Be careful what you wish for!

[stew]

United States President Barack Obama has signed a bill into law that was written in part by the very billion-dollar corporation that will benefit directly from the legislation.

On Tuesday, Pres. Obama inked his name to H.R. 933, a continuing resolution spending bill approved in Congress days earlier. Buried 78 pages within the bill exists a provision that grossly protects biotech corporations such as the California-based Monsanto Company from litigation.

With the president's signature, agriculture giants that deal with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and genetically engineered (GE) seeds are given the go-ahead to continue to plant and sell man-made crops, even as questions remain largely unanswered about the health risks these types of products pose to consumers.

In light of approval from the House and Senate, more than 250,000 people signed a petition asking the president to veto the spending bill over the biotech rider tacked on, an item that has since been widely referred to as the "Monsanto Protection Act."

"But Obama ignored [the petition]," IB Times' Connor Sheets writes, "instead choosing to sign a bill that effectively bars federal courts from being able to halt the sale or planting of GMO or GE crops and seeds, no matter what health consequences from the consumption of these products may come to light in the future."

James Brumley, a reporter for Investor Place, explains a little more thoroughly just how dangerous the rider is now that biotech companies are allowed to bypass judicial scrutiny. Up until it was signed, he writes, "the USDA [US Department of Agriculture] oversaw and approved (or denied) the testing of genetically modified seeds, while the federal courts retained the authority to halt the testing or sale of these plants if it felt that public health was being jeopardized. With HR 933 now a law, however, the court system no longer has the right to step in and protect the consumer."

If the president's signature isn't all that surprising, though, consider the genesis of the bill itself. According to an article published Monday in the New York Daily News, US Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) "worked with Monsanto to craft the language in the bill."

This man is setting himself up for private life, he is as bad as the hypocrite liberal who ran for VP a few years ago, who now makes millions campaigning for green living and small carbon footprints by all, eyt his electricity bill for a month at one of his mansions was $8,000 for the billing cycle, yes one billing cycle.

There is little difference between the two main parties at this stage, they are both disgraceful in their hypocrisy. 

[Count 10]

Politicians out for themselves....now there's a shocker!! We will swap you Peter and Martin...for anyone.....really!!

[stew]

Politicians out for themselves....now there's a shocker!! We will swap you Peter and Martin...for anyone.....really!!

I give you...............Barak Hussein Bush!

[deiseach]

Nice try, stew, attempting to pin this one on Obama. But the crucial line the article zips past is this one:

In light of approval from the House and Senate

H.R. 933 was passed in the House of Representatives by 318 votes to 109 and in the Senate by 73 votes to 26. You don't need to be a mathematician to know that each of those votes well exceeds the two-thirds majority required to override a presidential veto. By all means, criticise Obama for things he does, like the indiscriminate use of drones. But he's about as responsible for this as the manufacturer of the pen he used to sign off on the bill.

Edit: the list of Yays and Nays in the House is curious. Supporters included Nancy Pelosi and Peter King. Opponents included Michele Bachmann and Alan Grayson! How bipartisan.

[stew]

Deiseach, Obama signed this bill, he is as two faced as anybody that ever held the same office, the man is a nightmare President and continues to pander to big business and not fulfill his obligations to the electorate who voted him in partly because he said he was going to tax big business not protect big business.

[deiseach]

Deiseach, Obama signed this bill, he is as two faced as anybody that ever held the same office, the man is a nightmare President and continues to pander to big business and not fulfill his obligations to the electorate who voted him in partly because he said he was going to tax big business not protect big business.

You didn't read a word of what I wrote.