[Clinging Bitterly]

Yeah like their campaign is honest?
They were claiming that there is a variety of potato that the FDA classifies as food and the EPA classifies as a pesticide.
Yeah right.

And before the election I received a phone call from a guy claiming to be a farmer and he said I should vote for measure 27 because then I would know what foods were free of genetic engineering. I asked him what food crops he produced and why he could not now claim them to be non genetically engineered, why we had to pass a law and have the government force him to do it. Really, if they are so proud to have their products all natural & wholesome & so forth, why are they not shouting it from the rooftops?

Personally, I'm not at all worried about the health effects of consuming bio engineered food crops, but I sure as hell would like to know what's up with the peaches. I'd like to be able to go into a supermarket here in Oregon (of all places) and buy a fresh peach that tastes like a peach. Can't, so I don't. Market works, measure 27 is unneeded.

Dave in Eugene

[garden variety]

The resounding defeat of measure 27, measure 23, and various tax increases on the Oregon Nov. 5 ballot has given me a glimmer of hope that Oregonians have not yet gone completely insane. But when I look at the idiots who were elected and re-elected, I see there is still much work to be done.

I know what you mean about the peaches. The best peach I ever had was one that I picked from a tree in Texas. Peaches are more difficult here. They are subjest to fungus disease because of our damp climate, but there is a farm about 2 miles from me that has some half-way decent peaches. Still not nearly as good as the peaches I ate in Texas. It is the same with oranges. The best oranges are grown in Florida. You can't find them here.