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“…if by a liberal they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people – their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, their civil liberties… if that is what they mean by a “liberal” then I am proud to be a liberal.” ~ John F. Kennedy
AARP 08 Video
Congressman Louis T. McFadden said the following during a speech before Congress on June 10, 1932:
Mr. Chairman, we have in this country one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve banks. The Federal Reserve Board, a government board, has cheated the Government of the United States and the people of the United States out of enough money to pay the national debt. The depredations and the iniquities of the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve banks acting together have cost this country enough money to pay the national debt several times over. This evil institution has impoverished and ruined the people of the United States; has bankrupted itself, and has practically bankrupted our government. It has done this through the defects of the law under which it operates, through the maladministration of that law by the Federal Reserve Board, and through the corrupt practices of the moneyed vultures who control it.
Some people think the Federal Reserve banks are United States Government institutions. They are not government institutions. They are private credit monopolies which prey upon the people of the United States for the benefit of themselves and their foreign swindlers; and rich and predatory money lenders. In that dark crew of financial pirates there are those who would cut a man’s throat to get a dollar out of his pocket; there are those who send money into states to buy votes to control our legislation; and there are those who maintain an international propaganda for the purpose of deceiving us and wheedling us into the granting of new concessions which will permit them to cover up their past misdeeds and set again in motion their gigantic train of crime.
“Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received — only what you have given: a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.”
~ St. Francis of Assisi
I thought you would be interested in learning about and supporting the Roadmap for Peace, a set of principles and recommendations created by AFSC and other organizations to shape the foreign policy of our next administration.
“There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sinister Gibberish
by digby
Jonathan Chait wonders if this means something sinister or if Sarah W. Palin is too dumb to be president:
As we send our young men and women overseas in a war zone to fight for democracy and freedoms, including freedom of the press, we’ve really got to have a mutually beneficial relationship here with those fighting the freedom of the press, and then the press, though not taking advantage and exploiting a situation, perhaps they would want to capture and abuse the privilege. We just want truth, we want fairness, we want balance.
She’s too dumb to be president, although that’s no hindrance to becoming one and being very sinister indeed. We have proof. Here’s a similar example from a debate four years ago::
…I just told you the facts, sir. The quality of the air is cleaner since I’ve been the president of the United States. And we’ll continue to spend money on research and development, because I truly believe that’s the way to get from how we live today to being able to live a standard of living that we’re accustomed to and being able to protect our environment better, the use of technologies.
Or how about this:
Let me start with how to control the cost of health care: medical liability reform, for starters, which he’s opposed.
Secondly, allow small businesses to pool together so they can share risk and buy insurance at the same discounts big businesses get to do.
Thirdly, spread what’s called health savings accounts. It’s good for small businesses, good for owners. You own your own account. You can save tax-free. You get a catastrophic plan to help you on it.
This is different from saying, “OK, let me incent you to go on the government.”
Palin and Bush speak in the same tongue. It’s a very special language that only national conservative politicians (and toddlers) speak. It’s called “gibberish” and there’s something about it that certain people in our country find very reassuring to hear in the mouths of those who are running for the most powerful job in the world.
I don’t understand it. But then I’m not a conservative. It always confused me. But after the last eight years, the idea of another one scares the hell out of me.
There is nothing in the Constitution that allows the give-away or delegation of any expressed duty/power to any other branch or institution. The Federal Reserve act was unconstitutional, felonious, and treasonous from its first moment of existence — and remains exactly that today.
Madison said:
“History records that the Money Changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and its issuance.”
Thomas Jefferson was just as strong in his condemnation when he said:
“I sincerely believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a money aristocracy that has set the government at defiance. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs.”
“I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.‘
“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.”
–Thomas Jefferson
Federal Reserve: Jekyll Island Monster
by Stephen Neitzke
With the 1913 Federal Reserve Act, Congress and the President unconstitutionally delegated Congress’ specifically assigned duty to coin debt-free money secured by its precious metals. They delegated that duty to a privately owned corporation whose expressed intent was to print debt-based, fiat money secured only by thin air, and whose many other expressed intents were the interests of private financial corporate ownership, not the interests of civil society or its Constitutional governance.
There is nothing in the Constitution that allows the give-away or delegation of any expressed duty/power to any other branch or institution. The Federal Reserve act was unconstitutional, felonious, and treasonous from its first moment of existence — and remains exactly that today.
Quote of the Day
Fortune favors the prepared mind. Louis Pasteur
Understanding Naturopathic Medicine
Medicine with a Natural Focus By Beth Farrell
With natural healing becoming more and more popular, one of the terms you may commonly hear is naturopath. But, you may wonder, what exactly is a naturopath?
Simply put, a naturopath is a health professional trained in the practice of natural medicine and healing through an accredited institution. Also known as a Naturopathic Doctor or N.D., a naturopath believes that the human body strives to be well and balanced and, when experiencing illness or pain, it can be encouraged to be healthy through natural methods. Doctors of naturopathy are not traditional medical doctors but they are extensively trained in such subjects as anatomy, homeopathy, nutrition, physiology and counseling.
What do they treat?
Because naturopaths believe in treating the whole person, they will focus on all aspects of a person’s health and wellness, which include the mind, emotions and spirit as well as the physical. They will gear their treatment of the person by addressing not only the illness but all the underlying causes of the illness. For this reason treatments can be very diverse and may include such things as herbal remedies, aromatherapy, massage, nutritional counseling, biofeedback or acupressure, depending upon the needs of the person they are treating. There is also a strong focus on preventive medicine by keeping the body healthy through proper nutrition, physical activity and stress management.
A naturopath does not practice surgery nor do they prefer to use pharmaceutical drugs, although some may occasionally prescribe them if they are licensed to do so. If they feel that a person needs the care of a traditional medical doctor they will be referred to a qualified practitioner.
What about licensing?
The licensing and regulation of naturopaths depends a lot upon where you live; here in the United States it varies state by state. Some, but not all, naturopaths are licensed by the AMA and can prescribe medications, make diagnosis and sometimes even perform minor surgery. Even so, they are not considered primary care givers and are not meant to replace a family doctor for traditional medical care. If you seek the assistance of a naturopath, don’t be afraid to ask questions before receiving treatment.
Seeking the help of a naturopath can be an excellent choice in the pursuit of good health and a balanced life.
~*~ Sacred Spirit- Wishes Of Happiness And Prosperity ~*~
O’ GREAT SPIRIT
help me always
to speak the truth quietly,
to listen with an open mind
when others speak,
and to remember the peace
that may be found in silence.
~ Cherokee Prayer ~
For all the world one prayer
That we might live as one
May peace and love
Be in each heart
And each life be filled with sun.
"There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."
–Thomas Jefferson
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, October 2, 2008
Vitamin D Stops Cancer; Cuts Risk In Half American Cancer Society Drags its Feet
(OMNS, October 2, 2008) A new study of 3,299 persons has shown that those with higher levels of vitamin D cut their risk of dying from cancer in half. (1) Another recent study shows that ample intake of vitamin D, about 2,000 IU per day, can cut breast cancer incidence by half. (2) Still more research found that inadequate Vitamin D is "associated with high incidence rates of colorectal cancer" and specifically urges that "prompt public health action is needed to increase intake of Vitamin D-3 to 1000 IU/day." (3)
Vitamin D’s anticancer properties are so evident, and so important, that the Canadian Cancer Society now recommends supplementation with 1,000 IU of Vitamin D per day for all adults in winter, and year-round for persons at risk. (4)
The American Cancer Society, however, is dragging its feet, still maintaining that "More research is needed to define the best levels of intake and blood levels of vitamin D for cancer risk reduction." (5)
What is taking them so long?
Researchers in 2006 noted that "The evidence suggests that efforts to improve vitamin D status, for example by vitamin D supplementation, could reduce cancer incidence and mortality at low cost, with few or no adverse effects." (6)
If you search the US National Institutes of Health’s Medline online database for "cancer vitamin D," you will find over five thousand papers. . . some dating back nearly 60 years.
It’s true: physician reports on vitamin D stopping cancer have been ignored for decades. In 1951, T. Desmonts reported that vitamin D treatment was effective against Hodgkin’s disease (a cancer of the lymphatic system). (7) That same year, 57 years ago, massive doses of vitamin D were also observed to improve epithelioma. (8) In 1955, skin cancer was again reported as cured with vitamin D treatment. (9) In 1963, there was a promising investigation done on vitamin D and breast cancer. (10) Then, in 1964, vitamin D was found to be effective against lymph nodal reticulosarcoma, a non-Hodgkin’s lymphatic cancer. (11)
The American Cancer Society has been obsessed with finding a drug cure for cancer. Pharmaceutical researchers are not looking for a vitamin cure. And when one is presented, as independent investigators and physicians have continuously been doing since 1951, it is ignored.
No longer. Michael Holick, MD, Boston University Professor of Medicine, has come right out and said it: "We can reduce cancer risk by 30 to 50% by increasing vitamin D. We gave mice colon cancer, and followed them for 20 days. Tumor growth was markedly reduced simply by having vitamin D in the diet. There was a 40% reduction in tumor size. And, casual sun exposure actually decreases your risk of melanoma. Everyone needs 1,000 IU of vitamin D3 each day." (12)
What about safety? Yes, it is possible to get too much vitamin D, but it is not easy. "One man took one million IU of vitamin D per day, orally, for six months, "says Dr Holick. "Of course, he had the symptoms of severe vitamin D intoxication. His treatment was hydration (lots of water), and no more vitamin D or sunshine for a while. He’s perfectly happy and healthy. This was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.(13) I have no experience of anyone dying from vitamin exposure. In thirty years, I’ve never seen it."
There are, of course, some reasonable cautions with its use. Persons with hyperparathyroidism, lymphoma, lupus erythematosus, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, kidney disease, or those taking digitalis, calcium channel-blockers, or thiazide diuretics, should have physician supervision before and while taking extra vitamin D. And when employing large doses of vitamin D, periodic testing is advisable.
But 1,000 IU per day of vitamin D is simple and safe. Some authorities recommend much more. (14, 15) The American Cancer Society recommends less.
What a shame.
References:
(1) Pilz S, Dobnig H, Winklhofer-Roob B et al. Low serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D predict fatal cancer in patients referred to coronary angiography. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 May;17(5):1228-33. Epub 2008 May 7.
(2) Garland CF, Gorham ED, Mohr SB et al. Vitamin D and prevention of breast cancer: pooled analysis. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol, 2007. Mar;103(3-5):708-11.
(3) Gorham ED, Garland CF, Garland FC, Grant WB, Mohr SB, Lipkin M, Newmark HL, Giovannucci E, Wei M, Holick MF. Vitamin D and prevention of colorectal cancer. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2005 Oct;97(1-2):179-94.
(6) Garland CF, Garland FC, Gorham ED, Lipkin M, Newmark H, Mohr SB, Holick MF. The role of vitamin D in cancer prevention. Am J Public Health. 2006 Feb;96(2):252-61.
(7) Desmonts T, Duclos M, Dalmau. [Favorable effect of vitamin D on the evolution of a case of Hodgkin's disease.] Sang. 1951;22(1):74-5. And: DESMONTS T. [Favorable action of vitamin D in leukemic erythroderma and Hodgkin's disease.] Pathol Gen. 1951 Mar;51(326):161-4. Also: VACCARI R. [Vitamin D2 and experimental carcinogenesis.] Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper. 1952 Aug-Oct;28(8-10):1567-9.
(8) Sainz de Aja Ea. [Case of an epithelioma in a patient treated with massive doses of vitamin D.] Actas Dermosifiliogr. 1951 Nov;43(2):169-70.
(9) Linser P. [Spontaneous cure of skin carcinoma by vitamin D treatment.] Dermatol Wochenschr. 1955;132(40):1072-3. German.
(10) Gordan GS, Schachter D. Vitamin D activity of normal and neoplastic human breast tissue. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1963 Jul;113:760-1.
(11) Desmonts T, Blin J. [Action of Vitamin D3 on the course of a lymph nodal reticulosarcoma.] Rev Pathol Gen Physiol Clin. 1964 Mar;64:137. French.
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Thomas Levy, M.D., J.D.
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Federal Reserve: Jekyll Island Monster
by Stephen Neitzke
With the 1913 Federal Reserve Act, Congress and the President unconstitutionally delegated Congress’ specifically assigned duty to coin debt-free money secured by its precious metals. They delegated that duty to a privately owned corporation whose expressed intent was to print debt-based, fiat money secured only by thin air, and whose many other expressed intents were the interests of private financial corporate ownership, not the interests of civil society or its Constitutional governance.
There is nothing in the Constitution that allows the give-away or delegation of any expressed duty/power to any other branch or institution. The Federal Reserve act was unconstitutional, felonious, and treasonous from its first moment of existence — and remains exactly that today.
“There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
ARTICLE: The Flu and Flu Shot
NOTE: Numbers in parentheses (1) refer to a footnote and link at the bottom of the article.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) the 2008 flu season is ramping up to be one of the worst flu seasons to date, and, “the best way to prevent the flu is by getting a flu vaccination each year.”In fact, they are recommending that the following groups all get vaccinated this year:
·All children 6 months to 18 years old (previous recommendation was 6 months to 5 years old)
·Anyone over age 50
·Pregnant Women
·Anyone with chronic medical conditions
The CDC has a goal to vaccinate an astonishing 261 million people this year!
Why the push?The CDC claims that 36,000 people die each year from the flu, and that getting the vaccine will prevent you from getting the flu, therefore saving your life (1).
How much of this is true?Do you need the vaccine?Is it safe or effective?
Let’s take a look at the numbers first – do 36,000 people die from the flu each year?
According to the Centers for Disease Controls own Vital Statistics (the exact same website that claims that 36,000 people die from the flu each year), 1100 people died from the flu in 2004, 1812 in 2005 and 860 people died in 2006 from the flu.This has actually spiked dramatically – deaths in 2001 were only 257.Of those deaths attributed to the flu, very few are actually determined for sure that they are tied to influenza (2).
So why does the CDC claim that 36,000 people die from the flu each year?Apparently researchers with the British Medical Journal wondered the same thing when they asked, “Are US flu death figures more PR than science?”They concluded that the numbers are inflated to scare the public and sell more of the vaccine (3).
Consequently – they come up with the 36,000 based on two things – 1) a flu epidemic in Hong Kong that killed about 34,000 people, and 2) by combining flu deaths with pneumonia deaths (which is completely different from the flu and even if the flu vaccine did provide immunity against the flu it would not provide immunity against pneumonia).
Despite the outright lies about the numbers, if the flu shot is effective then you want to get the shot, right?Let’s take a look at that question: Is the flu shot safe or effective?
If it were effective then certainly health care workers (HCWs), who are exposed to the flu and other diseases every day, would line up to get their vaccine.According to the Journal of Internal Medicine, that isn’t the case.The overall vaccination rate among HCWs is just 38%.The study concluded that “The overall influenza vaccination rate among HCWs in the United States is low. Interventions seeking to improve HCW vaccination rates may need to target these specific subgroups” (4).
Regarding the effectiveness of the shot, it is important to know how the manufacturers determine what strains of flu to put in that year.They travel to Asia early in the year and collect data, then guess as to which three flu strains will work their way across the ocean for the beginning of the flu season.
According to the Think Twice Institute:
“Flu ‘experts’ often guess wrong. For example, in 1994 they predicted that Shangdong, Texas, and Panama strains would be prevalent that year, thus millions of people were vaccinated with a flu shot that contained these viruses. However, when winter arrived, the Johannesburg and Beijing strains of influenza circulated through society. The vaccine was ineffective. This happened again in 1996, and again in 1997. More recently, the vaccine created for the 2003-2004 flu season contained flu strains that did not circulate through society that year. Officials were once again forced to admit that millions of people were vaccinated with an ineffective vaccine (5).”
But what if they guess right for the year and the flu vaccine does contain the correct strains?We’ll answer that with a question: Do you know what is in your flu vaccine?You may not want one even if they do guess right, simply because of the ingredients.
Here are some of the ingredients:
·Chick embryos
·Three flu viruses that were collected in Asia in January or February
·Formaldehyde (that’s right – the stuff they embalm humans with and classified as a known cancer-causing substance by the International Agency for Research on Cancer) (6)
·Thimerosal – a mercury based preservative which can lead to brain injury, autoimmune diseases and autism
·Sodium Phosphate or Sodium Chloride
·Gelatin
Do you want to inject ANY of the above ingredients into your bloodstream???Even if they guess right, you can count our staff out!We don’t want any of the above things injected in us!
So should you get a flu shot?At Herbal Legacy we do not give medical advice of any kind, but we feel it is your right to know all of the above information and then make an informed decision about getting a flu shot.
Next week we will discuss some simple remedies if you do come down with the flu.
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