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In reply to the discussion: A Teacher at Central Falls HS Will Not Vote for Obama [View all]truedelphi
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the following expressions:
almost one million signatures + FDA + GM
you will get dozens of entries, everything from organic food news web sites to the more controversial Prison Planet.
This happened by mid-April 2012. The FDA said that since the petition originated with one single person or one single organization, they didn't have to count each signature as a signature! So the entire petition ended up being counted as ONE SIGNATURE!
Not only that, but within several months of that happening, a coalition of activists who asked the Secretary of Ag - Valsick himself - to see to it that there were buffer zones between the newly released Alfalfa seed crop, GM in design, and traditional Alfalfa crops.
The activists were so convincing that they persuaded Valsick to go along with them. When the WH found out, they sent over ten or twelve pro-Monsanto WH staff people, who twisted Valsick's arm around, and ensured that no buffering zones would be required.
This nation is a plutocracy. Traditional politics doesn't work any more. (Unless you happen to benefit from those politics - for instance, you do PR, or campaign consulting. Or you are an actual member of the Political Master Class, like the Daileys, Clintons, Bush's, et al.)
This President is truly owned by Monsanto.