Coming full circle (and taking nominations)

[noamnety]

My first post on DU was a result of madfloridian linking one of my webpages which I was using to refute swiftboat attacks on Kerry. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x601765#602934

Another of my pages was "appointments and disappointments" - where I was compiling a list of Bush appointees and their backgrounds:
http://ideamouth.com/politics/appointments_and_disappointmentsbush.html

I've gotten to the point where I feel like I need to see the current appointees and their backgrounds listed in a similar way. Due to time commitments, I'm thinking of adding to it slowly - I put in one yesterday and one today. (Both Monsanto folks). http://ideamouth.com/appointments_and_disappointments.htm

I am open for suggestions my the hall of shame of current administration appointees.

[noamnety]

1. Yesterday and today

Yesterday's inclusions were:

Food and Agriculture

Chief Agriculture Negotiator at the office of the United States Trade Representative
Islam Siddiqui, former registered lobbyist for CropLife America (whose members include Monsanto, Syngenta, DuPont and Dow). "Siddiqui Instrumental in Drafting First Proposed Organic Standards that Would Have Allowed Toxic Sludge, GMOs and Irradiated Food to be Labeled “Organic”. 98 Organizations opposed Obama's nomination of Siddiqui.

Senior advisor to the commissioner of the FDA (Food Safety Czar)
Michael Taylor, Former Monsanto attorney. While Taylor was at the FDA in the early 90's, he oversaw and approved the use of Monsanto'sgenetically engineered bovine growth hormone injected into cows to increase milk supply, despite it being banned in Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. He left that position and became a Vice President and chief lobbyist at Monsanto, a position which has been scrubbed from his official FDA bio.

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Today's entry:

USAID Director and Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics
Rajiv Shah, former agricultural programs director for the Gates Foundation and board member of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), both pro-GMO organizations which work closely with Monsanto. "AGRA used funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to write twenty-three grants for projects in Kenya. Twelve of those recipients are involved in research in genetically modified agriculture, development or advocacy. About 79 percent of funding in Kenya involves biotech in one way or another." And, English says, "so far, we have found over $100 million in grants to organizations connected to Monsanto." (from the Organics Consumers Association.)