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"Neither is it that US foreign policy is cruel because American leaders are cruel. It's that our leaders are cruel because only those willing to be inordinately cruel and remorseless can hold positions of leadership in the foreign policy establishment; it might as well be written into the job description. People capable of expressing a full human measure of compassion and empathy toward faraway powerless strangers - (let alone American soldiers - do not become president of the United States, or vice president, or secretary of state, or national security adviser or secretary of the treasury. Nor do they want to." From 'Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower' by William Blum

From "9-11, Six Years Later": "If one looks at the credentials of skeptics compared to the credentials of defenders of the official line, it is impossible to dismiss skeptics as kooks. There are many people with strong imaginations on the Internet, but serious skeptics stick to known facts, known violations of standard procedures and the laws of physics. The vast majority of the people who call skeptics "kooks" are themselves ignorant of physics and have little comprehension of the improbability that such an attack could succeed without either the complicity or complete failure of government agencies. " Paul Craig Roberts

"Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular? But, conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?' And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right." Martin Luther King, Jr.

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OpEdNews » Bee-wise or Greed-driven

I had a chat with my mentor and (long time beekeeper) friend about genetically engineering (GE) and chemical issues in Australia. I told him I post here at OpEdNews, and he was pleased to know that people are showing interest in Colony Collapse Disorder, at last!

He told me how in South Australia in the 80’s, they had planned to start a pollen trade. After collecting and sending it to Germany, the major purchaser, for testing and quality assurances, he was amazed to be told they would not buy it, due to plastic contamination! Yes! That was when the plastic bee boxes and frames were released and they had bought a few to trial.  It showed traces at PPM, and was rejected.

Our Australian chaps said it was beyond our labs to check that fine a tolerance and they denied it could be so.  Sadly, they were just using old and inefficient equipment, as PPM is now a standard assay. The business did not get off the ground. Other beekeepers were unwilling to stop using the plastics.

Below are a few links to articles from Australia concerning GMO POLLEN and bees and honey:

Gm pollen contamination in honey: Network of Concerned Farmers.
This one from Spiegel online: Collapsing Colonies: Are GM Crops Killing Bees?.
And, finally: Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Research | BASC. They are so concerned they have put $100,000  into research.

You would think people may finally be aware that chemicals, let alone possibly GE pollen may be an issue.  I would have thought it logical, however, I happened on a brand new addition to our local library this week, and delayed this article to read it.  I am glad I did. I was gobsmacked to read what a supposedly “artisan” apiarist is recommending people use on the bees in their care.

OpEdNews » Bee-wise or Greed-driven.

April 19th, 2009 | Category: agribusiness (Cargill, ADM, Monsanto, DuPont), environment, food, health, science | Leave a comment |

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