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http://www.mfbf.net/
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The Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation and American Farm Bureau Federation are that pleased the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration listened to farmer and rancher concerns regarding changes to agricultural transportation regulations and commercial drivers license provisions.
http://mfbf.org/
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Montana Farm Bureau | FB We Care for the Country
http://www.fbmn.org/page/1010/mfbf/bod.html?inet=aD16c29zLW9icS15YXgmcmg9dWJ6ci15YXg
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Minnesota Farm Bureau
P.O. Box 64370, St. Paul, MN 55164
Phone: 651-768-2100 Fax: 651-768-2159
Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 7:15 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Friday 7:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
mailto:info@fbmn.org?
http://www.mfbf.net/BradMitchellJoinsMFBFStaff/tabid/232/Default.aspx
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Brad Mitchell Joins MFBF Staff
MFBF President Alex Dowse announced in August that Brad Mitchell has been hired as Director of Governmental Relations, and will begin work in mid-September. Mitchell is a Littleton resident with a long involvement in Massachusetts agriculture. He is presently Director of Public Affairs at Monsanto Company in St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to that, he served from 2000 to 2008 as Director of BioSecurity and Regulatory Services at the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5581363
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"The United States Government has been financing research on a genetic engineering technology which, when commercialized, will give its owners the power to control the food seed of entire nations or regions. The Government has been working quietly on this technology since 1983. Now, the little-known company that has been working in this genetic research with the Government’s US Department of Agriculture-- Delta & Pine Land-- is about to become part of the world’s largest supplier of patented genetically-modified seeds (GMO), Monsanto Corporation of St. Louis, Missouri." (William Engdahl)
"Bill (Clinton)’s FDA gave Monsanto permission to market rBGH
The Rose Law Firm, the corporate law firm of which Hillary Clinton was a partner from 1977 is home to Industrial Agriculture and genetic engineering. <1>
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/president-bill-clinton-yes-american-dream-under-assault-231659873.html
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The nation's official poverty rate was 15.1% last year, that equates to a record 46.2 million Americans living in poverty. With poverty levels rising for the past three years, average median U.S. income falling back to 1996 levels and income inequality at the highest levels since the Roaring 1920s, many Americans are starting to wonder: Is the American dream dying?
"The American Dream has been under assault for 30 years," says former President Bill Clinton.
http://vitalitymagazine.com/article/schmeiser-vs.-monsanto/
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Europeans call Monsanto “Mon-Satan.”*
http://www.knowthelies.com/node/3913
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Grandmother Linn Cohen-Cole Wins Huge Victory Over Monsanto!
Submitted by SadInAmerica on Sun, 03/22/2009 - 12:39pm.
We are having trouble figuring out why Monsanto made Percy Schmeiser a hero for the growing movement against GMOs, but we don’t have to look very far to find out why Monsanto director of public affairs Brad Mitchell is debating Linn Cohen-Cole, a Grandmother on Opednews. ~ Robert Singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Schmeiser
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Percy Schmeiser (born January 5, 1931) is a farmer from Bruno, Saskatchewan, Canada. He specializes in breeding and growing canola. He became an international symbol and spokesperson for independent farmers' rights and the regulation of transgenic crops during his protracted legal battle with agrichemical company Monsanto Company. He was the subject of the 1999 film David Versus Monsanto.[1]
http://ppjg.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/response-to-brad-mitchell%E2%80%99s-monsanto%E2%80%99s-director-of-public-affairs-defense-of-company-policy/
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Schmeiser
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Percy Schmeiser (born January 5, 1931) is a farmer from Bruno, Saskatchewan, Canada. He specializes in breeding and growing canola. He became an international symbol and spokesperson for independent farmers' rights and the regulation of transgenic crops during his protracted legal battle with agrichemical company Monsanto Company. He was the subject of the 1999 film David Versus Monsanto.[1]
http://ppjg.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/response-to-brad-mitchell%E2%80%99s-monsanto%E2%80%99s-director-of-public-affairs-defense-of-company-policy/
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Response to Brad Mitchell’s (Monsanto’s Director of Public Affairs) Defense of Company Policy
March 12, 2009 by Barbara Peterson
As usual Barb Peterson goes right to the heart of the issue!
http://farmwars.info/?p=167
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This morning I opened my e-mail to find a request from an OpEdNews Editor to please respond to the following post submitted by Brad Mitchell, Monsanto’s Director of Public Affairs. What follows is his post, and my response.
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Seed cleaners are used to clean seeds, nothing more. They remove the lighter material, and get rid of dirt and such. The fact that Monsanto even makes an issue of seed cleaning is proof of the company’s invasive tactics. In the clip below, how do you make the jump from the issue of seed cleaning to farmers moving away from saving seeds? And, if these seeds that Monsanto is producing cannot bear fruit in the second generation, what is the point in even saving them, and/or coming after those that do?
The issue of Monsanto not wanting to ”remove open pollinated/unpatented seeds from the market” is a moot point. With open-pollination, that cannot be controlled if crops are grown in the open and not in an enclosed space, contamination of surrounding crops by GMO will most definitely occur. The invasive species has the unlimited potential to take over and destroy heritage seeds on a global scale.
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http://farmwars.info/?p=167
Email This PostThis morning I opened my e-mail to find a request from an OpEdNews Editor to please respond to the following post submitted by Brad Mitchell, Monsanto’s Director of Public Affairs. What follows is his post, and my response.
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Seed cleaners are used to clean seeds, nothing more. They remove the lighter material, and get rid of dirt and such. The fact that Monsanto even makes an issue of seed cleaning is proof of the company’s invasive tactics. In the clip below, how do you make the jump from the issue of seed cleaning to farmers moving away from saving seeds? And, if these seeds that Monsanto is producing cannot bear fruit in the second generation, what is the point in even saving them, and/or coming after those that do?
Recently there has been a minor buzz in the blogosphere about seed cleaners. The allegations are seed cleaners are being targeted by Monsanto, reportedly because we are trying to “remove access to normal, open pollinated seeds”-presumably so farmers will be forced to buy our patented, biotech seeds. As is often the situation, the truth is far less dramatic than fiction-and this is especially true in this case.
First, growers have been moving away from open-pollinated seeds to hybrids for decades. Hybrids often provide distinct advantages, most notably yield. But, you generally can’t save seed from most hybrids because the resulting offspring are genetically inconsistent, and will not offer the same benefits as the parent seed.
The issue of Monsanto not wanting to ”remove open pollinated/unpatented seeds from the market” is a moot point. With open-pollination, that cannot be controlled if crops are grown in the open and not in an enclosed space, contamination of surrounding crops by GMO will most definitely occur. The invasive species has the unlimited potential to take over and destroy heritage seeds on a global scale.
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http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=25414
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http://youtu.be/ULe0KRlWm3Y (the bestest......... ...cal )
Bush, Clinton receive mixed reception in Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmb33UKOQY&feature=related
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1901938,00.html
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Clinton and Bush Share Stage — and Mutual Admiration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TD_Canada_Trust
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1) Canada Trust was formerly an independent company, acquired by TD Bank in 2000; TD then adopted the new group brand name "TD Bank Financial Group". Canada Trust was merged with TD's existing retail division to form the new TD Canada Trust division. Canada Trust President and CEO W. Edmund Clark was made President and COO of TD, later ascending to President and CEO in 2002.
http://www.straight.com/article-450786/vancouver/lawyer-seeks-cheney-arrest
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Vancouver lawyer Gail Davidson seeks Dick Cheney's arrest
Ex–vice president Dick Cheney may receive a rude welcome in Vancouver.
The cofounder of the international group Lawyers Against the War wants the government of Canada either to bar the former U.S. vice president from entering the country or, if he’s allowed in, to arrest and prosecute him for torture, war offences, and crimes against humanity. And if Canada isn’t keen on punishing the ex–vice president to former president George W. Bush, Davidson argues, then it should extradite Cheney to a country that is willing and able to prosecute him.
“It’s a bit chilling that they would invite a mass murderer as their guest to Canada,” Davidson told the Georgia Straight by phone, “when any one of them would know full well that because of the founded accusations made against Mr. Cheney, that he’s persona non grata in Canada, being accused of international crimes, torture, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.”
Organizer Leah Costello explained that the Bon Mot Book Club is an “intimate and exclusive high-end dinner series”, wherein her company Curious Mind Productions Inc. brings in world leaders and other high-profile speakers. Cheney will speak at a dinner event at the Vancouver Club.
“I haven’t heard anything yet,” Costello told the Straight by phone, when asked if she expects protests to greet Cheney. “But I have heard that he’s a controversial figure. That’s for sure.”
In a recent NBC interview, Cheney declared that he had “no regrets” that the American government used torture against terrorism suspects.
Asked if the U.S. should still use widely condemned techniques like waterboarding, Cheney responded: “I would strongly support using it again if circumstances arose where we had a high-value detainee and that was the only way we could get him to talk.”
According to Davidson, the government is obliged under local and international laws—such as the United Nations’ Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment—to deny safe haven and prosecute persons accused of crimes like torture. Davidson is writing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and key cabinet ministers to outline evidence against the Bush administration and its senior officials.
“The role of Mr. Cheney is that he authorized, directed, ordered, supervised, and failed to prevent the commission of a wide range of crimes against humanity and war crimes,” Davidson said.
She has previously written to the government, suggesting steps similar to those regarding Cheney be taken when Bush visits Surrey on October 20. The ex-president has been invited by Mayor Diane Watts to the Surrey Regional Economic Summit.
In her letter dated August 25 regarding Bush’s visit, Davidson cited a transcript of a U.S. interview with Cheney in May 2009, in which Cheney stated that Bush authorized torture. He said: “I mean it was a presidential-level decision. And the decision went to the president. He signed off on it.”
Speaking to the Straight, Davidson said that the evidence against the Bush administration is well known and part of the public record. The documentation contained in Davidson’s August 25 letter includes a statement from now retired U.S. army Maj.-Gen. Antonio Taguba, who looked into abuses at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. Taguba stated that “the Commander-in-Chief [Bush] and those under him authorized a systematic regime of torture”.
The Vancouver lawyer also cited a 2004 report by the International Committee of the Red Cross that the American military used interrogation techniques amounting to torture on prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, a U.S. naval base in Cuba. She likewise mentioned a 2007 Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly report that spoke about a “whole series of illegal acts in Europe” by the CIA through “extraordinary rendition”, a practice in which individuals are abducted from one country and sent to another, to be detained and tortured for information in secret locations.
Davidson stressed that when Canada ratified the international convention against torture, it accepted a duty not just to Canadians but to everyone. And that is to “take effective measures to prevent and punish torture wherever it occurs, whatever the nationality of the victims are, and whatever the nationality of the perpetrators”.