So By Change, You Meant More Of The Same?
All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field. ~Albert Einstein
President Obama Speaking to Wall Street
I will start this off by saying, I am an aggressive, INDEPENDENT progressive! I am a true Independent, and not the Bill O’Reilly independent where I claim to be independent so my opinion seems less bias all the while pandering to my party of choice.
My voting record for the past 3 elections has been as follows. 2000 & 2004 – George W. Bush, 2008 – Barack Obama. & Yes I voted for the Governator twice! I will leave the “WHYS?” to my voting records for another blog, but know this I am an independent! When I voted for Obama, I knew full well he would disappoint! I think their are Democrats and Republicans in office right now that have failed AMERICA! And need to be voted out of office!
This means that I can not in good conscience ignore some of the Bush like decisions that President Obama has been making! Especially in the area of Agriculture. I was heartbroken when I saw that President Obama nominated, Monsanto golden boy Roger Beachy to head the new National Institute of Food and Agriculture[*] For those that are not familiar with Monsanto they are the company that brought us lovely products like , Agent Orange, rBGH, PCB, Nutra Sweet, Round up, Gene Suicide and many more wonderfully toxic yet very profitable man made creations!
Monsanto was the company that said this…
“Monsanto should not have to vouchsafe the safety of biotech food,” said Phil Angell, Monsanto’s director of corporate communications. “Our interest is in selling as much of it as possible. Assuring its safety is the FDA’s job.” [*]
Fair enough, till you find out that many Monsanto executives have weaseled their way into the FDA! In the case of rBGH, which has been linked to cancer in humans. Margaret Miller a Monsanto researcher put a report together on the safety of rBGH, she then left her job and took a new job at the FDA. One of her first tasks was to approve the report that she wrote while at Monsanto! Don’t believe me research it yourself!
Monsanto has been a leech on the ass of the American Farmer for years! They even go so far as to sue farmers that don’t use their product but have some seeds accidentally cross pollinate with their seed! They claim that those farmers need to pay licensing for their product, and are essentially stealing from their company! Doesn’t sound very FREE MARKET CAPITALISM to me, sounds more like FORCED MARKET! You will buy our products or else!
This is the company that President Obama has given yet another powerful position to over see the future of our FOOD! I think it is great that first lady Michelle Obama has an organic garden on the white house grounds, so Michelle Obama wants to make sure her family isn’t eating unhealthy genetically modified food, but for the rest of America? Well just like under Bush, they will be forced to fend for themselves!
Are Monsanto’s products safe? We will never really know because as you see from above, it isn’t their job to make sure their product is safe, and they do everything in their power to stop organizations who have the job of making sure their products are safe! We are literally at the mercy of a Biotech Corporation that has shown little regard for the value of human life.
I would encourage everyone to watch the Documentaries, Future of Food & Food Inc. They layout what has been happening to the America’s Farmers, food supply, and overall Health.
This isn’t the CHANGE that I voted for!
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