Obama Signs Monsanto Protection Act, Get
Ready for A Riot
March 27, 2013 // 4:51 pm // By: Charisma
Madarang
We just got word that despite past
promises to promote GMO transparency, Obama
signed HR 933, which contains the Monsanto Protection Act, into law.
According to The Austin Chronicle, the measure protects genetically modified
seeds from litigation by “allowing the U.S.
Department of Agriculture to override judicial rulings and grant
temporary permits for conventional farmers to plant and grow genetically
modified crops while pending review.” Hence the “Monsanto Protection Act,” a
name given by activists against biotech giants avoiding GMO
labeling.
After Obama signed HR 933, and thus the
provision, into law on Tuesday, many have argued that the biotech rider was
purposefully slipped in as the larger bill progressed and thus, wasn’t given
proper review by Judiciary Committees.
Prior to the measure, courts had the
ability to suspend the farming of GMO crops in the face of health or
environmental risks. “It sets a terrible precedent,” stated the International
Business Times. “Though it will only remain in effect for six months until the
government finds another way to fund its operations, the message it sends is
that corporations can get around consumer safety protections if they get
Congress on their side. Furthermore, it sets a precedent that suggests that
court challenges are a privilege, not a right.”
It seems as if the pleas of more than
250,000 Americans who have since signed a petition asking the president to veto
the measure, may fall of on deaf ears.
Monsanto
Company
Sidley Austin
LLP was the lobby firm for the Monsanto
Company.
Note: Barack Obama was an
intern at Sidley Austin LLP, and
is the president of the Barack Obama
administration.
Michelle Obama is
married to Barack Obama, is a
friend of Valerie B. Jarrett, and
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Valerie B.
Jarrett is a friend of Michelle
Obama, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and her great
uncle is Vernon E. Jordan
Jr.
Vernon E.
Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an
honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), a member of the
Council on Foreign Relations (think tank), a director at the American
Friends of Bilderberg (think
tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think
tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Monsanto
Company.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
George Soros is the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society, and a member of the
Council on Foreign Relations (think
tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Margaret A.
Hamburg is the VP for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and the
commissioner for the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration.
Daniel R.
Glickman is the director, Congressional Program for the Aspen Institute (think tank), a member of
the Council on Foreign Relations (think
tank), was a senior adviser at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP,
and the secretary for the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
David Carlin was
the assistant secretary for the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, and is a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Monsanto
Company.
Sidley Austin
LLP was the lobby firm for the Monsanto
Company.
Barack Obama was an
intern at Sidley Austin LLP, and
is the president of the Barack Obama
administration.
Michelle Obama is
married to Barack Obama, is a
friend of Valerie B. Jarrett, and
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
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