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I have signed it too. Hope others will take just a moment to do it too.

No matter how many petitions are sent his way, no President is going to withdraw a nomination he has made unless he has no other choice. No other choice would be something like Clinton went through when so many of his nominees had Nannygate problems.

I wrote to my Senators about a different appointment and was informed by one of them that although he sympathized with my concerns, these nominees are not subject to the approval of the Senate. They can express approval or disapproval, but they cannot stop the President from hiring any advisors he wants.

I would worry less about Europe and more about developing economies. Europeans have no great love for pushy US agricultural policies and there are a number of agricultural products we do not export to European Union members because they will not allow GM grains into their countries and they also ban a number of substances that the US turns a blind eye to.

Monsanto, DuPont and the other big ag/chem companies have their sights trained on developing economies. Those economies have been using traditional farming methods and US companies consider them fertile ground to promote the use of fossil fuel based fertilizers and pesticides and are trying to get GM seeds in wider use.

Rather than throwing paper at the President (figuratively speaking, of course), I think our goals would be better served if we support agencies that are trying to throw roadblocks in front of the efforts of big ag to expand their unhealthy, unholy empire.

Colleflower, we can do both. I think it important to let our representatives know we oppose a nomination. And to let the president know the public is watching his appointments and willing to voice opposition.

I signed it. Thanks for letting me know. I had a dear friend die many years from using pesticides in her home. We can't let our efforts to stop them fall to the wayside. I grow organic.