Its all about control and not democracy that's why... Direct democracy, as opposed the top down industrial military directives that we, along with the rest of the world, are literally forced to swallow under the pretense of democracy, is the real thing. Hence direct democracy is a bane to the establishment, that literality runs our, so called, democratic governments. Once this is understood it becomes all to easy to see why Globalization is and has become the major impetus.
The problem for the establishment is that local governments are too numerous and much harder to control than centralized ones. The progressive shift of power from local to those of the provincial/state and then to federal and now to global governments is clearly the reason for easier control over the masses. Imagine trying to get a resolution to your problem in Brussels or some far off land that is totally detached form local issues of some distant place. As the saying goes "out of site out of mind". Much easier to abuse faceless people. Devolving power to the lowest practicable level is what makes democracy work so is it any wonder the establishment hates it?
Tony Benn discusses the history of democracy, how it has been undermined and how it can be won ...again.
"There is never a final victory for democracy. It is always a struggle in every generation, and you have to take up the cause time and time again."
...."The focus of the defence lobby now is on getting contracts signed as quickly a possible," Staples said in an interview. "They want to make it impossible for future governments to get out of these spending commitments."....
Even as a minority government Harper has nearly totally done us in - imagine what he has in store should he get a majority? See our future in:
"Harper has tried to reshape the way Canadians think about Canada, weaning us off our fondness for peacekeeping (and medicare, for that matter), and getting us excited about being a war-making nation, able to swagger on the world stage in the footsteps of the Americans.
In fact, the U.S. has shown where big military spending leads. As the "defence" sector expands, jobs and economic prosperity become linked to war preparation. A bulging defence sector becomes a built-in constituency for war."
"With 700 military bases around the world, it is no wonder that the biggest employer in the US is the Military. To maintain their hegemony it is imperative that only jobs left (aside form the menial service jobs) be those for the military..."
So now we have no choice but to be integrated with the US imperial aspirations yet so many have been duped to think Harper is leader he is anything but!
At the risk of being an arm chair critic given that I have not read the report - we have today and have had for many many years, not some time in the future, known how to literarily double our food growth in half the foot print ; do it organically; produce clean free energy as a byproduct; do it sustainably; and clean up the environment to boot! All this and more using tried and true time proven parmaculture and biodynamic methods already in public domain - so who is stopping us?
Australia, the US, Canada and their cronies. That who. Could it be stealing markets from fossil fuels, cleaning environment and an abundance of nutrient rich foods that keep us healthy be a little to threatening for the predatory corporations? These rich snobs with their self serving experts shills have repeatedly abused due diligence and continue to injure us. Their excuse. No money, Yet lots of money for wars at a drop of a had! They have usurped all our tax dollars to deliberately create from, richness and abundance, unconscionable wars and scarcity and environmental damage for personal gain for their cronies.
Just the cost of one year war in Iraq could easily pay for all the infrastructure for permanently establish abundance for all. But will they? And will we demand accountability or continue to be abused?
Wow this is truly a refreshing event. It is really sad that this sort of thing can even happen. Like so many regulations and procedures* this is yet another clear example of abuse of authority whereby illegal activity is made legal to serve the abusers. In my opinion just reversing a wrong does not make it right - what about just compensation equivalent that really damages Monsanto - as was done to those innocents who lost much more than their lively hoods? Also those unethical judges that allow this to continue should also be included in any settlements....
*"...all regulatory bodies are indirectly or directly created by the industry and solely exist to foist unsafe products procedures etc on the unsuspecting public. Their prime function is to act as shield for the industry, in the event something goes wrong, then all the industry has to do is state that it is not their fault as the purported poisons etc. have been approved by the government (aka FDA, HC, TGA and now Codex etc.), thus getting them off the hook."
Does this indicate a light at the end of the tunnel that isn't (for a change) an onrushing train? Percy Schmeiser should feel vindicated.
MSH
MONSANTO PATENTS ASSERTED AGAINST AMERICAN FARMERS REJECTED BY PATENT OFFICE IN PUBPAT INITIATED REVIEW: PTO Finds All Claims of All Four Patents Invalid
NEW YORK - July 24, 2007 - The Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has rejected four key Monsanto patents related to genetically modified crops that PUBPAT challenged last year because the agricultural giant is using them to harass, intimidate, sue - and in some cases literally bankrupt - American farmers.
In its Office Actions rejecting each of the patents, the USPTO held that evidence submitted by PUBPAT, in addition to other prior art located by the Patent Office's Examiners, showed that Monsanto was not entitled to any of the patents.
Monsanto has filed dozens of patent infringement lawsuits asserting the four challenged patents against American farmers, many of whom are unable to hire adequate representation to defend themselves in court. The crime these farmers are accused of is nothing more than saving seed from one year's crop to replant the following year, something farmers have done since the beginning of time.
One study of the matter found that, "Monsanto has used heavy-handed investigations and ruthless prosecutions that have fundamentally changed the way many American farmers farm. The result has been nothing less than an assault on the foundations of farming practices and traditions that have endured for centuries in this country and millennia around the world, including one of the oldest, the right to save and replant crop seed."
The lawsuits filed by Monsanto against American farmers include:
Monsanto Company v. Mitchell Scruggs, et al, 459 F.3d 1328
(Fed. Cir. 2006):
Monsanto Company v. Kem Ralph individually, et al, 382 F.3d 1374
(Fed. Cir. 2004)
Monsanto Company v. Homan McFarling, 363 F.3d 1336
(Fed. Cir. 2004).
Although Monsanto has the opportunity to respond to the Patent Office's rejections of the patents (U.S. Patents Nos. 5,164,316, 5,196,525, 5,322,938 and 5,352,605), third party requests for re-examination, like the ones filed by PUBPAT against the four Monsanto patents, are successful in having the reviewed patents either changed or completely revoked more than two-thirds of the time.
"We are extremely pleased that the Patent Office has agreed with us that Monsanto does not deserve these patents that it has used to unfairly bully American farmers," said Dan Ravicher, PUBPAT's Executive Director. "Hopefully, this is the beginning of the end of the harm being caused to the public by Monsanto's aggressive assertion of these patents, which threatens family farms and a diverse American food supply."
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