Insanity in the poisoned societyJon Rappoport There is a myth that the free market wins out against all odds. The consumer decides. He buys what he wants, and doesnt buy what he thinks is unhealthy. Pretty to think so, but false. There is another factor at work. Its called: crime. Its a crime to poison people. If youre the CEO of a corporation which sells poison under any name, in any package, a state or federal attorney should have your ass in court, and then in jail. For a long time. Label the poison products as different? Thats a stop-gap measure which comes after the failure to prosecute. Its a solution put together with scotch tape and paper clips, and anyone who fails to realize that is sound asleep. Ballot initiatives to demand GMO labeling of food? Okay. But without also accusing corporations of selling poison (GMOs, Roundup)? Clueless. Ridiculous. Unlessyou really had a free market. If you destroyed any and all government enforcement-support and funding and phony praise of Pharma, big biotech, and other chemical companies, if you instituted a Wild West out there, a free-for-all, where anybody could sell anything and label it anything, then you might see some interesting results. Then consumer choice would take on a whole new meaning. But in this world, the one we live in, have you seen a single Big Pharma CEO put in prison for 50 years after killing thousands of people with a drug he sells relentlessly? A drug which he knows causes death? Of course not. He pays a billion-dollar fine, after already making $30 billion on the drug, and he promises to straighten up and fly right. If hes a vaccine maker, hes protected, by federal law, from civil suits filed by parents of children who died or were severely damaged by a shot. If his factory releases toxic chemicals into the ground and water, causing cancers, he fights in court for years and ends up paying a settlement to families. This is the sickening truth. And make no mistake, it is the government that protects and supports and bows down to these vicious criminals. The government already runs its own labeling operation on pharmaceuticals. As skewed as it is, its supposed to give the consumer information he can use to make a choice. But every year in the US, by the most conservative mainstream measure, those drugs kill 106,000 people. Thats over a million deaths per decade. (See Dr. Barbara Starfield, Is US Health Really the Best in the World?, July 26, 2000, Journal of the American Medical Association.) Would you work in a campaign to force drug companies and government to provide more accurate labeling information, unless that campaign aggressively attacked the corporations and government for supporting and protecting poisoners? And why would you even need to launch that attack in the first place? Because the Justice Department is a criminal racket that protects sellers of poison. Theyre an active partner in a kill-and-maim operation. Take off the sugar coating and look at the truth. Good intentions dont add up to victories. Here is what these willing and idealistic people are told by their leaders, if you scrape away the PR and get to the bottom line: We want you to work for us so we can get a ballot measure passed. Now, were not going to attack the bad guys who poison people every day. Were never going to do that. We just want to give the consumer a choice when he buys food. Thats all. We want to get along. Were coexisting with corporate agriculture. Get used to it. Insanity. Imagine you live in a community where killers are on the loose. You know a big company on the hill is sending these men down your way to commit their heinous crimes. But the local government denies the existence of this operation. They say the evidence is inconclusive. Now you get an idea. Youre going to certify all the non-killers in the neighborhood. They will wear badges labeled safe. Any person not wearing a badge in public should assiduously avoided. Your community (non-government) leaders tell you, Were not going to criticize the company on the hill. Were not going to build a crescendo of outrage that will push the company against the wall. Were not going to march on the mayors office and demand he arrest the CEO. Were just going to associate with the safes. Well only have safes as friends. What does that mean? It means youre going to erect a bubble and live inside it and hope that the killers will stay away from what you call safe. Jon Rappoport is the author of two explosive collections, The Matrix Revealed and Exit From the Matrix, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at www.nomorefakenews.com 