Here's the rant that I delivered at the "March Against Monsanto" in downtown Fort Worth yesterday. Good times, good times.
My name is Allen Patterson, and I’m Chair of the Tarrant County Libertarian Party.
Check us out at the Tarrant County Libertarian Meetup, The Tarrant County Libertarian Website, and remember to come to the NORML State Leadership Conference, Norris Conference Center, about 8 blocks north of here, June 7th 8th and 9th.
If you can’t remember all of that, Google Fort Worth March Against Monsanto sometime tomorrow. My website’ll be in the top 5 search results. Come see me over here any time this afternoon. I’ve got flyers, bumperstickers, and other info, and I’d love to talk to you about freedom and the Libertarian Party.
Why would the Tarrant County Libertarian Party participate in a "March Against Monsanto"? We’re supposed to be the small-government party, right?
Here’s why…. Monsanto developed some hybrid life forms. That's not problem for many of us.
Monsanto wanted a monopoly on these plants and started suing people who used "their" seeds without their permission. One of Monsanto's former lawyers, Clarence Thomas, was appointed to the Supreme Court, where he eventually wrote a majority opinion in a 2001 lawsuit, stating that "newly developed plant breeds are patentable under the general utility patent laws of the United States".
Sorry, Clarence, but if someone purchases a John Grisham novel and then re-sells it to Half-Price Books, that individual can't be sued because he didn't mail John Grisham a check. The same thing goes for purchasing, and then re-selling a car, a stapler, "Beyonce's Greatest Hits", or "Milli Vanilli - Unplugged". It's called the "First Sale Doctrine".
I own me. You own you. And if you grow some soybeans, you have a right to do what you want with the seeds. It really is that simple. Farmers have been growing plants and re-using the seeds for thousands of years, and should be allowed to continue doing so, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kegan, and Barack Obama’s FDA be damned!
But if you want Big Government, what you’re seeing today is exactly and precisely what it looks like.
Government puts a monitor in place (the FDA, the EPA) and within 25 years, the inmates are running the asylum. When you get a chance, Google the phrase “Regulatory Capture”.
Now....we’re going to play a game called “Name That President”.
I’m going to give you the name of a Monsanto employee, and you’re going to guess the name of the president who appointed him or her to regulate organizations like…..Monsanto.
It’ll be fun.
Which president appointed Monsanto director William Rucklehouse as acting head of the FBI? – Richard Nixon
Who was president when Monsanto’s VP of Government and Public Affiars was appointed as Deputy Administrator of the EPA? Clinton and Bush
Who appointed Michael Taylor, Monsanto’s Vice President of Public Policy, as Senior Advisor to the Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration? Obama
This is what Big Government Looks Like!!!
Which president appointed former Monsanto attorney Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court? Bush
William Ruckleshaus is a retired Monsanto Board member. Which president appointed him as the very first head of the Environmental Protection Agency? Nixon
Earle H. Harbison, Jr. was once President of Monsanto. Who was president when Mr. Harbison was working his way up to Deputy Director of the CIA? (It looks like Ford, Carter, Reagand and Bush)
Who elected Monsanto lobbyist Toby Moffett to the U.S. Congress? You did, if you voted for him.
Who elected Monsanto legal Counsel Dennis DeConcini to the U.S. Senate? You did, if you voted for him.
Who was president of the USA when Monsanto’s Chemical Lab Supervisor Margaret Miller was Deputy Director of the Food and Drug Administration? Daddy Bush and Clinton
This is what Big Government Looks Like!!!
Which president appointed Marcia Hale, Monsanto’s International Government Affairs Director to his White House Senior Staff? Clinton
Which President appointed Mickey Kantor, a Monsanto Board Member, as Secretary Of Commerce? Clinton
Which Presidents appointed Linda Fisher, Monsanto’s Vice President of Government and Public Affairs, as Deputy Administrator of the EPA? Bush, Clinton
Which President appointed Roger Beachy, the Director of Monsanto’s Danforth Center, as Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture? Barack Obama
Folks, I could go on and on and on. There are about a dozen others on the list.
I often wonder if you move back and forth from Monsanto to Government, does it even count as a job change?
This is what Big Government looks like.
I’m Allen Patterson, Chair Of the Tarrant County Libertarian Party.
Check us out at the Tarrant County Libertarian Meetup, The Tarrant County Libertarian Website, and remember to come to the NORML State Leadership Conference, Norris Conference Center, about 8 blocks north of here, June 7th 8th and 9th.
If you can’t remember all of that, Google Fort Worth March Against Monsanto sometime tomorrow. My website’ll be in the top 5 search results.
Come see me over here. I’ve got flyers, and I’d love to talk to you about Liberty and the Libertarian Party.
We’re the party that is pro-choice about EVERYTHING, including what you can do with your own damn soybeans.
My name is Allen Patterson, and I’m Chair of the Tarrant County Libertarian Party.
Check us out at the Tarrant County Libertarian Meetup, The Tarrant County Libertarian Website, and remember to come to the NORML State Leadership Conference, Norris Conference Center, about 8 blocks north of here, June 7th 8th and 9th.
If you can’t remember all of that, Google Fort Worth March Against Monsanto sometime tomorrow. My website’ll be in the top 5 search results. Come see me over here any time this afternoon. I’ve got flyers, bumperstickers, and other info, and I’d love to talk to you about freedom and the Libertarian Party.
Why would the Tarrant County Libertarian Party participate in a "March Against Monsanto"? We’re supposed to be the small-government party, right?
Here’s why…. Monsanto developed some hybrid life forms. That's not problem for many of us.
Monsanto wanted a monopoly on these plants and started suing people who used "their" seeds without their permission. One of Monsanto's former lawyers, Clarence Thomas, was appointed to the Supreme Court, where he eventually wrote a majority opinion in a 2001 lawsuit, stating that "newly developed plant breeds are patentable under the general utility patent laws of the United States".
Sorry, Clarence, but if someone purchases a John Grisham novel and then re-sells it to Half-Price Books, that individual can't be sued because he didn't mail John Grisham a check. The same thing goes for purchasing, and then re-selling a car, a stapler, "Beyonce's Greatest Hits", or "Milli Vanilli - Unplugged". It's called the "First Sale Doctrine".
I own me. You own you. And if you grow some soybeans, you have a right to do what you want with the seeds. It really is that simple. Farmers have been growing plants and re-using the seeds for thousands of years, and should be allowed to continue doing so, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kegan, and Barack Obama’s FDA be damned!
But if you want Big Government, what you’re seeing today is exactly and precisely what it looks like.
Government puts a monitor in place (the FDA, the EPA) and within 25 years, the inmates are running the asylum. When you get a chance, Google the phrase “Regulatory Capture”.
Now....we’re going to play a game called “Name That President”.
I’m going to give you the name of a Monsanto employee, and you’re going to guess the name of the president who appointed him or her to regulate organizations like…..Monsanto.
It’ll be fun.
Which president appointed Monsanto director William Rucklehouse as acting head of the FBI? – Richard Nixon
Who was president when Monsanto’s VP of Government and Public Affiars was appointed as Deputy Administrator of the EPA? Clinton and Bush
Who appointed Michael Taylor, Monsanto’s Vice President of Public Policy, as Senior Advisor to the Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration? Obama
This is what Big Government Looks Like!!!
Which president appointed former Monsanto attorney Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court? Bush
William Ruckleshaus is a retired Monsanto Board member. Which president appointed him as the very first head of the Environmental Protection Agency? Nixon
Earle H. Harbison, Jr. was once President of Monsanto. Who was president when Mr. Harbison was working his way up to Deputy Director of the CIA? (It looks like Ford, Carter, Reagand and Bush)
Who elected Monsanto lobbyist Toby Moffett to the U.S. Congress? You did, if you voted for him.
Who elected Monsanto legal Counsel Dennis DeConcini to the U.S. Senate? You did, if you voted for him.
Who was president of the USA when Monsanto’s Chemical Lab Supervisor Margaret Miller was Deputy Director of the Food and Drug Administration? Daddy Bush and Clinton
This is what Big Government Looks Like!!!
Which president appointed Marcia Hale, Monsanto’s International Government Affairs Director to his White House Senior Staff? Clinton
Which President appointed Mickey Kantor, a Monsanto Board Member, as Secretary Of Commerce? Clinton
Which Presidents appointed Linda Fisher, Monsanto’s Vice President of Government and Public Affairs, as Deputy Administrator of the EPA? Bush, Clinton
Which President appointed Roger Beachy, the Director of Monsanto’s Danforth Center, as Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture? Barack Obama
Folks, I could go on and on and on. There are about a dozen others on the list.
I often wonder if you move back and forth from Monsanto to Government, does it even count as a job change?
This is what Big Government looks like.
I’m Allen Patterson, Chair Of the Tarrant County Libertarian Party.
Check us out at the Tarrant County Libertarian Meetup, The Tarrant County Libertarian Website, and remember to come to the NORML State Leadership Conference, Norris Conference Center, about 8 blocks north of here, June 7th 8th and 9th.
If you can’t remember all of that, Google Fort Worth March Against Monsanto sometime tomorrow. My website’ll be in the top 5 search results.
Come see me over here. I’ve got flyers, and I’d love to talk to you about Liberty and the Libertarian Party.
We’re the party that is pro-choice about EVERYTHING, including what you can do with your own damn soybeans.
4 comments:
You didn't mention the terrible things Monsanto's patented seeds are doing to the foods we eat nor what those foods are doing to those who eat foods made with their genetically modified plants. You didn't mention that the FDA, which is completely in the pocket of BIG FOOD, completely ignores the warnings of doctors who have warned of the dangers of these plants nor the fact that other countries will not allow these foods into their countries. Big government is bad not just because it is bad, but because it allows bad things to go on as everyone is in bed with everyone else. BTW, the FDA is also in bed with BIG PHARMA and continues to allow dangerous drugs to be marketed while forbidding anything natural from saying so. Not only that, but they are deliberately putting out bad info about health practices in hopes that older people die off rather than stay healthy and cost them in SS and medicare. It is a crime and a sin against God. Read DR Mercola's comments about Monsanto and read what Life Extension Foundation has to say about the government and their announcements about health.
You're right. I didn't say that.
Didn't Monsanto recently get some rather onerous legislation piggy-backed into a bill that was passed?
I can't remember the detail, but I think it went along the lines of "if you get sick or die from consuming any of Monsanto's products, then you can't sue them."
Yeah, that's the gist of the infamous "Monsanto Protection Act".
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