Democracy Now! installment

From:  Sheila Edward, Soc. 122 MW 3:30-4:45

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/29/as_consumers_we_are_guinea_pigs

When consumers go into a grocery store in 2015, they should be able to tell from the package if the food contain genetically modified organisms.  Then what, what do you do?  Stop buying food?  Trust the label if it does not display any GMO information?  Is there a difference between organic and genetically modified organism?  Unless you grow your own food - if you are lucky to own a home, let alone land to grow food - then the supermarket becomes just another factory like industrial farms crank out hormone induced beef and poultry.  This is no big deal if you do not eat meat, or dairy, or wheat, flour or sugar, and if your pockets are deep enough to buy "organic" which is equally suspect.  Is this the future, where the public cannot trust the food sold in grocery stores?  Oh, that future is already here.

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/30/alec_in_the_news_oklahoma_punishes

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), keep an eye open for this group and the billionaire Koch brothers.  It has been at the back of the minds of many homeowners (but were afraid to ask) when the shoe would fall - the government passes a law to charge customers who use solar energy.  The group can be considered anti-environmental, and can expect a backlash from many if not all environmental social groups.  In fact every social movement in the world should rally against this group because not only are they anti-environment, but are the "secretive" powerhouse behind voter ID laws and other right-wing initiatives across the country.