tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post3294745263765476767..comments2024-03-24T17:01:24.541-04:00Comments on Crazy Eddie's Motie News: CNN and Russia Today cover the March Against MonsantoPinku-Senseihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-72633759736320838052013-08-27T19:13:42.863-04:002013-08-27T19:13:42.863-04:00"Obama is Monsanto's man."
Ties to ..."Obama is Monsanto's man."<br /><br />Ties to Monsanto are bipartisan. The past four presidents, at least, have been Monsanto's men. For starters, Bush Sr. was responsible for appointing Clarence Thomas, a former Monsanto attorney, to the Supreme Court. Both Clinton and Bush Jr. appointed a lot of Monsanto people to their administrations as well.<br /><br />"A good assignment for a high school class perhaps."<br /><br />It's a question I ask my college students.<br /><br />"27. List at least five government officials who were connected to Monsanto and other food producers. What effect does the narrator think this has had on regulation of food production?"<br /><br />Some of the people you list are answers to that question already.<br /><br />For more, read <a href="http://crazyeddiethemotie.blogspot.com/2012/11/on-thanksgiving-eve-i-present-food-inc.html" rel="nofollow">On Thanksgiving eve, I present "Food, Inc."</a>Pinku-Senseihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-20514232246464472522013-08-27T18:48:37.776-04:002013-08-27T18:48:37.776-04:00quObama is Monsanto's man. About a year ago I...quObama is Monsanto's man. About a year ago I did a web search and found that Monsanto and the FDA have a revolving door employment policy. Rubber stamped by the man in charge.<br /><br /> * Deputy commissioner of the FDA, Michael Taylor, former vice-president for public policy for Monsanto.<br /><br /> * As commissioner of the USDA, Iowa governor, Tom Vilsack. Governor of the Year by the Biotechnology Industry Organization, whose membership includes Monsanto.<br /><br /> * The Agriculture Trade Representative, Islam Siddiqui, a former Monsanto lobbyist.<br /><br /> * Counsel for the USDA, Ramona Romero, who has been corporate counsel for biotech giant, DuPont.<br /><br /> * As the new head of the USAID, Rajiv Shah, perviously of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a major funder of GMO agriculture research.<br /><br /> * Elena Kagan, Supreme Court Justice who took Monsanto's side against organic farmers in the Roundup Ready alfalfa case.<br /><br />The list goes on. The most rudimentary web search can find the connections I just made and many more. (A good assignment for a high school class perhaps.)<br /><br />Barack Obama, bringing change to America corporations can believe in. <br /><br />One turn of the screw at a time.k-doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788296863763985663noreply@blogger.com