Some Obama apologists claim he has been deceived by “those around him” or “his handlers”. But Obama stacked his administration with GMO cronies himself. As soon as Obama started putting together the rest of his administration’s cabinet after winning the 2008 election, it was apparent. Obama immediately inserted attorney Michael Taylor, former Public Policy VP for Monsanto, as deputy commissioner of the FDA. He’s the poster boy for corporate-government revolving door maneuvers who made a legal living hell for small dairy farmers during the 1990s for simply labeling their milk rBGH, or hormone free. Then came former director of the Monsanto Danforth Center, Roger Beachy. Obama posted him as the director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Soon after the Obama administration placed former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack, voted Governor of the Year by the Biotechnology Industry Organization after creating the Governors’ Biotechnology Partnership, as USDA Commissioner. Bye-bye organic standards, hello GMOs. Obama placed former Monsanto lobbyist Islam Siddiqui as Agriculture Trade Representative so he could push GMO exports overseas. Former biotech Dupont attorney Ramona Romera was placed as USDA’s counsel. This is a partial Obama-picks only list. There have been some GMO strategic administration placements from previous presidents, none of which promised GMO labeling or transparency.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 05:58:25 +0000
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