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To: LindyBill who wrote (43065)	5/9/2004 2:44:02 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793896

Frankensoy Right Thinking from the Left Coast Blog If only these environmentalist lunatics would devote their efforts into doing something that would actually help people, rather than simply push their anti-corporate, anti-science, anti-American jihad. A freighter left Brazil's southern port of Paranagua on Saturday after Greenpeace environmental activists tied themselves to mechanical loaders to prevent the ship from mixing conventional soybeans with genetically modified grain. The freighter's destination wasn't immediately known. It had originally been bound for Turkey, Greenpeace said. ... According to Greenpeace, the ship was already carrying 30,000 tons of genetically modified soybeans and came to Paranagua to add another 10,000 tons of natural product, all destined for Turkey. "It is a great day for us. It tells us it is possible to keep this port clean of genetically modified grain," said Greenpeace spokeswoman Mariana Paoli, interviewed from Paranagua by telephone. "We are acting to protect our soy production from contamination with the genetically modified product." ... "It is a victory for us. We couldn't be happier," Leticia Camargo, one of the Greenpeace activists, told The Associated Press by telephone. She said she was speaking from the top of one of the loaders as the Global Wind was departing. Woo hoo! We stopped GM soybeans from being eaten! Look how morally superior we are! The action by Greenpeace is part of a campaign to support Brazil's ban on genetically modified soybeans. The ban was weakened slightly this year when one of Brazil's 26 states -- Rio Grande do Sul, which borders Argentina -- passed a temporary law allowing producers to use modified seeds. Ah, so Brazil's government and farmers shouldn't be able to make their own decisions as to what crops to grow, not when Greenpeace can be there to make the decision for them! Paoli said the activists want more government support for conventional soybean farmers, to increase production and compete with the genetically modified product. Listen to these idiots. The government has banned GM soybeans, but one province tells the government to jam it. So now they want the government to subsidize "natural" soybeans (i.e. force farmers to grow "natural" soybeans) so that they can "compete" against GM soybeans. It seems to me that the GM soybeans are competing against the "natural" soybeans, and the GM crops are winning. Free market competition is a good thing to Greenpeace, provided the government is there to put its thumb on the scales and guarantee the result is the one that Greenpeace wants. The group also wants the government to start labeling all products sold to consumers, indicating whether they contain genetically modified products. I have no problem with this at all. But Greenpeace doesn't just want to enable consumers to make up their own mind, otherwise they would let the government grow all the GM soybeans they like. They want to force their radical environmentalist loony agenda on the soybean-eating people of the world, and they'll stop at nothing to achieve their goals.

To: LindyBill who wrote (43065)	5/9/2004 11:56:20 PM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 793896

He has quite a story, and his sense of duty is remarkable. You need to read the entire transcript in order to better understand what he went through. After all that, he still believes they’re doing the right thing and is proud of the work they’re doing. The story is so different from the lips of a man working and living the problem... than from the lips of men working a story about a problem from a hotel room.

To: LindyBill who wrote (43065)	5/10/2004 1:46:06 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793896

HAMILL: That was the main reason I went over there. President Bush has made me proud to be an American. We’re making a stand and we’re doing the right thing. I wonder how much in character Mr Hamill is compared to Pat Tillman? Some of the same things ring true....Mr Hamill didn't want a parade, (at least first thing before he had been with his family) and hasn't gone looking for any available microphone, nor gone looking for movie producers. He seems like a real stand up guy! Mr Thomas Hamill is making all of us proud to be an American!