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posted October 09, 2012 05:32 PM            

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http://www.trueactivist.com/monsanto-found-guilty-of-chemical-poisoning-in-landmark-c ase/

A French farmer who can no longer perform his routine farming duties because of permanent pesticide injuries has had his day in court, literally, and the perpetrator of his injuries found guilty of chemical poisoning. The French court in Lyon ruled that Monsanto’s Lasso weedkiller formula, which contains the active ingredient alachlor, caused Paul Francois to develop lifelong neurological damage that manifests as persistent memory loss, headaches, and stuttering during speech....

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posted October 09, 2012 05:44 PM            

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Ohhhh Monsanto is HORRIBLE. We agree on something, Kat

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posted October 10, 2012 01:34 PM            

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Monsanto is one of the only things I hold against Romney..

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posted October 10, 2012 01:39 PM            

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Monsanto is one of the only things I hold against Romney..

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Darn
How does Romney have a finger in Monsanto *blocks ears*

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posted October 10, 2012 02:01 PM            

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Boulder Weekly

Tuesday, September 18,2012

The long Romney-Monsanto romance

Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com As much as he runs on his business record, not a lot is really known about Republican Mitt Romney's business record.

In particular, Romney's extensive ties to Monsanto need more attention. It's important not just because Romney's record is mysterious, but because a president who's such good buddies with a virulently anti-environment company would spell trouble for environmentalists (and the Earth).

Romney's history with Monsanto starts in 1977, when he joined Bain, but it can best be represented in one fact: Monsanto's former CEO, John W. Hanley, contributed $1 million to start Bain Capital and keep Romney at Bain.

See the story at The Nation and see our story on Monsanto here.

unfortunately government has been sanctioning monsanto for decades. both bush and obama have kept michael taylor (former counsel and VP for monsanto) doing the revolving door between mon-corp and the FDA.

whether this is completely self-serving politically or because they actually believe, as some do, that monsanto can solve hunger around the world...the result is the same. while europe has given them and GMOS the boot, america is allowing them to take over more and more of our food supply, and because GMOS can be patented, that take over can become TOTAL dependency on monsanto AND OTHER FIRMS engineering our food with NO lookout as to how it affects the entire race (humans, that is)...

it is always possible that the PHYSICAL and MENTAL effects will be benign in the long run BUT there is still the problem of having to pay these guys if we want to eat at all.

and unfortunately we have NO WAY OF KNOWING what those longterm effects will be yet, apart from already established observation that monsanto's products are NOT pest resistant but pests are able to mutate fast enough to overcome all human attempts to defeat them.

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posted October 11, 2012 07:35 AM            

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If Romney is in bed with Monsanto, that sucks bad, but O'Bomber is still worse because he will destroy our economy and destroy all foreign relationships until the whole world becomes the stupidity he set off in the Middle East.

It is a choice between worse and worser, as it usually is *SIGH*

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posted October 11, 2012 08:33 AM            

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Could Prop. 37 Kill Monsanto's GM Seeds?

Big Ag is spending millions to keep labels off genetically modified foods in California—and with good reason.

[...]If Prop. 37 wins and the food industry eventually takes labeling nationwide, will it present a serious challenge to GMOs? One possibility is that consumers will simply ignore the labels and continue shopping as usual. Or not: A 2010 Thomson Reuters poll (PDF) found 93 percent of respondents in support of labeling; 40 percent indicated they wouldn't choose to eat genetically engineered vegetables, fruits, or grains. In the European Union, where labeling has been required since 1997, most consumers have rejected GMOs, essentially killing the market for them. Hostility toward the technology is so strong that the German chemical giant BASF recently announced it would stop producing GM seeds for the European market.

No wonder the GM seed industry has been shoveling cash into the No on 37 Coalition Against the Deceptive Food Labeling Scheme. As of early fall, it had raised $32 million, eight times as much as the pro-labeling group. Its list of funders reads like a Big Food and Ag trade group: Major donors include Monsanto ($7.1 million), DuPont ($4.9 million), Dow ($2 million), and PepsiCo ($1.7 million). The parent companies of major organic brands have also lined up against Prop. 37, including Coca-Cola (Honest Tea), General Mills (Cascadian Farm), Kellogg (Kashi), and Dean Foods (Horizon Organic). The No on 37 campaign's treasurer is Thomas Hiltachk, a prominent Republican lawyer and former tobacco industry lobbyist who has served as outside counsel to Philip Morris and helped lead the failed 2010 ballot initiative to repeal California's climate law.

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posted October 11, 2012 09:03 AM            

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Exactly what is Romney's connection to Monsanto...exactly?

Shareholder of Monsanto stock shares?
Member of Monsanto's Board?
Spokesperson for Monsanto's GM division?

What? What? What?...needs to be exposed about Romney's connection to Monsanto?

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posted October 11, 2012 09:13 AM            

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As far as I can tell he was just an investor back in '79.

At this point there are bigger fish to fry. Monsanto isnt going anywhere soon and we still have options outside of Monsanto.

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posted October 11, 2012 09:27 AM            

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Node,

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posted October 11, 2012 09:41 AM            

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)^^(
It's great isn't it?

when I first read the thread title I thought the Prez had a new timepiece....

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posted October 11, 2012 09:42 AM            

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posted October 11, 2012 09:50 AM            

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Well, if you have a state or federal pension fund or shares in a mutual fund then...you too probably own shares of Monsanto.

Tsk, tsk, tsk, shame on you!

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posted October 11, 2012 09:56 AM            

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As far as I can tell he was just an investor back in '79.

At this point there are bigger fish to fry. Monsanto isnt going anywhere soon and we still have options outside of Monsanto.

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I HOPE we have options outside Monsanto. O'Bomber put a Monsanto Executive high up on some committee. I bet someone knows who it is. I saw it, but forgot the person's name. He is a VP at Monsanto.

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posted October 11, 2012 01:13 PM            

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as i already mentioned, michael taylor, formerly VP at monsanto, is now a consultant on the FDA re altered foods...!

before obama put him there, he was with monsanto, and before THAT BUSH also appointed him to the FDA, and before THAT, he was highranking counsel to MONSANTO.

this has been going on for at least a decade, round and round again for mr taylor and others, it is nothing to do with obama per se, but the govt in general allowing this insider influence.

europe has basically banned gmos and monsanto left their last posts there, in england, last year...

so why is the US ruling class supporting monsanto, dupont and the others in their attempt to corner the market on ALL OUR FOOD?

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posted October 13, 2012 07:20 PM            

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to be fair, monsanto are far from the ONLY perps in this criminal practice. dupont is well up there, there are others whose names i don't have on the tip of my fingers...and then there are the scientists and "humanitarians" who think sterility through the food chain is a blessing in disguise (just like some people think our slave-import business was a blessing in disguise for africans ripped out of their homes and away from their families and way of life)...
http://www.nationofchange.org/biotech-scientist-it-s-awesome-gmos-cause-infertility-death-1350048164

whether this particular scientist is verifiable or not, i don't know, but you catch the drift...

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posted October 13, 2012 07:24 PM            

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this is not a party political thread, jwhop. it is about all of us and all of them.

it has taken government to get GMOs out of many countries. if our government is pushing them a) many of our trade partners will no longer buy american food products b) you can kiss your organic garden goodbye because there will be nowhere to buy seeds except from the likes of monsanto.

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posted October 13, 2012 07:46 PM            

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this is not a party political thread, jwhop. it is about all of us and all of them.

it has taken government to get GMOs out of many countries. if our government is pushing them a) many of our trade partners will no longer buy american food products b) you can kiss your organic garden goodbye because there will be nowhere to buy seeds except from the likes of monsanto.

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posted October 13, 2012 10:29 PM            

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Not a political thread katatonic?

Then why are you posting a a political article which attempts to bring up Mitt Romney in connection to Monsanto.. for the political milage you expect to get out of the connection...which doesn't exist by the way.

"In particular, Romney's extensive ties to Monsanto need more attention"

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posted October 14, 2012 10:49 AM            

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because, jwhop, it just highlights the fact that romney is part and parcel of the problem, along with bush, obama and how many others?

but you seem to have missed the fact that i was just answering a question with that post.

i know you are trying to persuade yourself that romney is worth voting for. he is surrounded by bush regime players. perhaps you are happy continuing the war on terror until we have surrendered all our rights to "security" and world domination. not me.

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posted October 14, 2012 11:28 AM            

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Mitt Romney has no connection to Monsanto..other than as an investor in Monsanto stock...and you don't even know that's true.

Just another political cheap shot attempt which you're now attempting to deny katatonic.

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posted October 14, 2012 11:30 AM            

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you are entitled to your myopic opinion, a million dollar contribution from monsanto indicates just a bit more than ordinary shareholder connections. as you were, bully boy.

you know, convincing yourself that someone you didn't want is the solution to all our problems. saw a great t-shirt in a photo this morning, romney/ryan sticker above a bold slogan saying "put the white back in the white house"...no racism in play in the good ole usa, eh?

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posted October 14, 2012 11:48 AM            

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Well, O'Bomber has proven he is in bed with Monsanto, so what is the point, Kat?

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posted October 14, 2012 01:55 PM            

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go back to go. fairaqua mentioned romney, you asked if he actually did have ties, i posted some info.

the point, as i see it, is that the govt is in bed with monsanto no matter WHO gets in (of the two major parties anyway!). romney will not change the trend bush and obama have endorsed.

however i still think that obama is smart enough to realize that out and open defiance of the powers-that-be is a death sentence. he has been toeing the line most of his term. but IF he ever does become a real boy, HE will be working in OUR best interests, while romney is anyone's, so to speak.

it seems apparent to me that romney will take ALL the remaining brakes off big biz/big banks and we will have NO SAY WHATSOEVER in the rest of our country's future. fun prospect, wot?

i could be wrong. then there are the OTHER candidates who so far have not been coopted...and therefore make a very attractive alternative to either of the top boys.

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posted October 14, 2012 02:14 PM            

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Monsanto made a million dollar contribution to Romney's campaign?

News to me katatonic.

And exactly how did you come across this pearl of information; your usual way?

A little birdie told you?
Osmosis?
You heard it through the grapevine?
Down on the corner?
Divine revelation?

Or, it was disclosed on Romney's campaign contribution disclose statement?

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