tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post7542497237556253129..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Go GMOs! Farmaceuticals Coming!Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-65582026379567745742016-01-04T10:32:54.583-05:002016-01-04T10:32:54.583-05:00I have further comments here: Libertarianism and G...I have further comments here: <a href="http://www.targetliberty.com/2016/01/libertarianism-and-gmos.html" rel="nofollow">Libertarianism and GMOs</a>Robert Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-43485295819443255892015-12-31T22:12:07.326-05:002015-12-31T22:12:07.326-05:00I find the whole topic of GMO interesting and I ca...I find the whole topic of GMO interesting and I can see both sides of the argument for/against. <br /><br />I'm not familiar enough to know if the FDA runs interference on lawsuits stemming from GMO's they've approved in a similar fashion to the EPA in regard to harm caused by polluting corporations that harm others.<br /><br />Regardless, I have property rights concerns similar to a Nick Badalamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015961786370759940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30787984935090446682015-12-31T12:48:49.583-05:002015-12-31T12:48:49.583-05:00GMOs being good or bad is a secondary concern at m...GMOs being good or bad is a secondary concern at most. GMOs are not free market, that's the primary problem with them. In order to deal with market rejection (which rational or irrational makes no difference) their makers use government. That is the small group deciding what is good for people as whole even though individually people reject it. It's no different than a great number of Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52433424291087117172015-12-31T00:40:23.954-05:002015-12-31T00:40:23.954-05:00Y'all should quit bitching. Not all producers ...Y'all should quit bitching. Not all producers would use GMOs, since there would clearly be enough demand for foods without GMOs. At least at first. John Jacobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267636170673617978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-40708210865263675292015-12-30T23:23:04.047-05:002015-12-30T23:23:04.047-05:00That reminds me of an old joke phrase, "I wou...That reminds me of an old joke phrase, "I wouldn't lie to you, just ask me I'll tell ya". <br /><br />That is the essence of GMO safety studies. Monsanto makes the product, monsanto says it's safe, the FDA takes their word for it and the rubber stamp follows. If you disagree with the FDA(monsanto) studies you are a heretic verging on global warming denier status.<br /><br />theageofnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684732649465149601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-44722457287171678272015-12-30T22:34:39.119-05:002015-12-30T22:34:39.119-05:00RW is a big libertarian non-interventionist.
Give...RW is a big libertarian non-interventionist. <br />Give me a break. The smart people that can't leave the economy, the environment, the school system, or any number of other things is suddenly going to intervene in our genetics and get it all right.<br />THERE IS AN INCONSISTENCY SOMEWHERE IN THEREJ.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15290045360327453176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81596864736938990692015-12-30T19:03:22.276-05:002015-12-30T19:03:22.276-05:00Despicable Wenzel.Despicable Wenzel.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00185654835621759058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-18843312499027444092015-12-30T16:55:37.262-05:002015-12-30T16:55:37.262-05:00Whether it is GMO, selectively breeding genetic mo...Whether it is GMO, selectively breeding genetic modification is not inherently bad. But as most that read EPJ are aware and Jesse Traub has pointed out, the intent is not always what we humans get from our manipulations. So what do we do? Trust the FDA? I do not know of organizations, other than the FDA (if they do), that have access to the information on the modifications being done to be able AlexZouglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903419350475485505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-91531425589502006972015-12-30T15:52:26.339-05:002015-12-30T15:52:26.339-05:00A couple of years ago a teenager was getting some ...A couple of years ago a teenager was getting some press for her anti GMO augments against adults. Search for Rachel Parent.AlexZouglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903419350475485505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-54086168324587381022015-12-30T15:45:53.741-05:002015-12-30T15:45:53.741-05:00https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-310-rise-of-...https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-310-rise-of-the-oiligarchs/ :<br />… the [green] revolution’s main success, its increase in agricultural yields, has been oversold. Yield growth across India actually slowed after the introduction of agribusiness. The environmental destruction is even more devastating. An overview in the December 2000 edition of Current Science notes: “The gree n revolution AlexZouglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903419350475485505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-746940572332365912015-12-30T15:13:07.284-05:002015-12-30T15:13:07.284-05:00You've got the cart before the horse my friend...You've got the cart before the horse my friend: I blame the FDA for GMO's not the other way around. Without the FDA rubber stamping the awful studies showing GMO "safety," they would never have been approved by the free market.Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10970586845001280417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-24227251008429504282015-12-30T14:31:21.137-05:002015-12-30T14:31:21.137-05:00Blaming GMOs for the depredations of the FDA is li...Blaming GMOs for the depredations of the FDA is like blaming guns for the mass murder in San Bernardino. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-43494743148909822032015-12-30T14:14:16.525-05:002015-12-30T14:14:16.525-05:00How can you support GMOs knowing the revolving doo...How can you support GMOs knowing the revolving door of the FDA bureaucrats and big pharma/monsanto inc.? There is absolutely no mechanism for protection of property rights involved. I can be harmed by their products and not only can I not avoid it, it may even be forced on me (nurses forced to take flu shot).<br /><br />I try my best to buy organic but not because I believe all GMOs are bad but theageofnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684732649465149601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55307742435185583202015-12-30T13:47:59.139-05:002015-12-30T13:47:59.139-05:00What could possibly go wrong?What could possibly go wrong?Justmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15167953801837514604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31005249351571941342015-12-30T13:19:19.710-05:002015-12-30T13:19:19.710-05:00Be aware that the biggest battle being fought is o...Be aware that the biggest battle being fought is over LABELING, not whether GMOs are, or should be, approved for use.<br /><br />Companies that produce GMOs do not want to have to label that their products contain GMOs due to the fear that the public won't buy them. They have even gone so far as to push legislation that would forbid non-GMO products from being able to be labeled as 'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128461992644570675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-26635566564321701932015-12-30T13:02:09.158-05:002015-12-30T13:02:09.158-05:00GMO foods have saved millions of lives in 3rd-worl...GMO foods have saved millions of lives in 3rd-world countries. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11443428009897775882015-12-30T11:51:41.168-05:002015-12-30T11:51:41.168-05:00The idea that FDA "approval" means somet...The idea that FDA "approval" means something is safe is absurd.FormerLibertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386538794443236034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3144151412206909812015-12-30T11:46:25.441-05:002015-12-30T11:46:25.441-05:00While I'm not rabidly against GMOs, the compar...While I'm not rabidly against GMOs, the comparison between GMOs and "wild genetically modified amoeba" is, in itself, absurd.<br /><br />The "wild genetically modified amoeba" has experienced millions of years and hundreds of sextillion deaths to achieve that genetic modification. Genes created through "central planning" have no such filter.<br /><br />Any Pandemichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315340208949970292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57625347911328787712015-12-30T11:32:23.034-05:002015-12-30T11:32:23.034-05:00Phew! And here I was worried about the unintended ...Phew! And here I was worried about the unintended consequences of splicing genes that interact with each other in ways we still don't understand. But it's okay because RW and the FDA says it is.Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10970586845001280417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-67922769664962453802015-12-30T11:01:17.285-05:002015-12-30T11:01:17.285-05:00Sooo... according to the War Street Journal, the F...Sooo... according to the War Street Journal, the FDA approved a Franken-chicken that won't be "available" to be eaten for meat (boy, that doesn't raise ANY red flags at all, no siree) but will lay eggs that, when eaten, replace "faulty" human enzymes in order to cure disease. Thus, at least some GMOs are "good" and "safe." Glad to know all that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com