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U.S. using food crisis to boost bio-engineered crops
www.chicagotribune.com ^ | 12:54 AM CDT, May 14, 2008 | Stephen J. Hedges

Posted on 05/23/2008 4:32:50 PM PDT by antonia

The Bush administration has slipped a controversial ingredient into the $770 million aid package it recently proposed to ease the world food crisis, adding language that would promote the use of genetically modified crops in food-deprived countries.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bioengineeredcrops; environment; foodcrisis; foodsupply; gmfoods

1 posted on 05/23/2008 4:32:51 PM PDT by antonia
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To: antonia

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I love how even when you do what they want they bitch.

Bitch, bitch, bitch.


2 posted on 05/23/2008 4:35:40 PM PDT by TheZMan (Bitter backwoods east Texan Christian gun clinger with the AC at 72 degrees.)
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To: TheZMan

Rove, you magnificent bastard. Use GMO crops or starve. Take that EU. Slap Slap. Best news story of the day.


3 posted on 05/23/2008 4:39:09 PM PDT by sitkaspruce
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To: antonia

“...adding language that would promote the use of genetically modified crops in food-deprived countries.”

Planned genocide. No doubt about it.


4 posted on 05/23/2008 4:50:16 PM PDT by littlehouse36 (Celebrate economic diversity.)
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To: antonia

These idiot libs would have the entire planet living as a third world country if everyone actually took them seriously. Famine, disease, death and war are the only things the envirotards have accomplished; unfortunately, hundreds of millions of human beings have had to suffer and die because some fool listened to their stupidity.


5 posted on 05/23/2008 4:56:52 PM PDT by Left2Right ("Democracy isn't perfect, but other governments are so much worse (especially Iran's)")
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To: littlehouse36

I believe we’ve been doing this for years...


6 posted on 05/23/2008 4:57:05 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: antonia
If they don't like it, let them eat "open polinated, locally sustainable organic crops".

Maybe send them copies of

, and

and let them feed themselves.

I must be getting old; when I grew up, the rule was "beggars can't be choosers".

7 posted on 05/23/2008 5:02:32 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
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