http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread10495.shtml

and read this over again:

"Sources within the agency doubt that Whitman will support the proposal to study the effects of Roundup on civilians and the environment. An EPA spokesman acknowledged that Whitman's deputy administrator, Linda Fisher, is a former Monsanto vice president, but said the EPA has no role in the spraying."

You have to wonder just how much Bush Cabinet members have invested in Monsanto (in "blind trust", of course... to prevent any possible 'conflict of interest'. Yeah, right!) for the putative Number Two at EPA (such a strategically placed position, don't you think? A fox couldn't do any better than this door to the proverbial henhouse.)

They must be laughing their *sses off at Monsanto Corporate HQ; one of their own is riding herd on the only regulatory agency that could do them serious damage. Check and mate in one move. Pretty slick move, eh?

I said it before in a previous comment: if anyone had any doubts as to the extent to which corporations are calling the shots in the Bush Too Administration, this should have cleared them up.

Entertain any further doubts, and you are either a paid mouthpiece for them...or just plain stupid.

...GOOD LORD!!!!....After several years of varnishing Colombia
with an obviously deadly Monsanto cocktail,,the formula for
which is probably in some vault with the recipes for Coca-cola,
Silly putty,,Kentucky fried chicken,,Ritalin,,,Geritol,and Gatorade,,,(and
this vault is gaurded 24/7,by an elite battalion of attorneys),
,,,,,,,,,,,,,now they are going to seriously look into it!!!!

.....??ASTONISHING!!!,,,,,,

Here's my typical,expected,prediction,,,,,,The study will be carried
out eventually,,but it wont even start for at least six months or so,,,and
then,,it will surely be carried out,and overseen by some subsidiary
of Monsantos',,,,,,,Then,,reports will come in.,that the study will take two,
pr probably three years,,because how else will they be able to verify
any long term effects,,,meanwhile,,,supertankers full of glyphosate will
continue to arrive,,,nice fresh batches of this harmless Monsanto product
will continue to be carelessly dispersed on the Colombian jungles,,much of
which supplies the water to the mighty Amazon,and its' tributaries...
....eventually,,the proud announcement will be trumpeted throughout the
media....Yes,,it turns out that it really was safe!....According to the results
from the samples that Monsanto supplied the research commitee,,the stuff
is no more toxic than vinegar,,,and then,,in fine print at the end of the report,
will be the same style disclaimer that we see on TV drug ads;

.."Roundup is not for everyone.Do not use Roundup if you have a history of
being unhealthy.I some cases Roundup may have side effects.A small number
of people who use Roundup experience headaches,bloody stools,deformed
babies,and problems living.,,,almost the same as sugar pills."

If they actually do a real,,actual,,unskewed study,,,they are BUSTED!!
,,and if that happens,,then it will be blamed on the Clinton administration somehow.