Parochial (as in local) Interests in Homeland Security
So, it should be obvious that the Patriot Act and Homeland Security hysteriacs would extend their reach from surveilling and harrassing Islamic organizations to first peace organizations and war protesters, and then onwards.
What caught the Dodger'(s) eye in this posting was the Honey Baked Ham. The Islamic tie-in to prohibition of eating pork is pretty obvious to the Dodger, more than the Vegan end of it. Maybe the Vegans are dupes of muslim and Kosher interests?
The Honey Baked Ham is a Michigan icon. Therefore this might be an example of Federal dollars coming back to Michigan by protecting a branch store in Atlanta?
So the Dodger looked for Honey Baked Ham history. The Dodger has long wondered whether the Honey Baked Ham store on Fenkell in Detroit was the original, or near original. A google search revealed that there is a Honey Baked with 400 stores around the country, which confesses to Michigan roots but not Detroit roots.
A google search revealed:
Detroit Almanac: Christmas ham... Baked Ham, that eventually numbered more than 300 stores nationwide. In 1957, Hoenselaar (pronounced HUNS-ler) opened his first store on Fenkell in Detroit. ...
www.freep.com/news/locway/ztri21_20001221.htm - 25k - Supplemental Result -
www.detnews.com/2001/metro/0107/05/d01-243461.htm - 26k - Supplemental Result -
The google search also revealed an "Original Honey Baked Ham" company, engaged in litigation against Glickman [Secretary of Agriculture from Kansas, former Congressman, maybe out of the same community as Senator Specter?]. The Original company is based in Georgia, and fought the Washington establishment over whether their kiosks in malls were subject to inspection.
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012706A.shtml
ACLU Releases Government Photos
WXIA TV, Atlanta
Friday 27 January 2006
The ACLU of Georgia released copies of government files on Wednesday that illustrate the extent to which the FBI, the DeKalb County Division of Homeland Security and other government agencies have gone to compile information on Georgians suspected of being threats simply for expressing controversial opinions.
Two documents relating to anti-war and anti-government protests, and a vegan rally, prove the agencies have been "spying" on Georgia residents unconstitutionally, the ACLU said.
For example, more than two dozen government surveillance photographs show 22-year-old Caitlin Childs of Atlanta, a strict vegetarian, and other vegans picketing against meat eating, in December 2003. They staged their protest outside a HoneyBaked Ham store on Buford Highway in DeKalb County.
An undercover DeKalb County Homeland Security detective was assigned to conduct surveillance of the protest and the protestors, and take the photographs. The detective arrested Childs and another protester after he saw Childs approach him and write down, on a piece of paper, the license plate number of his unmarked government car...
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http://www.honeybaked.com/default.aspAbout HoneyBaked
Over 40 years ago, Harry J. Hoenselaar began a special tradition when he opened his first The HoneyBaked Ham Company store in Michigan. He'd select the finest quality bone-in ham. Cure it in his secret marinade, and then for tenderness, he'd smoke the ham for hours over a unique blend of hardwood chips.
The "Original Honey Baked," maybe an imposter:
http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/common/opinions/199904/98-5244a.txt