Hey Steve!
Thanks for the link--although in my professional opinion it is obvious that
Patrick Moore is now simply a disreputable anti-environmentalist who has
gone over to the Dark Side.

Here's another one: "A university biology professor and long-time
Greenpeace contributor cancels his Greenpeace membership."  at
http://www.greenpiece.org/green_cancel1.html  :

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In an eloquent letter that exposes Greenpeace's scare tactics, William C.
Plaxton, professor of biology and biochemistry at Queen's University in
Ontario, Canada, cancelled his Greenpeace membership. In his cancellation
letter to Greenpeace he wrote:

"I am extremely concerned about preservation of the natural environment &
Mother Earth, and support many of your initiatives regarding environmental
protection.

However, as a plant biochemist and NSERC-funded scientist, I can no longer
back an organization such as yours that has recently undertaken such a
blanket condemnation, fear-mongering & non-scientific attack against the
production and use of genetically modified plants. "

For those of you unfamiliar with Greenpeace's attacks, the organization has
targeted genetically modified food for one of its public hysteria campaigns
despite the following:

	- All genetically modified products used in the United States have
the full backing and approval of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration).

	 - The majority of scientists throughout the world agree that
genetically modified food can help lesser developed countries produce their
own food economically without the environmental hazards of pesticides and
pollution.

Read what Mr. Paxton has to say:

"Apart from their application to feeding people, GE plants offer an amazing
variety of potential benefits to mankind, including phytoremediation of
soils that have been contaminated by man and his livestock, reduction of
atmospheric CO2 levels, as well as the production via molecular farming' of
many important but otherwise expensive and difficult to obtain
pharmaceuticals such as interferon and human growth factor."

Greenpeace promotes their agenda, whose goals are suspect to begin with, by
using questionable sources that the media has been buying into and
publicizing. William Paxton agrees:

 "What is needed is a balanced and well informed discussion based upon
scientific fact, not fiction &/or hysteria!"

Greenpeace promotes consumers buying organic food such as that available at
Whole Foods. Who can really afford to shop there everyday? And if we were
to ban genetically modified foods it would bankrupt farms and factories
throughout the nation, putting thousands and thousands of people out of
work. Greenpeace doesn't care if they hurt the little guy in their
campaigns. Why not? Because the little guy can't afford to pay them
membership dues. In his cancellation letter, Paxton agrees:

 "I am EXTREMELY concerned about the advice recently given in your
Greenpeace magazine (Vol 7, no. 3; fall 99) that Canadians boycott ALL
soya, corn & canola based products for fear that they may have arisen from
GE plants! Surely if this misguided policy were widely implemented than
this would result in an economic disaster for Canada's farmers and food
processing companies."

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Jim here: I'm going to go out on a limb here and state the plain truth as I
see it: obviously NO reputable or ethical environmentalist would make such
statements as these.  Therefore, this Paxton smokescreen clearly represents
anti-environmental propaganda; and, even though I can't prove it, I can say
with nearly total confidence that this so-called "cancellation letter to
Greenpeace" is actually a complete fabrication . . . it's a total myth,
which obviously then makes it the work of none other than . . . Michael
Fumento ! !

I "know" this because a soft fluffy little cloud told me:

>Fumento does not bust myths at all. He Creates Them. He says smoking is
>non-addictive, and that USEPA are big fat liers. He sides with the tobacco
>companies and says every that is contrary to science and common sense.
>
>He is just a clown and contrarian. He serves a purpose in society by
>relaxing some persons feeling of quilt. He supports smoking in public
>places, etc.
>
>Everything that is potentially bad in the world is not only potentially
>good, but is really good. Fumento is simply anti-government (except when it
>is GMOs) and sides with those people that have money to spend.
>
>There is no such thing as Socractic cultural criticism in Fumento because he
>only preaches one 'profitable' side of the story. And Socrates participated
>in dialogues, not monologues.


Now, I'm not a big believer in conspiracy theories, but this one's clearly
got Fumento written all over it.  He's a money-grubbing anti-environmental
mercenary if I ever saw one, and this Paxton letter is an obvious "smoking"
gun, so to speak.  so I wouldn't rule it out.

:-)

Steve's occasional partner in crime,

Jim "the lesser of two evils" Tantillo


>http://www.greenpiece.org/drtruth.html
>
>"I believe we are entering an era now where pagan beliefs and junk science
>are influencing public policy. GM foods and forestry are both good
>examples where policy is being influenced by arguments that have no basis
>in fact or logic. Certainly, biotechnology needs to be done very
>carefully. But GM crops are in the same category as estrogen-mimicking
>compounds and pesticide residues. They are seen as an invisible force that
>will kill us all in our sleep or turn us all into mutants. It is preying
>on people's fear of the unknown."
>
>Steve
>
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