dr. bronners, you know, the doctor that has an excellent sense of humor. 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 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 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

dr. bronner who founded dr. ner's magic soaps, which is the largest donor to the "yes on 522" campaign. david bronner has been the president of the company since 1998. how much did dr. bronner's continue? millionntributed $2.3 to the yes side. we knew what the other side was going to do and we had to step in and help. this debate so important to you, the labeling of gm foods, and what are the lessons you have learned from this campaign battle? basically, six chemical companies ha bought the seed industry in this company -- engineering are resistance to the weedkiller. often times you hear it is spun like it will be vitamins and rice or nitrogen fixing, but that is not the reality. the reality on the ground is it is about chemical companies selling weedkiller. most of these crops, 80% of the genetically engineered acreage is to resist roundup. --ruse of this is recalling resulting in super weeds that aren't being killed by normal doses or applications, so evermore weedkiller is being poured onto our fields. -- nex

dr. bronner's magic soaps spent $2.2 million of the $7 million spent in support of the initiative.st: one part of the is key is that money is most effective in ballot measures when you are trying to get a no. you're trying to say, there's a lot of things you don't know about this thing, it might have these unintended consequences, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't. it is harder to spend money and get a yes unless people are ready to do a yes. that was money spent to get a no, and they got it right if they were trying to do some affirmative things from their perspective, it would have been harder to spend money and get a yes. today, 24 states allow some form of direct democracy. liberal and conservative activists have used the process to amend state laws and issues. dan, great valley, arizona, republican caller. a comment on your comments concerning the supreme court decision to allow corporations to make unlimited -- you cannot be more conservative than i am, and that was an erroneous decision. have defined what corporations are. going to the conversation about