On 08-28-97  13:07, George Lagergren typed to Mark Probert
  regarding: => Pharmacutical company <=
 Hello George,
 -=> Quoting Mark Probert to George Lagergren <=-
 MP> GEORGE LAGERGREN was thinking about Re: Pharmacutical company and
 MP> keyed  into cyberspace:
 GL>
 GL>-=> Quoting Mark Probert to George Lagergren <=-
 GL> GL>  Mark -->  The FDA and the international pharmacutical
 GL> GL>  companies want to regulate vitamins and herbs so a
 GL> GL>  doctor's okay would be necessary to obtain them.  They are
 GL> GL>  also trying to use international treaties as a means to
 GL> GL>  accomplish this.
 GL>
 GL> MP> Don;t worry, there is a Senator that the weeds and pills
 GL> MP> industry has  bought and paid for: Orrin Hatch. He owns part of
 GL> MP> one of the companies,  and votes and lobbies accordingly.
 GL>     Mark  -->  Good for Senator Hatch (R-UT).  Senator Hatch takes
 GL>     dietary supplements.  There are several companies which market
 GL>     herbal supplements located in the State of Utah.
 MP> So, you approve of unethical behavior when it furthers your
 MP> """principals""".
 GL> Mark  -->  The point here, as stated in previous posts, is that
 GL> people should be aware that big international firms want to
 GL> use an INTERNATIONAL TREATY to drive smaller companies out of
 GL> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^
 GL> business.  And if a Senator can prevent that from happening,
 GL> he should his power to prevent it from happening.
 GL>
      The purpose of patenting all existing plant material (what global
      corporations are currently doing) is so they can charge you a license
      fee (on top of what it it normally costs you) every time you sprout a
      seed or grow a plant regardless of who sold or gave you the seeds.
      Ring.... !!!!   <- ALARM CLOCK GOING OFF
      ***  THAT INCLUDES EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR HERBS, folks.  ***
      Kind of like a VAT imposed by private corporations.
      Business ethics.  Free market capitalism.   You've gotta love it.
      Ty
     .     Ty Meissner     .      E-MAIL: Ty.meissner@grape.net  
     I will sleep and dream like the air, and move like the wind, with 
assion
     when it pleases me.  The Universe is not up there... Its here, and we're 
     in it, third rock out from the sun. - Peter Spiro
... The triumph of evil is assured whenever good people do nothing.
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