On the ‘train’
On the ‘train’
The Associated Press article in Friday’s Tribune-Herald, headlined “Trump acceptance speech strikingly dark,” went on to declare that it was “almost entirely lacking in specific policy details.”
There is darkness in Washington. It is that almost all of our elected officials spend most of their efforts staying in office.
They pronounce on the serious problems affecting our country and then head to the golf course instead of working to solve them.
Donald Trump’s speech, in fact, gave us fresh, bright, detailed plans on how he will lead us in solving almost all of our most pressing problems. Before the Republican National Convention, I was a Trump skeptic. Now, after hearing his speech and the presentations of his adult children, I have boarded the “Trump Train.” Toot, toot!
Ron Needham
Hilo
GMO politics
It’s difficult to understand why U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono would vote for the “fake” GMO labeling bill that is now headed to the president’s desk for his signature.
She states the law will allow consistent access to GMO information, but an unlabeled QR code on a package that is scannable with a cell phone is not “consistent access,” as 60 percent of adults might own cell phones, but all other consumers won’t be able to access the product manufacturer’s information on GMO-containing food products.
The bill does not set a standard as to what food companies must state in the scannable information. Nor does it mean that GMO food products are safe just because the FDA says that GMOs are safe to eat.
All short-term testing submitted to the FDA was done by the biotech corporations that created the GMOs. When longer-term testing was conducted by independent scientists, organ damage, mutations and reproductive problems occurred in test animals and their offspring.
Large food corporations such as General Mills, Mars and Campbell quietly have been adding “made with genetic engineering” to their labels since Vermont’s GMO labeling law went into effect July 1, 2016, in order to continue to sell their products in that state.
The president knows this bill, orchestrated by corrupt lawmakers who received more than $50 million from Monsanto and food corporations, is meant to override the Vermont labeling law in an effort to kill the consumer-driven GMO labeling campaign, and will not fulfill his campaign promise to label GMOs, dishonoring his presidency.
U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz and U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard are the only bright stars in this dark act.
Merle Hayward
Hilo