Comments on: Doom, Gloom or Boom? Or Maybe All Three?

By: s c

s c — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:31:30 +0000

Why would anyone trust Monsanto? Their government pals are paid to watch their backs 24/7. Monsanto finally had to realize that Europe has no use for GMF. I would be glad to give Europe the benefit of the doubt. Monsanto can shove it.
Monsanto and other huge ag corporations seem to worship at the altar of profit. The love of money has a nasty habit of turning a sound mind into a dung pile. While I am not a corporation hater, some corporations are not to be trusted.
Remember, dioxin in Vietnam was seen as an easy way to strip trees and all other foliage so the VC wouldn’t have any place to hide. It was OKed the sme way many prescription drugs are OKed (if it makes money, IT”S OK!). Arrogance and paranoia are poor substitutes for common sense – unless you happen to work for a corporation like Monsanto.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:58:16 +0000

It is so funny to see the paranoia with Monsanto and Agriculture in general. I am a farmer, dairy for that matter, if any of you were even within a generation of farming and knew what you were talking about would be amazing. If you knew of the effeciences we have made over the last century even the last twenty years thanks to monsanto. Biotech and technology have made it possible to grow more bushels of grains with less acres, more milk with less cows I could go on and on. You want to talk GM foods, here is a news flash, farmers have been doing it forever, when they find a more drought resisant corn plant they breed that plant into the corn they had been using when they find a plant that has high yield then they breed that in eventual in hopes of making the perfect plant for their climate. The only difference now is it can be done in a lab instead of the field. It is ludacris to see these greenies/global warming/enviro-mentals oppose bio tech advances, they want Organics that will put us backwards 20 years. If you saw how many more cows it would take to produce the amount of gallons of milk we do today and how many more acres of land to support those extra cows not to mention extra acres to feed all those extra cows the numbers are astounding, and the carbon footprint of all those extra cows. This really seems to me the liberal hippies coming back to haunt us. We have more regulation from the FDA and USDA inspectors than any other industry in the world. We farmers cant win between the global warming fools(that want less cows) and the Organic movement(that would require more cows) unless everybody wants to pay three times as much for there food. You spend 10 percent of your disposable income on food ( which is the least in the world) and are the fattest people in the world, and still bitching, you cant have it both ways. Why cant you trust agriculture? why would we want to poison or kill our customers, ask yourself why would we want to ruin the fields we grow in, we make our living on. Sorry for the rant or offending anybody but it is the truth something people dont hear much anymore.

By: Sunshine

Sunshine — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:00:45 +0000

I agree that anything you can invest in to substitute the dollar is a good idea, and gold is good to hold IF you have dollars to invest. However, look back at history when gold was confiscated by our government. Don’t ever think for one moment it can’t happen again. My suggestion would be to buy silver, especially “junk” silver, not from an investment standpoint but because you can purchase small necessities with it, such as bread. Also, when there is a food shortage, seed are great for bartering! How can you buy a loaf of bread with a gold ingot, or even a gold coin that might have an investment value of $1000. per ounce? Would you really expect to get “change”?
From a survival standpoint, one item I’ve never seen mentioned as an investment is Heirloom or Organic Seed. There’s nothing like having a garden of your own, especially during hyperinflation and lack of produce in the markets. As far as eating “food” that is mass produced by our giant food conglomerates such as ADM and Monsanto, John, you need to do your homework before you start trying to sell the rest of us on the advantages of eating mass produced “food”, which in actuality is “dead”, over-processed, and full of artificial colors, flavors, and synthetics our bodies don’t recognize as “food”! And we wonder why we have a HEALTH problem? NUTRITION, (Natural Nutrition), is the KEY TO GOOD HEALTH !!

By: DaveH

DaveH — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:34:22 +0000

John,
That is an awful lot of name-calling. If you want people to seriously consider your input, I suggest you scale way back on the ridicule.
You can drink Roundup, but I’ll pass. All living cells are very similar. If a substance can disrupt normal activity in one specie’s cells, who can say that it won’t have a detrimental effect on others? I’m not by any means an environmental fanatic, but I certainly think you can’t make the statement that it has no toxicity to other forms of life.
We evolved on non-genetically-modified food. Who knows what kinds of problems might be caused by GMFs? I wouldn’t support a ban, but I would like to know if I may be eating a GMF so I have the choice of refusal.

By: John

John — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:15:57 +0000

Monsanto is not poisoning our world. They are increasing the carrying capacity of Earth and making life better for everyone.

The belief that Agriculture in its modern form is evil is a dialectic of the Left (communists, and ignorant environmentalists).
Evil hearted people have for too long been preaching untruths about Genetically Modified Organisms, Chemistry, and modern Agriculture because they have a particular agenda they are selling to primarily ignorant people. Do not be fooled by these charletins. The number one Gene modifier is the Sun (Radition). The chemical ingredient in Roundup, which is the number one chemical used in No-Till farming, was discovered accidentally,and is nothing more than a surfactant that happened to disrupt EPSP synthesis in plants. It has no toxicity to other forms of life.

By: flash

flash — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:59:14 +0000

I agree with most people that gold or silver is a good hedge against the invitable collaps of the dollar. True you cant eat it when your hungry, so its important to diversify investments. Having chickens, hogs, gardens etc. is a great way to ensure your getting quality food without all the genetically modified poisons that MONSANTO is producing for our new world. There are certain things that never go down in value like firearms and ammunition as well. Peace and hair grease!

By: Clarence

Clarence — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:33:35 +0000

To bring a little “balance” regarding Gold I quote Cliff Pletschet who publishes the “Investment Educator”. “Gold is hot right now because the gold bugs still believe in the myth and they hope that investors do, too. Gold is “in the news” today because the bugs are pushing it in TV ads. Gold doesn’t sell itself, which is a sad commentary on any investment.” As the man said, “At least I can eat Hogs.”

By: Eric g

Eric g — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:58:11 +0000

I agree buy gold ,I wanted Platinum instead becuase it is also heavily used in polution reduction and may hold value better in a down market .
I decided to protect my wealth by buying Hogs , At least I can eat Hogs . I cant eat gold or platinum . So far I have lots more pigs than I can eat . I guess it would be alittle cheaper to store gold . I’am going to try wheat , I understand the wheat storied by Egyptians be fore Christs birth was still good now . I think It maybe very hard to protect your wealth or life in a country heading backwards .

By: TeresaE

TeresaE — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:44:20 +0000

Sadly, other than attempting to make money in stocks, I don’t see an upside to selling our natural resources from under our feet to China.

I see them owning us from the ground, to the air, to the media we watch on tv.

And, I wonder for my daughter, then what?

What comes AFTER China has the jobs, resources, cash and power?

What does this leave our children? Green energy and no money to buy electrical appliances, from China?

Just random thoughts on a day my faith in any system is completely shredded.

By: John Morrow

John Morrow — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:34:29 +0000

GREAT, Chip. Keep it up. John