merudanda, my intuition tells me that *the powers that be* don't realize that they are awakening the full wrath of freedom lovers everywhere with this GMO situation. I recently unsubscribed to the Democratic Party newsletter and told them I did so because Obama had just signed the Monsanto Protection bill. Healthy food is such a basic right. BTW, great cartoon... Since that bill signing, there are news items about Obama helping with global warming, as if that negates what he did viz a viz our food supply! Do they really think we're that stupid?!
On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 8:46 AM, merudanda <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Thanks for that narrative post and update info. Buck. Apology: Jim Carrey received honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts not philosophy--seems being still in MIU mental mode... Since I just signed a petition in support of Vermont and it could be that not many people caught his jab at Monsanto let us repeat Dr.J.C. joke: “I’m here to plant a seed today. A seed that will inspire you to go forward in your life with enthusiastic hearts and a clear sense of wholeness. The question is, will that seed have a chance to take root or will I be sued by Monsanto?” http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/05/28/jim-carrey-gives-emotional-funny-commencement-speech/ Is he he poking fun at the aggressive, overreaching nature of the biotech company that sues farmers for "patent infringements" - i.e., their patented product blew in the wind and landed in a non-contract field, actually contaminating that field or was it about label? Has not Monsanto already filed 144 lawsuits against 410 farmers and 56 small farm businesses in at least 27 U.S. States, as of early last year according to HuffingtonPost? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/13/genetically-modified-seed-patent-report_n_2678837.html Is it really that shocking of the outspoken Dr.h.c. Carrey to have made such a remark to the graduates?The March Against Monsanto was taking place when he spoke, May 24th, and #EndMonsanto was a top-trending social media event. MUM is known for their ayurvedic philosophies and organic health outlook. They are one the first college to offer organic vegetarian meals to their students. Of course you may argue that Dr Jim should have given his speech at Cal Poly..... where GMO's began....... Biotech corporations trying to rule Europe , too. For more than 15 years national governments in Europe have fought against new GM crops and strongly defended their rights to ban them. In freedom loving USA you are not allowed even to label them. But we are in the same boat "The United States parallels the EU in a similar regard. Just on the heels of Vermont passing the first state GMO food labeling law, the DARK Act of 2014 (actual name is Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act’) threatens to nullify any past and future state laws regarding GMO labeling and bans." Basically, the result of The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could -should be that biotech firms gets significant legal power in the future decisions of the nations regarding GMOs and place biotech corporations above European government!! and certainly above the individual member states and their people. http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/ttip/ Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) resources - Trade - European Commission Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTI... EU and US TTIP chief negotiators Ignacio Garcia Bercero and Dan Mullaney during the 5th round of negotiations in Arlington, USA, 19/23 May 2014. View all photos View on ec.europa.eu Preview by Yahoo
