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A bountiful Crop of Genetically modified.........Thanks Monsanto!! (Original Post)
Ichingcarpenter
Feb 2014
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Berlum
(7,044 posts)1. There you have it
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)2. What was it Obama once upon a time was saying about lobbyists?
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)3. They are not lobbyists
They either have worked or work for the government or have worked or work for Monsanto
They don't need to wait in the lobby they run the hotel.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)5. Democracynow just had someone talking about covert lobbyists.
They've changed how they lobby to be less visible.
elzenmahn
(904 posts)4. There it is...
100% resistant to any pressure from below - and what's more, you almost cannot buy a grocery of any type without having one ingredient or another either made by, or with ingredients made by, Monsanto.
They're an illegal trust. They need to be broken apart, like Standard Oil.
G_j
(40,366 posts)6. K&R
bvar22
(39,909 posts)7. The Republicans made him do that!!!!
Obama selects former Monsanto lobbyist to be his TPP chief agriculture negotiator
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023662210
Obama appoints Tom "Mr Monsanto" Vilsack to head the USDA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-kimbrell/obamas-choice-of-vilsack_b_153213.html
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_16159.cfm
Obama Appointed Monsanto Kingpin Michael R. Taylor as the United States FDA Food Safety Czar
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/monsanto-petition-tells-obama-cease-fda-ties-to-monsanto/2012/01/30/gIQAA9dZcQ_blog.html
https://plus.google.com/+MikeMozartToyReviews/posts/CYa8zHXLAeC
...because The Republicans made him do all that.
You will know them by their WORKS.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023662210
Obama appoints Tom "Mr Monsanto" Vilsack to head the USDA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-kimbrell/obamas-choice-of-vilsack_b_153213.html
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_16159.cfm
Obama Appointed Monsanto Kingpin Michael R. Taylor as the United States FDA Food Safety Czar
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/monsanto-petition-tells-obama-cease-fda-ties-to-monsanto/2012/01/30/gIQAA9dZcQ_blog.html
https://plus.google.com/+MikeMozartToyReviews/posts/CYa8zHXLAeC
...because The Republicans made him do all that.
You will know them by their WORKS.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)8. K&R