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I know he had a business related to GMO that failed. I think it was basically considered too dangerous, but of course that wasn't a problem for the Hebe on the track of the almighty dollar.

In the night, the sky above the East St. Louis area is brownish yellow. Illuminated by the glare from the Monsanto installation, the smoke is vented from four massive columns rising about 400 feet above the plant. The garish light and tubular structures lend the sky a strange, nightmarish look. Safir Ahmed, a young reporter who has covered East St. Louis for the Post-Dispatch for several years, drives with me through the rutted streets close to the plant and points out blocks of wooden houses without plumbing. Straggling black children walk along a road that has no sidewalks. "The soil is all contaminated here," he says.

Almost directly over our heads the plant is puffing out a cloud of brownish smoke that rises above the girders of the plant within a glow of reddish-gold illumination.
"The entire city lies downwind of this. When the plant gives off emissions that are viewed as toxic, an alarm goes off. People who have breathed the smoke are given a cash payment of $400 in exchange for a release from liability....

.....Dead Creek, for example, a creekbed that received discharges from the chemical and metal plants in previous years, is now a place where kids from East St. Louis ride their bikes. The creek, which smokes by day and glows on moonless nights, has gained some notoriety in recent years for instances of spontaneous combustion. The Illinois EPA believes that the combustion starts when children ride their bikes across the creek bed, "creating friction which be gins the smoldering process."


http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Third ... Louis.html

East St. Louis is perhaps the most crime ridden, blighted, dangerous, forlorn city in America. Fucking sad as sad can be.

Home of Monsanto, Inc. in beautiful Creve Coeur, Missouri.

Turd finds your critique of Monsanto uneder-nuanced. He knows this becuase he has studied Aquinas.

En pointe, my fren.

LOL at dipshits.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environmen ... 37948.html


Monsanto, the biggest promoter of genetically modified food, was hoist with its own petar when it was disclosed that it has a staff canteen in which GM produce is banned.

Monsanto, the biggest promoter of genetically modified food, was hoist with its own petar when it was disclosed that it has a staff canteen in which GM produce is banned.

The firm running the canteen at Monsanto's pharmaceuticals factory at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, serves only GM-free meals, Friends of the Earth said. In a notice in the canteen, Sutcliffe Catering, owned by the Granada Group, said it had taken the decision "to remove, as far as practicable, GM soya and maize from all food products served in our restaurant. We have taken the above steps to ensure that you, the customer, can feel confident in the food we serve."

Monsanto confirmed the position. "Yes, this is the case, and it is because we believe in choice," said the company's spokesman, Tony Coombes. But employees at Monsanto's agribusiness plant at Cambridge were happy to eat GM produce, he said. "The notice in the restaurant there says some products may contain GMOs [genetically modified organisms] - because our staff are happy to eat food sprayed with fewer chemicals."

Monsanto says crops engineered to be tolerant of its own weedkillers need less pesticide, but critics say that though the dosage may be less, the impact on the environment of these pesticides is much greater. Adrian Bebb, Friends of the Earth's food campaigner, said: "The public has made its concerns about GM ingredients very clear - now it appears that even Monsanto's own catering firm has no confidence in this new technology."

So Monsanto all of sudden believes in "choice" yet doesn't believe the American population should have this choice since they want to make it illegal to label products as "Non-GMO". Nice spin, Monsanto, let's hope no one is stupid enough to believe that is why Monsanto employees won't eat the shit their employer is pumping out into the world.

FC, have you watched "Food Inc"? You will hate Monsanto.

Oh yes I've seen it several times. The fact that Monsanto is flourishing the way it is is a sign of a sick society.

I know I've posted this before, but if you were into Food, Inc., then this one is right up you're ally:
The Future Of Food
http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food
It details those Canadian farmers who've been sued into oblivion because Monsanto's GMO crops contaminated their land.

It doesn't go into the suicides in India due to farmers being duped by Monsanto.

Turdacious wrote:

LOL at dipshits.

From which Thomist tome did you extract that nuanced graphic?

There's an interesting corollary between your failure as a physical person (an athlete, a competitor or even a physical enthusiast) and your inability to see clearly. Your mind is freighted with the tyranny of possibility......maybe Monsanto is pure as driven snow...maybe their advisers are confused.. Just as your slackened and weak body trembles before the confusing array of feelings brought about by physical movement...what will happen if I dare try?

Life will go better for you when you set these childish things aside and recognize things as they quite plainly are. When a company's practices are universally reviled...it's becuase they are revolting.

Big Ag sucks in general. And I grew up on a farm. I also don't farm, myself, and neither anymore does my father. So you get an idea of why I say Big Ag blows.

Blaidd Drwg wrote:

Turdacious wrote:

LOL at dipshits.

From which Thomist tome did you extract that nuanced graphic?

There's an interesting corollary between your failure as a physical person (an athlete, a competitor or even a physical enthusiast) and your inability to see clearly. Your mind is freighted with the tyranny of possibility......maybe Monsanto is pure as driven snow...maybe their advisers are confused.. Just as your slackened and weak body trembles before the confusing array of feelings brought about by physical movement...what will happen if I dare try?

Life will go better for you when you set these childish things aside and recognize things as they quite plainly are. When a company's practices are universally reviled...it's becuase they are revolting.

If Monsanto is so evil, why don't you actually post something that they've done that's illegal? No place for snake handler logic here.

Foul-Mouthed Ignoramus wrote:Big Ag sucks in general. And I grew up on a farm. I also don't farm, myself, and neither anymore does my father. So you get an idea of why I say Big Ag blows.

You jelly?

DARTH wrote:Going to be killing more deer in the future and we will be tilling a spot in the back yard for a garden. I want commercial food down to a low amount for my family for health and ethical reasons.

How much land would you need to be able to make a run at using food produced on it for a good percentage of your meals?

Turdacious wrote:If Monsanto is so evil, why don't you actually post something that they've done that's illegal? No place for snake handler logic here.

Legality of conduct and or prevailing in the courts is totally unrelated to evil. But they have lost in the courts many times and are named party in the Agent Orange settlement with American veterans...which, even if you disregard veterans' health you should at least know your tax dollars are included in the settlement.

Agent Orange is a good place to start. More than 50 Superfund sites, Using it's leverage to establish seed monopolies is another, 40 years of discharging PCB's into public waters while being fully aware of the health effects, Cosmo-Flux 411, Percy Schmeiser......but if you don't know most of this shit by now, you wouldn't be convinced by the ensuing multipage list.

Go back to your jellybeans, Ronnie..nothing to see here. Monsanto is a just another coporate person like you or I...doing the best they can.

Turdacious wrote:

Blaidd Drwg wrote:

Turdacious wrote:

LOL at dipshits.

From which Thomist tome did you extract that nuanced graphic?

There's an interesting corollary between your failure as a physical person (an athlete, a competitor or even a physical enthusiast) and your inability to see clearly. Your mind is freighted with the tyranny of possibility......maybe Monsanto is pure as driven snow...maybe their advisers are confused.. Just as your slackened and weak body trembles before the confusing array of feelings brought about by physical movement...what will happen if I dare try?

Life will go better for you when you set these childish things aside and recognize things as they quite plainly are. When a company's practices are universally reviled...it's becuase they are revolting.

If Monsanto is so evil, why don't you actually post something that they've done that's illegal? No place for snake handler logic here.

You're welcome. It's a little story I like to call United States of America v. Monsanto Company, defendant. Criminal No. 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1(a) & (g) (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) and 15 U.S.C. § 78m(b) (False Books & Records).

http://www.law.virginia.edu/pdf/faculty ... nsanto.pdf

Terry B. wrote:

DARTH wrote:Going to be killing more deer in the future and we will be tilling a spot in the back yard for a garden. I want commercial food down to a low amount for my family for health and ethical reasons.

How much land would you need to be able to make a run at using food produced on it for a good percentage of your meals?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5 ... _OU01_.jpg

Fat Cat wrote: You're welcome. It's a little story I like to call United States of America v. Monsanto Company, defendant. Criminal No. 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1(a) & (g) (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) and 15 U.S.C. § 78m(b) (False Books & Records).

http://www.law.virginia.edu/pdf/faculty ... nsanto.pdf

And this makes them more evil than other companies doing business in Asia?

Turdacious wrote:

Fat Cat wrote: You're welcome. It's a little story I like to call United States of America v. Monsanto Company, defendant. Criminal No. 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1(a) & (g) (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) and 15 U.S.C. § 78m(b) (False Books & Records).

http://www.law.virginia.edu/pdf/faculty ... nsanto.pdf

And this makes them more evil than other companies doing business in Asia?

Ice your injured pussy and admit to the fact that you asked for proof of wrongdoing and I supplied it instead of changing the subject like the giant bitch you are. There are many, many other examples of just this type of wrongdoing, add to which the many, many civil suits that Monsanto has settled for millions to avoid admission of wrongdoing and the picture is clear to anyone who actually cares about human health and well-being (i.e., people other than you).

Fat Cat wrote:

Turdacious wrote:

Fat Cat wrote: You're welcome. It's a little story I like to call United States of America v. Monsanto Company, defendant. Criminal No. 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1(a) & (g) (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) and 15 U.S.C. § 78m(b) (False Books & Records).

http://www.law.virginia.edu/pdf/faculty ... nsanto.pdf

And this makes them more evil than other companies doing business in Asia?

Ice your injured pussy and admit to the fact that you asked for proof of wrongdoing and I supplied it instead of changing the subject like the giant bitch you are. There are many, many other examples of just this type of wrongdoing, add to which the many, many civil suits that Monsanto has settled for millions to avoid admission of wrongdoing and the picture is clear to anyone who actually cares about human health and well-being (i.e., people other than you).

Or you could just post an example of something more substantial. Something you call 'Evil Inc.' deserves better justification.

How about Percy Schmeiser? You laugh at the farmers that brought a lawsuit against Monsanto for potential crop contamination, Monsanto lost in their attempt at the reverse. Suing Percy for IP infringement when they contaminated his crops. Preemptive litigation is a good tactic, it's also evil.

Blaidd Drwg wrote:How about Percy Schmeiser? You laugh at the farmers that brought a lawsuit against Monsanto for potential crop contamination, Monsanto lost in their attempt at the reverse. Suing Percy for IP infringement when they contaminated his crops. Preemptive litigation is a good tactic, it's also evil.

No, I pity them for hiring unscrupulous lawyers that put their own profit above the best interest of the client.

And whether or not Monsanto really lost in the Schmeiser case is unknown-- if the bad publicity damaged their business, and fewer farmers bought Monsanto products in that area-- they lost. If neither of those happened, they won.

Hope you're looking at this Fatty-- BD actually mentioned something substantial.

Turdacious wrote:

Fat Cat wrote:

Turdacious wrote:

Fat Cat wrote: You're welcome. It's a little story I like to call United States of America v. Monsanto Company, defendant. Criminal No. 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1(a) & (g) (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) and 15 U.S.C. § 78m(b) (False Books & Records).

http://www.law.virginia.edu/pdf/faculty ... nsanto.pdf

And this makes them more evil than other companies doing business in Asia?

Ice your injured pussy and admit to the fact that you asked for proof of wrongdoing and I supplied it instead of changing the subject like the giant bitch you are. There are many, many other examples of just this type of wrongdoing, add to which the many, many civil suits that Monsanto has settled for millions to avoid admission of wrongdoing and the picture is clear to anyone who actually cares about human health and well-being (i.e., people other than you).

Or you could just post an example of something more substantial. Something you call 'Evil Inc.' deserves better justification.

Illegally dumping toxic waste in the UK...poisoning farmers in France...bribing Indonesian officials...these are all crimes for which Monsanto has been found culpable and you would know that if you cared to look. But you are neither honest nor interested in a reasonable discussion.