Tennessee Rev. Franklin Sanders proposes growing your own food and buying food locally as a way to rebuild the US economy.
The solution to the current economic crisis won’t come from “tyrannical” Washington, according to Rev. Franklin Sanders. Rebuilding the economy, he said, could start in your own back yard.
Sanders, author of the newsletter “Moneychanger” and author/coauthor of four books, traveled to Heritage Community Church in Severn from Dogwood Mudhole, TN to speak at The Institute on The Constitution’s First Friday event last night.
“Washington is never going to do anything to get us out of this depression,” Sanders said.
Sanders said government spending as a major problem in the US. He said that he gathered economic facts about 15 southern states and found approximately 48.8 percent of the states’ income goes to federal spending.
“I’m not going to mention to you what [the government] spends money on,” Sanders said.
Sanders said he thinks the people in the US government are arrogant, and that he has seen no humility in the government’s reaction to the economic crisis. However, he said there are two ways out, rebuilding the economy through decentralization, or economic collapse.
Americans could rebuild an economic network with their neighbors to move into a different world that no longer depends on government money, he said, and one way to do that is to “start just with the food,” as it will create a local cash flow.
“We’re standing on acres of diamonds,” said Sanders. “The answer to the economic crisis is decentralization.”
Sanders said before the Fordson tractor was introduced to the U.S. in 1917, the whole U.S. was not a national economy. It was, he said, a collection of local economies that were, for the most part, self-sufficient.
Farmers grew their own crops, Sanders said, so they raised most of what they needed. When they went into town, they spent money at the local shops, so the money stayed “mostly in the system.”
“As long as the farmer prospered, the rest of the town prospered," said Sanders.
He said that after tractors were introduced in the US, the cash flow started leaving the towns to go to companies like Standard Oil.
Sanders proposed The Food Freedom Movement as a solution to the economic crisis.
This movement, which encourages people to grow their own food and buy food locally, “is the most powerful movement for human freedom that has happened in this country for the last 150 years.”
The reverend said he drinks raw, non-pasteurized milk daily, and so do his children and grandchildren. “In Tennessee,” he said, “you get in less trouble for dealing heroin than for dealing raw milk.”
“Regulations put people out of business,” Sanders said. “I’ll take my chances if a farmer eats [the food he grows].”
Sanders also said “pasteurized milk will kill you,” and noted high fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners as possible causes of obesity because they make you hungrier, he said.
Sueann West of Heritage Harbor agreed with Sanders.
“In reality,” she said, “we’re the ones that need to solve [the economic crisis]. It has to start with each individual.”
“I’m going to get educated on The Food Freedom Movement,” West said. “It comes back to self-government, taking care of yourself and your own local area. Big government will not solve this.”
Martha Rogerson of West River said she will be doing some local shopping after hearing Sanders’ speech.
“Who knows,” she said, “I might plant sweet potatoes.”
Cristy Eslick, the community outreach pastor of Heritage Community Church, said “We have a long way to go to undo what the government has done. We the people do not even know the rights the government has taken away from us.”
“People are going to criticize my ideas,” said Sanders. “They’re going to say that the problem is too big.”
He said, “We built the first [economy] by the grace of God. We can build it again.”
Lady Antebellum and Easton Corbin Lead with Most Nominations
Vote for Your Favorite Country Music Nominees Online at theacas.com
NASHVILLE, TN - (October 18, 2010) - The first-ever AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Monday, Dec. 6 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. The two-hour primetime special will be the first and only country music awards show where fans determine all the winners by voting for their favorite nominees in music, touring and video categories.
Superstars Lady Antebellum and newcomer Easton Corbin lead the inaugural AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS nominees with seven nominations each; Carrie Underwood earned six nods; and Miranda Lambert and Josh Turner each garnered five.
Starting today, fans can vote once each day for their favorite AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS nominees at www.theacas.com. Voting is open until November 8, 2010, for all categories, except for Artist of the Year, which closes on December 4. The nominees for each award category have been determined by one of the four respected media measurement companies Big Champagne, Great American Country, Mediabase and Pollstar.
“Unlike any other country music award show, the AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS will give fans the power to choose all of the winners, which means the awards will reflect what America is listening to and watching right now,” said executive producer Bob Bain. “The ACAs will recognize traditional categories like Artist of the Year and Album of the Year but will also introduce a new honor for tours, resulting in one amazing night for country music.”
The AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS will feature performances and appearances by the year’s chart-topping country artists. Performers and presenters will be announced soon.
Following is the list of categories and nominees for the AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS:
ARTISTS
Artist of the Year
Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Zac Brown Band
Artist of the Year: Male
Jason Aldean
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney
Brad Paisley
Keith Urban
Artist of the Year: Female
Jewel
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Artist of the Year: Duo or Group
Lady Antebellum
Rascal Flatts
Sugarland
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
Artist of the Year: Breakthrough Artist
Easton Corbin
Danny Gokey
Jaron and The Long Road To Love
Jerrod Niemann
The Band Perry
ALBUMS
Album of the Year
“Doin’ My Thing,” Luke Bryan
“Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
“Revolution,” Miranda Lambert
“Haywire,” Josh Turner
“Play On,” Carrie Underwood
SINGLES
Single of the Year
“Do I,” Luke Bryan
“A Little More Country Than That,” Easton Corbin
“Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
“Gimme That Girl,” Joe Nichols
“Why Don’t We Just Dance,” Josh Turner
Single of the Year: Male
“Do I,” Luke Bryan
“Little More Country Than That,” Easton Corbin
“That’s How Country Boys Roll,” Billy Currington
“Gimme That Girl,” Joe Nichols
“Why Don’t We Just Dance,” Josh Turner
Single of the Year: Female
“White Liar,” Miranda Lambert
“Wrong Baby Wrong,” Martina McBride
“Consider Me Gone,” Reba McEntire
“Didn’t Know How Much I Loved You,” Kellie Pickler
“Cowboy Casanova,” Carrie Underwood
Single of the Year: Duo or Group
“Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
“Little White Church,” Little Big Town
“Unstoppable,” Rascal Flatts
“Keep On Lovin’ You,” Steel Magnolia
“Toes,” Zac Brown Band
Single of the Year: Breakthrough Artist
“Little More Country Than That,” Easton Corbin
“Pray for You,” Jaron and The Long Road To Love
“Lover, Lover,” Jerrod Niemann
“Keep on Lovin’ You,” Steel Magnolia
“Beer on the Table,” Josh Thompson
TOURING
Touring Headline Package of the Year
Brooks & Dunn
Toby Keith
Martina McBride & Trace Adkins
Tim McGraw
Brad Paisley
Rascal Flatts
George Strait & Reba McEntire
Sugarland
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
VIDEOS
Music Video of the Year
“A Little More Country Than That,” Easton Corbin
“Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
“Hillbilly Bone,” Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins
“Why Don’t We Just Dance,” Josh Turner
“The Man I Want To Be,” Chris Young
Music Video: Male
“A Little More Country Than That,” Easton Corbin
“Southern Voice,” Tim McGraw
“Hillbilly Bone,” Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins
“Why Don’t We Just Dance,” Josh Turner
“The Man I Want To Be,” Chris Young
Music Video: Female
“White Liar,” Miranda Lambert
“Consider Me Gone,” Reba McEntire
“Didn’t Know How Much I Loved You,” Kellie Pickler
“Cowboy Casanova,” Carrie Underwood
“Work Hard, Play Harder,” Gretchen Wilson
Music Video: Duo or Group
“Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
“Little White Church,” Little Big Town
“Unstoppable,” Rascal Flatts
“Keep on Lovin’ You,” Steel Magnolia
“Highway 20 Ride,” Zac Brown Band
Music Video: Breakthrough Artist
“Giddy On Up,” Laura Bell Bundy
“A Little More Country Than That,” Easton Corbin
“Lover, Lover,” Jerrod Niemann
“Keep on Lovin’ You,” Steel Magnolia
“If I Die Young,” The Band Perry
AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS is executive-produced by Bob Bain (TEEN CHOICE 2010, “Kids’ Choice Awards”). Paul Flattery and Tisha Fein serve as producers; Fletcher Foster is co-producer; and Greg Sills is supervising producer. Michael Dempsey will direct the special.
About The MGM Grand Garden Arena
The MGM Grand Garden Arena is home to concerts, championship boxing and premier sporting and special events. The Arena offers comfortable seating for as many as 16,800 with excellent sightlines and state-of-the-art acoustics, lighting and sound. Prominent events to date have included world championship fights between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson as well as Oscar de la Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather and George Foreman vs. Michael Moorer; and concerts by The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Bette Midler, George Strait, Janet Jackson, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, U2, ‘N Sync, Sting, Coldplay, Alicia Keys, Jimmy Buffett and the Barbra Streisand Millennium Concert. The MGM Grand Garden Arena also is home to the annual Academy of Country Music Awards and the Frozen Fury NHL pre-season game which features the Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado Avalanche.
About Big Champagne
Big Champagne has a software platform for integrating, analyzing, and reporting information about the sale, broadcast and consumption of popular entertainment media. Their partners and sources for data include retailers, online and traditional (radio and television) broadcasters, major content companies, subscription services, social networks, and other venues where entertainment is enjoyed.
About Great American Country (GAC)
Great American Country is the leader in country music entertainment, and delivers to viewers the widest variety of country music, its artists and the lifestyles they influence. GAC broadcasts original country music programming, music performance specials, live concerts and music videos. GAC is available in more than 58 million households and online at www.gactv.com. GAC is owned by Scripps Networks, the leading developer of lifestyle-oriented content for television and the Internet, including HGTV, DIY Network, Food Network, Travel Channel and Cooking Channel. Scripps Networks is based in Knoxville, TN, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta and Nashville and is a unit of Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE:SNI).
About Mediabase
Mediabase, a division of Premiere Radio Networks, is a music industry website containing in-depth charts and analysis based on the monitoring of 1,836 radio stations in the US and Canada, in 175 radio markets. Mediabase features real-time charts in 25 radio formats, based on radio airplay.
About Pollstar
Pollstar is the only trade publication covering the worldwide concert industry. They have been supplying in-depth information to every professional concert promoter, booking agent, artist manager, facility executive and every other entity involved in the live entertainment business for more than 25 years. Pollstar gets its information primarily from the agents, managers and promoters who are producing concerts. They employ a staff of more than 25 full-time professionals who do nothing except research and build their tour database.
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