Sometimes our elected officials tell us it is not Govt. job to create jobs, unless it's for Monsanto

[midnight]

When Govt. does the bidding for businesses like Monsanto this is what it looks like:

Last night, I was on BlogTalkRadio with former Ambassador to Nigeria John Campbell talking about WikiLeaks, secrecy, and democracy. As a way to illustrate how the secrecy of diplomatic cables hides a great deal of undemocratic ideas, I raised the emphasis State Department Under Secretary for Management Patrick Kennedy placed in a hearing on WikiLeaks on State’s role in pitching US business.

This formal channel between Washington and our overseas posts provides the Department and other U.S. Government agencies crucial information about the context in which we collectively advance our national interests on a variety of issues. For example, these communications may contain information about promoting American export opportunities, protecting American citizens overseas, and supporting military operations.

I pointed out that WikiLeaks had revealed that our diplomats had proposed a “military-style trade war” to force Europeans to adopt Monsanto’s controversial products.

The US embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a military-style trade war against any European Union country which opposed genetically modified (GM) crops, newly released WikiLeaks cables show.

http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2011/04/15/the-united-states-of-monsanto/

[RC]

1. All this country knows is war.

Payback is gonna be a real bitch.

[juajen]

2. But, it is the government's job to take our jobs and give them to

foreign countries with impunity.