Obama picks MONSANTO guy as head of agriculture... This'll be some interesting change

[devil21]

NP, according to my sister who is/was an Obama supporter, her and many of her friends are sorely disappointed in his cabinet picks. We need to exploit this disappointment to show them real change.

Same here. I think people that are paying attention to his appointments are beginning to realize they got duped.

 

[youngbuck]

The Obama administration is gearing up to make the Bush administration look like school children.

 

[cheapseats]

Monsanto is the company that lobbied to make hemp illegal....powerful people don'cha know...

Monsanto is also behind the use of corn in ethanol.

Barack Obama betrays his loyalty to Big Money on this one.

Because I was traveling the Midwest and talking to farmers, instead of hobnobbing with Politicos in trendy restaurants and expensive hotels, I happen to know that with this cabinet appointment, the People have all the legal ammo they need to plant marijuana and hemp this spring, sans reprisal.

 

[ghemminger]

Monsanto is also behind the use of corn in ethanol.

Barack Obama betrays his loyalty to Big Money on this one.

Because I was traveling the Midwest and talking to farmers, instead of hobnobbing with Politicos in trendy restaurants and expensive hotels, I happen to know that with this cabinet appointment, the People have all the legal ammo they need to plant marijuana and hemp this spring, sans reprisal.

Many Dems I have talked to are furious over this appointment - the argument I have heard are very meek and weak re: some type of payback to Iowa for support

 

[tonesforjonesbones]

Oh this is terrible. I bet it is a way to allow Codex Alimentarius in...congress has codex blocked for now...but this guy will surely get that changed..and we will be doomed. Codex wants to have legislation stating that all vitamins must be prescribed by a doctor and it will be illegal to grow your own herbs...like, rosemary etc...the government has labled them "toxins"...they consider any natural health medicine as toxins. Well will all be less healthy due to this event..and if they allow codex. Say good bye to all organic food, and all health stores and whole food stores. This is the New World Order. tones

 

[Mesogen]

Monsanto would have been in there if Hillary had won too.

Just remember, the Treasury Sec. worked for Goldman Sachs and he's taking care of us in this crisis. So, you know that when there will be a crisis in the food supply, this Monsanto guy will know how to save us.

 

[s35wf]

Oh this is terrible. I bet it is a way to allow Codex Alimentarius in...congress has codex blocked for now...but this guy will surely get that changed..and we will be doomed. Codex wants to have legislation stating that all vitamins must be prescribed by a doctor and it will be illegal to grow your own herbs...like, rosemary etc...the government has labled them "toxins"...they consider any natural health medicine as toxins. Well will all be less healthy due to this event..and if they allow codex. Say good bye to all organic food, and all health stores and whole food stores. This is the New World Order. tones

yep, we're sooo screwed.

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

Never forget that it was written into the Iraqi laws by the US Government that possession of open pollination or heirloom seeds is illegal. Iraqi's are required by law to buy new seeds every year from Monsanto!

Guess who's going to be next?

-t

 

[ghemminger]

Never forget that it was written into the Iraqi laws by the US Government that possession of open pollination or heirloom seeds is illegal. Iraqi's are required by law to buy new seeds every year from Monsanto!

Guess who's going to be next?

-t

Obama's picks get more sinister the more you look into them

 

[Anti Federalist]

Monsanto, Rumsfeld and aspartame.

And now this guy.

Great...

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

Obama picks MONSANTO guy as head of agriculture... This'll be some SAME CHANGE

Monsanto is also behind the use of corn in ethanol.

Barack Obama betrays his loyalty to Big Money on this one.

Because I was traveling the Midwest and talking to farmers, instead of hobnobbing with Politicos in trendy restaurants and expensive hotels, I happen to know that with this cabinet appointment, the People have all the legal ammo they need to plant marijuana and hemp this spring, sans reprisal.

O=W

Check these out:

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/kingcorn/

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/kingcorn/

http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=KING+CORN&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#

http://www.kingcorn.net/

It's all the SAME... No CHANGE: Department of Agriculture - ADM, Monsanto, Ethanol, HIGH FRUTOSE CORN SYRUP... genetic altered everything grown, processed...

Look for more of the SAME CHANGE in Billions in Subsidies, and Socialism in the Corporate Farms!

MONSANTO: The Evil Corporation!
http://www.seventhgeneration.com/learn/inspiredprotagonist/monsanto-evil-company

PS: this POST should be in the "OBAMA WATCH" subject thread

 

[cheapseats]

This is already slipped to Page 4.

Tonesforjonesbones posited the question as to whether the Madoff Rip-Off is "only" to distract us from something else. Yes and no, I'm still composing that too-long essay.

But FOR SURE, the Bad Guys keep the bullshit spigot open wide all the time -- makes it, as we see, nearly impossible for People to keep their eyes on the balls.

America is the bread basket of the world.

Monsanto at head of Agriculture is a unacceptable.

Any Obama water carriers can tell him I'm onto the hybrid corn seed, and that the farmers are on "my" side.

 

[tropicangela]

Organic Consumers Petition against Vilsack - http://www.organicconsumers.org/vilsack.cfm

 

[rancher89]

This is a great newsletter----check it out--Pat



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January 7, 2008 - Issue #157


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[Mini-Me]

I shudder to think what the world will look like four years from now. I didn't even see this post until just now, but it makes me sick to my stomach.

 

[hadenough]

At first I thought this should be in Obama Watch forum also, then I realized it should be in the Guns and Ammo section.

WTF exclamation point. When will the riots begin?

 

[LittleLightShining]

Organic Consumers Petition against Vilsack - http://www.organicconsumers.org/vilsack.cfm

I just sent this to everyone I know. Thanks.

 

[Mesogen]

.............................................VILSACK!

 

[cheapseats]

Monsanto at head of Agriculture, in the Bread Basket of the world, is unacceptable.

Come spring, all bets are off re: marijuana and hemp.