Re: Does Monsanto Have Obama's Ear?

April 9, 2010

It should be pointed out that what is going on in the U.S. has has gone on in

past administrations. Do not for a moment think any president makes all of

these choices. There is nothing new going on that hasn't gone on since I can

remember, that Big Business has the 'ear' of whomever they are buying and as

Monsanto goes, they buy everyone. We are fighting a war we may never win. We

may win skirmishes, wars? Not yet! It has reached the point we will grasp at

any win but when the dust settles, when it comes to Big Chemical Companies, Big

Pharma and Big Oil....................whom do you think wins? So far? They

have. The worst part? This issue only resonates with people like us, not

the masses, the major voting block of the nation.............it isn't the

vegetarians, not the health-food faddists, not Alternatives.........the masses

that they rely upon, the people that do not have the slightest idea as to what

is going on, they are the ones politicians play to.

Even if one party tried to thwart a behemoth like Monsanto..........the other

party would resist and call it 'government take-over'. Take a dangerous

drug. For example VIOXX. People have to die in droves before the FDA takes

action and it doesn't matter which party is in power. When a little effort to

have an 'Organic' garden was made at The White House, conventional growers

raised the roof and screamed all over the place. I suspect the garden still

exists but I haven't heard much about it and don't expect Obama to

raise the subject further.

Corporate America is the America we live in and it isn't just now we see this

happening. It is why we have a weak health-care system controlled by powerful

money-grabbing insurers. Industry Lobbyists seem to be the way both parties

stack Industry Regulators. The Fox and The Hen House all over again.

It happens with the FDA, Agricultural Department, and the Department of

Energy...........and don't forget finance. We can hope..........but unless we

can light a fire under the people, nothing much will change. Sorry to say, not

even the current screaming going on at so called 'Parties', do you see anything

that will really benefit what we believe in. Keep trying, otherwise it will

never change. I really do have hope because I have loved ones that need someone

to fight for them. We can only change one mind at a time and I am fanatical

about making a strong effort to change things but only know a very few people

that would bother to phone or write their representative. We can't do it alone

but neither can we put the blame on any one government official. It is a poison

that has been spread by money and it is stronger than we are............so far.

Joe C.

April 10, 2010

Is there any chance that someone like Islam Siddiqui might be best to fight

Monsanto and protect American citizens since he might know and understand

Monsanto from the inside? I mean, once you change bosses, you change allegiance

unless you're a robot or still on the payroll and isn't that a huge risk? While

I understand it might be polyanna-ish of me to believe people can be

single-minded or independent, it might also be polyanna-ish to think people have

no minds at all or lack moral decency. I'm thinking aloud.

I'm just hoping that someone like Obama whose wife is growing an organic garden

at the capitol, might actually check out who he is putting in high position.

And, maybe, he isn't so 'bought' or 'corrupt' as we might think.

Deborah

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