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ORIGINAL: DomPersona

I figure that CM is a great place to get a lot of people to see this and possibly help. Not only is this important to organic farmers like myself, but also our food, children, and future as human beings:

Petition: http://wh.gov/sLqC

Occupy the Farm Bill

Call President Barack Obama 202-456-1111
Call the Congressional Switchboard 202-224-3121

Congress succeeded in passing Section 735, aka the Monsanto Protection Act, in the Continuing Resolution spending bill.

Contact President Obama before he signs it and HR 933 becomes law.

With the passage of the Monsanto Protection Act in Congress, biotech lobbyists are one step closer to making sure that their new GMO crops can evade any serious scientific, regulatory review and circumvents separation of powers by evading the judicial process.

This dangerous provision, the Monsanto Protection Act, strips judges of their constitutional mandate to protect consumer rights and the environment, while opening up the floodgates for the planting of new untested genetically engineered crops, endangering farmers, consumers and the environment.

Call President Obama at (202) 456-1111 and tell him to VETO HR 933.

Sign the White house Petition here:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-section-735-aka-monsanto-protection-act-hr-933/T8QYzYZg

WHAT TO SAY?
President Barack Obama
(202) 456-1111
"Hi, my name is _______ from _________ (city and/or state) I'm calling to ask President Obama to veto HR 933, the short term spending bill due to the inclusion of a dangerous rider by the Senate, The Monsanto Protection Act,that is harmful to our environment, family farmers and citizens ."

The passage of Section 735 in the Senate is an outrage against family farmers and our Constitution, undermining judicial review and our democratic rights in favor of corporate handouts.

As your constituent, I believe it's important that President Obama supports basic oversight of the agricultural biotech industry, not less. It's important to me and my family what we eat everyday, and biotech lobbyists shouldn't be allowed to corrupt the review process for new biotech crops.

Please remember to thank the staff person answering the phone and President Obama telling them that you support openness and transparency in food labeling and government.

Thank you.

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ORIGINAL: descrite

I would like to support a similar bill, halting the unfettered genetic experimentation among humans.

Namely, I want to make sure the courts are involved in deciding who has children and who doesn't, by directly interfering with and supervising any couple that intends to reproduce.

Maybe when everyone gets all done being spooked by the scary-scary science of genetic enhancement, people will stop starving to death. No, wait-- my bad: we have more than enough food right now, but some Luddites want to prevent its export and distribution to those starving people, by labeling it "GMO" and diseeminating fear instead of calories.

If I invent a new product, it should be mine. Some yokel spouting witch-doctory crap about how my new product MIGHT cause harm to someone down the line shouldn't prevent me from making, owning, and selling my product.

Bacon is bad for me, too. But I will keep eating it. And spit in the eye of anyone who tries to prevent me. Go 'way, archaic-nannies.