Posted on 03/28/2013 3:53:13 AM PDT by WCH
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we regret to inform you that late last night President Barack Obama signed H.R. 933, which contained the Monsanto Protection Act into law. This is an outrage that will not go unanswered.
While we are still waiting to hear from the administration all the final details, we understand at this time that Section 735, the Monsanto biotech rider is intact.
President Obama knowingly signed the Monsanto Protection Act over the insistence of more than 250,000 Americans who signed an urgent letter asking that he use his executive authority to veto H.R. 933 and send it back to Congress to remove the Monsanto Protection Act from the bill. Regretfully, President Obama failed to live up to his oath to protect the American people and our constitution
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As long as we allow markets to work, we can agree to disagree and get along fine. I have no problem with GM corn and soybeans. YMMV. By all means, buy organic if you want, and if the higher price persuades you that you are buying a premium product. But be aware that biotech crops significantly reduce fertilizer use, herbicide and pesticide application, energy inputs, water consumption, and soil runoff. Biotech is green. The lefty Luddites don’t want you to know that.
Hyproble much? Actually, not even hyproble, it isn't even factual.
U.S. cancer rates down 20% after 1991 peak
Heart disease prevalence down in U.S.
At that, the only thing I could find that is rising is Diabetes which even the deepest stretch conspiracy websites rarely could connect those too. It has more to do with increased consumption of processed and fast foods as well as sugars.
When man convinces himself that he is smarter than God and Mother Nature, we are all in trouble.
Selective breeding and hybridization have been going on since the dawn of civilization. Most food crops we know today were created by some sort of genetic manipulation such as splicing or selective breeding. Ever wonder why you could eat a potato? Thank the South American Indians centuries ago who basically genetically mutated (though hybridization and plant splicing) what was a toxic species to be a safe, staple crop (the same thing for Tomatoes, part of the Nightshade family). The only thing that has changed is the method and efficiency (direct action on the genes versus trial and error over many generations).
God gave us a brain that strives to maximize the production of our surroundings. He didn't just make us cattle to munch on whatever is in front of us.
God did not put Bacillus thuringenisis in our seed, Monsanto did.
I don’t engage in hyproble as I do not comprehend that concept. Where is the Scvience?
Try researching Lymes, autism, aspbergers, multiple sclerosis ,food allergies gluten intolerance just to name a few.
Alleged? Sure.
Whatever you do, don't stop eating that organic corn. Be sure to ignore the scientific fact that Bt-corn contains, on average, 900% less cancer causing mycotoxins than the non GM corn you prefer. You might want to learn something about Fusarium molds, and the cancers they are known to cause. Death and illness from mycotoxins in non-GMO corn is real. Death and illness from Bt corn is not.
Again, I ask, where is the science? You want to eat viruses, insect parts etc? Feel free. Ever hear of Laginex and David Bell? Agraquest was a spinoff of Monsanto. I have had cancer twice, both times prior to my changeover to an organic non GMO diet. Hybridization is one thing, bastardization is a whole ‘nother subject.
What kind of a stat is 900%?
Happy Luddite.
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