Posted on 12/01/2010 5:36:24 PM PST by NorwegianViking
George Soros' hedge fund bought 897,813 shares of Monsanto on Nov. 17. This deal equals $312.6 Million. Big Government: A questionable food safety bill in search of a crisis passed the Senate, but may hit a snag in the House. This power grab of the nation's food supply may end up benefiting a certain Hungarian billionaire.
Why would the Senate take up precious time in the lame duck session considering a food safety bill?
Just as ObamaCare wasn't really about health care reform but about government power, S510 is not really about food safety but about government control of agriculture and the nation's food producers. The Food Safety Modernization Act would give the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented power to govern how farmers produce their crops. The FDA would be able to control soil, water, hygiene, and even temperature, on farms. Through the law, the agency could regulate animal activity in the fields.
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Headline should read: Soros’ Hedgefund Buys...
You’re tax money is going to make Soros richer.
Think about that while you’re job hunting. :)
Since there are ‘fees’ involved in S510, it will be necessary for me to add a surcharge to my invoices.
I had also heard that it was Monsanto lobbying for the change in road signs as they make the reflective lettering for the new signs.
Geesh, how much more is going to be rammed through that We the People do not want?
I hear a lot of people talking about ‘regulation’ becoming the way to institute laws that don’t pass. Maybe the 1st then, along with Obamacare repeal is to pass a law preventing agencies from instituting laws and regulations. After all, regulations are laws. We need something that says any regulation an agency wants to enact must come before the house and be passed. After all it is the House that is suppoesd to enact laws under the constitution.
Lamar Alexander RINO Tennessee. Protect and Defend What Oath?
That wasn’t Monsanto, it was ThreeM (MMM)
I was thinking about those road sign changes today as I was driving. I think the reason they are in all caps is to help people read them easier. The bigger letters are more able to be seen. So I would argue it is a matter of SAFETY over correct grammar. What a waste of tax payer money to have to redo all those signs!
Yes, and think about that when going to the grocery store is very expensive and painful. Don't blame a farmer if you are hungry, blame the Global Marketers, Government Regulators and Ag seed breeders. This is a conspiracy that has been coming for a number of years. It is about destroying competition and controling the food market. It began before the passage of the PVPA Act. The public will think the oil embargo was a minor blip if this is fully implemented. Dem and Pubbie heads need to roll for those who support this travesty.
ESAD
This is simply a way to implement central planning.
We are the kulaks, now. Funny, I thought there’d be more of an argument/battle.
S510 transfers authority over food regulation enforcement from the FDA to the Homeland Security Department, which brought us the TSA, naked body scanners and the groping of our junk. The bill requires the EPA to “participate” in regulating the food chain.”
Sounds like nothing more than a naked power grab. Hopefully this thing is dead for the lame duck. S510 actually contained fees which made it unconstitutional, had to originate in the House. With the Senate pubbies stating nothing will be considered until the tax cuts are dealt with I would hope this thing is gone until January. Surely the new Congress will have the sense to kill this monstrosity.
Control the food control the massses.
The dunces are insisting the upper case and lower case will be easier to read.
WRONG AGAIN
No... that’s 3M.
Monsanto is the Evil Empire Personified.
Do you remember where you saw that? I’d love the link.
Genetically Modified Organisms are going to be the end of us all,
Monsanto is the Devil that owns seed distribution in this country.
They are genetically modifying insects, viruses and bacteria things that God never meant to exist and then they inject this dna swamp mess into our food seed.
This is a NIGHTMARE!
Why would the Senate take up precious time in the lame duck session considering a food safety bill?
The STOP question.
I recommend closing one’s ears to the braying of donkeys. Life’s tough enough. That’ll stop extraneous noise RIGHT QUICK!
Now who’s the brave conservative? Who will get face-time confronting this naked power-grab with exactly that question?
WELL PUT SIR!
That’ll be your leader, methinks.
Grabs the cojones a bit hey?
Good.
GO ON AND GRAB THE COJONES OF THE ELECTORATE.
We’re LISTENING!
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