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Bills that activists threw off the balcony of the senate offers building, and then others just rolled around in the dollar bills like it was snow. that was a protest at the senate. and people involved in throwing the money that day and rolling around in it got arrested. turns out one of the guys arrested there was the sort of activist-in-chief for the tingly soap company, dr. bronners, you know, the doctor that has an excellent sense of humor. josh harkins at mother jones reported that he got involved in one election. as you see there on the label for the soap, dr. bronner took the side on 522...

Reported that he got involved in one election. as you see there on the label for the soap, dr. bronner took the side on 522, a washington ballot measure where products taken from genetically modified organizations should be labelled as such. they had money on their side, too, including the dr. bronner's mon money, which is just some of the money that flowed in washington. look at how the money breaks down in that race. these numbers are from "the seattle times." the side that wants to label genetically labelled stuff raised about $8 million, with about 70% of it raised out of state. sounds lik...

The side that wants to label genetically labelled stuff raised about $8 million, with about 70% of it raised out of state. sounds like a lot, right? look at the other side, the don't label side. the we don't want to know side, they raised $22 million, and they raised all of it from out of state. actually, i should modify that. of the $22 million they raised, they raised $550 in washington state. not $550,000, $550 out of 22 million, which means that pie is not to scale. 10,000 people from across washington state contributed to the yes, contributed to the yes on labelling side. basically, nobod...

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>> they would create a legal nightmare. this illogical unfair labeling proposition makes no sense and would increase costs for california farmers and food companies by over $1 billion a year. >> administering 37 complex regulations. >> the people who funded those were monsanto, pepsi, dupont, kraft foods. the same in washington state this year doing it in california last year. and the corporate side outraised the other side 5:1. they dumped $50 million of advertising and campaigning to beating the labeling initiative in california. it worked in california last year. it looks like it worked in ...