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sheshe2

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12. No, we do not have to sit and wait,
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 05:09 PM
Mar 2013

That is why this White House has set up, "Organizing for Action". To educate ourselves and to become active participants of change. No one person can do this alone.

We can not sit back and wait 6 months, nor can we throw up our hands and say we will lose in 2014.


As per JaneyVee's OP:“Monsanto Protection Act” it's a bullshit made up term.

As Reddit user Hexaploit explained on an “Explain like I’m five” thread. (Or as Galaxy Quest villain Roth’h'ar Sarris might say, “Explain him as you would a child!”)

Genetically engineered crops are regulated. Once they get approved, farmers can grow them. However, if someone screws something up (like the environmental assessment), the approval can be revoked. This means farmers might be in the position of having crops that were legal when the planted them but illegal now. The thing everyone is up in arms about right now allows farmers to request that the USDA, if they deem it fit, to allow the planted crops to be grown as normal that season and not be destroyed until the GE crop in question can be officially cleared for cultivation again.
td;dr This thing isn't to protect Monsanto, that's just sensationalist nonsense, it is to protect farmers.




Sure we could sit and wait. I won't and many others here will not! Change comes when we all take action, not just say the words.

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Thanks. 'Provisions in effect for 6 months, elleng Mar 2013 #1
Kind of like the Bush Tax Cuts TM99 Mar 2013 #2
The Bush tax cuts were extended due to defeatists staying home in 2010 allow the baggers control. freshwest Mar 2013 #3
Seriously? TM99 Mar 2013 #4
I think you must have missed a lot since 2008. The Tea Party was formed to stop PBO's freshwest Mar 2013 #7
Condescension always works well in a discussion. TM99 Mar 2013 #9
Then there's this... sheshe2 Mar 2013 #14
This will be good news TM99 Mar 2013 #15
actually he did want to keep a large part of them dsc Mar 2013 #16
LOL. Bonobo Mar 2013 #5
Sure, the Tea Party had nothing to do with it... freshwest Mar 2013 #8
not this shit again.. frylock Mar 2013 #10
Thanks for bumping Janey Vee's thread. It's inspired a number of others, including Will Pitt. freshwest Mar 2013 #11
Agreed! sheshe2 Mar 2013 #13
1000% raouldukelives Mar 2013 #21
No, we do not have to sit and wait, sheshe2 Mar 2013 #12
If change was that easy, TM99 Mar 2013 #19
POTUS Obama could have vetoed the spending spill (oops Bill) PufPuf23 Mar 2013 #6
and then there would have been no food inspection whatsoever dsc Mar 2013 #17
maybe in some alternate universe but not in the real world onenote Mar 2013 #18
Spot on... SidDithers Mar 2013 #23
Ah. That explains it. I wasted time trying to find something about labeling in that budget bill Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #20
Sorry you didn't recognize the angry humor in the name M. Protection Act Overseas Mar 2013 #22
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