OK.
Now, in reference to our illustrious lawmakers, the wonderful wonderful people they all most assuredly are, there's a concept called "conflict of interest."
This concept refers to the fact that as Congresspeople are fairly important in their communities, they tend to have ties of one kind or another to businesses, and thus have to be careful; they cannot - and should not - pass laws affecting businesses that they have other ties to.
Sadly, this never seems to actually stop them.
But there are degrees of conflict of interest; some are fairly minor, and some are really thumbing their nose at the public they claim to serve.
And then there's Representative Rosa DeLauro, who simply gives you the finger - with both hands - and wishes secretly that she had more middle fingers to gesture at you with.
You see, Representative DeLauro (D-CT) is married to Stanley Greenburg.
Mr. Greenburg is employed in an executive capacity by Monsanto.
Monsanto is the world's largest producer of pesticides, herbicides, and genetically engineered seeds.
Now, those facts should tell you that this particular Congresscritter should steer clear of farm legislation, right?
Good thing she's from Connecticut, not typically considered a huge farm Mecca.
Except that that hasn't stopped her. Congresscritter DeLauro has sponsored H.R. 875, also known as the "Food Safety Modernization Act."
And what this bill does, aside from vastly expanding the regulatory powers of the federal government AGAIN, creating YET ANOTHER new federal bureaucracy, brushing aside states' rights and attempting to co-opt state inspectors to become some sort of federal food police, and giving Monsanto gigantic new contracts as farms are suddenly legally REQUIRED to abide by standards written to demand the use of Monsanto products, is make organic farming - all of it - even your backyard garden, illegal.
Nice.
This Congresscritter is using the power of her elected office to attempt to require BY LAW for ALL farms to conform to a standard requiring the use of the products manufactured by her husband's company.
Now, the weird thing here is how it clips organic farms; isn't it the LEFT that's always extolling the virtues of organically-grown kale, and suchlike? The concept of organic farming in a technological age has pretty much come from the neo-Luddites and technophobes of the political Left, as the very fact that it's NOT high-tech gives it that mystical sheen of environmentalism that makes the greenies actually cream their panties with delight.
Unfortunately for the greenies, in this particular instance greed seems to have gotten ahead of environmental fervor; this happens, I notice, whenever it has an opportunity to do so.
You'd almost start to think the Left doesn't actually believe in any of the environmental claptrap they drone on and on about, but merely use it as a stalking horse to draw fire from the Right, to make the right-wingers look like planet-haters.
Almost.
But that COULDN'T be right, could it?
Could it?
At any rate, this individual Congresscritter should be removed from office, and this bill should be squelched.
But you know what the difference between the Left and the Right is, in terms of Congresspeople?
The REAL difference?
I'll tell you.
Name me ONE Republican Congressperson who has had even the most minor scandal, that is still in the Congress.
Practically every single member of the Democrat leadership has been caught doing things wrong at one point or other; hell, Ted Kennedy KILLED someone and they re-elected him for decades on end. THEY all get to keep their jobs.
The Republicans? Look at Tom DeLay for a good example. He got caught... taking money from a lobbyist. Now, the JOB of lobbyists is to give money to politicians; so.... um...
...Well, anyway, did DeLay get indicted and removed? Yep.
Kennedy WAS GUILTY AS HELL AND EVERYONE KNEW HE KILLED THAT GIRL, and he remained in the Senate.
So, something as minor as a "conflict of interest," why, that's not even NOTEworthy...
...IF you're a Democrat.
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