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In reply to the discussion: Why does President Obama keep Appointing Monsanto Shills to Key Gov. Positions? [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Presidency.
I mean, part of the quid pro quo that was Clinton's personal economic recovery system is that he got 100,000 bucks per speech delivered in front of a Corporate podium. To achieve this, Clinton allowed Mike Taylor to possess a lot of sway in terms of Monsanto's impact on agriculture. Mike Taylor is the Monsanto clone who came forward during the Clinton Admin and stated the Doctrine of Substantial Equivalency, which stated that Gm seeds, crops and foods were nutritionally similar to conventional seeds, crops and foods, and that the Gm foodstuffs posed NO RISK to humans.
How many decades of research went into studies that Taylor relied on? Well, since Taylor relied on NO STUDIES, it is safe to say this doctrine became Scientific Doctrine merely because Taylor said so. the world has not seen such a mis-appropriation of a bully pulpit on Science's behalf since way back in the days when the Church declared the sun as a celestial body that rotated around the earth.
Can a person blame Obama for having this cuddly relationship with Monsanto? I don't think so: I mean look at the following Easter greeting from Monsanto:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=580002428684948&set=a.566016720083519.1073741828.566004240084767&type=1&theater