It Would Be Madness, If It Weren't Extortion

National Public Radio, of all outlets, shares a litigation outrage with us.

Here in this country more than half our sugar comes from beets. From a beet crop that is almost entirely genetically modified. Organic farmers and food-safety advocates are suing to keep that crop out of the ground this coming spring.

It gets more ridiculous from there. The evil 'genetically modified' beet is resistant to Roundup(an approved and widely used herbicide), which allows for lower cost and higher yields. How completely evil!


The report details how a small group of organic growers hopes to prevent the planting of the entire crop via litigation.  Of course, until the defendants come up with a payoff that will mollify the plaintiffs' shocked consciences.

I think it's called the 'GoAway Number'; that magic number that makes plaintiffs take their money and  go away.

The environmental movement has become a literal racket, in which every industry, every development for energy, industry, mining or agriculture becomes a target for litigation.  And the subsequent GoAway Number.

Avacado farmers in California were devastated by a judge ruling that smelt upstream mattered more than their farms.

A badly needed by-pass around Nashville is years overdue and over budget, and congestion in Nashville grows, delayed by a bogus lawsuit over 1000-year-old Indian grave sites.  The judge asked one question: Can any of the plaintiffs prove any descendant relation to any of the bones under discussion? Answer: No. A settlement was then reached, a GoAway number was decided upon, and the road remains uncompleted these years later.

The unemployment rate in this county, where the terminus of that road is located, is well north of 10%.

The industrial parks set aside in anticipation of its completion feature wide tracts of weeds.

It would be madness, if it weren't extortion.