"The Army is the Indian's best friend."
General George Armstrong Custer, 1870

I spoke with Gloria Dunnavan at the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) last evening (Wednesday,
January 21, 2004) at 7:20 PM. At that late hour,
the secretaries have gone home and she answers
her own phone. Gloria is the Director of
Surveillance at FDA and she has enormous power.

I no longer give a damn about working with the FDA.
I told Glo, "I give up. You win. The American
people lose."

If and when you meet me as I travel from state to state
this summer, please ask me to bend over and deliver a
swift kick to my posterior.

I deserve a wake-up call, for I deceive myself each time
I attempt to place my trust in FDA. I would be a lot less
frustrated if I pretended that FDA does not exist, for
in reality, they work to protect the interests of pharmaceutical
companies and, in doing so, betray all American consumers.

Where does one sweep the dirt at FDA's investigative branch,
the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)? Temporarily, under
the rug. There's just so much crap that will fit under that
rug, that piles of manure have to be flushed down CVM's toilet,
and that toilet empties directly into a cesspool.

The stench is amazing, so please, as punishment for once again
trying to work with FDA, kick me. That's right. Ask me to bend
over and plant your best fake-leather vegan boot directly to
my naive ass.

A few weeks ago, Monsanto came very close to having their
genetically engineered bovine growth hormone error exposed
to the world. In the spirit of Wagging the Dog, damage
control experts flushed Monsanto's GMO error down the
toilet and hoisted a grand petard upon America's meat
producers. One Mad Cow. Was there really a Mad Cow?
All I know is that so-called zany bovine took all of
the heat off of Monsanto.

FDA has one powerful person in charge of surveillance,
Gloria Donovan. I called Glo Donovan's office and could
not get a straight answer from anybody. By law, they
must immediately release their report (Report number
483) but bureaucrats in the Office of Compliance pretend
that they know anything. Ever see sergeant Schultz on Hogan's
Heros? He was that likeable Nazi who always responded in
comedic style, "I know nothing." He would have worked well
as an FDA bureaucrat.

FDA's excuse to Monsanto's error? "Everybody is working
on Mad Cow." Mad Cow? How convenient for them. What a load
of bovine crap for us.

I spoke with Lynn Post, who is the director of Enforcement.
Lynn possesses the report. Of course, he would not share it.
That's Glo's job. She will not get on the phone with me
during business hours. Figures that I'll go away quietly
if I ignore her. Maybe you can do better:

Glo: 301-827-1166
Lynn: 301-827-6641

If you speak with Gloria Dunnavan's office, chances are
that you'll get Toni. Toni got mad at me. Toni said to
me "Stop rambling in my ear."

I asked if I could quote her on that. She gave me
permission to do so, and added, "Say whatever you want.
I don't care." Well, Toni, I will. I don't like having
to pay your salary with my tax dollars. I don't like
getting swept under your rug with the rest of FDA's
lies and deception. You want more? I do not care for
the revolving door policy between FDA and Monsanto.
I do not like the fact that three ex-FDA commisioners
have left their jobs and gone to work for Monsanto.
I do not like having the Monsanto mess disappear,
all because of one Mad Cow in the state of Washington.

I am mad as hell, and I am not going to take it anymore.
So far as I am concerned, FDA does not exist. The
pretenders are merely an extension of the pharmaceutical
industry's public relations machine. So, if I am
delusional enough to work with them again, kick me, please.

One last bit of business.

Yesterday, FDA bureaucrats declared that milk
from cloned cows was safe to drink. FDA believes
that there is no difference between cloned milk
and milk from uncloned animals. See:

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That conclusion reflects the best of Shakespearian
comedy and tragedy. On November 9, 2003, I published
the cloning evidence that FDA continues to ignore:

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Is there anything you can do about this? Sorry to disappoint
you. Not with people like Glo Dunnavan running things. The
system is broken. I give up.

Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk.com