Monsanto

[danbaron]

To me, Monsanto is an example of a typical corporation.

It has demonstrated again and again, that it will do anything to make money.

During the Vietnam War, it made the "harmless" herbicide, Agent Orange.

How many people died of cancer from it?

Since then, it has made at least Lasso and Roundup (I don't know what else).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17024494

I think that Roundup is a powerful herbicide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundup_%28herbicide%29

Monsanto also sells genetically modified agricultural seeds, which are immune to Roundup.

So, it sells the poison, and the antidote.

In my opinion, Monsanto wants to make it impossible to grow any crops without using Monsanto seed.

Recently, on our radio show, a guy talked about the appearance in the United States of, "super weeds", from the widespread use of Roundup.

These new weeds are almost impossible to kill (they are immune to Roundup).

Monsanto's solution?

It is lobbying to have approved a much more potent poison than Roundup.

Does that seem like a reasonable remedy?

To keep escalating the strength of the poison?

Is the end result of such a cycle, likely to be good for anyone or anything, except Monsanto?

[kryton9]

For many years, even decades, Monsanto has been the target of many groups. I never paid too much attention to it. I always figured there are good and bad people everywhere and such a huge corporation is bound to have a few bad apples giving the corporation a bad name. But their aggressive tactics along with the government to push their genetically modified food products is very alarming. They just recently made Whole Foods, a company known and successful for their fresh and organic products, and anything not so is labeled as such to carry their stuff. So there are definitely some powerful bad people in that corporation with strong hands in the government. So I can sympathize with your post Dan.

[Charles Pegge]

Farmers Pigs All Sterile From GMO Corn


http://vimeo.com/20237421

[danbaron]

Something else.

I could be wrong, but, I don't think I am.

I think that crops grown with Monsanto seed are also sterile.

In other words, farmers are forced to buy Monsanto seed every year.

Monsanto will make life better for everyone, correct?!!

[kryton9]

Here is an article that puts a different spin then what I heard on the radio.
http://the2012scenario.com/2011/02/organic-elite-surrenders-monsanto-2/

[danbaron]

How many people who go to universities to get business degrees, have any morals at all?

I made my own observations in the dorms I lived in at the university.

You get to know a lot of guys there.

(And, my impression of guys who join fraternities, is that, as a group, they are much worse than the worst guys in the dorms.)

[kryton9]

University times are very strange. You think you know it all, you are invincible and you will change the world-- you graduate and it takes about 10 to 15 years before you realize how stupid you were in college :)