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J_J_

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Sun Mar 29, 2015, 10:18 AM Mar 2015

"I'm Not Stupid" Monsanto Lobbyist Refuses To Drink Weedkiller After Proclaiming "It Won't Hurt You"

"Do as I say, not as I do," appears to be the message from a controversial lobbyist who claimed that the chemical in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer was safe for humans refused to drink his own words when a French television journalist offered him a glass... "I'm not stupid," he proclaims... you be the judge...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/lobbyist-claims-monsanto-weed-killer-is-safe-to-drink-then-bolts-when-tv-host-offers-him-a-glass/

“You can drink a whole quart of it and it won’t hurt you,” Moore insists.



“You want to drink some?” the interviewer asks. “We have some here.”

“I’d be happy to, actually,” Moore replies, adding, “Not really. But I know it wouldn’t hurt me.”

“If you say so, I have some,” the interviewer presses.

“I’m not stupid,” Moore declares.

“So, it’s dangerous?” the interviewer concludes.

But Moore claims that Roundup is so safe that “people try to commit suicide” by drinking it, and they “fail regularly.”

“Tell the truth, it’s dangerous,” the interviewer says.

“It’s not dangerous to humans,” Moore remarks. “No, it’s not.”

“So, are you ready to drink one glass?” the interviewer continues to press.

"No, I’m not an idiot,” Moore says defiantly. “Interview me about golden rice, that’s what I’m talking about.”

At that point, Moore declares that the “interview is finished.”

“That’s a good way to solve things,” the interviewer quips.

“Jerk!” Moore grumbles as he storms off the set.

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"I'm Not Stupid" Monsanto Lobbyist Refuses To Drink Weedkiller After Proclaiming "It Won't Hurt You" (Original Post) J_J_ Mar 2015 OP
Montsanto shill fail, big time. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2015 #1
Sounds like we now have a way to show them for what they are. There's a gazillion gals of this.... marble falls Mar 2015 #2
Exactly how many times is this going to be posted? NuclearDem Mar 2015 #3
Thanks for... onyourleft Mar 2015 #4
Bernard Cohen redux! "sure, only if it's GROUND plutonium" MisterP Mar 2015 #5

marble falls

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2. Sounds like we now have a way to show them for what they are. There's a gazillion gals of this....
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 11:44 AM
Mar 2015

poison available. Surely more than enough to offer a glass to every shill, lobbiest, paid-off Congressman and on camera. At least a lot of big tobacco shills and workers smoked and worked to be seen using their masters' products. Not one of these guys will drink RoundUp or anything associated with fracking.

They may venial, but they're not stupid.

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