Leaked EPA Memos May Explain Massive Bee Die-Off

American Style Capitalism as Modern Day Warfare

Powerful corporations such as Bayer (pesticides) & Monsanto (pesticides & genetically modified seed), and Arthur Daniel Midland (corn) put profits above & before people, the Earth, and Democracy. The largest and most successful corporations run their business as a war, modern day Robber Barons. A primary tool for corporations is to influence “knowledge”&/or “truth”, the cultural, scientific, and governmental beliefs we have in our society. This is because what we believe to be “true” guides our thinking, beliefs, and behavior. This so called ”truth/knowledge” influences our definition of what the problems are and what the solutions are to be.

A primary strategy of corporate warfare is to destroy the power of Democracy which includes the voice of the people and the power of our government. Jill Richardson’s article sheds light on this process and its consequences. By reducing and restricting governmental power, corporations gain greater freedom to pursue profits with disregard to its negative consequences. Less effective governmental corporations than frame as evidence to further reduce governmental power and size.

The EPA, as well as most other department of our Government has been strategically attacked through Corporate America’s influence on our ideological & cultural beliefs. Because of an overwhelming acceptance of Milton Freidman economics as truth and utilizing this belief as justification to rape our world, corporate influence over our government and society has been extremely successful. Through their the funding of antidemocratic think tanks, effective public relations, and lobbying Congress, Corporate America has guided our beliefs and behavior to accept that a smaller less powerful government would be beneficial for us.

Although “some countries, like France, Germany, and Italy, banned or restricted the use of neonicotinoids”, corporate globalization with the help of its co-opted institutions of the World Bank & International Monetary Fund with their antidemocratic economic policies may eventually stop foreign governments from interfering with corporate agendas. There has already been considerable success with Freidman economic policies (Neoliberalism, Neoconservativism, &/or the Chicago School) destroying countries around the world for selfish greed. Remember that in war, including economic war, collateral damage is an acceptable cost to the offense.

Corporate influence on society’s primary institutions, i.e. government, education, judicial, & mass media, help define what our culture & society was, is, & will be. Media mergers have allowed greater control over media messages. The battle over Net Neutrality, WikiLeaks, and the assignation attempt of Congressperson Gabrielle Giffords are all connected by strategic influence over American Democracy & the power of the people vs Corporations.

Anonymous wrote: “It is absolutely outrageous that Bayer should be responsible for conducting its own product testing”, and “we would talk about EPA credibility”. It is a corporate agenda to reduce the effectiveness of governmental agencies and then use this strategically designed reduced effectiveness as evidence and justification to destroy the agency and to justify private-for-profit 3rd party corporations to take the government’s agency’s place. Corporations exist to make money. Governments within Democracies exist for other reasons than profit maximization: to protect the people, the Earth and Democracy from antidemocratic entities, including corporations.

Gary E Neu

People have a naive belief that the EPA has a constant ability and mandate to oversee and regulate corporate polluters and harmful products, when, in fact, administrations and legislators have the power of the pursestrings to cut funding for regulatory oversight. Under G.W. Bush's White House, EPA studies were regularly censored and wording blacked out by the administration if the findings did not support their political views on CO2, climate change, etc. When administrations undermine the authenticity of EPA studies or fail to fund regulatory abilities, morale sinks and experienced staff members leave, so when we need the proper watchdogs to be there, they may have already been drummed out due to a lack of political support. Republican administrations frequently put someone more pro-business in charge at the EPA, who sets the tone for the organization. And when was Bayer first conducting its improperly constructed tests? I think it's the norm for companies to submit their own tests, just because of the massive number of products out there, but the test parameters do need to undergo educated scrutiny. If the EPA has lost a lot of qualified people or if the political will does not support their taking a tough line on a corporate power, we-the-people, along with the honeybees, are not going to receive the protections deserved. But the voting public will also have to accept some of the blame for making poor political choices. If we want quality oversight and regulation, then we have to push to make sure the EPA has the support and funding to achieve these goals. However,with the current state of the economy, less regulation and dismantling of environmental protections by the GOP have already begun, so we'll need to make our voices heard if we're to have any chance of success.

Don't hold your breath. What I've read is corporations own the world
and will continue to do so. They are necessary in some regards
but not to the extent of threatening nature and humans. These
nazi's abuse what power they have over our govt. No one seems
to know what is killing the honey bee off - have read chemtrails,
cell phone towers and cell phones, haarp, and of course the ever
secretive chemical factories, esp. monsanto and bayer.

sold out to ALEC! Bayer's name is on thier list. This is why so called gov officials, GOP , let it pass w/o a whisper, its why GOP is all for anything corporate and against everything human!