Obama Signs Monsanto Protection Act, Get Ready for A Riot

Obama Signs Monsanto Protection Act, Get Ready for A Riot

March 27, 2013 // 4:51 pm // By: Charisma Madarang

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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.