and the persuasive power of his office - to
good effect here. Even teen-agers listen to what the president says. When the president jokes about smoking marijuana, they take the whole issue of drugs and  drug laws much less seriously. Wayne Roques, a former DEA agent, said,  ''Since Clinton took office, I haven't gone to one school where some of the kids  didn't laugh at drugs because of the
president's comments.'' For a president who prides himself on feeling the people's pain and grasping  their needs, in this area he has been  woefully out of touch.  On this front Clinton has, conspicuously, failed to protect kids - who don't know any  better - and to support parents.
 

See: Roger Clinton's Pardon Story

http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2001/2/23/00652

Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

No information about McKernan was available. On Monday, NewsMax.com reported that Roger Clinton may have a Pardongate link to Mr. Wood. Ten days before it was known that the Clinton brother played a role in obtaining presidential pardons, Wood told the Wall Street Journal that he couldn't understand why the president had pardoned him since "he would have no idea who I was." In 1985 Wood testified that Roger Clinton was his cocaine supplier, in a case that sent the the former first brother to jail for a year. Wood told the Journal that he hadn't seen Roger Clinton in 15 years. The paper said that the reasons for Wood's pardon were "a mystery." For more on Roger Clinton's Pardongate ties to Mitchell Wood, read: Questions Swirl Around Mystery Pardon for Roger Clinton's Cocaine Friend