Blacklisted by Monsanto (James A. Finley / AP)
Monsanto has placed me on their blacklist, I've just discovered. Though I've personally served Clinton, G.W. Bush, Gore, Cheney, and thousands of other influential individuals in my 24 years as a language interpreter, this is the first time I've ever found myself blacklisted.
It all began back in 1986, when I started work as a low-level contract language interpreter with the U.S. Department of State in the Indonesian language. I gradually moved up the ranks and was very excited to find myself in the White House for the first time in 1995, interpreting for President Clinton in an important meeting with President Suharto of Indonesia. In years following, it was an honor and a pleasure to serve presidents and top officials from numerous countries, as I eventually became the State Department's top Indonesian interpreter.
Yet in 2004, the State Department for the first time required us to sign a new contract swearing all interpreters to secrecy about "any information known to them by reason of their performance of services." The only exception was if we obtained written permission of our superiors. After hearing from my supervisors that there was no way around this, I sadly resigned. If they had simply added "any information which could conceivably threaten national security," I would have been happy to sign. As this new requirement reflected the excessive secrecy being promoted by the Bush administration at the time, my resignation was even reported in an article in the Washington Post.
Though I resigned from my work with the government, I have continued to do occasional interpreting work in the private sector. My discovery of being blacklisted by Monsanto occurred just this week, as I was negotiating a private gig. When I learned that the client was Monsanto, I took a deep breath. In my extensive research into deep politics, I had discovered that Monsanto has done more damage to public health than just about any other corporation. I wasn't sure I wanted to interpret for them.
Yet I never had to make that decision, because word came back from the person arranging the contract that my name was on Monsanto's blacklist! Wow!!! The fact that Monsanto even has a blacklist is interesting in itself. The fact that I was on their blacklist was even more astounding.
I had to wonder what I had done that might have earned me this "honor" with Monsanto. Could it be the recent examiner.com article I wrote titled "Obama appoints Monsanto fox to guard food safety hen house"? This article showed how Monsanto executives have rigged the game in the biotech industry, so that neither science nor scientists would stand in their way of promoting dangerous genetically modified (GM) food. They didn't care that numerous studies showed many rats and other animals died when fed GM food. Monsanto executives manipulated the study reports to ignore this little detail.
Or was I blacklisted because I manage a popular website exposing major cover-ups of which few are aware. This revealing website clearly shows how Monsanto is endangering public health in many ways. The website has a list of excerpts from major media news articles reporting on the manipulations and deception of Monsanto and others regarding GM foods. Links are provided to the original articles for verification of the many disturbing facts presented. The website also features a powerfully revealing essay by one of the top GM researchers, Jeffrey Smith, which points to Monsanto as the single corporation most endangering public health.
Watch the 10-minute video below to see how Monsanto prevented two courageous reporters at Fox News from reporting the proven health dangers of bovine growth hormone in our public milk supply. The hormone is produced and promoted by Monsanto.
For a longer, excellent documentary focused on Monsanto's undeniable role in strong-arming farmers to use genetically modified seeds, and their efforts to monopolize the entire seed market in our nation, click here. I fully acknowledge that I do not support Monsanto's policies of secrecy and placing profit above public health. Even so, I was quite amazed to find that corporations even have blacklists like this for interpreters, and that I'm on Monsanto's list.
I invite you to join me in spreading the word about Monsanto's blacklist and their policies which endanger public health. The box below provides several ideas on what you can do both to educate yourself further and to put pressure on Monsanto to change their ways. I also invite you to comment below and let readers know what you think. Should our government enact laws to make corporations place public health above profit? If so, how best can we make that happen?
What you can do:
- Read other revealing, carefully researched articles on corporate and political corruption endangering our health at this link.
- Inform your media and political representatives of this important information. To contact those close to you, click here. Urge them to tackle corporate corruption by Monsanto and others, and to find ways to pressure corporations into putting public health above profit.
- Learn more about both serious dangers to our health and exciting developments which can improve health in this powerful lesson from the free Insight Course.
- Read about some of my fascinating experiences interpreting for world leaders at this link.
- Spread this news to your friends and colleagues, and bookmark this article on key news websites using the "Share This" icon on this page, so that we can fill the role at which the major media is sadly failing. Together, we can make a difference.
Fred Burks served as personal language interpreter to Clinton, Bush, Cheney, Gore, and other top dignitaries in secret meetings. As part of an international network of researchers and news analysts, Fred obtains and disseminates key, reliable information about powerful, yet little-known forces which shape our world. For more, see articles and links in the right column of this page.
Comments
Thank You Sir
A corporation controlling food should scare all people.
I guess you interpreted better then you were suppose too!
Monsanto is a true evil in the world and must be stopped.
Congratulations and thanks! "Let's Roll." The awakening is gathering steam. "Wolverines!"
Community Gardens and Food Co-Ops...Save the seeds!!!!
It's a badge of honor, Fred. You're being of courageous service to help people choose between corporate domination and freedom.
Thank you.
If they have blacklisted you, that is a GOOD sign. That means you are exposing their dirty little deeds. Way to Go! You have my support!
C'mon Fred, who gives a s..t about your life? What does it have to do with US intelligence? Monsanto doesn't want to give you money, so what? You are going to sue them for discrimination? Get over yourself, please. You could have been the personal translator of both Hitler and Stalin, I could not care less. You are NOBODY. Let politicians and corporations alone, and get a real job, lazy ass clown.
It IS an honor to be blacklisted by Monsanto. I'll send this post to as many people as possible, thanks.
Thank you again for another eye opening article!!!!
Fred,
I must say that I am proud that you are on Monsanto's blacklist, no matter how that may seem to many. You are a hero in the field of exposure of those like Monsanto, Baxter, Novaris and so many others. Thank you with all my heart and spirit,
Berry
One day when I'm successful I'll be blacklisted by Monsanto too... maybe I already am... how do you access the list?
Given your attitude, why in the world would they want to hire you? Words come with consequences.
Monsanto's real CEO is hastan! This is by far one of the MOST Torahless and evil corporations on planet earth! Thanks for the Agent Orange memories... Remember YHVH is holding you accountable for messing with HIS Creation!!!
Gen 1:11 And Elohim said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the plant that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth.” And it came to be so.
Gen 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, the plant that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.
Gen 1:13 And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, the third day.
A little warning to those destroying the earth:
Rev 11:16 And the twenty-four elders sitting before Elohim on their thrones fell on their faces and worshipped Elohim,
Rev 11:17 saying, “We give You thanks, O ???? ?l Shaddai, the One who is and who was and who
1. Dr. Greenthumb is "out there"
2. Agree with John Doe. Fred, go live in Indonesia.
3. I would guess Monsanto has a right to hire or not hire anybody they want to. Why would they hire someone who is spreading a bunch of propaganda?
Agree w/ Greg. Anytime there is a monopoly on seeds, there is change around the corner. Unlabeled GMO Food causes allergies just like regular food. The only difference is your doctor cant help you.
It would not surprise me if Monsanto PR people are the ones posting the negative comments on this article, Fred, they are crafty and manipulative and they will stop at nothing to get what they want.
We need to spread the word about GMO's and Monsanto and take action before it's too late...be creative! Be bold! Be smart and be persistent! Knowledge is power.
well done! they certainly do not want anyone telling the truth:-)
how dare you:-)
I have shared it round, keep up the good work.
one year of gm crops Canola in australia and we have a 20km long stretch of roadside contaminated with GM already. Minimal? my ass!
controllable, HA! 24D is not harmless! and by the time councils get there its dry and done, some control.
I would be VERY proud to be on a blacklist, it means you are honest and Outing the bastards!
Hey Fred!
Nice work, bro'! Keep it up!
Love,
Bodhi
Welcome to the elite club of Monsatan's black list! I have been on their list since 2003, because I would not turn over my business records. Monsanto has a paragraph dedicated to me on their web site.
Im not much of a protester but this is one cause i would show up for and see it through.Monsanto is the most heinous bunch of nutbars out there.But what really boggles me is what kind of a person could work for such an outfit??? You really have to have some serious personal issues to work for a company that is that twisted.
Thanks for all you do Fred.
Just an aside....So just what does someone who considers Fred aspiring to be a "lazy ass clown" do in the world that they have the time on their hands to take part in a blog to add meaningless tripe? Just wondering who the 'lazy ass clown' is .... Mr "john doe"
Aspartame (a product of Monsonto labeled NutraSweet/Equal and found in diet soft drinks) has been linked to brain tumors and autism. Dr. Olney warned of the damage that this product would do to the unborn and to children. He said that the FDA acknowledged "aspartame had been shown to induce brain damage in neonatal animals” but FDA dismissed the neurotoxicity as irrelevant on grounds that the approved uses of aspartame don’t include feeding it to newborn humans. Yet aspartame can be found in prescription and over-the-counter pediatric drugs and in pediatric vitamins. Nursing babies receive this poison from mothers who breastfeed. The recent plague of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), autism, and birth defects manifest the neurologic devastations of aspartame.
Supporting this view, Dr. Louis Elsas, Emory Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics, testified in a congressional hearing that aspartame is a teratogen (causes birth defects) and a neurotoxin.
Aspartame is a teratogen that triggers birth defects. It is a deadly neurotoxin (Dr. Louis Elsas testimony before congress, pediatric professor,genetics). Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D.,says that aspartame triggers ADD and autism.
Either the prince of this world sits on the monsanto board --- or the current leader of the infamous super secret iluminati group ---- or perhaps both
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