MONSANTO ONE STEP CLOSER TO SOYLENT GREEN

Well I must admit, our fearless leader is again on the path of plunder and miscalculation. I could have sworn that one of the reasons I voted for Barak WTF Obama, was because it was not going to be business as usual in Washington. I thought he promised a new day when we, the people would rise above corruption, and we would force the greedy and immoral to rue the day they took advantage of this great country. The more I learn, I must say, the more he strikes me as just another Washington big wig, blowing hot air, and pipe dreams to the very public he has fleeced.

I have recently found out that this guy, allowed a guy named Mr. Taylor, a former head of a food development company called Monsanto to become America's food czar, and write a bill that would allow Monsanto to basically decide how, and what we eat, and where it comes from. These guys are real characters. They invented saccharine, agent orange, DDT, and has genetically controlled the manufacturing of swine, to make them igger and tastier for more money in their pockets. They have sued the American farmer, the people they say they represent, and who have dealt with them, forcing improper or immoral practices on their farms. When farmers did what they were told, and nature took over, Monsanto sued them. They have had patents removed because they were never supposed to be in place. Like so many companies, Monsanto is in the game for one reason..... Profitability.

Mr. Taylor has recently been appointed the paraphrased title of food czar by the FDA. In this position, he has written a bill to be voted on soon, allowing Monsanto, of all people, be the sole controllers of pig production, seed growth and distribution, fertilizing, harvesting, and selling of all foods that deal with slaughter, or seed growth. They would set the regulations in a Field they presently dominate. They would be the ones making the rules, in a game where they would be the only players, and they would umpire the game themselves.

This to me, sounds freakishly like the unregulated mortgage lending practices of the last decade. That did not end up so well. This is food. Think of the possibilities.

These people at Monsanto, are trying to corner a market nobody really watches. He, Michael Taylor is doing it either under the presidents nose, or with his consent. Either way, this could really swing the pendulum, and makes the president look like a special interest, blind eye whore. We could go from being gluttons to begging for our next meal. This has happened in so many markets here; banking, wall street, automobiles, big oil, pharmacuticles. They decide what chemicals would be used, chemicals they manufacture, and decide wether or not it is safe,(remember their past..... DDT, Agent Orange, sacchraine). So, are we really going to continue to turn a blind eye with the president, as we watch another American industry slowly get crushed in a downward spiral?

Below I have highlighted these peoples resume's for you to look at. These are not people trying to live the American dream. The are preparing a landscape for another American nightmare.








*** Monsanto's development and marketing of genetically engineered seed and bovine growth hormone, as well as its aggressive litigation, political lobbying practices, seed commercialization practices and "strong-arming" of the seed industry[3] have made the company controversial around the world and a primary target of the alter-globalization movement and environmental activists. As a result of its business strategies and licensing agreements, Monsanto came under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department in 2009.

*** The company's first product was the artificial sweetener saccharin, which it sold to the Coca-Cola Company. It also introduced caffeine and vanillin to Coca-Cola, and became one of that company's main suppliers.[citation needed]

*** Other major products have included the herbicides 2,4,5-T, DDT, and Agent Orange used primarily during the Vietnam War as a defoliant agent (later proven to be highly carcinogenic to any who come into contact with the solution), the artificial sweetener aspartame (NutraSweet), bovine somatotropin (bovine growth hormone (BST)), and PCBs.

*** Monsanto began manufacturing DDT in 1944, along with some 15 other companies.[6] The use of DDT in the U.S. was banned by Congress in 1972, due in large part to efforts by environmentalists, who persisted in the challenge put forth by Rachel Carson and her book Silent Spring in 1962, which sought to inform the public of the side effects associated with the insecticide, which had been much-welcomed in the fight against malaria-transmitting mosquitoes. As the decade ended, Monsanto acquired American Viscose from England's Courtauld family in 1949.

*** Throughout 2004 and 2005, Monsanto filed lawsuits against many farmers in Canada and the U.S. on the grounds of patent infringement, specifically the farmers' sale of seed containing Monsanto's patented genes. In some cases, farmers claimed the seed was unknowingly sown by wind carrying the seeds from neighboring crops, a claim rejected in Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser.[10] These instances began in the mid to late 1990s, with one of the most significant cases being decided in Monsanto's favor by the Canadian Supreme Court. By a 5-4 vote in late May 2004, that court ruled that "by cultivating a plant containing the patented gene and composed of the patented cells without license, the appellants (canola farmer Percy Schmeiser) deprived the respondents of the full enjoyment of the patent." With this ruling, the Canadian courts followed the U.S. Supreme Court in its decision on patent issues involving plants and genes.

*** As of February 2005, Monsanto has patent claims on breeding techniques for pigs which would grant them ownership of any pigs born of such techniques and their related herds. Greenpeace claims Monsanto is trying to claim ownership on ordinary breeding techniques.[11] Monsanto claims that the patent is a defensive measure to track animals from its system. They furthermore claim their patented method uses a specialized insemination device that requires less sperm than is typically needed.[12]

*** In 2006, the Public Patent Foundation filed requests with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to revoke four patents that Monsanto has used in patent lawsuits against farmers. In the first round of reexamination, claims in all four patents were rejected by the Patent Office in four separate rulings dating from February through July 2007.[13] Monsanto has since filed responses in the reexaminations.


*** Mr. Taylor is a lawyer who began his revolving door adventures as counsel to FDA. He then moved to King & Spalding, a private-sector law firm representing Monsanto, a leading agricultural biotechnology company. In 1991 he returned to the FDA as Deputy Commissioner for Policy, where he was part of the team that issued the agency's decidedly industry-friendly policy on food biotechnology and that approved the use of Monsanto's genetically engineered growth hormone in dairy cows. His questionable role in these decisions led to an investigation by the federal General Accounting Office, which eventually exonerated him of all conflict-of-interest charges. In 1994, Mr. Taylor moved to USDA to become administrator of its Food Safety and Inspection Service ... After another stint in private legal practice with King & Spalding, Mr. Taylor again joined Monsanto as Vice President for Public Policy in 1998.

*** All citations credited to Wikepedia.com

Can't find my way back home

I have very few followers, but I was asked to come back by them and see whats what, say what needs to be said. So I am back. I am back with a prediction.

The car industry is turning around, unemployment has leveled off, the war goes on, neither winning or losing ground.

B.P. is criminal, the unemployment rate has stayed the same for over a year, wall street is bloated as ever, oil is still our Achilles heel, greed is our drug, finger pointing and whining is still our solution to all problems.

Unfortunately, I believe the latter of these statements has the teeth of truth to it. The economy is precariously, and painfully moving forward, without making an real progress. B.P. is trying to squirm out of it's disastrous debacle in the gulf, marine life effected forever, border wars with Mexico raging, needing the bodies for cheap labor but not wanting them to have access to our lifestyle, all the while calling this 'great' nation a melting pot for all who want to succeed. Foreclosures on homes, and job loss, remaining at depressing levels, one in, one out at this point, certainly nothing to brag about.

So many things wrong here in this country. Meanwhile the Netherlands was described as a place where the happiest people in the world live. Not because it's a bustling mecca of entertainment or barter, or export. It is because they value life, and try very successfully mind you, to ensure that quality of life with every breathe they take. They take what they need, and leave the rest, they smile and help people because of a sense of citizenship. They have sex because it feels right, not to be macho or have a sense of being. They eat when they are hungry, sleep when they are tired. They like to share stories and good times with strangers. They have few hang ups, few bullshit laws, almost no greed, and all because the vibe brought from 'just being' is more satisfying then scoring with the hot chick, or closing the big deal. They do not judge, therefore they are really comfortable being themselves, allowing the country as a whole to relax, and smile. There are no Jones' to keep up with.

Now look at the U.S.A. Greed is good, the bigger the house the better you are, make a ton of money, so you can move to the Netherlands and retire. I need more because I am afraid of being without. If your in trouble, you better have a plan B or your fucked.... Nobody is coming to your rescue. There is no citizenship here anymore. No more Mayberry. No more happy days. Yet that seems to be what we are working so hard to get to; a simple life where we can be ourselves, and exist quietly, and fully, with a true sense of contentment. How did we manage to twist things up so severely so fast. I remember being a child in New Jersey in the seventies. Half the battle was getting that intoxicating whiff of honeysuckle in the morning. There was no road rage. If you had a flat, someone stopped to help. If you were at an intersection, you let the other guy go first, because you knew that couple of seconds was not going to make or break your day. It was a time of mellow, not a need for getting the most done first, just to save your job.

So what if we end up second? Maybe if we stopped trying to be the best with second rate attitudes and goods, we would have time to go back to Mayberry. Maybe a bit of naivety is not so horrible. Maybe letting someone who wants to be ahead get ahead, without interfering could make everyone feel better. Why do infants need to know how to speak French, Italian, and English? Why can't they just develop in their own time, with encouragement, but without intent. In other words, teach your children well, and stop making them proof of your success. Average is not horrible, most people are, that's what the fucking word means!

I am asking to please, bring back civility, decency, and a bit of humor to your neighborhood block. Have a BBQ in the middle of the week. Ask how someone is, and actually listen to their answer. Help an old person across the street. We are at a crossroads in society now. It is a time when we can restore values, and be content with what we have, instead of sweating constantly for things that just really are not that important. Whistle while you work. Look around and ask yourself honestly....... Do I really need more? Or am I just addicted to the idea that I do.

SO my prediction after all of this.

Well, I predict that if we do not begin to act civilly to one another, put aside hate we carry only because of stress, and begin to live simpler lives, then this country is doomed. The end will come very soon. Maybe we do not need regulation, but we do indeed need to watch over eachother for benefit of community. We need to stop taking, begin giving, and start relaxing, enjoying what we have, and stop dreaming about what we deserve, or we will hit the iceberg, and sink like a stone. It has come down to this..... Give me civility or give me death.

oil oil everywhere.........

I just don't think people get it. I come across people all the time who just do not seem to grasp the gravity of the situation in the Gulf of Mexico. People seem to understand that an oil spill is bad. They get that this one is worse then most. That's where the disconnect happens.

I even think that a majority of people get that people down south are going to lose their jobs, and maybe their lively hoods. I do not believe they get the impact of the spill on the country as a whole.

As a member of the culinary world I see something more. As an aware citizen of this country I see even more devastation. Indulge me please as I continue...


1) No more gulf shrimp.

2) soon, no more west coast Florida beaches.

3) wetland species becoming extinct, including the everglades.

4) The price of ALL fish that come from the Florida region sky rocketing.

5) The continuing disaster's hitting this region call for lower real estate, lower property values, people moving away, unemployment through the roof, welfare jumping to new levels, and many small business' like restaurants, sporting goods shops, sight seeing, recreational shops, all gone. Possibly hundreds of thousands effected.

6) under currents, and top currents slowly moving the spill up the east coast and outward, allowing all of the above to occur to each eastern coastal state.

7) Estuaries carrying the spill inland, possibly to water supplies, or food sources, such as water for cattle and other live stock, or wild life.

8) Migratory patterns of fish, and birds changing, possibly causing death to species, and more rising costs to all Atlantic fish.

9) predictions allow for the possibility of the spill reaching as far north as Rhode Island, stopping recreation and other small business up the coast, effecting possibly millions of people, allowing a fragile financial system to plummet.

These are things that we can see now. What about the ripple effects. What changes occur in five years, bringing even more negative impact to this country, which is already teetering on collapse.

Why are there not students from MIT working the problem? Where is the Army corps of Engineers? Where is NASA? Oceanographers? Geologists? The government intervention, other then some speeches and more red tape? Why is BP still in business with a lame fucking CEO telling lies to this country about how they will be there until the end? How they will make people complete with compensation, but have barely shelled out a penny?

Why did we learn absolutely NOTHING from the poor souls buried in a coal mine? There is a need for regulation, because the executives are greedy and myopic. PERIOD!!!!!!!
Why are there still lobbyists rallying for big oil and drilling? WHERE THE FUCK IS MY REPRESENTATION? Why am I not being heard!!??!

Obama, with all due respect, you are failing every day you do not step in and take direct control. You look like a fucking sell out. This country keeps falling, rung by rung, and you keep telling the assholes who let it happen to do something. If they were going to do something, none of the bullshit over the last two years would have happened. Stop whining about justice and get some. YOU sit in the big chair. Close BP. Let everyone know you mean business, or keep looking like a pandering whore. I was hoping the bush years were over........ I am beginning to wonder if this is just another sleazy president who just wants a legacy, and sold me a bill of goods.

spin baby spin

I wanted to wait for this post because I was sure someone from the drill baby drill faction was going to step up..... It's been a week, that's fair enough.

I always thought that one of the few things Carter did not fuck up was the push for alternate energy sources. If we had begun when Carter first spoke up, we would be past the debate about where or if to drill, whether it is cost effective to begin pursuing such ventures, or whether people could be trained in time for green energy to influence the economy and job market. All of that would have been answered. Instead we chose to stay the course, stay in dutch with big oil and lobbyists, minimize job creation, increase imports, remain ham-stringed by anyone with a barrel of oil to sell, and constantly run the risk of destroying the environment.

I will say that I am actually not completely against drilling. The Alaska pipeline was revolutionary for the time. But like everything in America, it needs to be regulated. You can't just set up camp make a huge mess, and then decide when it's time to go that you can leave the mess you made behind. A worse scenario is never to consider cleaning up after yourself.

It's like the man said, 'better to have a gun and never need it, then to need one and not have it.'

Anything can go wrong, at any time. This is insane; to believe you can be negligent with a dangerous mission, and ask people to put their lives at risk, without telling them the risk they are taking is that you just don't give a shit. It's unfair. If you choose to bypass regulations and safety measures, well so be it, at the very least, you have an obligation to explain that to the people who will be putting themselves in harms way. It happened in a coal mine a month before it happened on an oil rig in the gulf of Mexico.

Then at the risk of sounding like an ultra liberal, there is the environmental cost... Yes folks, it is true, this kind of thing effects the ocean life, which in turn effects the fishing industry, as well as recreational services. You think you can still water ski, or scuba in the Gulf? Okay, do that.... Then enjoy some of that Gulf shrimp afterwords in a tasty cocktail. Do I even mention the wetlands, aquatic life, birds, turtles, or plant life? Thousands of gallons of nasty oil are being caught in undercurrents to ravage the Atlantic ocean and coastline, causing unprecedented damage up and down the coast, possibly causing permanent negative change to these ocean bodies, and connecting estuaries.

Then we have the lobbyists. These guys decide to cut cost, to increase profit. These are the guys holding the gun. This is why we need better representation. We, as Americans, need our own lobbyists. We need to be looked out for, to make sure these greedy self indulgent pigs stay in line. They decide no safety this and that are necessary, not because it's true, but because it is expensive. They then add some lame reformation about nominal fines if something goes wrong. Making damn sure that it is within budgetary guidelines BEFORE it is proposed. With this going on, whoever they lobby for, can't lose.

This brings me to my last point. Where are all the fools who were talking shit about safe drilling, with a minimal footprint left behind. Why are they not defending the actions they fought so hard to achieve? Why aren't they speaking out about the very carelessness that lined their pockets for so long? Why aren't they out there with their talking points about the need for oil, or how sometimes bad things happen to good oil? They are still getting paid by these companies, so why? Could it be that these are the same people who are going to need to fill the room with bullshit come november? This spill was great for business. Now they can justify another rise in oil prices! You don't think so? wait and see, they just won't be able to resist.

As for the government I say, Obama, maybe it's time you broke ties with your buddies. You took money from Goldman Sachs, they are criminals. You say go drill off the east coast, it will benefit us. You were speaking on behalf of different criminals. Where the fuck is that change??? I believe Mr. President, I just don't buy it...

Man's best friend..... and worst enemy

I look at my dog and I think about how lucky we both are. I benefit from her company, and she receives all the essentials for sustaining a healthy life. It is a simple, and symbiotic relationship, and includes wiggle room for error. I am not perfect, and she does not speak. Somehow, even without a single conversation, we trade information based on instinct, trust, and goodwill. I never doubt who she is and she never doubts me, as far as I know.

When she jumps on the bed at four in the morning, and stares at me, occasionally poking at me, I understand what my duties are. She is being considerate enough to say, she would rather not piss and shit in the apartment. I throw on some shoes, and sweats, and stumble outside to relive her. When I have a fever, she comes around every once in a while, lays by me exuding loyalty, and devotion. It helps a great deal. I know her favorite things are tennis balls, Nathons hot dog treats, and combo's. She knows when she shakes her head like a maniac, I laugh almost uncontrollably. We like to listen to music and chill out. She loves my cooking.

How is it then, that I can have a true kinship, and agreement with an entirely different species, be willing to understand differences between us, respect the different ways we live without judgment, and not be able to accomplish this basic feat with other people?

I believe in the end we all want the same basic things. Safety and prosperity for our families. Health and good fortune for our selves. Why is it then, can we not understand equality? Why can't we tolerate people, and the choices they make? Why are we so willing to crush someone's life whom we do not know, simply to ensure our needs and wants? We allow it to happen everyday.

For those who only take, I agree, give them little. For those who truly need however, for what ever reason, for those who are desperate, why do we still turn away? When did we trade our dignity for a vacation? Why is it alright to watch people suffer and continually say it's not our problem? Why have we not seen yet where that is leading to?

Albert Einstien was right when he said, "I don't know what weapons we will use in ww3. I know we will be using sticks and stones in ww4." How sick is it that he just assumed there would be a ww4?

I think it's the lack of civility that is going to bring this nation to it's knees. I believe, that like every revolt before this day, be it the Jews, slavery, or the revolutionary war, the one's that are forgotten, the one's who were judged, the one's with nothing to lose, will rise, organize, and overwhelm their oppressor's. I also think we do, and will, have a lot of re-building to do.

I unfortunately see this nation degrading into a mob. Two mobs really. One thinks it can't be touched. The other needs a leader to get things going. The idea of being ignored is simply how people sometimes are. When, however, it is compounded by theft, usury, coercion, and manipulation, then the elite take their lives into their own hands. They have no one to blame but them selves. It is not one persons responsibility to help. It is not up to the few to support the many. It is about reciprocity. The help from above is rewarded by the needy below. They pay into healthcare with taxes, they get their lawns mowed. They don't steal or de-fraud the accounts and mortgages of the middle and working classes, then they get their kids taught, and cared for by au pairs, nanny's, sitters. They fund public programs in the community, the get fewer crimes committed there. When they back their fellow Americans and compel the government to work for the people, they get their garbage picked up. It's the symbiosis of life.

Just a side note to the other end. Do not bite the hand that feeds you. If you accept their monies and the services rendered by those monies, then protect and serve with decency, and a thick skin. The worm only turns when it has ho choice. If the worm turns for any other reason, well..... CHOMP!

profile my ass with your face. see if it makes a complete picture

I came across a few lug nuts today that dismissed me. I am very used to it, but the reasons why i thought were interesting. They believe the only way to secure America from the horrible terrorists, is to profile. I frankly think it's stupid and myopic.

If you take this jihad Jane, for example. She is a soccer mom, from PA. who has been accused basically of treason. The shoe bomber was Jamaican. The Virginia Tech shooter was Asian. The guy who flew a plane into an IRS building was from Texas I think. John Lynn, was from the northeast I believe. Who exactly are you going to profile?

To examine the factions, radical groups, militia, religious sects, gangs, tribes, and governments that have a problem with us, that have connections with violent crimes on American soil in the last fifteen years, you need to examine the world, and the human race as a whole. You need to examine why they are doing it. The Who matters little, because it's someone from almost every walk of life.

I used the witch trials as the first known american model of profiling. These very 'interesting' people said one had nothing to do with the other. Well, I completely disagree. The witch trials were profiling, based on rumor and fear. Same basic idea applies today. Deciding to focus on one culture as the de facto problem is dumb. First off it gives everyone else free reign. If we are so distracted looking for the crazy muslim with a box cutter, we over look the nigerian guy with a bomb in his boxers. Or neglecting the red flags on a military base until the one who should be watched there pops off, shooting his fellow soldiers, only to find his rhetoric of anti american sentiment was everywhere. For that matter, much of the fortune 500 who,'doesn't need to be regulated'. That was nothing more then the fox watching the hen house.

We seem to have a real problem accepting our new place in this new world.

First, we are being terrorized by big business. We are setting ourselves up for another monstrous crash. Lack of regulation and allowing the corruption that has been going on at wall street, big banks, health care providers, etc. is a new a vast form of terrorism guised as harmless greed. It does bring fear, along with the message we must do what they say or else.

Second, we are not so liquid, we borrow from China, who has passed us in so many ways. The student has become the master.

Third, like it or not, we were hit, and it hurt. We are not invincible, and the world knows it. We are a bully nation who beats on it's own people. Most of the terrorism we face today is based more on revenge then theological or political differences grounded as much in America as anywhere else. People feel betrayed, so now the little guy is fighting back, using terrorist tactics to send the message.

We are no longer the great lone super power. We have become impotent with exports, bloated with imports, and starving because of outsourcing. Guerilla countries we had control over, are now viable threats. The worm has turned.

What I am saying is pretty straight forward. Too many people want this country taken down. Be it a peg, or to watch it bleed out, wether it's because we are western thinkers, or because someone in America has had enough of the foot on the neck. This country is seen inside and out, as a taking, non caring nation. We are no longer who we were, and now everyone knows it. We are no different, then any other nation. America is above nothing anymore, because it has turned it's back on it's responsibilities to it's allies and it's people. Now people are ready to tell us to shut up, we can be threatened now.... By anyone.

My thoughts here are simple. Keep your eyes open, live your life. Not everyone is guilty, not everyone is innocent. We have too many holes in security to believe we are as safe as we were in the eighties and nineties. If someone wants to make a point, and wants to make you part of that equation, he will.

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!

Why are we not saying fuck this!!!???? We are in charge of this country, not career politicians and greed mongers of insurance, banking, and pharmaceuticals. Without the middle class that is slowly and steadily melting away, these morons have nothing. They have no client base! LET'S TEACH 'EM A FUCKING LESSON

I am serious. Do not keep using credit cards. Cut them up. Stop paying companies that are built to bleed you. Reject the high costs of health care. Call for a new board. Have people who care about people, instead of quarterly earnings. If you have stock in these companies, say something. Listen, if the middle class doesn't keep choking up money, the stock drops anyway. Get benefits from taking down the bad guys. Same goes for insurance companies. who are they to tell us we need to invest more money into them because without them we will lose? It's the other way around people! You pay for their vacations and bonus' and say nothing. If you are that eager to spend, send it to me!

These career politicians, or leeches, are another story. Demand term limits on senate seats. They are all looking out for their legacy, not the country. I find that funny, because if they took care of the country, that would be their legacy. They are greedy, ruthless egomaniacs. We need more people like Anthony Wiener, a great rep., sanford from vermont, Al franken. These guys want this country in the hands of the people, not in the hands of the blood lusting greed mongers. TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK!

STOP BEING A DOORMAT FOR THESE ASSHOLES!

STOP ACTING CIVILIZED BY ACCEPTING THE SCREW AND BITCHING LATER. CASTRATE THE FUCKERS ON THE SPOT!

If I sound angry, well, I am. I am tired of too many people debating over my welfare, and success. That is for me to decide. The job of the politician is to insure life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, not telling me what I am entitled to. I tell him what i need, and the majority gets the priority. How the hell did that get lost? When did the middle not matter anymore? When did we stop searching for prosperity for the country, and instead began to destroy morality for the sake of the purse? When did we stop pledging allegiance? When did we stop listening to the national anthem? When did we lose our reflection in the mirror? I think it's time to step through the looking glass, get some new perspective, and fix this fucking broken country.