Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive for Chief Agricultural Negotiator in Office of the US Trade Rep.

[G_j]

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/17/obama_nominates_pesticide_executive_to_be

Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive to Be Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative

President Obama’s nominee for the Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the office of the US Trade Representative, Islam Siddiqui is currently a vice president at CropLife America, a coalition of the major industrial players in the pesticide industry, including Syngenta, Monsanto, and Dow Chemical. He was previously a lobbyist for CropLife and also served in the US Department of Agriculture under President Clinton and the California Department of Food and Agriculture. A coalition of over eighty environmental, family farm and consumer advocacy organizations have sent a letter to the Senate Finance Committee urging them to reject his nomination.

[angrycarpenter]

1. booo!!!

Is that the best he could do?

[tekisui]

2. Not cool, Obama.

Disappointing, to say the least.

[dysfunctional press]

3. another "chess" move...? or more obedience to the corporate masters...?

you decide.

[MNDemNY]

8. gotta be the chess.

just wait till this whole thing comes together! I mean wow, we won't believe it!

[dysfunctional press]

30. i already can't believe it...

[Horse with no Name]

4. More "meet the new boss, same as the old boss"

Not surprising though. More of the same...glad I didn't believe "change" was going to happen. I would be sorely disappointed if I did.

[bigtree]

5. *sigh*

[msongs]

6. chanage we can believe in - anything to appease corporations nt

[MNDemNY]

7. Any DLCers care to defend this one???

Sis? Pro? anyone?

[Nikki Stone1]

9. Fox, meet henhouse.

Sigh

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. And?

:shrug:

[MNDemNY]

11. .Wait for the memo before you respond.

Or do you dare tell us why this is a "good" thing?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. Respond to what, exactly?

Anti-pesticide woo woos?

[MNDemNY]

13. How about you just tells us woo-woos why this is a "good " thing.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. Why don't you explain why it's a bad thing.

You were expecting maybe Obama to appoint somebody from an organic farm to this position you never heard of before?

[MNDemNY]

15. No. but again he has dismissed the advise of progressive orginizations...

in a way that seems to further the perception that he is "bowing" to the demands of corporate interests. It is a pattern. Because of this pattern many her have an unfortunate lack of trust in this "Democratic" president.But for those that choose to accept what ever is fed them, it's no problem, right?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

16. So... you really haven't got a reason, is that what you're saying?

Just the usual knee-jerk whining and moaning.

[MNDemNY]

17. Non-reader?

Just the usual slurp-slurp for you! Wipe your chin.:eyes:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

19. You didn't actually write anything.

Just the vague nonsensical "corporatist" you people continually invent. The teabaggers do the exact same thing, only they use the word "socialist." The guy's an expert in the industry, who do you expect him to have worked for? Is he supposed to be self-employed? I mean, did you even put any thought into this before you decided to whine about it?

Hell, the story's even months old.

Reminds me of the thread yesterday from the woo woo all worked up about that crazy lady being dragged away from air force one.

[G_j]

18. maybe we can bring back DDT

that Rachel Carson sure was woo woo...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

20. Here's a good example of woo.

Not all pesticides are DDT.

Not all pesticides are bad.

I doubt Carson would be taking this knee-jerk anti-Obama position that you are.

[blindpig]

21. So, you approve of the regulated being the regulator?

Seems like we used to disapprove of that sort of thing around here. Guess that's part of 'change'.

k&r

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

22. What regulator?

This is a trade position, not a regulation position.

Talk about not reading.

[blindpig]

27. Right you are, yet the principle applies

You don't think this dude will give his 'friends' preference?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

28. lol

[MrsCorleone]

29. Funny how HighFructosePronSyrup always seems to shill, er, I mean side for the big BioAgs

[Enrique]

32. did you watch the video in the OP?

you seem to be suggesting that the opposition to Siddiqui is knee-jerk, but the guest lays out very clearly in about a ten-minute interview the reasons for the opposition. Is it possible that you are the one being knee-jerk?

[Starry Messenger]

23. Anyone who hates pesticide lobbyists is a locust lover.

:sarcasm:

Interesting point in the video, is the fact that this group is the one that wrote a letter to Michelle Obama to complain about her organic methods in her garden at the White House. I can't wait to hear the explanation behind this pick.

[G_j]

24. oh yes,

the absurdity of that struck me also.
:wtf:

[Vidar]

25. That would be almost as bad as having "Mr. Death Squad" Negroponte as

State Department adviser. Oh wait, he is. Recommended.

[G_j]

26. lol

I was just going to say....

[Sebastian Doyle]

31. Well everyone should hate this nominee

The Repukes will hate him for being Muslim, the normal people will hate him for being a MonSatan shill. :puke:

[DU GrovelBot]

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