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This morning's press conference by U.S. President George Bush signalled an interesting new phase in the ongoing battle
on the liberal left to hold the White House accountable.
Rather than rant at length about the daily Bush outrage or scandal -- they come so fast, it's hard to keep up -- let's take a step back for some longer-range
perspective.
I find it deeply frustrating that this election campaign is being dominated by the mainstream media relentlessly pushing
two non-issues: cover-ups relating to inappropriately autographed artwork and the limited release of genetically
modified organisms. We ...
One key trade just a few weeks before Iraq invaded Kuwait -- but reported some eight months late after the Gulf War was
over -- netted Bush close to $1 million in profit as he sold stock in Harken Energy, an oil company doing business in
the Middle East ...
The information presented in Nicky Hager’s Seeds of Distrust is largely factually accurate, Ministry for the Environment
Chief Executive Barry Carbon said today.
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‘Seeds of Distrust’ author, Nicky Hager, says that the Government seems to be trying to create confusion over the
contaminated sweet corn story instead of actually refuting the evidence in the book.
Labour Down 3.2 to 48% - National Down 0.1 to 24.5% - Green Up 0.5 to 10.1% - NZ First Up 2 to 6.4% - NZ First Up 2 to
6.4% - Jim Anderton’s Progressive Coalition Up 0.1 to 1.5% - Christian Heritage Up 0.3 to 1.2%
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has repeated his call for an urgent independent inquiry to ascertain the truth
about the corn controversy.
Allegations by author Nicky Hager that a shipment of Idaho sweetcorn imported in October 2000 contained GM seeds appears
to have no sound scientific basis. “If this allegation is without substance, then Hagar’s book, Seeds of Distrust, with
its accusations ...
A former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman appointed court monitor of WorldCom Inc. on Wednesday was
previously responsible for clearing U.S. President George W. Bush of insider trading concerning his involvement in
Harken Energy during the lead ...
"What's all the fuss about?" asked Libertarianz Whangarei candidate Helen Hughes after watching a trembling Helen Clark
defend her government's tacit approval of a genetically diverse maize crop to TV interviewer John-Boy Campbell.
“Dirty tactics employed by the Greens and Nicky Hager, show this election is in grave danger of being decided by
misrepresentation of the truth and prejudice,” says Progressive Coalition leader Jim Anderton.
Auckland, 10 July 2002: Statements made today by Prime Minister Helen Clark and Environment Minister Marian Hobbs and
supported by the Life Sciences Network and Federated Farmers are incorrect, according to the Seeds of Distrust by Nicky
Hager.
Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Genetics are distressed at reports of 178 hectares of Hawkes Bay being planted
with contaminated Novartis Bt-11 corn seed. This is a frightening breach of New Zealand's bio-security.
The sheer hypocrisy and cynicism of the Greens and their supporters is underlined by their righteous indignation over
the Gisborne GE Maize claims, while at the same time they advocate the legalisation of Cannabis, according to Inky
Tulloch, President ...
This is not a book for or against genetic engineering. It is about issues of accountability and open government, in the
context of the controversial GE issue. The main theme is that decisionmaking about a contentious new technology like
genetic engineering ...
Jeanette Fitzsimons appears to have forgotten that she sat through evidence on the alleged GM contamination of maize
presented by Dr Oliver Sutherland, of the Environmental Risk Management Authority at the Royal Commission on GM, says
Federated Farmers President ...
19: Lies, Damn Lies
Wednesday 10 July, 2002, Auckland: The cover-up exposed today in Seeds of Distrust is an outrage. This illegal,
dishonest and unacceptable series of events resulted in the contamination of our sweetcorn and environment, Greenpeace
said today.
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Election coverage is undoubtedly the most boring point of the TV year. To compensate, TVNZ have served up a symphony of
entertaining trash. And with Sex and the City and starved meerkat Ally McBeal’s now gone, the trash-fest couldn’t be
more welcome.
a.. The entire saga was presented to the Royal Commission on GM at its hearings on 1 March 2001 by the Deputy Chairman
of ERMA, Dr Oliver Sutherland (pages 59-62).
10 July 2002 Environment Minister Marian Hobbs today totally rejected allegations that the government had covered up a
release of genetically modified corn seeds in 2000.
Prime Minister Helen Clark and a few key Ministers of the Labour-Alliance Government kept a large accidental release of
genetically engineered (GE) sweet corn plants secret and allowed them to be grown, harvested and sold to New Zealanders
and export ...
Miss Chris Webster, seeking to become the independent electorate candidate is today dismissing Minister Marian Hobbs
response to allegations that the government had covered up a release of genetically modified corn seeds in 2000.
"You get what you ask for," says Peter Osborne, Libertarianz Associate Spokesman for Education Deregulation, reacting to
the PPTA's announcement that they had rejected the latest short-term pay settlement from Mr Mallard. Teachers have ...
EDITORS NOTE: The following is a transcript of a link submitted to Scoop by a Scoop reader. Clearly questions are
raised in this material about the nature of the relationship between the Bush family and the family of Osama Bin Laden.
This week I was able to add some fine new items to my small but growing collection of Breathtaking Idiocies of Our Time.
I get them all from the local papers, and my husband knows when I’ve found another one, because I start to shout and
wave it about.
The possession of cannabis for personal use is to be effectively decriminalised in the UK.
Heinz Wattie’s stands by its policy of providing products that do not contain GE materials, and says claims of
contaminated sweet corn crops being grown and harvested are incorrect.