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Hawaii standing up to GMO poisoning: calling for GMO labels

The people of Hawaii are standing up against years of GMO poisoning and open field... more

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Tell CBS News not to Legitamize Fringe Group

(petition link at my site figrd thanks for taking the time friends ...)
Tell CBS News: Don't Legitimize Discredited Fringe Groups
We find ourselves in the odd position of needing to convince CBS News not to legitimize a viciously anti-gay, widely discredited, birther organization.
Accuracy In Media (AIM) recently announced that it will be giving its annual award to Sharyl Attkisson, a CBS News journalist, at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. Now don’t let the name fool you, Accuracy In Media is not remotely concerned with accuracy and is actually a fringe group. AIM’s record includes:

In the wake of a string of gay teen suicides, AIM attacked anti-bullying efforts, arguing that it was straight kids who were actually the victims of gay bullies citing "lesbian gangs assaulting innocent girls;" AIM was also a staunch defender of Uganda's 'Kill The Gays' legislation.

AIM is a birther organization that, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, feeds the right-wing lie that President Obama was not born in the United States.

AIM also peddles climate science misinformation, claiming that global warming is a "fraud" and even challenging the scientific fact that carbon dioxide is a "planet-heating pollutant."

Now to be clear, we’re not making hay merely because AIM named a CBS News journalist as a recipient of this award. After all, CBS can’t control what another organization does, let alone a fringe group. We didn’t expect CBS News to treat AIM or this award seriously, let alone attend CPAC to accept it.
Click Here To Tell CBS News not to legitimize discredited fringe groups.
But yesterday, other news outlets began wondering about this award and asked CBS about it. CBS glossed over AIM’s despicable record and simply stated that its "journalists are regularly honored by a broad spectrum of organizations..." Adding insult to injury, it was subsequently confirmed that Attkisson will accept the award "in person" and deliver an 8-10 minute speech at the extreme right-wing CPAC gathering.
Of note and concern, CBS' Attkisson will be the first reporter from a mainstream network to receive the award. Attkisson’s co-recipient this year is a Breitbart blogger and past recipients include Andrew Breitbart and Michelle Malkin.
By showing up to accept the award, CBS News lends credence to an otherwise discredited fringe organization and helps pave the way for wider acceptance of AIM when just the opposite should be the case.
We're asking CBS for a simple thing: to reconsider its decision to treat a fringe right-wing group seriously by accepting this award in person.(petition link at my site figrd thanks for taking the time friends ...) Tell CBS... more

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Petition for National Peace Memorial

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Racists, Homophobes and God. Oh My!

It’s been a difficult week in keeping up the howl. I had to step back and look... more

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Occupying Monsanto for the 99%. Will you be there?

A newly released hidden video is available for unrestricted use by the members of media at a new website http://occupy-monsanto.com. Occupy Monsanto is calling for protests on September 17, 2012, at Monsanto facilities across the globe to demand GMO labeling and the elimination of cancer causing toxic chemicals in our food supply.

During a face-to-face encounter caught on hidden video, Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant is challenged on how his company has an "artificial buffer" of acceptance in the consumer marketplace because "people don't know if what they are eating is GMO."

In the video GMO Labeling campaigner Adam Eidinger also speaks before the entire shareholder meeting, urging acceptance of GMO labeling. He decries the agrichemical giant's contribution to the rise of "Superweeds" and "Superpests" that develop resistance to ever more toxic chemicals sprayed on them. Despite the challenge of Monsanto to "reform," no shareholders challenged Eidinger on the facts except for Grant. Eidinger also asks Grant from the podium how much the company will spend fighting GMO labeling efforts in 2012.

When pressed by Eidinger a second time on the labeling issue Grant asserts that Monsanto complies with and supports US laws regarding labeling. He admits, "There is an increasing category of GMO-free as well, so we would support the overarching umbrella of labeling."

Eidinger responded that his question addressed efforts to change the laws to mandate labeling. "Is the Company going to oppose these labeling efforts wherever they take place?" he asks. Grant relents, "We would be absolutely open and willing to engage in a dialog with our broad industry peers," when it comes to the question of labeling GMOs.

Currently, Monsanto faces new lawsuits from organic farmers, while in California a GMO labeling ballot proposition is under review. More than 550,000 people have signed onto the JustLabelit.org citizens' petition to the Food and Drug Administration for GMO labeling and last fall for the first time about 100 people marched in a GMO Right2Know March from New York to the White House to demand President Obama keep his campaign promise to label GMO foods. (Video of the promise can be seen here. )

About Occupy-Monsanto.com

The Monsanto Annual Shareholders' Meeting concluded official activities of the Right2Know March for GMO labeling which was sponsored by the Non-GMO Project and many other organizations and businesses. Some coordinators of last year's march have set their focus on Monsanto. In March of 2012 a new "Occupy Monsanto" campaign will be formally launched to focus on changing Monsanto's business practices and support the principles of the Occupy movement.

More at the linkA newly released hidden video is available for unrestricted use by the members of... more

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Revolution 99 Occupy Updates: Signs, Signs…

Lessons Learned From #OWS Occupy Wall Street: Its global origins Dispute over signs... more

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Counting Crows

s counting crows and said they have a problem with them. Apparently there over 30,000... more

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Revolution 99 Update: Occupy D.C. to protest CPAC

– The Occupy Wall Street movement in Washington announced on Tuesday, just days... more

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Civil Rights Leader Dr. Patricia Stephens Due Has Died

CNN... . Civil rights leader Patricia Stephens Due dies at 72 By the CNN Wire... more

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Blackballed: How the FBI Bends FOIA

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Video History of Liddonfield Housing Project Part 4

Part 4 of this series explores "The Rise of Liddonfield's Isolated... more

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Gay-marriage ban unconstitutional, Prop 8 heads to Supreme Court

A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down California’s ban on same-sex... more

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Meet the Herbicide Industry’s Worst Enemy – The Frog of War

When biologist Tyrone Hayes discovered that a top-selling herbicide messes with sex... more

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Out in the Cold- Occupy Montreal and the Homelessness Question

From its origin on the Oct. 15 Global Day of Action up until the ultimate eviction two... more

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(Pittsburgh in my 60s) No SuperBowl for My Team ,SO-

I have a HOW IT’S MADE marathon on. The SuperBowl only interests me if the... more

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No More “Pinkwashing”! Support an Integrative Approach to Breast Cancer

- Increasingly, breast cancer fundraising means playing ball with companies whose... more

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If you thought SOPA and PIPA were bad, meet their Big Brother, ACTA.

If you thought SOPA and PIPA were bad, let us introduce you to their Big Brother, ACTA.

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(Pittsburgh in my 60s) What was in that orange juice down in Florida???

It’s the day after the Fla. Republican primary as I write this. I’m... more

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Worldwide Hippies Free the Weed Updates

New debate: When is medical marijuana “usable?” Marijuana legalization... more

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Komen’s War on Women

Board President for a Cure, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation are taking their... more

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