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Someone emailed this to me & I thought I'd share.
Subject: Tell Pesticide Peddlers: We support Michelle Obama's organic garden.
Dear Friend,
The Mid America CropLife Association (MACA) has a bone to pick with Michelle Obama. MACA represents chemical companies that produce pesticides, and they are angry that - wait for it - Michelle Obama isn't using chemicals in her organic garden at the White House.
I am not making this up.
In an email they forwarded to their supporters, a MACA spokesman wrote, "While a garden is a great idea, the thought of it being organic made shudder." MACA went on to publish a letter it had sent to the First Lady asking her to consider using chemicals -- or what they call "crop protection products" -- in her garden.
I just signed a petition telling MACA's board members to stop using Michelle Obama's garden to spread propaganda about produce needing to be sprayed with chemicals. I hope you will, too.
Please have a look and take action.
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/wh_garden/?r_by=-1989693-sowOKWx&rc=paste
Thanks!
that's completely ridiculous! im pretty sure michelle obama will be smart enough to stick with her original plan.
"While a garden is a great idea, the thought of it being organic made shudder."
:-D :'(
it's funny because it's so preposterous... but sad because they really meant it.
*goes to sign petition*
....I also have faith in the first lady's intelligence and reason. however, I often worry about the "persuasion powers" of certain groups...
I don't feel so threatened by the MACA, but what would happen if the Corn Refiners Association "asked" the Obamas to not promote alternatives to HFCS? or if the National Cattlemen's Beef Association "asked" them to not promote a balanced diet including vegetable-based protein sources? How much power do the President and his family have over THEM?
...those are just some of my own frightening (and somewhat on-topic) thoughts that come from this issue.
carry on. ;)b
I added this message to my signature:
"Please, let the Obama family make their own decisions. Michelle Obama is an intelligent, educated woman who knows what is best for her family and for the environment.
No one (including the First Lady) should be expected to bow down to the orders of self-promoting environmental antagonists like the MACA."
Maybe MACA hired PETA as PR consultants.