U.S. Scientists See Spike in Kids' Food Allergies
Medical personnel, from school nurses to chiefs of hospital pediatric departments say near fatal allergic reactions are becoming more common in children. Three Chicago medical institutions reported recently they will collaborate on an extensive study to determine the cause of the increase and will plead for more federal research funding.
"I've been treating children in the field of allergy immunology for 15 years, and in recent years I've really seen the rates of food allergy skyrocket," said Dr Jacqueline Pongracic, head of the allergy department at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. "Where in the past it only represented a small proportion of my practice, now more than half of the children I care for have a food allergy."
Parents continue to discover that their child is allergic to certain foods much the way Kellee Konieczny did about five years ago. About two hours after feeding her 9-month-old son Zachary soy milk in a bottle, he went limp in his father's arms, began vomiting profusely and turned blue. Most soy in this country is now GM.
source: http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6629
Friday, July 6, 2007
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Bush is at again... Bush -vs- Chavez, round 8?
On June 1, 2002 in a speech at West Point, US President George Bush made an unprecedented assertion that the US has the right to overthrow any government in the world that is seen as a threat to its security.
US Continues Destabilisation Push in Venezuela
In the wake of widely covered opposition protests against the Venezuelan government’s decision not to renew Radio Caracas Televison’s (RCTV) broadcasting licence following its countless violations of the law and its role in the 2002 coup attempt against the democratically elected government, Green Left Weekly’s Sam King spoke with lawyer and writer Eva Golinger in Caracas. Golinger is the author of The Chavez Code and Bush Versus Chavez, which expose US intervention into Venezuela aiming to overthrow Chavez.
READ ARTICLE HERE
NOTE:
The Bush administration does not accept the democratically expressed will of the Venezuelan people. They have clearly chosen President Hugo Chávez and his government in nine free, transparent and internationally observed elections and referenda, during the seven years since he was first elected. President Bush supported the 2002 bloody coup against the government of President Chávez, financed and supported a devastating oil lockout that cost the country $14 billion in export revenues and numerous opposition maneuvers, disturbances and a recall referendum.[7] And they continue to finance the opposition there.[8]
What Venezuela has accomplished in so short a time, is a testament to political will, massive popular participation and the investment of national income in the needs of its people and those of the region.
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The Bush administration justifies torture and threatens to veto congressional attempts to restrain its use. The Bush administration justifies indefinite detention of American citizens without charges.
US Continues Destabilisation Push in Venezuela
In the wake of widely covered opposition protests against the Venezuelan government’s decision not to renew Radio Caracas Televison’s (RCTV) broadcasting licence following its countless violations of the law and its role in the 2002 coup attempt against the democratically elected government, Green Left Weekly’s Sam King spoke with lawyer and writer Eva Golinger in Caracas. Golinger is the author of The Chavez Code and Bush Versus Chavez, which expose US intervention into Venezuela aiming to overthrow Chavez.
READ ARTICLE HERE
NOTE:
The Bush administration does not accept the democratically expressed will of the Venezuelan people. They have clearly chosen President Hugo Chávez and his government in nine free, transparent and internationally observed elections and referenda, during the seven years since he was first elected. President Bush supported the 2002 bloody coup against the government of President Chávez, financed and supported a devastating oil lockout that cost the country $14 billion in export revenues and numerous opposition maneuvers, disturbances and a recall referendum.[7] And they continue to finance the opposition there.[8]
What Venezuela has accomplished in so short a time, is a testament to political will, massive popular participation and the investment of national income in the needs of its people and those of the region.
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The Bush administration justifies torture and threatens to veto congressional attempts to restrain its use. The Bush administration justifies indefinite detention of American citizens without charges.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Cheney and Bush Declare Autonomous Dictatorial Powers
Exempt themselves from executive branch...
and
Vice President Exempts His Office from the Requirements for Protecting Classified Information
a very interesting article...
PRISON PLANET
(remember, just because it's on the internet, doesn't mean it's true. Please do your own research and investigation, and from that information, derive your own thoughts and conclusions)
What's it going to take to get you involved? How much MORE destruction, lawlessness, deaths, do you need to REACT? Do Something Now! IMPEACH BUSH
WASHINGTON -- President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.
Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems, ''whistle-blower" protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research.
CLICK HERE TO READ ENTIRE ARTICLE Published in the BOSTON GLOBE
and
Vice President Exempts His Office from the Requirements for Protecting Classified Information
a very interesting article...
PRISON PLANET
(remember, just because it's on the internet, doesn't mean it's true. Please do your own research and investigation, and from that information, derive your own thoughts and conclusions)
What's it going to take to get you involved? How much MORE destruction, lawlessness, deaths, do you need to REACT? Do Something Now! IMPEACH BUSH
THE GREAT AMERICAN LAB RAT.
CLONED ANIMALS APPROVED.
MEAT & DAIRY from cloned animals, TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE AMERICAN FOOD SUPPLY.
What the heck is going on?
FDA DOCKET #2003N-0573
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced its approval of meat and dairy products from cloned animals amidst widespread concern among scientists and food safety advocates. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a preliminary safety assessment in December 2006 that clears the way for marketing of meat and dairy products from cloned animals for human consumption. The assessment and the agency's endorsement of cloned food comes despite widespread concern among scientists and food safety advocates over the safety of such products. The move to market cloned milk and meat also flies in the face of dairy and food industry concern and recent consumer opinion polls showing that most Americans do not want these experimental foods.
"Instead of doing its job, the Bush FDA has ignored the science and fast-tracked this decision for the benefit of a few cloning companies, "said Joseph Mendelson, Legal Director for the Center for Food Safety (CFS). "This is a lose-lose situation for consumers and the dairy industry." Despite recent consumer opinion polls showing that most Americans do not want food from cloned animals, cloned milk may soon be sold, unlabeled, in grocery stores across the country, and cloned meat will be next. Scientists say that clones may be inherently unhealthy, with potentially harmful consequences for animal foods derived from clones. Tests were conducted by the clonging companies, so the the information provided by them is biased. How can we assure that the information they present is factual. Once again the FDA fails to do it’s job. This our health, this is the heald of my family, how can you say that over a 6 month period there was no evidence of any serious concerns for cloned or genitically modified animals? Is 6 months enough? NO. Moreover, animal cloning is a cruel technology that results in needless animal suffering.
DOLLY… The first cloned mammal was the famed sheep Dolly. But after the hype, few followed the story of Dolly’s demise. Just six years old when euthanized (sheep of Dolly’s breed generally live to 11 or 12), Dolly suffered from arthritis and lung disease usually seen in much older animals. Sadly, Dolly is not unique among clones.
Leading cloning scientists say clones are likely to carry genetic abnormalities, and the lead scientist responsible for creating Dolly has warned that even small imbalances in a clone’s hormone, protein or fat levels could compromise the safety of its milk or meat.
It appears that once again the FDA has seemingly ignored scientific and public concerns. It’s time for FDA to put the health and welfare of Americans over corporate profits.
The FDA action follows the recent news that the agency has refused to investigate health problems in animal clones on a U.S. dairy farm. Greg Wiles, whose Williamsport Maryland "Futuraland 2020" dairy was the first farm in the nation to have cloned cows, told FDA that one of his two cow clones was suffering from unexplained health problems. Wiles told Food Chemical News that the clone (Cyagra) "just stopped growing...she just looks terrible," but says that when he reported the problems to FDA and other federal officials, he was "paddled around like a tennis ball from agency to agency." “Cyagra has had health problems and should be studied. Cyagra has never grown to full size, aborted her first calf and had another that died a month after it was born.” Wiles has offered her to the government for research. The government has declined.
MEAT & DAIRY from cloned animals, TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE AMERICAN FOOD SUPPLY.
What the heck is going on?
FDA DOCKET #2003N-0573
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced its approval of meat and dairy products from cloned animals amidst widespread concern among scientists and food safety advocates. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a preliminary safety assessment in December 2006 that clears the way for marketing of meat and dairy products from cloned animals for human consumption. The assessment and the agency's endorsement of cloned food comes despite widespread concern among scientists and food safety advocates over the safety of such products. The move to market cloned milk and meat also flies in the face of dairy and food industry concern and recent consumer opinion polls showing that most Americans do not want these experimental foods.
"Instead of doing its job, the Bush FDA has ignored the science and fast-tracked this decision for the benefit of a few cloning companies, "said Joseph Mendelson, Legal Director for the Center for Food Safety (CFS). "This is a lose-lose situation for consumers and the dairy industry." Despite recent consumer opinion polls showing that most Americans do not want food from cloned animals, cloned milk may soon be sold, unlabeled, in grocery stores across the country, and cloned meat will be next. Scientists say that clones may be inherently unhealthy, with potentially harmful consequences for animal foods derived from clones. Tests were conducted by the clonging companies, so the the information provided by them is biased. How can we assure that the information they present is factual. Once again the FDA fails to do it’s job. This our health, this is the heald of my family, how can you say that over a 6 month period there was no evidence of any serious concerns for cloned or genitically modified animals? Is 6 months enough? NO. Moreover, animal cloning is a cruel technology that results in needless animal suffering.
DOLLY… The first cloned mammal was the famed sheep Dolly. But after the hype, few followed the story of Dolly’s demise. Just six years old when euthanized (sheep of Dolly’s breed generally live to 11 or 12), Dolly suffered from arthritis and lung disease usually seen in much older animals. Sadly, Dolly is not unique among clones.
Leading cloning scientists say clones are likely to carry genetic abnormalities, and the lead scientist responsible for creating Dolly has warned that even small imbalances in a clone’s hormone, protein or fat levels could compromise the safety of its milk or meat.
It appears that once again the FDA has seemingly ignored scientific and public concerns. It’s time for FDA to put the health and welfare of Americans over corporate profits.
The FDA action follows the recent news that the agency has refused to investigate health problems in animal clones on a U.S. dairy farm. Greg Wiles, whose Williamsport Maryland "Futuraland 2020" dairy was the first farm in the nation to have cloned cows, told FDA that one of his two cow clones was suffering from unexplained health problems. Wiles told Food Chemical News that the clone (Cyagra) "just stopped growing...she just looks terrible," but says that when he reported the problems to FDA and other federal officials, he was "paddled around like a tennis ball from agency to agency." “Cyagra has had health problems and should be studied. Cyagra has never grown to full size, aborted her first calf and had another that died a month after it was born.” Wiles has offered her to the government for research. The government has declined.
A 4th of July Message - It's Revolution Time.
A July Fourth message: It’s revolution time
David Cogswell
Online Journal
Wednesday July 4, 2007
Here it is, July 4, Independence Day, and what is anyone doing about it? The standard patriotic pose is about as genuine as the President's Day White Sale with cartoon characters of Lincoln and Washington hawking kitchen appliances.
I hate to introduce a taboo subject, but this country really needs a revolution. The founding document says, "Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
This is the document these hypocrites like Bush pretend to be sending us to war for. If ever there was a time for revolution, this is it. The abuses of King George may have been worse in theory because it was established in law that he was a king and had power over everyone. But beyond the theory that we are now free, today's Baby Bush has launched more abuses and atrocities against the American people than the king ever did.
In a personal letter, Jefferson went much further than he wrote in the Declaration of Independence. ""God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. . . . And what country can preserve its liberties, if it's rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."
Before someone drags me off as a "terrorist" for saying so, let me say that I am serious, but revolution does not have to be bloody like the Russian revolution, or the bloody military coup launched against the democratic government of Chile by Nixon and Kissinger. We have Nelson Mandela as an example now. We have Eastern Europe as an example. We have Ghandi and Martin Luther King as examples. The American people really must restore the republic, reestablish the rule of law and democratic government, but it must be done by adept application of every tool and strategy in the age of smart machines and the information revolution. Guns and bombs are irrelevant, of no use in this struggle. It will take intelligence, and intelligently exercised force.
It's not a struggle of guns or muscle, but a struggle of ideas. Arthur Schopenhauer wrote, "We should see the scientific, literary and artistic Zeitgeist declared bankrupt about every 30 years; for during this period the errors contained in it have grown to such proportions as to crush it by the weight of their absurdity, while the opposing view has at the same time been strengthened by them."
We are definitely past the point when the intellectual, legal, historical baggage and sheer inertia of the current social, economic and political structure is beyond the point of manageability, that is for anyone but the tiny minority that is temporarily profiting from the current crisis: the Halliburtons, the Bechtels and all the other corporate giants who are thriving in the current undemocratic, unsensible situation. And they too will be overtaken by the natural forces being unleashed by the environmental catastrophe this civilization is creating.
When you have people like Nancy Pelosi saying that impeachment is just too much of an effort, too much trouble, against a regime of mad criminals like this, you know we are beyond the point where the political system makes any sense or even begins to achieve what it was set up to achieve in regard to the well being of the people. Pelosi -- I love her. She's smart, spunky, classy, articulate, knowledgeable. But what is she talking about? What is she supporting? The right of the status quo to continue no matter how destructive it is to the integrity of the constitutional republic itself? Something is seriously wrong here and these establishment figures really need to shake off the lethargy and look at what is happening, i.e. the destruction of the democratic foundations of the country. This is how serious it is.
In a minute or so, the right to having an abortion will be overturned and the legal basis for civil rights will be reversed and nullified by a block of corrupt thugs who have been placed on the Supreme Court by a usurper who seized and holds power without democratic support. The Supreme Court is now dominated by appointees of criminal presidents like Bush, Bush and Reagan, all of whom worked actively to establish an imperial executive branch that can conduct wars or whatever it wants in defiance of the public, the laws, without even the knowledge of the people.
As Brent Budowsky put it, "The United States Supreme Court is moving to reverse long-cherished American notions of constitutional law." He refers to "a pattern of extreme actions that violate cardinal American ideals on matters including torture, the Geneva Conventions, attacks on the Bill of Rights, presidential assertions of authority to violate statutes with non-binding statements, secrecy of unprecedented scope, the inability of Congress to perform its historic function of preventing executive abuse, and now a bitterly divided Supreme Court that threatens values long thought to be part of our national consensus."
Our lethargic career politicians, servants of corporate America, have stood back and let things degenerate to this point, as the Bush administration has grabbed one handful of power after another, discarded every law and principle of accountability, equality, justice, anything that limits the power of them and the corporate elite they represent. Now it's up to where these people who blatantly put Bush in power in defiance of the whole concept of elections, are going to "legally" nullify everything the constitution has meant in practice over the last two centuries. Are we to stand and let that happen because procedurally they occupy their positions legitimately, even though the criminals who placed them in power were in power illegitimately themselves, and are clearly determined to destroy democracy in America?
Therein lies the rub. That is the crisis of the republic. It is well past time to overthrow the corrupt, rotting order and reestablish a legitimate one. It takes not guns, but determination, clarity, which is something that Nancy Pelosi is not displaying when she commits herself to let the Bush administration get away with whatever it does with no fear of action taken against them. It's crazy, but it's a collective insanity. That is what must be shaken off. There are many, many in the population who have that clarity, few in the political and media classes. It's time they got the message.
Good thing, as Pete Seeger said, there are more of us than them. And in the end, the pen is still mightier than the sword. It really is still a battle of ideas, which is why the raw massive power of the corporate media are such a factor. But even that power is not holding out. As things get worse, more and more people are seeing beyond the bull that constitutes the corporate media diet.
A quote by Willis Harman is empowering. I can't resist bringing it forth one more time: “Throughout history, the really fundamental changes in societies have come about not from dictates of governments and the results of battles but through vast numbers of people changing their minds -- sometimes only a little bit.
“Some of the changes have amounted to profound transformations -- for instance, the transition from the Roman Empire to Medieval Europe, or from the Middle Ages to modern times. Others have been more specific, such as the constitution of democratic governments in England and America, or the termination of slavery as an accepted institution. In the latter cases, it is largely a matter of people recalling that no matter how powerful the economic or political or even military institution, it persists because it has legitimacy, and that legitimacy comes from the perceptions of people. People give legitimacy and they can take it away. A challenge to legitimacy is probably the most powerful force for change to be found in history.
“To the empowering principle that the people can withhold legitimacy, and thus change the world, we now add another: By deliberately changing the internal image of reality, people can change the world. Perhaps the only limits to the human mind are those we believe in.”David Cogswell publishes HeadBlast.
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