Backlash.
Two commercials have caught my attention, raised my ire, and therefore annoyed my wife.
The first is from the american chemical lobby, showing all the things that are essential to use that use "chemistry" by necessity, including cosmetics, healthcare, space exploration, and FOOD. Yeah guys thanks, we never actually ate before the 1950's. This food concept is great, thanks chemistry!
The second came from the corn refiners association who was promoting the "truth" about high fructose corn syrup. See their site and find the ad here. As if that isn't enough, they are now proclaiming that the FDA considers corn syrup to be "Natural." since it is derived from a plant source I suppose. By that definition, plastic is natural, since it comes from oil, and oil comes from plants too.
So in lieu of a pledge to be more positive, I am looking for a silver lining. If it were not for the growing strength of the environmental movement, these jokers wouldn't waste their money on this tripe.
There really is nothing as sad as a marginally useful industry that insists on its necessity. As if we couldn't live without it. Corn syrup is used so broadly as a sweeter because it is cheaper. The only reason that it is cheap is because corn is so abundant, the only reason corn is abundant is because we the taxpayers subsidize corn growers. We pay to have cheap sweeters. Make sense?
Another reminder if you haven't seen King Corn yet, do so, it lays bare the entire fiasco of industrial corn production in this country in about the most even handed and honest way possible.
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I've noticed the same thing! Interesting commercials! Those marketing geniuses need an Oscar or something.
Recently I went to the Monsanto website and was reading up on some of their posts, or maybe rebuttals is the correct word. Interesting spin on things. We greenies have had it wrong all the time...Monsanto is the good guy who's been cheated by those dad-blamed small farmers. Who knew?
yeah, right.
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