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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@bellsouth.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Fwd: Monsanto About to Gain Immunity From FederalLaw? Fwd: Monsanto Strikes Again
  • Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:05:29 -0400


On 7/13/2012 10:43 AM, sals3 wrote:
> this is just what 60 min. was talking about. adding the Monsanto
> rider is just how they work it. this 60 is a must watch it describes
> this move by Monsanto to a T. how can they get away with this after
> the 60 min. that exposes this crap. there should be a law. this is
> not right. check out 60min. and see how the lobbyist own our
> government and write the laws

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7387331n&tag=contentMain;contentBody

> see how the lobbyist get things like the Monsanto rider get put in law

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