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On Mar 29, 2:02*pm, Billy wrote:
http://www.theatlantic.com/life/arch...-for-biodivers
ity-monsanto-and-farmers-clash/73117/

The Battle for Biodiversity: Monsanto and Farmers Clash
By ANNA LAPPÉ

MAR 28 2011, 12:48 PM ET

Does genetic modification lead to more and better crops? Or will it
destroy the foundations of our food systems?

Two weeks ago, Monsanto announced the latest genetically engineered crop
it hopes to bring to market: a soybean rejiggered to resist the
herbicide dicamba. The new product, says Monsanto, will aid in weed
control and "deliver peace of mind for growers."
Meanwhile, half a world away, La Via Campesina, a farmers' movement of
150 organizations from 70 countries, had a slightly different idea about
what would bring peace of mind to its millions of members: protecting
biodiversity. In its statement to those gathered*in Bali*for the United
Nations*treaty on plant genetics, the organization urged treaty drafters
to*reevaluate the legal framework that allows seed patenting and the
spread of genetically engineered crops, like those Monsanto soybeans.
These genetically modified crops and the international patent regime, La
Via Campesina said, block farmers' ability to save and share seeds,
threatening biodiversity and food security.

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If you like weekends (8 hr./day & 40 hr./week), thank a labor union.

Bush's 3rd term: OBAMA

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i'd like to comment, first, on your labour union colonnard:
colonnard????
do you like everything you wear, use for your house & personal self,
food for your pets to eat & toys with which to play??? AND they're
'almost' ALL being made in china; more americans out of work since the
"great depression" just because workers were convinced they NEEDED a
40-hour week, 2-full day weekends, and a minimum of a 2 week paid
vacation??? then, thank an american labour union!!!!!!!!
I buy American, as I do organic, if I have a choice. Most jobs that I've
had didn't include paid vacation time. There are 5 unemployed for every
employment offer, and I do thank labor unions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair even when some of them
became predatory in their own right. The Knights of Labor, IWW, and the
International Longshoremen's Association are to to be respected for the
benefits that they brought to American workers, that elevated them to
the middle class, and created the backbone of American prosperity. Once
again we see that workers who want a piece of the wealth that they
produce are being called "Communists".
(don't forget, when the govt. is counting unemployment numbers,
they're ONLY counting those ppl. who ARE working 40-hr. weeks of 8/hr./
day)


as to your original posting: one of monsanto's original genetic
experiments was to intermix fish genes into 'beefsteak' tomatoes----
PLEASE, oh please, tell me how fish genes in tomatoes could do
ANYTHING to enhance the lives of humans??!!!!???
They were hoping to create a frost tolerant tomato.
and then, too, there have been similar experiments meant, of
course, to improve mankind....??? wha? HUH???
It was more of an offering to Mammon, rather than an attempt to improve
the bottom line, and in their rush to riches they turned a blind eye to
any danger that their "creations" could pose for humanity.

Bottom line is that despite some cautionary studies on GMOs and their
effects on the environment, and the animals that eat them, there have
been no feeding studies done for the unmarked GMO food in the market
place. We are the guinea pigs.
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- Billy
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 16 April 1953
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