Just a little background....I began fighting these guys in the mid 80's as I funded the building of my organic plant breeding business by working as a microbiologist and entomologist at research and fermentation facilities that produced the natural Bt (this is the bacteria that the genetic engineers took genes from and inserted into plants so that they could produce their own insecticides). The lies that they told the EPA were so outrageous and the bullying of the scientific community so blatant that I realized quickly that the modern Republican/Rove MOA came from watching this industry operate. Time and time again, as the products of this technology were outlawed in Europe and Japan and in other countries, people on our side would say things like " we won, they will go away now" but I always knew that these bullies would not go away. Fast forward to the night before last when I was watching the returns here in CA and seeing our simple humble labeling proposition lose (does not even require the EPA to test the plants- which should have been done 25 years ago, no less) .
I was filled with an overwhelming sense of peace and calm and I knew that we have actually finally won. I cannot tell you how or why. But I knew it. I know these crops will be phased out within 2 years here in the US. I posted to various friends things like "they paid 47 million dollars to make sure that everyone knows what liars they are and how unsafe their products actually are" and things along those lines. I posted over in the California group.....But honestly I cannot tell you why I feel this way. But I do and think that it is part of our new reality now. Just knowing things. It is so amazing. Of course I could be wrong, as all my friends were in the past. Time will tell. But I feel as certain about this as I felt about Obama winning (although I was on pins and needles that it would be stolen again).
Thanks for starting this thread, I am happy to be able to share this with all of you.
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