From TPP to Epi-pens congress the executioners

From TPP to Epi-pens congress the executioners

Updated on 29 August 2016, 11:09

Patricia Baeten

http://us.blastingnews.com/opinion/2016/08/electing-our-congressional-executioners-001083967.html

In America, land of the free home of the brave we get to “elect” our executioners who serve in congress.

Congress is coming off their vacation ready to ram through TPP (a job killing, people killing trade deal). Assured there will be no price to pay they plan a brutal assault on US citizens in the lame duck session. The election system in America has been so rigged by the two parties that elections have devolved into a system of choosing our executioners.

Protecting merchants of death

Our elected officials pass laws not to advance the greater good, but to protect war profiteers, chemical death agents, lethal pharmaceutical peddlers, death armament agents and classroom to prison charter schools. If you are one of the few they allow to vote you’re herded like sheep into poll stations to choose which executioner a corporate, for profit media has convinced will be the most humane when they put you to death.

The choices are death by lethal chemical extermination, death by bombs and bullets in a foreign land, death by genetically altered flora and fauna, death by untreatable lab created microorganisms or death by congressionally protected carcinogens. Our flag has come to represent global killing fields. Nothing is sacred, not hospitals, not ancient artifacts, not religious buildings. All must be leveled to make way for exploitation of the natural resources that lie under earth’s surface. 

Legislated spike in pregnancy related deaths

The GOP is run by the Koch Brothers’ ALEC who writes legislation to foist federally funded lethal products and policies upon the electorate. In Texas the GOP slashed funding for Planned Parenthood and closed low income women’s health centers. The result, the rate of pregnancy-related deaths in Texas has doubled since 2010 making Texas one of the most dangerous places in the world to have a baby.

Pay up for Epi-pens or die

Democrats are no better, in West Virginia, the CEO of Mylan Pharmaceutical has hiked the price of life saving Epi-pens that deliver epinephrine to people having a fatal allergic reaction by over 450%. The pens, once $50 have increased to over $600. Mylan CEO Heather Bresch is the daughter of Senator Joe Manchin. Bresch relocated Mylan’s headquarters to the Netherlands last year after a corporate “inversion” merger with Abbott Laboratories. They now enjoy a low tax rate with corporate citizenship in Holland and Bresch’s salary went from $2 million to $18 million.

Congress gives Monsanto immunity from prosecution

In Missouri the EPA has been inundated with reports of crop damage from Monsanto’s dicamba herbicide. Even though the EPA has not approved the highly volatile herbicide, Monsanto released the GM soybean and cotton seeds this spring. Monsanto’s decision came after congress slipped a provision into the Toxic Substances Act in March giving Monsanto immunity from prosecution. More than 10 states have had devastating possibly permanent damage to crops including peaches, tomatoes, cantaloupes, watermelons, rice, peas, peanuts, alfalfa, cotton, and soybeans as well as Missouri’s largest peach farm. 

Deadly global warming

These examples are just the tip of the iceberg. In northwestern Greenland, where the US has a cold-war era toxic waste dump containing radioactive waste along with biological and chemical waste, global warming threatens nearby ecosystems. The toxic waste is beneath 100 feet of ice that threatens to melt dumping it into the sea. But our congress has ensured the US voters have no way to get them out of office. The only choice you have is to elect your executioner. #Election 2016 #Climate Change #Democrats vs Republicans

Senator Joe Manchin

Joe Manchin III is a U.S. Senate senator, Heather Bresch’s father, and was a director at the Jobs for America's Graduates.

Note: Heather Bresch is Senator Joe Manchin’s daughter, and the CEO for Mylan Inc., and the chair for the Generic Pharmaceutical Association.

Mylan Laboratories was the former name for Mylan Inc.

Mylan Inc. was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Monsanto Company was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).  

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, an advisory board member for the Earth Institute (think tank), and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society. 

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for People for the American Way, the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think tank). 

Rajendra K. Pachauri is an advisory board member for the Earth Institute (think tank), and was the chairman for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Ralph G. Neas is the president emeritus for People for the American Way, and the president & CEO for Generic Pharmaceutical Association.

David H. Koch is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the EVP for Koch Industries.

Alex A. Beehler was an environmental and regulatory affairs director for Koch Industries, and a special assistant for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Sidney Harman was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the chairman for the Harman International Industries, Inc.

Jane Lakes Harman is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a stockholder in the Harman International Industries, Inc.

Ann McLaughlin Korologos was the chair emeritus for the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a director at the Harman International Industries, Inc., and a director at the Kellogg Company.

Sterling K. Speirn was a director at the Kellogg Company, and the president & CEO for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Adriane M. Brown is a director at the Harman International Industries, Inc., and a director at Jobs for America's Graduates.

Joe Manchin III was a director at the Jobs for America's Graduates, is a U.S. Senate senator, and Heather Bresch’s father.

Heather Bresch is Senator Joe Manchin’s daughter, and the CEO for Mylan Inc., and the chair for the Generic Pharmaceutical Association.

Mylan Inc. acquired the European generic drug business from Abbott Laboratories.

Abbott Laboratories was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Sally Blount is a director at Abbott Laboratories, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

W. James Farrell is a director at Abbott Laboratories, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Edward M. Liddy is a director at Abbott Laboratories, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

William A. Osborn is a director at Abbott Laboratories, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Samuel C. Scott III is a director at Abbott Laboratories, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Glenn F. Tilton is a director at Abbott Laboratories, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Miles D. White is the chairman & CEO for Abbott Laboratories, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Christopher B. Begley was the SVP for Abbott Laboratories, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Jack M. Greenberg was a director at Abbott Laboratories, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Robert L. Parkinson Jr. was the president & COO for Abbott Laboratories, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

William D. Smithburg was a director at Abbott Laboratories, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

William M. Daley was a director at Abbott Laboratories, the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Abbott Laboratories was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/commercial-club-of-chicago-members.html

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Sidley Austin LLP was the lobby firm for the Monsanto Company.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.           

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

James S. Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the vice chairman for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).   

David H. Koch is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the EVP for Koch Industries.

Sidney Harman was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the chairman for the Harman International Industries, Inc.

Jane Lakes Harman is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a stockholder in the Harman International Industries, Inc.

Ann McLaughlin Korologos was the chair emeritus for the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a director at the Harman International Industries, Inc., and a director at the Kellogg Company.

Sterling K. Speirn was a director at the Kellogg Company, and the president & CEO for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Adriane M. Brown is a director at the Harman International Industries, Inc., and a director at Jobs for America's Graduates.

Joe Manchin III was a director at the Jobs for America's Graduates, is a U.S. Senate senator, and Heather Bresch’s father.

Heather Bresch is Senator Joe Manchin’s daughter, and the CEO for Mylan Inc., and the chair for the Generic Pharmaceutical Association.

Mylan Inc. acquired the European generic drug business from Abbott Laboratories.

Ralph G. Neas is the president & CEO for Generic Pharmaceutical Association, and the president emeritus for People for the American Way.

Margery Tabankin is a director at the People for the American Way, and the treasurer for the Barbra Streisand Foundation.

People for the American Way is a national partner with America Votes.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America Votes.

Cecile Richards was the founder & president of America Votes, a grant overseer for the Turner Foundation, is the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Barbra Streisand Foundation was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Mylan Inc. was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Abbott Laboratories was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Monsanto Company was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Michael R. Taylor was the VP for public policy for the Monsanto Company, and is the deputy commissioner for foods for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Margaret A. Hamburg was a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Donald Kennedy was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Ted Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the chairman for the Turner Foundation.

Cecile Richards was a grant overseer for the Turner Foundation, the founder & president of America Votes, is the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Margaret A. Hamburg was a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age.

Eric H. Holder Jr. is a member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, was a trustee at the Morehouse School of Medicine, the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration, and his client was Merck.

David Satcher was the interim president at the Morehouse School of Medicine, and an administrator at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Covington & Burling LLP was the lobby firm for Abbott Laboratories.

Mylan Inc. acquired the European generic drug business from Abbott Laboratories.

Abbott Laboratories was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Merck was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for Merck.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).       

Mark B. McClellan was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Michael R. Taylor is the deputy commissioner for foods for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and was the VP for public policy for the Monsanto Company.