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MineralMan

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35. Yes, they do. My assumption is that both

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 01:30 PM

Mar 2013

soybeans and corn are GMO. That's because it's pretty much true. So, do I eat soybean products and corn? Yup. I'm not worried about that corn or soybean product. The real issue with GMO soybeans and corn is that it is limiting the variety of those two things that is being grown, as far as I'm concerned. I'm not concerned about eating the actual corn or soybean ingredients in my food. I do worry about agricultural diversity, though.

By the same token, however, before GMO technology, the hybrid seed business was underway for decades. The technology has changed, but not the attempts to limit variety to monopolize the agriculture industry.

The whole thing is an economic issue for me, not a food safety issue.

So, I know what's in the food I am buying. Tacking a GMO label on that food won't have any effect on my product choices, and wouldn't really have any effect on the choices made by a vast majority of people. I'd be more concerned with pesticide residues and produce that might be contaminated with human wastes in the country where it was grown.

You may think I know nothing about GMO technology. You'd be wrong.

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He failed us - Obama signs Monsanto Protection Act! It's Time to Label GMOs! [View all] Smilo Mar 2013 OP

H.R. 933 Javaman Mar 2013 #1

Most odd dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Mass Mar 2013 #5

Here is the bill the article is referring to. Mass Mar 2013 #10

There are 6 versions of Bill Number H.R.933 for the 113th Congress. progressoid Mar 2013 #12

Thanks for the correction. :) Javaman Mar 2013 #61

That's an appropriations bill. I don't find any reference to Monsanto or food labeling in it. Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #80

That's all I could find on Thomas 2naSalit Mar 2013 #18

Tacked into a spending bill? Yuk, so much gets added in these with no line item veto. freshwest Mar 2013 #65

Total BS...all of this. nt kelliekat44 Mar 2013 #81

Yes, it's all been disproven. See Will Pitt's thread. freshwest Mar 2013 #89

Huge fail.. Not just Obama, but Bennyboy Mar 2013 #3

It was in the local (DE) paper today that DuPont and Monsanto kissed and made up. n/t woodsprite Mar 2013 #4

Ooops 2naSalit Mar 2013 #6

Here is more history (it was part of the bill to fund the government) Mass Mar 2013 #7

This sort of sleazy procedure needs to stop. amandabeech Mar 2013 #14

Our complicit corporate enamored President does not have to sign these bills. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #43

I've given up criticizing the President. amandabeech Mar 2013 #50

What is your alternative. That every single provision in a several hundred page bill onenote Mar 2013 #82

This message was self-deleted by its author amandabeech Mar 2013 #91

"...strip federal courts of the authority to immediately halt the planting and sale of genetically abelenkpe Mar 2013 #44

Surprised? G_j Mar 2013 #8

Monsanto + Obama = Massive Dangerous screwjob for Americans Berlum Mar 2013 #9

"Smirk"...nt SidDithers Mar 2013 #23

Advocacy websites are not a very good source for complete MineralMan Mar 2013 #11

for clarity, G_j Mar 2013 #13

OK, but that was just a small part of this bill. MineralMan Mar 2013 #16

poor helpless obama, the man with little choice nt msongs Mar 2013 #19

'A small part of the bill' Ichingcarpenter Mar 2013 #20

OK. GMO is not one of my issues at all. MineralMan Mar 2013 #22

Its not about you, and your suspicion may be wrong. cprise Mar 2013 #28

I think every person JEB Mar 2013 #29

Yes, they do. My assumption is that both MineralMan Mar 2013 #35

I'm sorry Mineral Man... druidity33 Mar 2013 #72

And even more to the point, Section 735 allowsthe Ag Sec sunwyn Mar 2013 #78

and gay marriage and equal rights aren't much of an issue to some people either.. frylock Mar 2013 #56

Hmm. As it happens those things are issues of mine. MineralMan Mar 2013 #57

and yet Europe does think it is harmful. robinlynne Mar 2013 #64

that kernal of genitically modified corn is just a small part of the turd frylock Mar 2013 #55

I don't like the provision, but the claim that it was unknown to most senators is BS onenote Mar 2013 #83

Try reading the article again. It did NOT say 'the bill' was named sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #26

Could not agree more. Well stated. JEB Mar 2013 #30

Fooddemocracynow is NOT a news site. MineralMan Mar 2013 #36

The site was accurate in its reporting contrary to what you claimed. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #38

There is no "officially titled" bill called the "Farmer Assurance Provision." onenote Mar 2013 #84

Here is section 735: cheapdate Mar 2013 #67

There is a silver lining. Zoeisright Mar 2013 #15

And then what happens when, according to some, he is powerless to stop the inclusion of a similar AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #76

Is there a whitehouse.gov petition? FreeBC Mar 2013 #17

Poor, frail little Monsanto. Thank goodness the big, strong government came along to protect them. Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2013 #21

Somebody should introduce the "powerless" Obama to his veto pen and explain its usefulness. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #24

based upon reading the discussion here it appears that littlewolf Mar 2013 #41

So, how else can the executive exercise the power given to his office? Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #42

like I said he could have veto'd the spending bill. littlewolf Mar 2013 #45

I'm willing to take a risk rather than be bullied by the corporations and the GOP. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #46

well it appears the President is of a different mind set. nt littlewolf Mar 2013 #51

Yes, he is willing to be bullied and intimidated by the corporations and GOP. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #52

The spending bill passed with majority Democratic support onenote Mar 2013 #85

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'anti-science kooks operating on the left.' Ichingcarpenter Mar 2013 #27

From one of those 'leftie kooks' 'Welcome to DU'! sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #31

So gm food should have a diagram of the gnome on the package? Wow that helps me a lot. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #47

So maybe we could do what Europe does, label foods so that grown ups sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #48

Show me some of these labels that will help me make decisions. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #62

I wish I could, but we don't have them here! sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #63

^^Yup.... truebrit71 Mar 2013 #58

You are welcome to your own opinion of GMOs, but not your own facts Berlum Mar 2013 #32

Unsafe cprise Mar 2013 #34

The Toronto Sun is a right-wing tabloid... SidDithers Mar 2013 #71

You might want to take a look at... Dryvinwhileblind Mar 2013 #37

One way around this is to simply buy organic cprise Mar 2013 #33

When has he ever not put the interests of corporations over the public interest? forestpath Mar 2013 #39

+1 HiPointDem Mar 2013 #40

Obama sides with the 1%er Corporations, instead of... 99Forever Mar 2013 #49

"Please take action now:" ProSense Mar 2013 #53

The yeas and the nays list: freshwest Mar 2013 #70

hes going to allow the Keystone Pipeline MFM008 Mar 2013 #54

Some of us do. donheld Mar 2013 #75

That's just great..... blackspade Mar 2013 #59

Take a breath... cheapdate Mar 2013 #60

can't veto JUST the provision that you name - and he was not going to veto the continuing karynnj Mar 2013 #66

Agreed. Not signing it would defund VAWA, etc. We have 6 months to go after this for the next freshwest Mar 2013 #90

Well, its your own fault! bvar22 Mar 2013 #68

Here: ProSense Mar 2013 #69

What the president did was wrong. Faryn Balyncd Mar 2013 #73

Signing a bill passed by a veto proof majority to keep the government running was wrong? onenote Mar 2013 #86

You don't understand chess Doctor_J Mar 2013 #74

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren voted FOR this bill. Repeat-voted FOR this bill. graham4anything Mar 2013 #77

more than that: 6 of 7 Democrats who sponsored an amendment to kill the monsanto onenote Mar 2013 #87

What the hell.. darkangel218 Mar 2013 #79

no, congress FUCKED us. spanone Mar 2013 #88