Monsanto just bought a former senator

[Scuba]

from my email ....

Monsanto – one of the most influential corporations among members of Congress – has hired former U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln's lobbying firm, the Lincoln Policy Group, to do its bidding in Washington, D.C.

Cashing in on her public service by helping massive corporations like Monsanto gut food safety, public health and transparency laws is just wrong. That's why I started my own campaign on CREDOMobilize.com, which allows activists to start their own petitions. My petition, which is to former Senator Blanche Lincoln, says the following:

Cashing in on public service by lobbying for unethical corporations is offensive to the American people. Senator Lincoln: Stop lobbying for Monsanto.

Tell former Senator Blanche Lincoln: Stop doing Monsanto's bidding in Washington, D.C.

Earlier this month, Monsanto helped defeat an initiative that would have required genetically modified foods sold in my home state of Washington to be labeled. The company dumped millions of dollars into misleading TV ads to confuse Washington state residents and keep us in the dark about what we're eating.

Lincoln’s lobbying firm has also hired her former staffer Robert Holifield -- who served as her staff director on the Senate Agriculture Committee when she was the committee chair -- as a partner at her lobbying firm. This shows that Lincoln is going beyond using her own connections she developed as a senator to cash in – she’s actively recruiting former congressional staff to boost her efforts to influence leaders on Capitol Hill.

Monsanto is clearly already far too influential in the halls of Congress, as evidenced by the “Monsanto Protection Act.” This legislation, which was anonymously added to a must-pass budget bill in March, allowed Monsanto to ignore food safety laws and disregard court opinions.

Lincoln has also done lobbying work for telecommunications company Nokia and major credit reporting bureau Experian -- and she's continuing to seek new clients as she grows her firm. By shining a public spotlight on Lincoln's lobbying for Monsanto we can damage her firm's reputation with other potential clients and send a strong message to elected officials that cashing in on public service by lobbying for unethical corporations is unacceptable.

Will you join me and add your name to my petition to former Senator Blanche Lincoln to demand that she stops lobbying on behalf on Monsanto?

Thank you for your support.

Bill Moyer

[laundry_queen]

1. K&R nt

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2. best government money can buy

[justhanginon]

3. It would seem that our honorable

reps and senators just use their respective offices as stepping stones until they can parlay their influence into the really big money.
Unfortunately for the American people that also entails their making a good resume while in the legislature with their oh so careful votes for corporate sponsored bills. That way they can present themselves in the best light for the corporate masters they will soon work for. The blatancy of it is just sickening!

[Cha]

4. Oh Gawd.. money hungry sleezes happyily destroying

the Earth.

Signed.. mahalo, Scuba