tagged w/ Politics ruined the environment
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From the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, OCA has been tracking the opportunities for Monsanto, a well-known war profiteer (Agent Orange, Vietnam), to take advantage of the current occupations. These include pushing glyphosate (Monsanto's Roundup herbicide) for poppy eradication in Afghanistan and opening the Iraqi market to the patenting of plants and seeds while preventing farmers from saving registered seed varieties.
As Vanity Fair reported last year, "In Iraq, the groundwork has been laid to protect the patents of Monsanto and other G.M.-seed companies. One of L. Paul Bremer’s last acts as head of the Coalition Provisional Authority was an order stipulating that 'farmers shall be prohibited from re-using seeds of protected varieties.' Monsanto has said that it has no interest in doing business in Iraq, but should the company change its mind, the American-style law is in place."
In fact, Monsanto has already been doing business in Iraq. According to a 2004 USAID Transition Plan for the Agriculture Sector in Iraq, "All the major international players in the pesticide field are now present in Iraq: Dow (USA), Syngenta (Swiss), Dupont (USA), Bayer (Germany), Monsanto (USA), Novartis, FMC (USA), Dupont and Uniroyal, BSF and Cynamide."
Monsanto's latest opportunity to do business in the US's occupied territories has been created by the National Guard's "Agri-Business Development Teams." The Missouri National Guard, which has maintained Agri-Business Development Teams in Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan since fall 2007, hosted Safi Mohammed Hussein, agriculture director of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, on a recent visit to Missouri. While in St. Louis, Safi toured the headquarters of biotech giant Monsanto.From the start of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, OCA has been tracking the... more
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I have heard a lot about this over the years but, only recently foud the movie.
I always knew the money they steal from us was not to pay for anything good.I have heard a lot about this over the years but, only recently foud the movie.
I... more
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I have been hearing a lot of things lately;
Arsonists set some of the fires, then Fox & (No) Friends (of mine!! GODD@#%IT!!!) reports that it just might have been Al Qaeda, and finally this, I don't know who or if anyone is to blame....
...but I do know; I haven't heard anyone talking about global warming, or that fire season is staying later and coming earlier.
Hmm, maybe because that might hurt Exxon Mobile's sales this quarter?
(Actually, the picture is misleading; the article is about the fires in california possibly being caused by Blackwater.)I have been hearing a lot of things lately;
Arsonists set some of the fires, then... more
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The man everyone loves to hate and former CEO of Haliburton Oil is shown here falling asleep during a briefing about the fires in San Diego.
One of his reps when asked about this just laughed it off and said the vice president is "...taking up meditation."
Hmmmmm......
I wonder if the victims of the fires laughed it off as well.......?The man everyone loves to hate and former CEO of Haliburton Oil is shown here falling... more
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I thought that this video was pretty good, a bit long, but well thought out.
It also made me wish I had a science teacher like this when I was in grade, or even high school.I thought that this video was pretty good, a bit long, but well thought out.
It... more
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At The Economic Club of Chicago dinner Wednesday night Gore repeated the refrain: "the climate crisis is not a political issue, it's a moral issue" as though the two are mutually exclusive. I believe this is a fallacy. For contradiction, one need not look far: I think we would all agree that health care for children is a moral issue, but it is also clearly a political issue right now.
For my argument as to why the crisis is a political issue on which Gore must run himself, please click the link:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/22/03516/050
At The Economic Club of Chicago dinner Wednesday night Gore repeated the refrain:... more
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