Friend of pesticides and hormones for livestock nominated to be Chief Agriculture Negotiator-
He even criticized Michelle Obama’s organic garden, but still got the nod. And the Republicans say Obama is some kind of anti-corporate socialist!
Islam Siddiqui, Obama Nominee, Under Fire From Environmentalists. The Huffington Post. Jenna Staul
Questions for a Trade Official. New York Times editorial saying this is a bad nomination.
Obama represents big business first and foremost. Orange County Populist Examiner. By Joe Sabet
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
How can anyone criticize someone growing an organic garden? This shows an amazing ignorance of the damage pesticides and herbicides have done to our environment.
What is going on with Obama???
As soon as Obama hear’s he bashed Michelle’s garden, he is out! LOL, I doubt he will get in. At least I hope not. Lets wait and see before you start blaming Obama. Just because it says Obama does Obama directly did this, but he can stop it, and I bet he does. Anything anyone in the white house does now a days turns into Obama did it, good lord folks, he can not be and do everything, others do that for him, then he reviews it. he is not a wizard with a wand that can magically fix all overnight, and a lot of Americans think he can. One thing I have learned that there is alot of stupid people in this world that believe every little e-mail or article they read.
Obama was not the environmentalists first choice (at least the die hard environmentalists, I remember arguing with my brother about this)… neither was mcClain of course, for that matter there is no “environmental” president. progress on global warming is great, but there is so much more… he just does not seem to be for environmental causes – Salazar?? That was the end of any hope…
Hey Virginia – it wasnt ignorance, but power issues. The pesticide companies didn’t/don’t want the First lady proclaiming the goodness of organic gardens on national TV! Takes away their immoral business money…
…..and rightfully so. This nomination is absurd.
There are a number of web sites to protect this nomination. Ironically, and sadly I guess, some of the opposition to this big pesticide advocate will come from those who won’t vote for a Muslim.
If you are really ambitious, write an old fashioned, hard copy letter by hand to your U.S. Senator.
“Obama represents big business first and foremost”–I’ve said that all along! Nobody was suspicious that a relative newby to politics (and an African American) didn’t draw more grief when chosen to represent the party as presidential nominee? The businesses were behind him! No surprise here…
by the way….cows are starting to show up here in Arizona on Federal lands, in big numbers. INCLUDING newly burned and drought stricken lands near my home. You don’t think Obama represents big business first?
“Anything anyone in the white house does now a days turns into Obama did it, good lord folks, he can not be and do everything,”
Why not — Bush was and did!! At least that’s what the “left side” was saying! 8)
jimbob Says:
November 19, 2009 at 2:13 PM
by the way….cows are starting to show up here in Arizona on Federal lands, in big numbers. INCLUDING newly burned and drought stricken lands near my home. You don’t think Obama represents big business first?
That is AZ BLM and such, not Obama. And the fight to keep cows off land in AZ has been going on long before Obama. Did ya miss the big front page picture of dead cattle all over historic land sites in AZ? they are left out in the desert and forest with no supervision or food. They either make it or not, since we have not much rain in years there is nothing much for them to eat, nothing to drink, ranchers should not just put them out and expect to round them up whenever…make sure you check your maps, are you sure it is federal land? Not Indian land or state land? And AZ is in bad shape due to our wonderful representatives not getting a budget going, the powers to be in AZ will allow anything to happen to the land and wild life as long as some money is coming in…
April, National Forest Land is Federal. The state has no jurisdiction (and many times they don’t work together) BLM land will probably always be used as rangeland (unless they put it out to bid—then they probably would retire it first!) Don’t bet on Obama to stop grazing…