<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for The agency cravenly stops measuring the poisons used in U.S. farming]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by JMG http://www.grist.org/article/usda-what-pesticide-use/ Fri, 23 May 2008 09:00:38 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/usda-what-pesticide-use/1 Always hit at the Right-to-Know first

These thugs know that knowledge is power, and they don't want anyone but themselves to have any, so they target things like the Toxics Right-to-Know Inventory (TRI) and now this, along with passing the word that essentially deep-sixing all FOIA requests submitted on days ending in y is perfectly within guidelines and will be defended by DOJ.

Say, speaking of information headed for the memory hole, what's the greenhouse equivalent of that methyl bromide?  I heard it was huge, but can't remember the figure.

The 5% Project

]]> Always hit at the Right-to-Know first

These thugs know that knowledge is power, and they don't want anyone but themselves to have any, so they target things like the Toxics Right-to-Know Inventory (TRI) and now this, along with passing the word that essentially deep-sixing all FOIA requests submitted on days ending in y is perfectly within guidelines and will be defended by DOJ.

Say, speaking of information headed for the memory hole, what's the greenhouse equivalent of that methyl bromide?  I heard it was huge, but can't remember the figure.

The 5% Project

]]> Comment #2 by MacDaKnife http://www.grist.org/article/usda-what-pesticide-use/ Sun, 25 May 2008 13:57:13 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/usda-what-pesticide-use/2 The sharp decline in federal services

I cannot think of a federal agency that is not under fire, and/or investigation. I am staggered just thinking about how much damage has been done to the environment in such a short time. In many cases, forty years of hard fought environmental  progress has been wiped out.

The process seems to be:
loosen regulations
eliminate what regulations they can
cut back on, or eliminate governmental oversight
use the excuse of 'budget constraints' for eliminating services

In 2006, a story broke where one of the agencies had employed the budget excuse in reducing the number of inspectors from 16 to 1. I did a little research and found that the agency had roughly the same budget over the previous four years. There were some recent similar stories with other agencies. So, I checked three of them. Same basic results. Unfortunately the MSM was not picking any of this up.

I suspect I am not writing anything which most of you do not already know.



]]> The sharp decline in federal services

I cannot think of a federal agency that is not under fire, and/or investigation. I am staggered just thinking about how much damage has been done to the environment in such a short time. In many cases, forty years of hard fought environmental  progress has been wiped out.

The process seems to be:
loosen regulations
eliminate what regulations they can
cut back on, or eliminate governmental oversight
use the excuse of 'budget constraints' for eliminating services

In 2006, a story broke where one of the agencies had employed the budget excuse in reducing the number of inspectors from 16 to 1. I did a little research and found that the agency had roughly the same budget over the previous four years. There were some recent similar stories with other agencies. So, I checked three of them. Same basic results. Unfortunately the MSM was not picking any of this up.

I suspect I am not writing anything which most of you do not already know.



]]> Comment #3 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/usda-what-pesticide-use/ Mon, 26 May 2008 00:16:33 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/usda-what-pesticide-use/3 Reagan revolution

Destroy government and turn it into a ceremonial exersize.  Bonnie prince charlie, bonnie prince duuhbya.  Different country, same result.

Use industry self (no) regulation, exponentially rising national debt , and contracting out government to political cronies to acomplish the destruction.

Eat away at the constitution in the name of fear, national security.  Prosecute wars for global commercial empire.

Orwell wrote the book(s), the neocons made it into their bible.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

]]> Reagan revolution

Destroy government and turn it into a ceremonial exersize.  Bonnie prince charlie, bonnie prince duuhbya.  Different country, same result.

Use industry self (no) regulation, exponentially rising national debt , and contracting out government to political cronies to acomplish the destruction.

Eat away at the constitution in the name of fear, national security.  Prosecute wars for global commercial empire.

Orwell wrote the book(s), the neocons made it into their bible.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

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