REMOVE THE Monsanto Protection Act!
Friday, March 22, 2013
REMOVE THE Monsanto Protection Act!
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) has attached the
Monsanto Protection Act Section 735 (HR 933) to the spending bill. This is the same company which created Agent Orange
during the Vietnam War. Agent Orange is the
combination of the code names for Herbicide Orange (HO) and Agent LNX, one of
the herbicides and defoliants used by the U.S. military as part of its
chemical warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to
1971. Vietnam estimates
400,000 people were killed or maimed, and 500,000 children born with birth defects as a result of
its use.[1] The Red Cross of Vietnam estimates that
up to 1 million people are disabled or have health problems due to Agent Orange
(Wikipedia). Not only were the people of
Vietnam adversely affected but so were US soldiers. The Department of Justice (Eric
Holder) launched an extensive investigation.
This investigation ended abruptly without any explanation. For more information please refer to the
article entitled “Justice
Department Shuts down Monsanto Investigation without Explanation”. http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/monsantoantitrust11282012/
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The NRA is CORRECT
Based on all of the rhetoric that has been
floating around about the massive shootings in recent history, one would
conclude that certain weapons should be banned i.e. assault weapons. I recently visited the NRA’s website (http://www.nraila.org)
and found a host of information that has NOT
been properly reported. First of all, a clear definition of an assault weapon
should be given. There seems to be
confusion with the public over differences between fully automatic and semi-automatic
firearms. The
difference is that a fully-automatic firearm can fire repeatedly and quickly as
long as you hold down the trigger, but a semi-automatic, like any firearm other
than a fully-automatic, fires only once when you pull the trigger. Gun
control supporters say that semi-automatic
rifles like the AR-15 are “military-style assault weapons” designed for “war”
on “the battlefield.” But the military uses fully-automatic
rifles, which are regulated as “machineguns” by the National Firearms Act of
1934. I decided to review the Constitution
and initially made the mistake of thinking that the “Founding Fathers” did not
have semi-automatic weapons in mind when the Constitution was conceived and
therefore the Second Amendment was not applicable. I am a “techy” and I applied this thought
process to modern communication to the first Amendment. I immediately concluded that this amendment
would be moot.as applied to modern communication. As technology has evolved then our
interpretation of the Constitution must do so.
I am quite certain the “Founding Fathers” did not have computers, faxes,
cell phones, etc. in mind when the First Amendment was conceived. Our weapons have evolved. Sticks and stones were our first
weapons. By the time our Constitution
was implemented, the basic weapon had undergone major transformation. For example, in the ancient days, when Egypt was at its peak, the Hyksos invaded it only because they had superior
weapons made of iron. They thrust into Egypt using chariots — a tactical and logistical innovation which
amazed the Egyptians. The Macedonians surged
ahead of all other civilizations by introducing siege weapons such as the catapult, and
field weapons such as the pike, which
was employed to deadly effect by heavily armed infantrymen arranged in phalanxes. The Romans subsequently improved the quality and
technology of siege equipment, arms and armor, and battle tactics and so on (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_weapons).
Apart
from using weapons in combat and warfare situations, they have been used for
hunting and gathering since prehistoric times.
A gun has been utilized as a great equalizer i.e., a ferocious animal
versus a human or a weaker individual versus a stronger individual). The Gatling gun is one of the best known early
rapid-fire weapons and a forerunner of the modern machine gun. Invented by Richard Gatling, it is known for its use by the Unionforces during the American Civil War in the 1860s,
which was the first time it was employed in combat. The first illustrations of the Gatlin gun
date back to 1865 and was patented by the United States Patent and trademark
office. The legal basis for the United
States patent system is Article 1, Section 8 of the United
States Constitution. So, the Constitution
guarantees the right to obtain a patent on any invention.
Now, let us get back to the
latest shooting in Connecticut. Adam Lanza brought
three weapons inside Sandy Hook Elementary school on December 14 and left a
fourth in his car, police said. Those weapons were a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle and
two handguns -- a Glock 10 mm and a Sig Sauer 9 mm.
In the car he left a shotgun, about which
police have offered no details. Lanza used one of the handguns to take his own
life, (CNN). All of these weapons were obtained legally by
Lanza’s mother. The guns appear to have
not been properly secured. Lanza’s
mother was at fault for not securing the weapons. She knew that her son was emotionally
unstable. There
was a report that he was seen at the school on a previous day arguing with the
principal and other faculty members. Nevertheless, he was allowed access to these weapons and he
committed a horrific crime.
There are
municipalities across the US that ban law abiding citizens the right to obtain
weapons in order to protect their family and their possessions. I would like to note that there has not been
any appreciable decline in gun violence in those areas. I listened to a CNN host state that weapons
should be banned in the US but the track star (blade runner) in South Africa
needed weapons for protection. WOW what
a double standard.
Baseline,
we need our second Amendment right protected more now than we have ever
needed. REMEMBER: The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United
States Constitution is
the part of the United
States Bill of Rights that
protects the right to
keep and bear arms. It was adopted
on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights (Wikipedia).
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