Barack
Obama and the Monsanto betrayal
by
Jon Rappoport
May
7, 2014
Under
the selective radar of mainstream media, Barack
Obama has been carving out a whole new level of
support for Monsanto and other destructive biotech
giants.
From
Scott Creighton, "Obama Pitches India Model of GM
Genocide to Africa":
"At
the G8 Summit held two weeks ago at Camp David,
President Obama met with private industry and
African heads of state to launch the New Alliance
for Food Security and Nutrition, a euphemism for
monocultured, genetically modified crops and toxic
agrochemicals aimed at making poor farmers debt
slaves to corporations, while destroying the
ecosphere for profit.
"But
African civil society wants no part of this latest
Monsanto aligned 'public private partnership.'
Whatever will the progressives do now that their
flawless hero has teamed up with their most hated
nemesis [Monsanto] to exploit an entire continent
like they did to India not that long
ago?...
"With
a commitment of $3 billion, Obama plans to
'partner up' with mega-multinationals like
Monsanto, Diageo, Dupont, Cargill, Vodafone,
Walmart, Pepsico, Prudential, Syngenta
International, and Swiss Re because, as one USAID
representative says 'There are things that only
companies can do, like building silos for storage
and developing seeds and fertilizers.'
"Of
course, that's an outrageous lie. Private citizens
have been building their own silos for centuries.
But it's true that only the biowreck engineers
will foist patented seeds and toxic chemicals on
Africa."
Under
the guise of replacing the "donor-recipient model"
of charity with "smart business development that's
a win-win for everybody," a new level of
corporate-government colonialism is aimed at the
continent of Africa. The new and improved strategy
means bigger profits for the few and greater
suffering and displacement for the
many.
Support
self-sufficiency for the small farmer? Expand the
number of small farms growing nutritious and
non-toxic food? Never heard of it. Not on the
agenda---except in false propaganda statements and
promises.
No,
instead, the idea is putting small farmers into
debt to Monsanto for GMO seeds and highly toxic
herbicides, so they can grow (until they go
bankrupt) noxious GMO food crops. Small farms will
eventually be snapped up by big ag corporations.
Obama?
A warrior against corporations on behalf of the
people? It's long past the time for ripping that
false mask away.
During
his 2008 campaign for president, Barack Obama
transmitted signals that he understood the GMO
issue. Several key anti-GMO activists were
impressed. They thought Obama, once in the White
House, would listen to their concerns and act on
them.
These
activists weren't just reading tea leaves. On the
campaign trail, Obama said: "Let folks know when
their food is genetically modified, because
Americans have a right to know what they're
buying."
Making
the distinction between GMO and non-GMO was
certainly an indication that Obama, unlike the FDA
and USDA, saw there was an important line to draw
in the sand.
Beyond
that, Obama was promising a new era of
transparency in government. He was adamant in
assuring that, if elected, his administration
wouldn't do business in "the old way." He would be
"responsive to people's needs."
Then
came the reality.
After
the election, people who had been working to label
GMO food and warn the public of its huge dangers
were shocked to the core. They saw Obama had been
pulling a bait and switch.
After
the 2008 election, Obama filled key posts with
Monsanto people, in federal agencies that wield
tremendous force in food issues, the USDA and the
FDA:
At
the USDA, as the director of the National
Institute of Food and Agriculture, Roger Beachy,
former director of the Monsanto Danforth
Center.
As
deputy commissioner of the FDA, the new
food-safety-issues czar, the infamous Michael
Taylor, former vice-president for public policy
for Monsanto. Taylor had been instrumental in
getting approval for Monsanto's genetically
engineered bovine growth hormone.
As
commissioner of the USDA, Iowa governor, Tom
Vilsack. Vilsack had set up a national group, the
Governors' Biotechnology Partnership, and had been
given a Governor of the Year Award by the
Biotechnology Industry Organization, whose members
include Monsanto.
As
the new Agriculture Trade Representative, who
would push GMOs for export, Islam Siddiqui, a
former Monsanto lobbyist.
As
the new counsel for the USDA, Ramona Romero, who
had been corporate counsel for another biotech
giant, DuPont.
As
the new head of the USAID, Rajiv Shah, who had
previously worked in key positions for the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation, a major funder of
GMO agriculture research.
We
should also remember that Obama's secretary of
state, Hillary Clinton, once worked for the Rose
law firm. That firm was counsel to
Monsanto.
Obama
nominated Elena Kagan to the US Supreme Court.
Kagan, as federal solicitor general, had
previously argued for Monsanto in the Monsanto v.
Geertson seed case before the Supreme Court.
The
deck was stacked. Obama hadn't simply made honest
mistakes. Obama hadn't just failed to exercise
proper oversight in selecting appointees. He
wasn't just experiencing a failure of short-term
memory. He was staking out territory on behalf of
Monsanto and other GMO corporate giants.
And
now let us look at what key Obama appointees have
wrought for their true bosses. Let's see what GMO
crops have walked through the open door of the
Obama presidency.
Monsanto
GMO alfalfa.
Monsanto
GMO sugar beets.
Monsanto
GMO Bt soybean.
Coming
soon: Monsanto's GMO sweet corn.
Syngenta
GMO corn for ethanol.
Syngenta
GMO stacked corn.
Pioneer
GMO soybean.
Syngenta
GMO Bt cotton.
Bayer
GMO cotton.
ATryn,
an anti-clotting agent from the milk of transgenic
goats.
A
GMO papaya strain.
And
perhaps, soon, genetically engineered salmon and
apples.
This
is an extraordinary parade. It, in fact, makes
Barack Obama the most GMO-dedicated politician in
America.
You
don't attain that position through errors or
oversights. Obama was, all along, a stealth
operative on behalf of Monsanto, biotech, GMOs,
and corporate control of the future of
agriculture.
From
this perspective, Michelle Obama's campaign for
gardens and clean, organic, nutritious food is
nothing more than a diversion, a cover story
floated to obscure what her husband has actually
been doing.
Nor
is it coincidental that two of the Obama's biggest
supporters, Bill Gates and George Soros, purchased
900,000 and 500,000 shares of Monsanto,
respectively, in 2010.
We
are talking about a president who presented
himself, and was believed by many to be, an
extraordinary departure from politics as
usual.
Not
only was that a wrong assessment, Obama was lying
all along. He was, and he still is, Monsanto's man
in Washington.
To
those people who fight for GMO labeling and the
outlawing of GMO crops, and against the decimation
of the food supply and the destruction of human
health, but still believe Obama is a beacon in
bleak times:
Wake
up!!!
Sources
include:
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