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Admiral Loinpresser

Admiral Loinpresser's Journal
Admiral Loinpresser's Journal
June 27, 2013

Another similarity between Obama and Bush:

Appointing foxes to regulate the hen house.

"The consensus among scientists at the FDA was that GMOs are dangerous, but key Monsanto executives, appointed to federal agencies under multiple administrations, including Obama's, squashed that information. For example, Obama appointed Michael Taylor, Monsanto's former vice president, as food safety czar at the FDA. That’s like having a tobacco executive crafting regulations on cigarettes."

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