As a voting constituent, I feel that I have a right to voice my opinion to my Congressional Representative, Tulsi Gabbard. I have noticed how she’s been posting lots of things with the Babes Against Biotech pages from months ago. (She apparently drinks from the same punchbowl as the anti-GMO mob all do when she starts using the terms Monsanto Protection Act.)
Honestly, I was shocked to see that this representative was okay with being associated with activists that endorse crop destruction.
So, I decided to no longer be quiet about this at all because I have seen and felt so much hate and ugliness being directed towards farmers here locally. That is not okay with me at all. How can such a representative of the “people” avoid all the evidence presented? Is it ignorance like what the anti-GMO mob clings on to or what is it? I decided to give her the benefit of the doubt and simply voice my opinion of the issue to her.
This is the response I got back from her:
Okay, so she visited one farm and went to this anti-GMO event:
So I pressed her a little more:
Others jumped into the thread too with these comments:
Her team’s response to me was that I should contact her about visiting the papaya farm. Which I immediately did that day.
Well, that was several months ago and our farm has yet to hear a peep from our representative regarding this issue. That tells us farming families a lot about who she’s listening to and it’s not us.
I went back to her page to attempt to post something and lo and behold, I discovered this!
When you get this kind of post that only allows you to “share,” you know you’ve been banned. We know who she’s really looking out for now. It’s her Babes Against Biotech anti-GMO mob and not certain farmers in our islands. Ignorance not only runs in the general public but also in our own congressional representative.
So Team Tulsi and Tulsi Gabbard, if you should find my page, I am all about getting educated. Please take the time to learn about biotechnology through some simple videos like this one. The world needs more research and science, not the perpetuation of ignorance and fear that you support with your stance.
Quote of the day from Paul Watson, former Greenpeace activist and board member of Sierra Club, the parent of Earthjustice.
Gary Hooser is at it once again, January 29, 2014, spreading his toxic gospel over and over again. When he should have been at a Kauai County Council Meeting, he was among his favorite bikini clad calendar chics at the State Capitol.
Not only is he repeating himself once again, but his son, Dylan Hooser, is also starting to repeat it the same mantra in Civil Beat. Dylan has significantly cleaned up his image with a good shave and covering up his tattoo laden extremities to fit back into the political scene with his father, as long as he stays out of trouble with the law. Here’s son and father together at the capitol from their new page, Defend Kauai #shameonyou.
Hooser also extended his presence at the most recent Filipino Chamber of Commerce Dinner. That takes a lot of gall to be there, right after he and his mob said the most ugliest and heinous remarks about these workers and companies, whom he is attempting to rid the island of. He must think that people have forgotten what he has done.
So what is happening now, is likely going to be a repeat of what happened last year in October. Just take a stroll that down memory lane to recall the events that unfolded just a few months ago…
October 3, 2013
Last month, PBS Insights had to cancel the GMO panel that would include the Gary Hooser, Kokua Market GM Lynette Larson, Senator Nishihara, and of course my dad, Ken Kamiya. PBS never got a reason for the cancellation but if you just see what Hooser does, you’ll see why pro-biotech folks would cancel on this guy to begin with. (Note that this is my sole opinion of the whole issue.)
Here’s a nice video, by Kauai Rock Chick aka Bus Driver Chick of Hooser, being the hero for supposedly pinning down the seed company managers about disclosure. (Note that these people are not in positions to speak for these lines of questioning, but it makes for a great Hollywood courtroom drama scene as the hero lawyer finds ultimate guilt!)
First of all, why would Hooser want to discuss GMOs, pesticides, and “right to know” issues with someone who lives on a completely different island in a industry that isn’t really strong on Kauai? Could it be that he just wants more TV time to win over more voters for his next calling to office? Well, let’s just do some investigating of this further to see what the evidence shows.
Hear it from both sides on this clip. Hooser, Mark Phillipson of Syngenta, MMA fighter Barca, and Tim Pastoor, toxicologist for Syngenta:
Hooser was already on Olelo’s GMO panel several months back too stating the same things and getting friendly with Bill Freese of the Center for Food Safety, Hector Valenzuela, William Steiner, and Walter Ritte too.
How many hours have been spent going around stating the same thing, where he makes a statement that he consulted with attorneys from Earthjustice and Center for Food Safety, well known, well funded anti-biotech organizations?
And again for Big Island Anti-GMO Bill 113 at 2:20 speaking at his own behalf in the Brenda Ford circus.
Then he’s on yet another video also saying the same thing over and over again.
And again:
Then take a listen to his fellow followers and how they say the same thing over and over too nearly word for word.
Fellow County Council Member Tim Bynum repeating the same misinformation over too
Recall that Tim Bynum did once stated the he’d consider the evidence but apparently that’s out of the question now. “I trust that it is science’s job to get to the truth.”
Then come more of the same anti-GMO club members saying the same thing over:
Here’s another one repeating practically word for word what Hooser states:
Then there’s the MMA fighter giving his expert advice about GMOs. (Note that he goes through all the Monsanto myths and they aren’t even on Kauai):
Then there is Andrea Brower, who is a PhD candidate in sociology suddenly has expertise in feeding the world issues repeating the corporations and regulations. She’s also has an article in the HuffPo about pesticides too, repeating the same things Hooser states. (Interesting how she puts her PhD candidate credentials on her Huffpo post but fails to state what it’s in.)
And here’s another one stating over and over Hooser’s doctrine:
Well, we know that he has probably coached many of these folks on what to say because he’s well known in the GMO Free groups across our islands.
Note that he must not have much evidence to base his bill and and openly admitted that testing would be done after! He did ignore prior studies that were done that showed no high levels of the pesticides he claims as being dangerous. So do we make laws first and then figure out if there really is an issue while ignoring all other evidence collected? Yes, if you’re Gary Hooser that is.
But then again, Hooser is definitely on the bandwagon to political opportunities when people say this about him.
Some people are getting pretty sick of his ways and he knows it when he has to post stuff like this too. (Some others are starting to feel like he’s family when he get’s the name “uncle.” Also note that he even refers to people who don’t agree with him as “trolls,” which is a typical term anti-GMO mob folk love.)
When you start hearing from your constituents that they are not happy with you, guess you’d better get back on TV again and win more people for your mob!
The anti-GMO mob does need more supporters now especially after the recent papaya vandalism! It doesn’t bode well for these folks after they have been caught making threats of crop destruction for the past year or more publicly.
I am so glad for the nice feature on here with the comments that can be moderated. It never fails that you will get some winners lurking out in the social media to post some winning comments on a blog.
Meet someone named John D Blair who posted these two lovely comments. This is exactly what I’ve been talking about with the anti-GMO club’s tactics with commenting.
Here’s some simple research about the active ingredient in Agent Orange that John is referring to just by doing a simple Google search:
What people like John Blair do don’t like so many other anti-GMO club members is more research. Think! If the active ingredient in Agent Orange is still around, why is it being sold in stores? Well, you can’t even get to that step if you don’t research in the first place. Well, I like to educate so here’s what I found while searching the issues with Agent Orange.
Look up it up in Google, “Why was Agent Orange so toxic?” Well, if you read the whole entry you’ll find this as your reason for the toxicity. The answers are all there, if you take the time to read and know your stuff. (I am purposefully having you click on the links listed to read for yourself what it says. This is how one can learn to research.)
The thing with these kind of folks is that they can never believe that someone who speaks out for biotech is not paid. It’s an easy dismissal in one’s mind to say that. How could anyone even consider such a thing? The truth is that more folks are speaking out about this issue and doing it for free is unfathomable. I can honestly tell you that I receive no monies whatsoever from the biotech industry for writing this blog. It did however set me back about $150 or so out of my own pocket and it is not a going to be a tax deduction either. I haven’t formed my own non-profit activist group status either. I’m just a farmer’s daughter who is willing to speak out and clear up the muck.
So Mr. John D Blair, if you could kindly take off those Monsanto glasses, you may actually think a bit more clearer. And you might want to take a lesson in how do to a simple Google search to find an answer before making a comment.
Dear Governor, Legislators, Senators, Representatives, County Council Members, City Council Members,
I am writing to you as a daughter of a long time farmer, Kenneth Kamiya. Our family has been long time farmers for over 4 decades on the Windward side on Oahu. My grandfather farmed the land with beans, Okinawan potatoes, cucumbers and finally papaya, which my dad and brother continue to this day. I am asking for your support in these contentious times of dealing with the issue of agricultural technology, specifically GMOs.
I speak out not only for our family but for all other families in our islands who use this technology to run the farms that they do. Our state cannot afford to be left behind because of the maligned fears of the public of this technology. You as a leader also have to be able to separate fears created by the black marketing strategies and consider the evidence that is presented. That is your responsibility to us as your constituents, even though the farmers and ranchers make up 1-2% of the public. Those are the voices that should ring loud and clear in your minds.
What does the evidence show us? Worldwide, there is a consensus that biotechnology is safe. Read below for the worldwide organizations that have made statements about biotechnology in food:
Given this evidence, will you accept what the worldwide scientific community states? Or will you fall prey to the fear mongering of the environmentalists and the organic industry’s tactics like this:
The public sure has become beleaguered with fear which is evident when you see these kind of events happening across our islands:
The same people that join in these protests are so fear mongered that they have even done this to farmers or anyone who speaks out for biotechnology:
Activist groups too are guilty of promoting hate and crop destruction as in this meme from the Babes Against Biotech with Roseanne Barr’s quote:
Notice how much hate there is because fear has made many people irrational already. Ignorance is evident here in many of these comments. And it’s not pretty to be at the receiving end of it.
We know that many of you have become the receiving end of these activists, especially the Babes Against Biotech who went after Senator Nishihara last year. We know that many of you have also been portrayed as targets too.
As a result, not many people want to speak out for agricultural technology here and when you do, many times, you get threats like this sent to you. Here’s one I personally received a few days ago:
Or you might get called a name or something, but it doesn’t bother me for I know what the truth is:
So when leaders like you decide to reject the evidence presented, you are feeding and fueling fear. This same fear happens because so many people have little to no knowledge about agriculture or the technology around it. They may be loud and demanding but you must also listen to the quiet ones who toil in the fields every day. My family like so many others are just regular people who want to have access to the tools to do the job we have at hand, which is to feed people the best way possible.
Kenneth Kamiya, my dad
When it comes time to listening to your constituents, all I ask is that you listen to your most valuable ones. The farmers!
Okay, so she visited one farm and went to this anti-GMO event:
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