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Cheating at the gas pumps... (PRINT OUT YOUR RECEIPTS !!!]

2009-07-01T09:14:00.002-05:00

received from a concerned consumer

According to Snopes.com this is a true story..

This is true. It happened to them three weeks ago somewhere in Lewiston on the way to Augusta . The pump should have totaled @ $38.00 (and change). When the receipt was printed, and she checked it was $ 47.00 (and change).

She got mad, went inside the store, asked for a calculator and let them do the math. They refunded her, she told them that if they cheat, they had better make it right. Normally, her husband would skip printing the receipt.. Not her...

We saw on the news the other night that this is happening everywhere.

Brian pumped exactly one gallon of gas. The price did not match the cost
of one gallon. It was higher. He went inside and complained, got a refund.

There is also a number on each pump that you can call and complain..

This is a true story, so read it carefully.

On March 24, 2009, I stopped at a gas station in Lewiston . My truck's gas gauge was on 1/4 of a tank. I use the mid-grade, which was priced at $2.21 per gallon. When my tank is at this point, it takes somewhere around 14 gallons to fill it up.

When the pump showed 14 gallons had been pumped, I began to slow it down. Then, to my surprise, it went to 15, then 16. I even looked under my truck to see if it was being spilled. It was not. Then it showed 17 gallons on the pump. It stopped at 18 gallons. This was very strange to me, since my truck has only an 18 gallon tank.

I went on my way a little confused, then on the evening news I heard a report that 1 out of 4 gas stations had calibrated their pumps to show more gas had been pumped than a person actually got.

Here is how to check a pump to see if you are getting the right amount:

Whichever grade you are using, put EXACTLY 10 GALLONS in your tank, then look at the dollar amount. If the dollar amount is not EXACTLY 10 times the price of the fuel you have chosen, then the pumps are rigged.

In my case, as I said, the mid-grade was $2.21 9/10 per gallon; my dollar amount for 10 gallons should have been $22.19. I wish I had checked the pump. It doesn't matter where you pump gas, please check the 10 gallon price. If you do find a station that is cheating, contact the state Agriculture Department, and direct your comments to the Commissioner, the info is on the gas pumps.

Please don't delete this until you have sent it to all people in your address book. We need to put a stop to this outrageous cheating of customers. The gas companies are making enough profits at honest rates.

Well spoken - Words of Wisdom for Obama

2009-06-23T15:22:00.000-05:00

This is an editorial that appeared in the Griffin, Ga newspaper, written by Pastor Herb Flanders of the United Methodist Church.

Dear President Obama,

As I gather the Sunday before Memorial Day to worship with two United Methodist congregations I pastor in Griffin, Ga, I'll think about some of your recent comments. I'll be thinking of what you told a crowd of

about 2,000 in Strasbourg, Germany, as you spoke of our nation's views of Europe - "Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been

times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive."

The gray, balding heads on the people who worship with me attest to their years of toil and labor on this Earth. They are, as Jesus said, the 'salt of the Earth." They are grandmamas and granddaddies, blue collar folks who worked hard to build a community and raise families, to give to others when they had precious little for themselves. They continue to do these things today.

Salt of the Earth they are and heroes to boot. When this nation called they answered with a resounding 'yes' and went where Uncle Sam asked them. A couple of months ago, we laid John Busbin to rest.

Like you, he visited Europe on behalf of the U.S. He beat you there by 65 years and spent his time marking and clearing mine fields, not giving speeches. Rather than being arrogant, dismissive or derisive,

John partnered with the French and others to meet a common challenge. Others did the same, sailing on ships, slogging through mud or soaring through the air because evil and tyranny were well on their way to taking over the world.

I wish you'd come May 24th and sit with these folks as we sing America the Beautiful and America. I'd like it if you could sit up front with me when Maxine Bunn and Jerry Turner do a medley of military service

hymns and the veterans or spouses of deceased veterans stand when their branch's hymn is played. They grab hold of the pew in front of them to pull themselves to their feet. I know I'm in the company of giants.

I'd love for you to meet Janie Worthy and understand those tears that still glisten on her cheeks each Memorial Day Sunday. Janie married John Pershing Botkin in August 1943. Their daughter Gail was born Aug. 10, 1944, three or four months after John shipped out to Europe. Janie, 19, went to St. Mary's, Ohio to stay with her in-laws after Gail was born. One Sunday afternoon in early December, farm families began to call each other as the postmaster's Model A made its way down the country roads. They knew that car carried news

that would shatter a family and were trying to figure out where he was headed. He stopped in front of Janie's in-laws' farmhouse. Her daddy-in-law walked out to meet him and learned that John was killed in action Nov. 11, 1944, serving with the Army in Alsace. Cpl. Botkin never saw, held or kissed his little girl. As a father, you can empathize with Janie's salty tears.

Perhaps if you could come you'd see why your words hu rt so many so much. America may be many things and she certainly isn't perfect, but heroes with whom I share my life have hardly been arrogant, dismissive or derisive of Europe. They've given themselves to save Europe when Europe couldn't save itself.

So, Mr. President, get out of Washington for a weekend and take a trip down to Georgia. We'll feed you some barbecue over in Williamson and I'll introduce you to some friends of mine, some everyday giants and ordinary heroes.

God bless,

Herb Flanders

Let's circulate this as much as we can, who knows, maybe Mr. Obama will see it too.

Obama....Who Would be President

2009-06-17T09:33:00.000-05:00

esb ©2009 Hoss's Opinion

Obama is a Muslim hell-bent on destroying America the way we know it. I believe he is doing the Muslim Terrorists' dirty work of destroying this country through economic means, or what ever it takes. I believe he is a narcissistic idiot. He wants power and he wants to do it his way.

Even the Democrats are getting upset with him. The people who wanted change are getting that change just not the kind of change that they envisioned, whatever that may have been.

They didn't take the time to study this person before they voted for him. It is really ironic; but, the young folks who voted for him, will end up paying for all of his crazy programs with their tax dollars for the remainder of their lives, and then..........some more.

When he bowed to the Saudi king, that showed me that he is still a Muslim, even though he chooses to lie about it.

This person, without Presidential morals, is gonna be the end of America as we know it.

Then there is that almighty birth certificate that he hopes Americans' never see.

May God Help Us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Costly Mistakes When Naming Beneficiaries

2009-06-17T08:06:00.001-05:00

Mary Randolph, JD Nolo Press

If you have drafted a will, you may think that it dictates who inherits all of your assets and how those beneficiaries will split them. But if you are not careful, the bulk of your assets could end up being distributed in very different ways than you intended.

Example: Beneficiaries you designate for life insurance policies... certain investment accounts, such as 401(k)s and IRAs... and even US savings bonds... take precedence over those you name in your will.

Some of the biggest mistakes...

NAMING THE WRONG BENEFICIARIES

MISTAKE: Naming your estate as beneficiary. If you name your estate as beneficiary of your retirement account or life insurance (or don’t designate a beneficiary at all), these assets will be subject to probate, a time-consuming and expensive legal process in which a court oversees the payment of debt and distribution of assets. Creditors will be able to make claims against these assets during the probate process. Also, your heirs will not have the option of allowing the assets in your tax-advantaged retirement plans to continue to grow on a tax-deferred basis. That’s because tax laws allow human beneficiaries to withdraw money from inherited IRAs slowly, based on their remaining life spans, while estates do not have this right.

Example: Tom, 71, named his estate as beneficiary of his life insurance policy. The $500,000 payout was tied up in probate for nearly a year, and probate fees totaled $25,000.

What to do: Name a spouse or child as beneficiary, or name several children as co-beneficiaries.

MISTAKE: Naming a trust as beneficiary of a retirement account when there are significant differences in the ages of the heirs.

Snag: The designated beneficiaries of your tax-advantaged retirement accounts can choose to allow these funds to continue to grow tax-deferred after your death. The beneficiaries are required to make withdrawals based on their own estimated remaining life spans, which means many decades of tax benefits for younger beneficiaries. When a tax-advantaged retirement plan’s designated beneficiary is a trust, all of the trust’s beneficiaries must make withdrawals based on the age of the oldest beneficiary.

Example: Martha wanted her three children, ages 38, 40 and 58, to receive her IRA funds after her death. Had her children been named the account’s beneficiaries, the younger two would have reaped the benefits of tax-free growth for decades. Because Martha named a trust as beneficiary and her children as the trust beneficiaries, the two younger children had to take faster withdrawals based on the estimated remaining life span of the oldest sibling.

What to do: Name beneficiaries directly in retirement accounts, and take those designations into account when apportioning other assets to beneficiaries in your will.

OMITTING KEY STEPS

MISTAKE: Failing to obtain a spousal waiver for your 401(k) account if you do not wish the assets to go to your spouse. If you are married, by law your spouse is the beneficiary of your 401(k), even if your will or a prenuptial agreement says otherwise.

Example: Harold, 65, remarried after the death of his first wife. His new wife, Gwen, 62, had assets of her own and signed a prenuptial agreement stating that Harold’s savings should pass to his children from his first marriage. But because Gwen did not also sign a beneficiary waiver for Harold’s 401(k), those assets still passed to her.

What to do: Obtain a signed waiver from your spouse.

MISTAKE: Ignoring “transfer on death” (TOD) opportunities. In most states, it is possible to name a TOD beneficiary for an investment or bank account and, in some states, for a home and/or car. This is comparable to joint ownership except that the TOD beneficiary does not have any control until the owner dies. Naming TOD beneficiaries can be a good way to help your beneficiaries avoid the time and expense of probate. Ask your brokerage house, mutual fund company or bank for the necessary forms.

Example: Sally, a 73-year-old Arizona resident, wanted her home to pass directly to her only son, Kevin, when she died, without the expense of probate. She could have named Kevin co-owner of the home, but that would have put the home at risk if Kevin divorced or was sued. Instead, Sally signed and recorded a new deed that listed Kevin as TOD beneficiary.

What to do: Consider TOD designations if they are available in your state. For TOD rules in your state, check www.nolo.com (click on “Wills & Estate Planning,” then “Avoiding Probate in Your State”).

FAILING TO UPDATE

MISTAKE: Overlooking the descendants of deceased children in beneficiary designations for retirement plans, life insurance policies and savings bonds. Parents with several adult children often designate their children as equal beneficiaries. Unfortunately, this seemingly fair system becomes inequitable if one of the adult children dies before the parents do. In such cases, the children of the deceased child could get nothing.

What to do: Use your will to help balance out distributions. Example: Leave your surviving children as the only beneficiaries of your life insurance policy. Then name the children of your deceased child as beneficiaries of an appropriate amount in your will, to balance how much they get with how much your living children get. Include an explanation in the will of why this was done so that no one feels unfairly treated. Alternatively, you could put money into a bank account naming the grandchildren as beneficiaries “payable on death” of the account holder.

MISTAKE: Forgetting to update beneficiary designations when you marry, divorce or are widowed. Even those who remember to update their wills when they gain or lose a spouse may forget to update retirement plan and life insurance policy beneficiary designations.

What to do: Contact your investment and life insurance companies to ask how to update your beneficiary designations, or ask your estate-planning attorney for assistance. To update the “co-owner” or beneficiary designations on US savings bonds, contact the Federal Reserve Bank (800-245-2804, www.treasurydirect.gov) to obtain the forms necessary to have the bonds reissued.

MISTAKE: Purchasing savings bonds in unequal amounts for grand kids. Grandparents who purchase savings bonds for their grandchildren every year might accidentally leave significantly more to some than others. When the grandparents pass away or no longer can afford to purchase savings bonds, older grand kids often have been named beneficiaries on many more bonds than younger ones.

What to do: As new grandchildren are born, buy savings bonds only for them until they catch up with older ones.

Letter from a Dodge dealer

2009-06-10T11:40:00.000-05:00

Read this letter to the editor at the American Thinker!

My name is George C. Joseph. I am the sole owner of Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu, a family owned and operated business in Melbourne , Florida . My family bought and paid for this automobile franchise 35 years ago in 1974. I am the second generation to manage this business.

We currently employ 50+ people and before the economic slowdown we employed over 70 local people. We are active in the community and the local chamber of commerce. We deal with several dozen local vendors on a day to day basis and many more during a month. All depend on our business for part of their livelihood. We are financially strong with great respect in the market place and community. We have strong local presence and stability.

I work every day the store is open, nine to ten hours a day. I know most of our customers and all our employees. Sunshine Dodge is my life.

On Thursday, May 14, 2009 I was notified that my Dodge franchise, that we purchased, will be taken away from my family on June 9, 2009 without compensation and given to another dealer at no cost to them. My new vehicle inventory consists of 125 vehicles with a financed balance of 3 million dollars. This inventory becomes impossible to sell with no factory incentives beyond June 9, 2009. Without the Dodge franchise we can no longer sell a new Dodge as "new," nor will we be able to do any warranty service work. Additionally, my Dodge parts inventory, (approximately $300,000.) is virtually worthless without the ability to perform warranty service. There is no offer from Chrysler to buy back the vehicles or parts inventory.

Our facility was recently totally renovated at Chrysler's insistence, incurring a multi-million dollar debt in the form of a mortgage at Sun Trust Bank.

HOW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CAN THIS HAPPEN? THIS IS A PRIVATE BUSINESS NOT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY

This is beyond imagination!

My business is being stolen from me through NO FAULT OF OUR OWN.

We did NOTHING wrong.

This atrocity will most likely force my family into bankruptcy. This will also cause our 50+ employees to be unemployed. How will they provide for their families? This is a total economic disaster.

HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN IN A FREE MARKET ECONOMY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ?

I beseech your help, and look forward to your reply. Thank you.

Sincerely,

George C. Joseph

President & Owner

Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu

http://www.sunshinedodgeisuzu.com/

HSI Sensational Medical e-Alerts

2009-04-17T12:15:00.003-05:00

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THIS WEEK IN THE HSI HEALTHIER TALK COMMUNITY

For several years, natural medical physician Dr. Joseph Mercola has been warning the health community about the potential dangers of cell phone use.

In this article that appears on Healthier Talk, Dr. Mercola reveals shocking new research that shows how radio frequency radiation might affect your body.

Dr. Mercola: "For the first time, researchers are able to show that molecular changes do take place in your body during exposure to information-carrying radio waves, such as those from your cell phone. Similar effects have previously been found in cultured cells, but now they're able to show that the impact on the human body is indeed the same.

"So what is the physiological significance of these changes in proteins?

"So far, no one knows for sure.

"But I firmly believe that dismissing it as inconsequential would be a serious mistake, especially in light of ALL the data available, pointing to a wide variety of long-term health risks.

"What Causes the Biological Damage?

"Let me be VERY clear. Most of the danger from most land- based portable phones, cell phones and Wi-Fi routers is not from the thermal damage produced by these devices from which typical SAR ratings are given on phones. Unless you have massive exposures like you might expect in a microwave oven, these thermal effects are insignificant.

"We believe the biological damage comes both from the modulated signals that are carried ON the carrier microwave and the carrier wave itself. However, they do their damage by two entirely different mechanisms. These modulated information-carrying radio waves resonate in biological frequencies of a few to a few hundred cycles per second, and can stimulate your cellular receptors causing a whole cascade of pathological consequences that can culminate in fatigue, anxiety and ultimately cancers.

"And this does not factor in any of your exposure to Wi-Fi routers (wireless internet), which are now pervasive. Since there is a lag time of five to 20 years before many of these effects become clinically apparent, now is the time to act before you or your family suffers the damage."

You can read Dr. Mercola's entire article (including safety tips on how to limit your exposure to radio frequency radiation) at Healthier Talk, where you'll also find a wide range of interesting and informative commentary from some of the most respected doctors and researchers in the field of alternative health care. In addition, you're invited to join in by posting your own comments about any individual article.

Featured articles in Healthier Talk include…

Dr. William Campbell Douglass "Don't Touch Your Next Glass of Milk Until You Read This"

June Russell "Familiar Quacks and Heretics (Now Considered Heroes)"

Marilyn Zink "Natural Ways to Deal With Yeast Infections"

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Ringing? Hissing? Buzzing in your ears?

Your ears are haunted by unexplained sounds -- day and night...but since your doctor can’t see them, hear them or touch them, nothing can be done, right?

Wrong!

When the mainstream admits defeat, we find a solution! And we’ve found not one, but four ways, to help silence your “mental orchestra” once and for all.

Visit the link below and learn how this cutting-edge breakthrough in natural health just may deliver the sweet silence you’re looking for -- Risk Free!

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Saturday, April 11, 2009
Outrage!
Imagine discovering a natural compound lethal to 12 different kinds of malignant cancer cells, and yet safe enough that it protects healthy cells instead of killing them. One drug company made such a discovery, and then sat on the information for seven years! Find out how we learned about this amazing Amazon botanical that may revolutionize cancer treatment.
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Monday, April 13, 2009
Get a Room!
Say you're the manufacturer of a cholesterol-lowering statin drug and you'd like to expand your customer base to include…everyone. That's right, you're going to try to sell statins to people with low cholesterol. Will you be laughed out of the industry? No way. In fact, some doctors will actually claim your drug is necessary.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Sweet Surrender
Like sugar, fructose consumption sets in motion a cycle of craving that prompts further fructose intake. This bumps up calories, setting the stage for obesity and type 2 diabetes. But if you enjoy a soft drink now and then, and you'd like to do so without jumping on the merry-go-round of craving, an HSI member offers a sweet suggestion.
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Wednesday April 15, 2009
The 10 Biggest and Deadliest Heart Myths
The number of heart attacks has jumped over the past 20 years, in spite of all the supposed advances of modern medicine. Could we be mistaken about some things?
Myth #1 -- Heart disease and heart attacks are an inevitable part of aging.
Myth #2 -- Cholesterol is the main cause of heart disease and heart attacks.
Myth #3 -- Blood pressure drugs help you avoid heart problems and live longer.
Learn more…
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Poor Poly
Several different teams are working on the concept of one pill that combines a cluster of different medications to reduce heart disease risk. Well, it's a great idea on paper! We'll tell you why this latest attempt at a miracle heart pill will obviously do more harm than good.
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Fair Warning
It's an appealing concept: Answer a few questions about your health, diet, and other habits, and RealAge calculates your "real age." But then what happens with all your personal health information? Most RealAge users might be very surprised to find out who's using their intimate lifestyle details.
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Stay calm, cool, and collected all day...and enjoy deep,
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Discover how Daily Calm can help you feel relaxed and alert each day - sooth your mood and keep irritability in check.

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Asparagus......Cancer Cure

2009-04-16T15:59:00.003-05:00

Several years ago, I had a man seeking asparagus for a friend who had cancer. He gave me a photocopied copy of an article, entitled Asparagus for cancer printed in Cancer News Journal, December 1979. I will share it here, just as it was shared with me. I am a biochemist, and have specialized in the relation of diet to health for over 50 years. Several years ago, I learned of the discovery of Richard R. Vensal, D.D.S. that asparagus might cure cancer. Since then, I have worked with him on his project. Here are a few examples:

Case No. 1,
A man with an almost hopeless case of Hodgkin's disease (cancer of the lymph glands) who was completely incapacitated. Within 1 year of starting the asparagus therapy, his doctors were unable to detect any signs of cancer, and he was back on a schedule of strenuous exercise.

Case No. 2,
a successful businessman 68 years old who suffered from cancer of the bladder for 16 years. After years of medical treatments, including radiation without improvement, he went on asparagus. Within 3 months, examinations revealed that his bladder tumor had disappeared and that his kidneys were normal.

Case No. 3,
a man who had lung cancer. On March 5th 1971, he was put on the operating table where they found lung cancer so widely spread that it was inoperable. The surgeon sewed him up and declared his case hopeless. On April 5th he heard about the asparagus therapy and immediately started taking it. By August, x-ray pictures revealed that all signs of the cancer had disappeared. He is back at his regular business routine.

Case No. 4, a woman who was troubled for a number of years with skin cancer. She finally developed different skin cancers which were diagnosed by asking specialist as advanced.. Within 3 months after starting on asparagus, her skin specialist said that her skin looked fine and no more skin lesions.

This woman reported that the asparagus therapy also cured her kidney disease, which started in 1949. She had over ten operations for kidney stones, and was receiving government disability payments for an inoperable, terminal, kidney condition. She attributes the cure of this kidney trouble entirely to the asparagus.

I was not surprised at this result, the elements of medical material, edited in 1854 by a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania , stated that asparagus was used as a popular remedy for kidney stones. He even referred to experiments, in 1739, on the power of asparagus in dissolving stones.

We would have 20 other case histories but the medical establishment has interfered with our obtaining some of the records. I am therefore appealing to readers to spread this good news and help us to gather a large number of case histories that will overwhelm the medical skeptics about this unbelievably simple and natural remedy.

For the treatment, asparagus should be cooked before using, and therefore canned asparagus is just as good as fresh. I have corresponded with the two leading cannerys of asparagus, Giant and Stokely, and I am satisfied that these brands contain no pesticides or preservatives. Place the cooked asparagus in a blender and liquefy to make a puree, and store in the refrigerator.

Give the patient four full tablespoons, twice daily, morning and evening. Patients usually show some improvement in from two to four weeks. It can be diluted with water and used as a cold or hot drink. This suggested dosage is based on present experience, but certainly larger amounts can do no harm and may be needed in some cases.

As a biochemist I am convinced of the old saying that what cures, can prevent. Based on this theory, my wife and I have been using asparagus puree as a beverage with our meals.. We take two tablespoons diluted in water to suit our taste with breakfast and with dinner. I take mine hot and my wife prefers hers cold. For years we have made it a practice to have blood surveys taken as part of our regular checkups..

The last blood survey, taken by a medical doctor who works with the nutritional approach to health, showed substantial improvements in all categories over the last one, and we can attribute these improvements to nothing but the asparagus drink...

As a biochemist, I have made an extensive study of all aspects of cancer, and all of the proposed cures. As a result, I am convinced that asparagus fits in better with the latest theories about cancer. Asparagus contains a good supply of protein called histones, which are believed to be active in controlling cell growth. For that reason, I believe asparagus can be said to contain a substance that I call cell grow the normalizer. That accounts for its action on cancer and in acting as a general body tonic. In any event, regardless of theory, asparagus used as we suggest, is a harmless substance.

The FDA cannot prevent you from using it and it may do you much good. It has been reported by the US National Cancer Institute, that asparagus is the highest tested food containing glutathione, which is considered one of the body's most potent anti carcinogens and antioxidants.

Please spread the news... ..the most unselfish act one can ever do is paying forward all the kindness one has received even to the most undeserved person. God bless..

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Electronic Medical Records: Empowering or Intrusive?

2009-04-13T10:18:00.002-05:00

By Andrea Neblett "Quality Health Essentials"

Imagine that your doctor’s office is gutted by fire and all the patient files are destroyed. In an instant, it becomes clear just how important electronic medical records are to patient care.

Some legislators and doctors believe that electronic medical records (EMRs) can reduce the cost of providing health care by the billions — savings that can be passed on to patients. They can also streamline paperwork and catch billing errors.

But most importantly for you, the patient, is that an EMR can make health care safer and more efficient. These records contain information that your doctor will need quick access to in order to treat you; information such as your medical and personal history, prescriptions and drug allergies, medical tests and results, blood type, and doctor’s notes.

Aside from expediting routine medical care, an EMR is vital in an emergency, or in a situation where you cannot speak for yourself, for instance, if you’re unconscious. Also, a pharmacist can use an EMR to tell if any drug you’re using could interact with another drug you’re taking.

Despite the benefits, the implementation of EMRs in hospitals and other health facilities across the country is slow. In one survey published in the New England Journal of Medicinee (NEJM) only four percent of doctors had a fully implemented EMR system, and 13 percent had a basic system. Another report indicates that only about 10 percent of hospitals have an EMR system.

The NEJM survey also revealed that doctors believe patient health care is much better when they use electronic health records. However, these doctors also believed that the main obstacle to using EMRs was financial. It’s a catch-22, because EMRs may save billions of dollars in the future, but require a substantial investment upfront.

Another problem beside slow implementation is that there is no universal standard for EMRs. What they contain varies from state to state. Plus, doctors and insurance companies can decide which records they’ll keep, meaning that the records are not complete, which could put patient care at risk. Also, most systems are local, so if you live in Savannah, but you become ill while visiting an aunt in Phoenix, the hospital or doctor there won’t be able to access your information.

Privacy is another big factor. Medical identity theft is increasing, and in the past, patients’ health information has been compromised by security breeches in hospitals and insurance companies. Despite the Health Information Portability Accountability Act, which sets standards for how health info is shared electronically, privacy remains an issue. Even a plan by President Barack Obama to ensure that EMRs are computerized within five years is facing the privacy hurdle.

How to protect yourself
• Keep your own personal health record (PHR). Some online companies, including Microsoft’s Healthvault.com, allow you to store a PHR online. Despite encryption technology, security is still a concern for many in the health industry and government. You can keep your own copy in a fireproof-waterproof storage file at home, or in a safe deposit box. Just remember to update it regularly.
• Get a copy of your EMR every year. These records rely on human data input and mistakes can happen. For instance, a health professional could incorrectly enter drug names or test results. Review yours each year and speak to your doctor about any errors.

March Madness, 1939

2009-04-07T15:47:00.004-05:00

By Patrick J. Buchanan "HUMAN EVENTS"

On Sept. 1, 1939, Hitler's panzer's smashed into Poland. Two days later, an anguished Neville Chamberlain declared war, the most awful war in all of history.

Was the war inevitable? No. No war is inevitable until it has begun. Was it a necessary war? Hearken to Churchill:

"One day, President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once, 'The Unnecessary War.' There never was a war more easy to stop than that which has just wrecked what was left of the world ... ."

But if the war need not have happened, what caused it? Let us go back to Munich.

On Sept. 30, 1938, at Munich, Chamberlain signed away the Sudetenland rather than fight to keep 3.5 million Germans under a Czech rule imposed upon them at the Paris peace conference in violation of Wilson's principle of self-determination.

Why did Britain not fight?

Because Britain had no alliance with Prague and Chamberlain did not "give two hoots" who ruled the Sudetenland. Also, Britain had no draft, no divisions to send to France, no Spitfires, no support from America or her dominions, no ally save France, who had been told that, if war came, the United States would not deliver the planes France had purchased.

U.S. neutrality laws forbade it.

In his meetings with Chamberlain, Hitler had warned that Poland and Hungary would also be entering claims for ancestral lands ceded to the Czechs at Paris in 1919.

Thus, after Munich, Warsaw had seized coal-rich Teschen, which held tens of thousands of Poles. Hungary, in the "Vienna Award" of Nov. 2, 1938, got back lands in Slovakia and Ruthenia where Hungarians were the majority and Budapest had ruled before 1919.

Neither Britain nor France resisted these border revisions.

Came then March 1939, when Czechoslovakia began to crumble.

On March 10, to crush a Slovakian push for independence, Czech President Emil Hacha ousted Slovak Prime Minister Father Tiso, occupied Bratislava and installed a pro-Prague regime.

On March 11, Tiso fled to Vienna and appealed to Berlin.

On March 13, Tiso met Hitler, who told him that if he did not declare independence immediately, Germany would not interfere with Hungary's re-annexation of Slovakia. Budapest was moving troops to the border.

On March 14, Slovakia declared independence. Ruthenia followed, dissolving what was left of Czechoslovakia.

Adm. Horthy, told by Hitler he could re-annex Ruthenia but must keep his hands off Slovakia, occupied Ruthenia.

Hacha now asked to meet with Hitler to get the same guarantee of independence Slovakia had gotten. But Hitler bullied Hacha into making the Czech remnant a protectorate of Germany.

Thus, six months after Munich, the Germans of Czechoslovakia were where they wished to be, under German rule. The Poles were under Polish rule. The Hungarians were under Hungarian rule. And the Slovaks were under Slovak rule in their new nation.

But 500,000 Ruthenians were back under Budapest, and 7 million Czechs were back under German rule -- this time Berlin, not Vienna.

Ethnonationalism had torn Czechoslovakia apart as it had the parent Hapsburg Empire. Yet, no vital British interest was imperiled.

And though Hitler had used brutal Bismarck diplomacy, not force, Chamberlain was humiliated. The altarpiece of his career, the Munich accord, was now an object of mockery.

Made a fool of by Hitler, baited by his backbenchers, goaded by Lord Halifax, facing a vote of no confidence, on March 31, 1939, Chamberlain made the greatest blunder in British diplomatic history. He handed an unsolicited war guarantee to the Polish colonels who had just bitten off a chunk of Czechoslovakia.

Lunacy, raged Lloyd George, who was echoed by British leaders and almost every historian since.

With the British Empire behind it, Warsaw now refused even to discuss a return of Danzig, the Baltic town, 95 percent German, which even Chamberlain thought should be returned.

Hitler did not want a war with Poland. Had he wanted war, he would have demanded the return of the entire Polish Corridor taken from Germany in 1919. He wanted Danzig back and Poland as an ally in his anti-Comintern Pact. Nor did he want war with a Britain he admired and always saw as a natural ally.

Nor did he want war with France, or he would have demanded the return of Alsace.

But Hitler was out on a limb with Danzig and could not crawl back.

Repeatedly, Hitler tried to negotiate Danzig. Repeatedly, the Poles rebuffed him. Seeing the Allies courting Josef Stalin, Hitler decided to cut his own deal with the detested Bolsheviks and settle the Polish issue by force.

Though Britain had no plans to aid Poland, no intention of aiding Poland and would do nothing to aid Poland -- Churchill would cede half that nation to Stalin and the other half to Stalin's stooges -- Britain declared war for Poland.

The most awful war in all of history followed, which would bankrupt Britain, bring down her empire and bring Stalin's Red Army into Prague, Berlin and Vienna. But Hitler was dead and Germany in ashes.

Cost: 50 million lives. "But 'twas a famous victory."

The Famous and the Infamous....Oklahoma

2009-04-07T13:39:00.002-05:00

Many well-known people have a connection to northeast Oklahoma. Some are famous and some are notorious.

Norman Schwarzkopf, the general heading the Gulf War, was present at the Tallgrass Prairie in 1993 when the first 300 bison were introduced into the prairie by the Nature Conservancy. At that time the Osage Tribe inducted him into the tribe and gave him an Osage name meaning "Eagle Chief."

Ben Johnson, Jr. grew up on the Chapman-Barnard Ranch, from which the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve evolved. His father was foreman for the ranch for many years until his death. Ben Johnson, Jr. was always called "Son" by the local population. Son became a famous rodeo celebrity and was a world roping champion. Howard Hughes came to Oklahoma to buy horses for his western, "The Outlaw," starring Jane Russell. He hired Son to take the horses back to Hollywood. He found that working for Howard Hughes was a lot more profitable ($175) than working as a cowboy ($75). While in Hollywood he became good friends with John Wayne and ended up being in almost all of John Wayne's movies. Ben Johnson, Jr. won the Academy Award for his role in "The Last Picture Show."

Herbert Hoover was an orphan and spent his early summers in Pawhuska with his uncle, who was the agent to the Osage Tribe in 1878. When Hoover was elected President he made Charles Curtis, a member of the Kaw Tribe, his Vice President.

Clark Gable worked as a roustabout in the Osage oilfields before going to Hollywood. He was a member of a singing group at the small town of Barnsdall, Oklahoma.

James Bigheart, a full-blooded Osage is considered the greatest tribal chief. He was well educated and spoke English, Osage, French, Ponca, Cherokee and Sioux. He was directly responsible for the writing of the Osage Constitution. He was also a champion for those of mixed-blood.

The first troop of the Boy Scouts of America was organized in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, in 1909 by Rev. John Mitchell. The scouting movement began in England and the scout uniforms for the Pawhuska troop had to be ordered from England.

Tom Mix was the town marshal in Dewey, Oklahoma, before becoming a silent film star. The Wild West Show of the 101 Ranch in Kay County, just west of the Osage, gave him the chance that got him to Hollywood.

Anita Bryant, the former Miss Oklahoma and the well-known entertainer, was born in Barnsdall, a town near Pawhuska.

J. Paul Getty's father invested $500 in Bartlesville for a 1,100-acre lease. He drilled 43 wells and all but one were producers. J. Paul worked as a roustabout for $3 for a 12-hour shift. He was a millionaire by his early 20s.

Maria and Marjorie Tallchief are world-famous ballerinas. They were Osage Indian sisters from Fairfax, Oklahoma.

Frank Phillips came to Bartlesville, Indian Territory, and started an oil and banking business. He established the Phillips 66 Petroleum Company.

H. V. Foster was an influential oilman who held the largest oil lease in the world - the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company. The lease covered the entire Osage County.

Bill Doolin was the head of the Doolin Gang, the worst of the outlaw gangs in the 1890s. Oklahoma in the 1800s, with a lack of law and order, offered great opportunities for "easy money." The Doolin Gang included three women outlaws: Little Britches, Cattle Annie and Rose Dunn, the "Rose of the Cimarron."

Belle Starr, probably the most famous of the women outlaws, lived in Oklahoma. She was accused of the crimes of arson, horse theft, and bootlegging. In 1882 Isaac Parker, the "Hanging Judge," sent her to federal prison for horse theft.

The James Brothers and the Younger Gang were two other notorious outlaw groups that plundered the banks and businesses of Oklahoma and Kansas.

Bill Pickett was a black cowboy from Oklahoma and he is credited with inventing the bulldogging event in rodeo shows.

Zack Mulhall owned a popular Wild West Show, which toured the country in 1900 to 1915.

Gordon Lillie, better known as "Pawnee Bill," toured the world from 1883 to 1913 with his Wild West Show. His wife, May, rode broncos sidesaddle and was an expert markswoman. She and Pawnee Bill joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, which toured the world from 1900 to 1929. The Great Depression put an end to many entertainment enterprises.

( The above information was obtained from an article written by Jenk Jones, Jr. and from the book "Big Bluestem," by Annick Smith)

O K L A H O M A....Where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain

2009-04-04T17:33:00.001-05:00

If someone in a Lowe's store offers you assistance and they don't
work there, you may live in Oklahoma;

If you've worn shorts and a jacket at the same time, you may live in
Oklahoma;

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who
dialed a wrong number, you may live in Oklahoma;

If 'Vacation' means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend,
you may live in Oklahoma;

If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Oklahoma;

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you
may live in Oklahoma;

If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave
both unlocked, you may live in Oklahoma;

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to
use them, you may live in Oklahoma;

If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and
everybody's passing you, you may live in Oklahoma;

If you find 60 degrees 'a little chilly,' you may live in Oklahoma;

If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your
Okie friends, youdefinitely live in Oklahoma.

Love The Summer?

Poolville, Oklahoma
Sunray, Oklahoma

Want Something To Eat?

Corn, Oklahoma
Grainola, Oklahoma
Hominy, Oklahoma
Olive, Oklahoma
South Coffeeville, Oklahoma
Sweetwater, Oklahoma
Cookietown, Oklahoma

Why Travel To Other Cities? Oklahoma Has Them All!

Cleveland, Oklahoma
Orlando, Oklahoma
Miami, Oklahoma
Pittsburgh, Oklahoma
Santa Fe, Oklahoma
St. Louis, Oklahoma
Chattanooga, Oklahoma
Peoria, Oklahoma
Burbank, Oklahoma
Fargo, Oklahoma

Don't Forget The Wildlife!

Wolfe, Oklahoma
Eagle, Oklahoma
Buffalo, Oklahoma
Fox, Oklahoma
Bison, Oklahoma
Deer Creek, Oklahoma
Elk City, Oklahoma

We Have A Town Named After A Number...

Forty-One, Oklahoma

And A Town Who's Letter's Don't Spell Anything...

IXL, Oklahoma

And For The Sportsman Who Wants To Get Away
From It All...

Fisherman's Paradise, Oklahoma

We Even Have A City Named After Earth's Only Satellite!

Moon, Oklahoma

And A City Named After Our State!

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Feeling A Bit Chilly?

Snow, Oklahoma
Slick, Oklahoma
Cold Springs, Oklahoma

Oklahoma Is Full Of Love!

Lovedale, Oklahoma
Loveland, Oklahoma
Lovell, Oklahoma
Bigheart, Oklahoma
Loyal, Oklahoma

Like To Read About The Presidents?

Adams, Oklahoma
Taylor, Oklahoma
Fillmore, Oklahoma
Grant, Oklahoma
Taft, Oklahoma
Johnson, Oklahoma
Lincoln, Oklahoma
Jefferson, Oklahoma
Reagan, Oklahoma
Wilson, Oklahoma
Roosevelt, Oklahoma
Carter, Oklahoma
Clinton, Oklahoma
Washington, Oklahoma

Other City Names In Oklahoma To Make You Smile.....

Frogville, Oklahoma
Loco, Oklahoma
Bushyhead, Oklahoma
Bugtussle, Oklahoma
Hooker, Oklahoma
Slaughterville, Oklahoma
Bowlegs, Oklahoma
Slapout, Oklahoma

And Regardless What Side Of The Fence You're On...

Gay, Oklahoma
Straight, Oklahoma

Here Are Some Little Known But Very Interesting Facts About Oklahoma.

1. The bread twist tie was invented in Maysville.

2. The shopping cart was invented in Ardmore in 1936.

3. The nation's first parking meter was intalled in Oklahoma City in
1935.

4. The first Girl Scout Cookie was sold in Muskogee in 1917.

5. Cimarron County, located in the Oklahoma Panhandle, is the only
county in the U.S. bordered by 4 separate states...Texas, New
Mexico, Colorado & Kansas.

6. The Oklahoma State Capital is the only capital in the U.S. with
working oil wells on its grounds.

7. Boise City, Oklahoma was the only city in the United States to
be bombed during World War II. On Monday night, July 5, 1943, at
12:30 a.m., a B-17 Bomber based at Dalhart Army Air Base, Texas,
dropped six practice bombs on the sleeping town, mistaking the city
lights as target lights.

8. WKY Radio in Oklahoma City was the first radio station
transmitting west of the Mississippi River.

9. The nation's first 'Tornado Warning' was issued on March 25,
1948 in Oklahoma City minutes before a devastating tornado. Because
of the warning, no lives were lost.

10. Oklahoma has the largest Native American population of any state
in the U.S.

11. The name 'Oklahoma' comes from two Choctaw words...okla meaning
'people' andhumma meaning 'red'. So the name means, 'Red People.'
The name was approved in 1890.

12. Oklahoma produced more astronauts than any other state.

13. Oklahoma has more man made lakes than any other state.

14. During the 'Land Rush', Oklahoma City went from a vast, open
prairie to a city of over 10,000 in a single day.

15. The nation's first traffic 'Yield' sign was erected in Tulsa on
a trial basis.

16. Pensacola Dam is the longest multi-arched dam in the world at
6,565 feet.

17. The 'Port of Catoosa' (just north of Tulsa) is the largest
inland port in America.

18. The aerosol can was invented in Bartlesville.

19. Per square mile, Oklahoma has more tornadoes than any other
place in the world.

20. The highest wind speed ever recorded on earth was in Moore,
Oklahoma on May 3rd. 1999 during the Oklahoma City F-5 tornado.
Wind speed was clocked at 318 mph.

21. The 'Will Rogers World Airport' and the 'Wiley Post Airport'
are both named after two famous Okies....both killed in an airplane
crash!!!

Cowboy's Ten Commandments

(1) Just one God.

(2) Honor yer Ma & Pa.

(3) No telling tales or gossipin'.

(4) Git yourself to Sunday meeting.

(5) Put nothin' before God.

(6) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal.

(7) No killin'.

(8) Watch yer mouth.

(9) Don't take what ain't yers.

(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff

Now that's plain an' simple don'tcha think?

Millions Are Not Getting Enough of This Essential Vitamin

2009-04-03T20:34:00.003-05:00

Disclaimer: I get nothing for this, just the satisfaction that you may aid your health without submitting your body with drugs like the large pill companies want you to. esb2009

Discover this essential vitamin is and
how to tell if your body needs more.

Dear Friend,

Most people don't realize it, but everything your body needs to become and stay healthy can be found in healthy foods and natural supplements.

Take vitamin B12. This vitamin is necessary for energy production in every cell in your body, and vital for your health. If you are not getting enough — and millions of people aren't — it can cause heart disease, stroke, vascular disease, Alzheimer's, aneurysm, kidney disease, erectile dysfunction, and many other ailments.

Millions of adults are probably deficient in this vitamin, yet it costs less than a couple of dollars a week to fix.

I'm Dr. David Brownstein, a leading advocate of noninvasive natural treatment for health problems, without invasive surgery or artificial chemicals that actually can destroy your health. But it wasn't always that way.

About David Brownstein, M.D.

Dr. David Brownstein is a board-certified family physician and is one of the foremost American practitioners of holistic medicine.

He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University School of Medicine. Currently, he is the medical director of the Center for Holistic Medicine in West Bloomfield, MI.

Dr. Brownstein has authored eight books on natural health:

Drugs That Don't Work and Natural Therapies That Do!
Overcoming Thyroid Disorders
Overcoming Arthritis
The Miracle of Natural Hormones
The Guide to Healthy Eating
Salt Your Way to Health
Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can't Live Without It
The Guide to a Gluten-Free Diet

In addition, Dr. Brownstein has lectured internationally to physicians and others about his success in using natural hormones, and nutritional and holistic therapies in his practice.

Back in the early stages of my career as a family physician, I started to feel uneasy about the type of conventional medicine I'd been taught — you know, prescribing a multitude of drugs to treat a multitude of symptoms.

The truth was, a large number of my patients were not improving. The drugs I prescribed were only treating the symptoms, not addressing the true cause of their illnesses. And to make matters worse, I had to treat the drug side effects with even more medications.

The dramatic health effects of vitamin B12 are a clear example:

A patient of mine, Marilyn, told me about her mother, Betty, age 76.

"My mom seems to grow older by the day," Marilyn said. "She can't remember things and sometimes asks the same questions over and over. She is frustrated, and I am frustrated."

So I asked Marilyn to make an appointment for her mother.

When I saw Betty, she told me, "I am always nervous." What's more, "My mind used to be razor-sharp. Now I feel it is turning to mush."

After my initial exam, I ordered lab tests for Betty. Because of her many symptoms, I recommended that she try a series of B12 shots.

Three weeks later, the results were astounding!

When Betty came back, she was glowing. "I couldn't believe the difference. After the 10th shot, my brain came back to life and my anxiety left. I feel back to my old self."

Betty's case is not unique. I have seen the lives of scores of patients turned around dramatically in just weeks, by natural treatments I prescribed, while avoiding costly and dangerous drugs.

Fatigue. Depression. Pain.

Do You Have Any of the Symptoms
of Vitamin B12 Deficiency?

Nearly every system in your body is affected by B12 deficiency, including the neurological, hematologic, immunologic, vascular, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, and genitourinary system.

The list of vitamin B12-deficient illnesses is almost endless and includes Alzheimer's disease, depression, mania, psychosis, neuropathies, body aches and pains, infertility, heart disease, urinary incontinence, migraine headaches, Bell's palsy, and restless legs.

There are many more.

You can experience a myriad of symptoms from vitamin B12 deficiency.

These can include fatigue, depressed mood, impaired perception of touch, nerve pain, headaches, slower reflexes, irritability, inability to focus, poor concentration, and suicidal tendencies.

Because of the multitude of symptoms, physicians rarely think any of these disorders are related to vitamin B12 deficiency. That's why they miss it so often.

Diagnosing and Treating B12 Deficiency
For Just a Few Dollars a Week

Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause irreversible damage to the body. Unfortunately, B12 deficiency is difficult to detect through tests.

There is a standard B12 test. However, my experience is that the B12 range considered "safe" is much too broad. Many patients who I have successfully treated with B12 fell within the "normal" range.

My clinical experience has shown the most patients do better when vitamin B12 levels are greater than 500 pg. per ml.

So how do I know when to prescribe vitamin B12? My recommendation is that, if you have any of the symptoms of B12 deficiency and other treatments aren't working, you should have a therapeutic trial of B12, which costs just $25.

Vitamin B12 is both incredibly safe and inexpensive.

Could Vitamin B12 Help You?

If you have any of the symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficiency, you might want to consider a therapeutic trial.

The first step is get a copy of my report on B12 A Safe, Effective Vitamin That Can Change Your Life in the current issue of my monthly Natural Way to Health newsletter.

In this new report, you will learn much more about the health benefits of Vitamin B12, as well as other important health issues including . . .

The crucial role Vitamin B12 plays in your metabolism and how it energizes your cells.
The role B12 plays in building healthy blood.
Where B12 comes from — animal products rich in it. (Plants cannot provide B12.)
The role B12 deficiency plays in the development of cancer.
The most effective therapies for B12 deficiency.
How undetected food allergies could be "beating you up from the inside" — and the simple way to combat this common problem.
Avoid congestive heart failure! A safe, natural alternative to dangerous statin drugs.
The beneficial effects of high cholesterol.
Is bromine, now frequently used in swimming pools are a replacement for chlorine, safe?
The most common cause of hiatal hernia.
A safe, natural treatment for hernia.
And much, much more . . .

The best medicine certainly doesn't come in bottles . . . in fact, the best medicine is information.

Case Studies. After treating thousands of patients with integrative health programs combining the best of the medical and alternative health worlds, I have developed a massive collection of case studies that I'm eager to share with you. You can use this real-world information to better your own health, and to prevent making some of the mistakes these patients made before they came to see me (many of them at their absolute wit's end).

Here's a sample:

Nutritional Strategies. Sometimes it's the little things that make big changes in how great you can feel. That's why I feel you must know the truth about what you're feeding your body. Discover the little-known facts about such simple things as iodine and salt (the right kind of salt), grains and gluten, carbohydrates, and more. Learn how to shop for and prepare healthy meals, even make your family's favorite foods better for them . . .

The single hormone found significantly lacking in nearly 100 percent of people with autoimmune disorders such as ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, MS, and many others (plus, how you can find a pharmacist trained in compounding natural hormones) . . .

How joint stiffness — especially early-morning stiffness — is one of the cardinal signs of dehydration (and how, if you have a chronic disease, you are almost guaranteed to be dehydrated) . . .
Why fibromyalgia, with its severe muscle pain, is such a difficult condition to treat (And nearly impossible to overcome unless this one factor is addressed) . . .
Dr. Brownstein's specific recommendations (with dosages) for nutrient deficiencies . . .
How to test and treat for heavy metal toxicity (great to boost your immune system — and imperative if you suffer from chronic illness) . . .
Plus, many more health-saving tips and strategies . . .

To Your Lasting Health,

David Brownstein, M.D.

DOCTOR TOM'S CURE FOR CONSTIPATION

2009-03-31T14:05:00.001-05:00

If you are bothered by occasional or frequent constipation, repeat the following phrase three times in succession when symptoms occur:

"My financial and personal well being are totally in the hands of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Tim Geithner, Rahm Emmanual, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and Al Gore "

If that doesn't scare the crap out of you, then you are probably destined to be full of it for the rest of your life.

Caution: potential side effects may include immediate nauseous and or vomiting.

Dr. Tom

The “Perfect Cure for Heart Disease”

2009-01-04T23:32:00.002-06:00

Sugar cane extract rivals popular cholesterol-lowering drugs, without the dangerous side effects....

Amid reports of health problems and deaths caused by statin drugs, HSI has learned that an extract of a commercial crop––sugar cane––can lower cholesterol just as effectively.

As we’ve told our members over the past couple of years, cholesterol isn’t the primary cause of heart disease...homocysteine levels are. Nevertheless, cholesterol does play an important role in coronary health, and any good program for reversing heart disease must address that as well.

So you can imagine how excited we were when our researchers discovered that a sugar cane extract could dramatically reduce cholesterol levels. While it’s drawn from the same plant that produces table sugar, policosanol doesn’t affect blood sugar levels when ingested.

Cuban scientists, however, have discovered that it can have a cholesterol-reducing effect1 without creating the uncomfortable and even dangerous side effects associated with statin drugs.2,3 Statin drugs lower elevated cholesterol by limiting cholesterol production in the liver, but they also have side effects ranging from heartburn to potentially fatal cases of muscle breakdown.

This widely prescribed class of drugs–– statin sales topped $14 billion last year––includes the brand names Lipitor, Lescol, Zocor, Mevacor, Pravachol, Prevastatin, and Baycol (which was recalled after being linked to over 40 deaths). In several studies that compared both cholesterollowering methods, policosanol surpassed the performance of statin-drug therapy.

One Cuban study compared the effects of policosanol to Pravastatin on patients who had elevated cholesterol levels and were considered to be at high risk for coronary disease. Patients took 10 mg of either policosanol or Pravastatin with their dinners for eight weeks.

The group taking statins saw their LDL levels fall by 15.6 percent and their total cholesterol by 11.8 percent. But those in the policosanol group exceeded those numbers, and dropped their LDL levels by 19.3 percent and their total cholesterol by 13.9 percent.

The HDL levels of the statin test subjects remained the same, while the policosonal group increased their HDL by 15.7 percent. Because HDL cholesterol aids in the removal of fat from arterial walls, an increase in these levels is beneficial. Thousands of people struggle with cholesterol problems, and the chance of developing high cholesterol increases as we age.

As we grow older, our hormone levels drop, making it easier for cholesterol levels to rise in our bodies.

Researchers believe policosanol may be a safe method of reducing and regulating LDL. In a clinical trial involving 244 post-menopausal women with high cholesterol, researchers first attempted to bring down elevated lipid levels through six weeks of a standard lipid lowering diet.

When this proved unsuccessful, they gave the women 5 mg of policosanol daily for 12 weeks, then 10 mg daily for another 12 weeks. Researchers found that the supplement was effective in significantly lowering LDL levels (25.2 percent) and total cholesterol (16.7 percent).

In addition, the women experienced a 29.3 percent increase in HDL levels.4 Extract relieves painful leg cramps One of the common––and debilitating––side effects of high cholesterol is a syndrome known as intermittent claudication––a cramping pain in the calves.

This is often linked to poor circulation and he presence of arterial fat deposits (atherosclerosis). Intermittent claudication occurs only during certain
times, such as after walking. Removal of arterial fat deposits has been found to decrease claudication.

Researchers at the Medical Surgical Research Center in Havana, Cuba tested policosanol patients who suffered from moderately severe intermittent claudication. In this two-year long study, 56 patients were randomly assigned to receive either policosanol or a placebo.

Researchers determined if the policosanol was relieving the claudication by conducting treadmill walking tests on each subject before the study and again on 6, 12, 18, and 24 months after beginning treatment. Although both test groups showed some progress during the interim tests, the final results indicated that policosanol had a significant benefit for sufferers of intermittent claudication.

After two years of treatment, patients in the placebo group were able to walk a maximum of .15 miles while the group taking policosanol could walk .40 miles before having to stop.

The 21 people taking policosanol increased their walking distance by at least 50 percent. Only five members of the placebo group showed a similar improvement.5 And it’s possible that policosanol could do more than alleviate the risk of heart disease, circulatory problems, and other ailments commonly associated with high cholesterol...

A possible defense against Alzheimer’s Dora M. Kovacs, Ph.D., a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital, recently received a $200,000 research grant to study the side effects of cholesterol on the development of Alzheimer’s
Disease (AD). She found that even normal levels of cholesterol may increase the risk of senility-causing plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, which are associated with the development and progress of AD.6

Dr. Kovacs’ research is focusing on the development of drugs that inhibit the production of ACAT, an enzyme that enables cholesterol and other lipids (fats) to enter cells and form solid lipid droplets there. Those droplets can hinder the normal functioning of the cell. They can also increase amyloid beta production, which is associated with the progress of mind-robbing plaques and tangles.

When lipid droplet levels increase, amyloid beta production increases…and so does the risk of Alzheimer’s.

Dr. Kovacs and her research team believe that ACAT-inhibiting drugs are the keys to halting the process of cholesterol and lipid buildup that results in AD. But the related research is in its early stages. Dr. Kovacs plans, but has not yet started, to test ACAT inhibitors on mice specially bred to have AD.

Other researchers have developed a potentially safe class of ACAT inhibitors to treat atherosclerosis. But it may be another five to 10 years before this family of drugs is thoroughly developed, tested, and made available to the public.

There may be an alternative therapy available right now, however. In an interview with Emma Hitt, Visit us online at www.HSIBaltimore.com 7 11 Medical Breakthroughs:11 Medical Breakthroughs 9/26/08 10:21 AM Page 7 Ph.D. for the Reuters news service, Dr. Kovacs indicated that several studies have shown that patients who take statin drugs have lower rates of AD and other types of dementia.

Cholesterol lowering statins do not appear to hinder the ACAT enzyme, but the act of maintaining low cholesterol levels lowers the risk of dementia.
Since statin drugs can induce serious side effects, policosanol may prove to be a better alternative.

In double-blind trials, policosanol produced mild, short-term side effects ––such as insomnia, headache, diarrhea, nervousness, and weight loss––in less than 1 percent of test subjects. So policosanol may prove to be an efficacious mind-saver as well as a life-saver.

Caution: Researchers warn that policosanol can interact with blood-thinning drugs. So if you try policosanol (after consulting your doctor), your dose of blood-thinning medication may have to be adjusted with careful medical monitoring. If you would like to purchase policosanol, see the Product Source Directory at the end of this report.

If you’re already taking cholesterol-lowering drugs or being treated for any other health condition, you should consult with your doctor before trying policosanol or discontinuing any prescription drug.
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Sources:
1 Arch Med Res, 29(1):21-4, 1998
2 Rev Med Chil, 127(3):286-94, 1999
3 Int J Clin Pharmacol Res, 19(4):117-27, 1999
4 Gynecol Endocrinol, 14(3):187-95, 2000
5 Angiology, 52(2):115-25, 2001
6 www.ahaf.org/alzdis/research/awards_body.htm
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A Modern Day Angel....Coach Bob Stoops....OU

2008-08-25T15:34:00.003-05:00

Behind the scenes, the heart of Bob Stoops revealed By John Helsley Staff Writer
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Kourtlyn Uzoma grew sick.
Just 13 years old, he was sick of being sick, sick of the battles with a wicked cancer, sick of the relapses and the two years trying to get well inside a hospital.

Then came word of a special camp Kamp Kourtlyn, to be hosted by Bob Stoops and the Sooners at their practice field in Norman. Just for him. And for a day, Kourtlyn wasn't sick anymore.

"He hung around with the football players, tossed the ball, said Kourtlyn's dad, Clement Uzoma. "Bob took him in his BMW and they went around everywhere. It was just joyful to see Kourtlyn and his face and how he reacted when he got home.

Such an effect Stoops had on the little man.

"Bob Stoops, Clement said, "was God's angel sent to Kourtlyn. While few know this personal side of Stoops, similar stories stream from the many who have either seen or experienced the Oklahoma football coach's continual outreach and acts of compassion for sick children.

Publicly, it may be a hard and rugged persona that Stoops puts forth, but privately, particularly when in the company of kids in distress which is often he's gentle and soft.

"What's impressive, it's something he doesn't share with other people, said former Sooner Jacob Gutierrez, who became known for his own charitable acts while at OU. "It's not a publicity thing. It's him being who he is. He understands he can make an impact on other people's lives, and he takes the time to do that.

"It's not because he wants the attention or it's someone making him, it's just because. "And that's who coach Stoops is.

Bob Stoops: behind the scenes Kay Tangner, a volunteer at The Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center, first invited Stoops and his players to a pep rally the young cancer patients wanted to throw to celebrate the Sooners' 2000 national championship. Stoops accepted.
And he's been returning ever since. More and more frequently over time. In season. The off-season. Over the summer.

Sometimes Stoops arrives with players. Many times he slips in alone, unannounced. "We were in the hospital a lot last year, said Stacy Hasley, whose 7-year-old daughter Jordan is in remission from leukemia. "One morning, it was 8 o'clock and there's this knock on the door. And the door opens and it's him.

"It's just a very cool thing that he does. Stoops has stopped in at the hospital with his own family on Thanksgiving mornings and also near Christmas. When he can, he celebrates birthdays with the kids.

"Just hangs out, Tangner said. "Talks. Sits on the edge of the bed. If anything, Stoops has avoided any attention when it comes to his time at the hospital and his fight for the cause.
Even his charity, the Bob Stoops Champions Foundation, aimed at helping ill or disadvantaged children, maintains a low profile.

Only recently, sensing that he could help enhance awareness of the need for critical bone marrow matches that many sick patients are awaiting, has Stoops peeled back the curtain. During the team's annual Media Day earlier this month, Stoops welcomed reporters to a volunteer testing procedure to register potential donors with the National Marrow Donor Program.

Stoops was among 84 individuals, mostly players, who added their name to the registry.
"You have the opportunity to save somebody's life, Stoops said. "It's pretty neat when you think about it. I see a lot of kids at the Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center that are awaiting bone marrow transplants, or awaiting matches.

"Or I see a lot of them that have already had their match and had their transplant and are recovering from it. And I know the difference it makes in their lives. Reaching out Even kids focused on overcoming cancer know who Bob Stoops is. Some, however, may not be such big fans at first.

"Kids are so honest, Tangner said. "They'll say, have to tell you, I don't like OU. I like OSU.'
"And he'll say, Well, that's OK. Everybody's got to like somebody.' And by the end, it's not even about football. It's about a friend.

And friend is the word most associated with Stoops in his relationships with the kids and their families.

"Oh my goodness, each family thinks they're Bob Stoops' special patient, said Dr. Rene McNall, a pediatric oncologist at the hospital. "He has this amazing way to remember all their names.
"I can't tell you the number of patients and parents who are in the middle of this very stressful thing and they think Bob has this special place in his heart just for them.

"And he does. He just has a way of making them all feel special.

T.J. Hutchings was a promising 17-year-old high school pitcher with a baseball scholarship to the University of North Texas when persistent pain on his right hip led to an MRI. Doctors discovered a baseball-sized tumor, and diagnosed him with Ewing's sarcoma, a cancer that most often strikes between the ages of 10 and 20.

They also found three spots on Hutchings' right lung. "I was in the hospital, Hutchings said, "and coach Stoops came by and introduced himself, like I didn't already know him before.
A few months later, Hutchings' treatment ramped up on his birthday no less with radiation tacked on to chemotherapy.

"They told me to come down to the nurses station, Hutchings said. "They had all these balloons and stuff. I thought, Oh, that's nice, the nurses threw a party for me.' "I turned the corner and Bob Stoops and Adrian Peterson were there. I was just baffled. They brought out the cake and everything. It was pretty awesome Hutchings' birthday: a Thursday, two days before the Red River Shootout with Texas in the Cotton Bowl.

"They were leaving out that Thursday afternoon to go to Texas, Hutchings said. "Adrian Peterson was on the cover of Sports Illustrated the week before. And he brought him up there.
"One of the biggest games of the year always. I totally couldn't believe it.

Passing it on That first pep rally evolved into an annual event around Christmas. Now the tradition involves sending the Sooners off to their bowl destination. The children make banners and perform cheers. They present awards and "bowl rings, candy ring pops and light-up rings and even hand-made trophies. One year, there was an Orange Bowl trophy made with plastic fruit.

The players, they laugh and they howl. And they connect, so much so that they end up coming back, too. A list of OU players who have joined Stoops for room tours at Children's Hospital would be lengthy.

"I'd ride up there with coach Stoops, Gutierrez said. "He knew each of the kids by name, and that really impressed me. He'd sit there and talk to them for a little while. And not just the kids, but the parents. It's a hard time for the parents, too.

"It was great to see that kind of a person and to play for that kind of a person. I'll always take that and know that no matter how busy you get or how famous you get, there's always time for other people. Pass it on.

"The neat thing is watching him bring his players and teach them how to be a good person, too, McNall said.

"I always say I'm not a big football fan, but I'm a huge Bob Stoops fan because of all he does.
Building a connection Tangner often shadows Stoops on his trips to Children's Hospital, shooting pictures to present to the patients and their families.

She keeps copies, too. And there are enough to fill several bulky photo albums, the images capturing the bond between Stoops and the children.

Forget, she said, that Stoops is a popular football coach. That may get their attention. But there must be something special to maintain it and create a connection. "They can be in the dumps, because they're up there in the bone marrow unit, there for several weeks at a time, said Tangner, who has seen a lot in 15 years of serving at the hospital. "And he can walk in and you can just see it. You can feel it.

"And the parents are just so grateful, because you'll do anything for your kid to just feel better.
Stoops might toss a football in one room, play dolls in another. Mostly, he just talks. About stuff.
Kid stuff. And, sometimes, he plays coach, too.

"That's what he tells the kids in the bone marrow clinic. He walks in, and he knows them all by name. You've got to keep it up. You've got to stay strong. You've got to keep fighting.'
McNall sees the struggles every day. She works on the front line, where disease wages an unfair war with kids. Disease too often wins.

Bob Stoops can't beat that. But he can provide reinforcement. "Honestly, it gives them something positive to look forward to, to do, McNall said, "someone special who is special to a lot of people, who thinks of them as special.

"I had one kid who told me, Except for this cancer thing, this has been the best year of my life.
Making memories The rooms and halls of Children's Hospital are filled with stories.
Some heart wrenching. Some uplifting. Stories of pain and suffering and sacrifice.
Of loss. And conquest.

There are Sooner stories, too, involving Stoops and his players. There's the tale of little Kaci McGee, who at the age of 4 would watch an entire OU football game just to see Stoops. And she referred to him as, "My Coach Stoops, which she'd repeat over and over as she followed him from room to room at the hospital.

There was the funeral for Justin Scott, a teenager who lost a battle with a bad form of leukemia, where no black clothing was allowed, only crimson and cream. Where Stoops and several players served as pall bearers.

"It's not a little thing he does, McNall said.

Said Tangner: "I can't tell you how many times I go and there's the football that he's signed, right by the casket. Or in the slide show, there he is with them. And how much it means to the families.

There was Stoops last December, sad that he would have to miss the annual pep rally because he was due to have shoulder surgery the same day. And there was Stoops, on the arm of his wife Carol, showing up still groggy from the procedure.

"Who would have come straight from surgery? Tangner said. "It had to mean something to him.
And what about Hutchings, now 21 and a junior at OU, beating cancer. Stoops still meets with him two or three times a semester, just to have lunch and check in.

"He gave me his cell phone number and told me to call if I ever needed anything, Hutchings said.
And there's Kourtlyn Uzoma, who died last spring.

When he was too sick to attend the Miami game he so wanted to see last fall, Kourtlyn was presented with a game ball, signed by all the seniors.

"That game ball is in my house, his father, Clement, said through tears, "and every day I see it. Bob Stoops came into our life, and I look at him as a Christian man, then secondly as a coach.
"My son for the last two years was in the hospital. Bob Stoops came every week to see him. I can remember when it got to the point Kourtlyn couldn't talk, they would bump hands.

"I don't know how to describe Bob Stoops except to say he's an angel. An angel God sent to visit all these kids.

The Days of the Old West

2008-07-31T22:04:00.002-05:00

In the days of the "Old West", cattle ranching became almost a craze with some people, and the vast range was extended until it all but covered the Great Plains region of these United States.

This was the so-called "cow country" that has become world famous because of numerous books, western movies, and television shows. In the center of this "cow country", between the huge cattle breeding grounds of Texas, and the feeding grounds of Kansas and other northern states, were the lands known as Oklahoma and Indian Territories.

In the northern part of this vast land was the Cherokee Outlet. It was known as this because it had been reserved by the Cherokee Nation as a corridor to the hunting grounds of the buffalo herds in the west. However, the Cherokees seldom used this passage because many of the herds had already been destroyed, and they found better hunting closer to home.

So instead, they leased much of this strip of land to the white men for cattle ranching, and in the 1880's this outlet was to become the greatest cattle country in western Indian Territory. Jesse Chisholm's famed 'trail' brought Texas long-horn and other cattle from those huge breeding grounds of Texas into the feeding grounds up north, and over six million acres of the outlet were leased by the Cherokees to the white man's Cherokee Strip Livestock Association for a number of years.

But as more and more settlers migrated towards the west, the Government was pressured to open the strip to homesteaders. The Santa Fe Railroad extended its branch line south from Arkansas City, Kansas to Purcell in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory in 1887, completing the line to Gainesville, Texas (through what is now known as Noble County, Oklahoma) and a Santa Fe way station was established at Mendota (later known as Wharton) a mile south of present day Perry, Oklahoma.

In 1880, government offices issued orders banning use of the Cherokee Outlet land for grazing and the cattlemen were ordered to leave by October 1st. This strategy was used to compel the Cherokees to sell the lands for settlement, and finally in 1891, they reluctantly agreed to do so. The tribes were paid about $1.40 per acre for the more than 6 million acres, in order to open them for settlement.

People from all over the world then headed towards the area, as the government surveyors staked out certain portions for townsites, and land offices were established at Perry, Enid, Woodward, and Alva.

Soldiers patrolled the land to keep folks out until the run, and then at noon on Saturday, September 16, 1893, as a pistol shot echoed across the plains, tens of thousands of people raced across the lands in search of homesteads. History has recorded this as the greatest land run ever!

The nearest point to enter (to reach the town of Perry) was from the south and just to the east of the town of Orlando in Old Oklahoma. From this starting point, hundreds of horse-drawn wagons and buggies, riders on horseback, and even men on foot, set out to cover the twelve miles to Perry as rapidly as possible.

It was estimated that, of the hundred-thousand-plus folks involved in this "biggest land run ever", over 40 thousand tried to crowd into the town of Perry, and the black dust was so thick and heavy, and water was so scarce, that one new saloon, the "Buckhorn" sold 38,000 bottles of beer the first day at $1.00 a bottle.

The next day, they dropped the price to 50 cents a bottle. Within a week after the run, the "government acre" where the land office was, became surrounded by 110 saloons, plus numerous tents, tent "hotels", cafes. bawdy houses, gambling dens and dance halls (anything to make money from the folks waiting in line to register their claims) and became known as the infamous "Hell's Half Acre".

It was said that one of the singers in a saloon became very popular by singing a song "After The Strip Is Over" (to the tune "After the Ball is Over"). The day after the run, church services were held in at least one of the saloons.

Famed lawman, William (Bill) Tilghman, who had teamed up with the Masterson brothers to clean up Dodge City, Kansas was hired as the first town marshal of Perry, and Heck Thomas was hired as his deputy. Thomas also had quite a reputation hunting down murderers and train robbers riding the back roads and trails of Indian Territory.

Often he would bring in as many as a dozen at a time, tied together with a length of rope. Together, Marshal Tilghman and Deputy Thomas set out to clean up "Hell's Half Acre" and did so within a year...........but that's a "whole 'nother story" that I'll need to write about some day.

Today the citizens of Perry are proud of their pioneer heritage and celebrate with an exciting week of festivities. It begins with the Noble County Fair, which lasts from September 9th. through the 12th, while the carnival opens downtown on Wednesday the 10th and runs through Saturday the 13th.

Friday night will have a home football game with Pawhuska as the opposing team (out at the football stadium, Daniels Field). Also on Friday and Saturday nights (12th and 13th) at 8 P.M. there'll be a lot of whoopin' and hollerin' as the rodeo takes over the Cherokee Strip Arena (out by the football stadium).

The big day of course is Saturday, September 13th., when the fun begins in the early morning with the Li'l Settlers Land Run along with a 5-K run and a One Mile Fun Walk. A horse-shoe toss usually begins at 8 A.M. on the north side of the Noble County Courthouse, and live entertainers will perform free at the bandstand west of the courthouse from 9 A.M, till about 5:30 P.M.

The Cherokee Arts and Crafts Festival will show and sell handmade treasures (also from 9 A.M. 'til about 5 PM) and staged gun fights will be featured throughout the day. At 10:30 A.M. everyone will scurry to the perimeter of the courthouse square for the excitement of the big parade.

This consists of marching bands from high schools and colleges from all over the state, Shriners in midget cars and on motorcycles, numerous floats (they compete for prizes), antique tractors plus a large assortment of Perry manufactured DitchWitch equipment, lots of horses, clowns, and who knows what celebrity might show up to appear in this parade as it winds its way through the business district and around the square.

The parade is usually over about noon and then it's time to eat. Various civic groups and churches have set up concessions stands in a designated area and there are marvelous ethnic foods or barbecue; and even at lunch time, all sorts of events are scheduled to last into the evening hours.

However, this years street-dance (normally held until midnight) has been cancelled due to the small number of folks who turned out for last year's event (I'm told that there were less than a dozen couples who danced!).
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Roy Kendrick dba Cherokee Strip Antique Mall which is located at 511 Delaware Street (Phone 580-572-8434) Perry, Oklahoma.
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What a Difference Sixty Years Makes

2008-07-10T12:16:00.002-05:00

I know everyone has a different opinion on the war and our current President. But, this article makes a lot of sense, and I hope you will take 2 minutes and read it and give it some thought. I have never seen the "situation" expressed any better in words! Recently I was talking to a friend about the upcoming election and the candidates.

As we ended our discussion he said "the only decision you have to make is who you want sitting in that seat in the White House when - not if - when we get hit again and millions of American lives are put at risk!"

This is from : "You ain't gonna like losing." Author unknown.

President Bush did make a bad mistake in the war on terrorism. But the mistake was not his decision to go to war in Iraq . Bush's mistake came in his belief that this country is the same one his father fought for in WWII. ..... It is not.

Back then, they had just come out of a vicious depression. The country was steeled by the hardship of that depression, but they still believed fervently in this country. They knew that the people had elected their leaders, so it was the people's duty to back those leaders.

Therefore, when the war broke out the people came together, rallied behind, and stuck with their leaders, whether they had voted for them or not or whether the war was going badly or not.

And war was just as distasteful and the anguish just as great then as it is today. Often there were more casualties in one day in WWII than we have had in the entire Iraq war. But that did not matter. The people stuck with the President because it was their patriotic duty.

Americans put aside their differences in WWII and worked together to win that war.

Everyone from every strata of society, from young to old pitched in. Small children pulled little wagons around to gather scrap metal for the war effort. Grade school students saved their pennies to buy stamps for war bonds to help the effort.

Men who were too old or medically 4F lied about their age or condition trying their best to join the military. Women doubled their work to keep things going at home. Harsh rationing of everything from gasoline to soap, to butter was imposed, yet there was very little complaining.

You never heard prominent people on the radio belittling the President. Interestingly enough in those days there were no fat cat actors and entertainers who ran off to visit and fawn over dictators of hostile countries and complain to them about our President. Instead, they made upbeat films and entertained our troops to help the troops' morale. And a bunch even enlisted.
And imagine this: Teachers in schools actually started the day off with a Pledge of Allegiance, and with prayers for our country and our troops!

Back then, no newspaper would have dared point out certain weak spots in our cities where bombs could be set off to cause the maximum damage. No newspaper would have dared complain about what we were doing to catch spies.

A newspaper would have been laughed out of existence if it had complained that German or Japanese soldiers were being 'tortured' by being forced to wear women's underwear, or subjected to interrogation by a woman, or being scared by a dog or did not have air conditioning.
There were a lot of things different back then. We were not subjected to a constant bombardment of pornography, perversion and promiscuity in movies or on radio. We did not have legions of crack heads, dope pushers and armed gangs roaming our streets.

No, President Bush did not make a mistake in his handling of terrorism. He made the mistake of believing that we still had the courage and fortitude of our fathers. He believed that this was still the country that our fathers fought so dearly to preserve.

It is not the same country. It is now a cross between Sodom and Gomorra and the land of Oz. We did unite for a short while after 9/11, but our attitude changed when we found out that defending our country would require some sacrifices.

We are in great danger. The terrorists are fanatic Muslims. They believe that it is okay, even their duty, to kill anyone who will not convert to Islam. It has been estimated that about one third or over three hundred million Muslims are sympathetic to the terrorists cause... Hitler and Tojo combined did not have nearly that many potential recruits. So... We either win it - or lose it - and you ain't gonna like losing, especially, to a bunch of camel jocky Cowards.

America is not at war. The military is at war. America is at the mall.

God versus Science

2008-06-18T08:56:00.003-05:00

'Let me explain the problem science has with religion.' The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand. 'You're a Christian, aren't you, son?' 'Yes sir,' the student says. 'So you believe in God?''Absolutely.' 'Is God good?' 'Sure! God's good.' 'Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?' 'Yes' 'Are you good or evil?' The Bible says I am evil.The professor grins knowingly. 'Aha! The Bible!' He considers for a moment.

'Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick person over here and you can cure him. You can do it. Would you help him? Would you try?' 'Yes sir, I would.' 'So you're good...!' 'I wouldn't say that' 'But why not say that? You'd help a sick and maimed person if you could. Most of us would if we could. But God doesn't.' The student does not answer, so the professor continues. 'He doesn't, does he? My brother was a Christian who died of cancer, even though he prayed to Jesus to heal him. How is this Jesus good? Hmmm? Can you answer that one?'

The student remains silent. 'No, you can't, can you?' the professor says. He takes a sip of water from a glass on his desk to give the student time to relax. 'Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?' 'Er..yes,' the student says. 'Is Satan good?' The student doesn't hesitate on this one. 'No.' 'Then where does Satan come from?' The student falters. 'From God' 'That's right. God made Satan, didn't he? Tell me, son. Is there evil in this world?' 'Yes, sir.' 'Evil's everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything, correct?'

'Yes' 'So who created evil?' The professor continued, 'If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are, then God is evil.' Again, the student has no answer. 'Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things, do they exist in this world?' The student squirms on his feet. 'Yes.' 'So who created them?' The student does not answer again, so the professor repeats his question. 'Who created them?' There is still no answer. Suddenly the lecturer breaks away to pace in front of the classroom. The class is mesmerized.

'Tell me,' he continues onto another student. 'Do you believe in Jesus Christ, son?' The student's voice betrays him and cracks. 'Yes, professor, I do.' The old man stops pacing. 'Science says you have five senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Have you ever seen Jesus?' 'No sir. I've never seen Him.' 'Then tell us if you've ever heard your Jesus?' 'No, sir, I have not.' 'Have you ever felt your Jesus, tasted your Jesus or smelt your Jesus? Have you ever had any sensory perception of Jesus Christ, or God for that matter?' 'No, sir, I'm afraid I haven't.' 'Yet you still believe in him?'

'Yes' 'According to the rules of empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your God doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?' 'Nothing,' the student replies. 'I only have my faith.' 'Yes, faith,' the professor repeats. 'And that is the problem science has with God. There is no evidence, only faith.' The student stands quietly for a moment, before asking a question of His own. 'Professor, is there such thing as heat?' ' yes. 'And is there such a thing as cold?' 'Yes, son, there's cold too.' 'No sir, there isn't.'

The professor turns to face the student, obviously interested. The room suddenly becomes very quiet. The student begins to explain. 'You can have lots of heat, even more heat, super-heat, mega-heat, unlimited heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat, but we don't have anything called 'cold'. We can hit up to 458 degrees below zero, which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold; otherwise we would be able to go colder than the lowest -458 degrees.'

'Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-458 F) is the total absence of heat. You see, sir, cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat we can measure in thermal units because heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.' Silence across the room. A pen drops somewhere in the classroom, sounding like a hammer. 'What about darkness, professor. Is there such a thing as darkness?' 'Yes,' the professor replies without hesitation.

'What is night if it isn't darkness?' 'You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is not something; it is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light, but if you have no light constantly you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? That's the meaning we use to define the word.' 'In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?' The professor begins to smile at the student in front of him. This will be a good semester. 'So what point are you making, young man?'

'Yes, professor My point is, your philosophical premise is flawed to start with, and so your conclusion must also be flawed.' The professor's face cannot hide his surprise this time. 'Flawed? Can you explain how?' 'You are working on the premise of duality,' the student explains. 'You argue that there is life and then there's death; a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure.

Sir, science can't even explain a thought.' 'It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it.' 'Now tell me, professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?' 'If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, young man, yes, of course I do.'

'Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?' The professor begins to shake his head, still smiling, as he realizes where the argument is going. A very good semester, indeed. 'Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you now not a scientist, but a preacher?' The class is in uproar.

The student remains silent until the commotion has subsided. 'To continue the point you were making earlier to the other student, let me give you an example of what I mean.'The student looks around the room. 'Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the professor's brain?' The class breaks out into laughter. 'Is there anyone here who has ever heard the professor's brain, felt the professor's brain, touched or smelt the professor's brain? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, with all due respect, sir.'

'So if science says you have no brain, how can we trust your lecture s, sir?' Now the room is silent. The professor just stares at the student, his face unreadable. Finally, after what seems an eternity, the old man answers. 'I guess you'll have to take them on faith.' 'Now, you accept that there is faith, and, in fact, faith exists with life,' the student continues. 'Now, sir, is there such a thing as evil?' Now uncertain, the professor responds, 'Of course, there is. We see it everyday It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man.

It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil.' To this the student replied, 'Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart.

It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.' The professor sat down. If you read it all the way through and had a smile on your face when you finished, mail to your friends and family with the title 'God vs Science'

P.S.: the student was Albert Einstein
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WALMART MILK-IMPORTANT DO NOT DELETE

2008-06-18T08:32:00.002-05:00

For those of you who purchase and consume milk - This article is noting something very important - and you need to read it. However, I'm thinking the hormone they're referencing is RGBH. If not it's pretty much the samething. In Oklahoma you can also purchase Braums OR organic to be free of this problem.

WOW!! I LOOKED THIS UP ON SNOPES AND ITS 'PRETTY MUCH' TRUE. THE GOVERNMENT PROBABLY JUST WANTS YOU TO NOT BE AWARE . PERSONALLY....I WON'T BUY ANY MORE. WAL-MART MILK:

Just in case any of you shop at Wal-Mart like me, you Might want to reconsider buying their Milk after reading this... Please read This and pass along to as many people as you can think of. Mitzi Lyons and Her husband Kyle live in Gainesville , TX . Their daughter, Marissa, has been experiencing menstrual problems (bleeding every day) for three years and within the last year; she started Producing milk (lactating). They have performed every test, every surgery, put her on birth control and in January were scheduled to undergo a hysterecomy. NEVERTHELESS, Mitzi's dad started researching his granddaughter's condition on the Internet found out about RBST in milk. RBST is a hormone injected into cows to produce more milk.

Wal-Mart Great Value milk contains RBST and is the brand that the Lyons family has used for years. Three months ago, they pulled Marissa off Great Value Milk and she quit bleeding and lactating. Her doctors in Houston are going to write a medical journal discovery about Her case, because the FDA says that RBST is safe. Mitzi asked me to please Share this with everyone I could think of to help save someone the pain and suffering that Marissa has endured. I have pulled my family from Wal-Mart Great Value milk and bought Borden instead. Borden has a label on their milk that states that RBST is not used on their cows.
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Mitzi Lyons of Gainesville, Texas
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Did you know?

2008-06-17T11:41:00.002-05:00

(I used to want to be a Journalist, but, not anymore since the news that they gather is
monitoried)

Snopes says it is true. Why not our press?
Did you know?
I didn't know! How could we?

Did you know that 47 countries' have reestablished their embassies in Iraq ? Did you know that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people? Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 new schools are now under construction; and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq?

Did you know that Iraq 's higher educational structure consistsof 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating? Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2005 for the re-established Fulbright program? Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational? They have 5 - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.

Did you know that Iraq ' s Air Force consists of three operational squadrons, Which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers? Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion? Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers? Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers every 8 weeks?

Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq ? They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities. Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations? Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October? Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%?

Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations? Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004? Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a televised debate recently?

OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW! WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW? BECAUSE OUR MEDIA WON'T TELL US!

Instead of reflecting our love for our country, we get photos of flag burning incidents at Abu Ghraib and people throwing snowballs at the presidential motorcades. Tragically, the lack of accentuating the positive in Iraq serves two purposes: It is intended to undermine the world's perception of the United States thus minimizing consequent support; and it is intended to discourage American citizens. ----

Above facts are verifiable on the Department of Defense web site. http://www.defenselink.mil/ Did you know? Why I didn't knowBut I know now.....
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THREE LITTLE FACTS AND THE END OF THE WORLD

2008-06-14T08:23:00.002-05:00

We left off last week staring into the gates of Hell. Today, we go back to laugh at the devil.

Let us look at our first fact. It is about us – the growth in human population. While the rate of growth has gone down since the 1960s, the actual number of humans is increasing faster and faster. The world’s population was only about 3 billion in 1970. Now, it adds that many new faces every 30 years.

If it continues at the rate – which demographers say it will – we will soon run out of food, water, and parking places.

But every generation faces the furnace at least once or twice before it finally gets fried. Apocalypse comes and goes. Barely had Christ shaken the dust from his sandals when Saint Clement I predicted the second coming; the world would end at any moment, he said.

Many were those who expected the world to end in 666, a year that carried the ‘mark of the beast.’ And in the early 19th century, the Millerites believed the world would end precisely at the close of October 22, 1843. They gave away their property and gathered on hilltops to await the end. At least one man with an extraordinary confidence in his pocket watch leapt off a barn roof at midnight, expecting to be taken up to Heaven in the moment of rapture. Like an investor, he got what he deserved, not necessarily what he expected. The night became known as the “Great Disappointment.”

Near the end of the first millennium, German Emperor Otto III interpreted a solar eclipse as an exterminating omen. At the end of the second, it was a computer glitch that spelt annihilation. If the computers failed, said the doomsters, the control systems for trains and trucks wouldn’t work. And the banks wouldn’t be able to honor checks or pay out cash. No money. No food. Millions would starve.

The history of the financial markets, too, is full of great disappointments. In Britain’s commercial property market, for example, developers thought they were in heaven just two years ago. Hammerson’s share price more than tripled in the 3 years from ’03 to ’06, as the City seemed ready to take up every new square foot – at a premium price. Higher prices begat further construction which begat more commercial space, which begat a glut, which begat a bust.

Strutt & Parker says commercial property prices in the Southeast are down 25% in the last 6 months. Turnover in the commercial property market fell 75% from the levels in early ’07. And Hammerson has seen its shares nearly cut in half.

The same process of over-doing it led to the current correction in America’s residential housing market...and will probably hit its commercial property market soon too.

And there you have both the good news and the bad. Delusion is self-limiting. Success is self-correcting. And prosperity brings its own punishment.

Today, the mother of all bubbles is expanding fast; the gates of Hell open wider than ever. Humans are replicating like plastic bags. They blow across the streets and accumulate in bad neighborhoods. Many experts a Malthusian catastrophe; they see it as a mathematical certainty that food and water cannot keep up.

From Nature’s point of view, mankind is destroying the planet – by over fishing, over consuming, over producing, and over doing it generally. Bad news for glaciers and sea turtles. From man’s perspective, it is the planet that is letting him down. He goes about his business – begetting all he can – and then he discovers his car is out of gas.

Another fact:

Oil output is expected to decline at about 2% per year beginning in 2010, while population grows at 1% per year.

Of the world’s 65 leading oil fields, 54 are now in decline. And the rate of discovery of new deposits of petroleum that can be accessed by conventional means has collapsed. In the early ’60s, the world’s drillers were finding nearly 60 billion barrels of new oil deposits each ear. In the early 2000s, the rate had fallen to less than 10 billion per year.

Finally, here is another fact: Over the next 2 decades, the average supply of water per person, worldwide, is expected to drop by a third.

Is that how we will meet the devil? With our throats parched, our stomachs empty, and an empty gas can in our hands? Maybe. Maybe not. But one way or another supply and demand will come into balance – perhaps disastrously.
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Bill Bonner The Daily Reckoning 2008
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A Father's Day Story

2008-06-11T01:44:00.002-05:00

Sometimes I'm embarrassed to tell people that I had a really nice childhood. I had great parents who stayed married until my mother's death when I was 25. We lived in a modest, but comfortably clean home. On Friday nights, Mom and Dad would take my brother and me to the Elks Club for steaks.

We would dress for dinner like little ladies and gentlemen, drink Shirley Temples and Roy Rogers then cap the meal off with a glass sundae dish full of vanilla ice cream followed by an Andes Mint. We took vacations, visited with Santa, and generally just liked spending time together as a family.

My dad was an electrical and electronics technician for the Platte Pipeline section of Marathon Oil Company's oil line that ran across Nebraska. He was responsible for the pipeline that ran 150 miles and 150 miles west of our little home town of Holdrege.

At first Dad's job was more physical and it was with some regularity he was called out in the middle of the night to a farmer's field to walk the length of a pipe that had been damaged and was potentially leaking.

But as the years went by, his job became more of a desk job and he found himself with a lot of free time on his hands. He read the Reader's Digest from cover to cover, had the cleanest car in Phelps County, and traveled around the world and back on an exercise bicycle.

Then he started making toys. Now these were not your everyday run-of-the-mill toys, mind you. These were "electronic" toys made from spare parts left over from various work projects.

One of my favorites was Dad's version of "The Magic 8-Ball." It consisted of a roughly 36" square metal panel with about 50 tiny glass windows. You would ask your question, turn a knob at the bottom and push a button. An "answer" would drop down into a random window letting you know that you were indeed going to ace that next test or marry your true love.

Although a family friend weaseled Dad out of his fortune telling machine (paying a mere pittance for it, I'm sure), I have always marveled at the idea of my dad taking the time to type, cut out and insert all those answers to life's questions. Most were mundane forms of yes of no, but some were clever bits of wisdom that I sincerely wish I could remember.

In addition to the fortune teller, Dad also made a contraption known simply as "The Busy Box."

Equipped with colored lights, toggle switches, and a counter, we used this unique apparatus as an airplane, automobile or rocket instrument panel. We conducted "scientific experiments" with the Busy Box, analyzing our imaginary results on pads of graph paper. We pushed buttons, counted numbers, flipped switches and marveled at this simply useless but entertaining machine.

I'm happy to report, I still have it. It's sporting some rust and the cord probably needs to be replaced, but it continues to be loved by subsequent generations.

It's funny, but it never occurred to me that other kids didn't have dads who built them such interesting toys. I just figured every household was blessed with a Busy Box. I'm certainly glad mine was. Thanks, Dad, and happy Father's Day!
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by The Amazing Kate™ C.
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2008-06-03T06:35:00.000-05:00

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A Voice From The Past

2008-06-02T10:30:00.003-05:00

When President Truman retired from office in 1952, his income was just a U.S. Army pension..... reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. Congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance' and, later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year.

When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, 'You don't want me. You want the office of the president, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale."

Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, 'I don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise.'

We now see that the Clinton's have found a new level of success cashing in on the presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, many in Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices.

Political offices are now for sale. Was good old Harry Truman correct when he observed, 'My choice early in life was either to be piano player in a whorehouse or a politician? To tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. I, for one, believe the piano player job to be much more honorable than the current politicians in Washington.
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2008-05-21T01:26:00.000-05:00

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My name is George C. Joseph. I am the sole owner of Sunshine Dodge-Isuzu, a family owned and operated business in Melbourne , Florida . My family bought and paid for this automobile franchise 35 years ago in 1974. I am the second generation to manage this business.

I work every day the store is open, nine to ten hours a day. I know most of our customers and all our employees. Sunshine Dodge is my life.

Our facility was recently totally renovated at Chrysler's insistence, incurring a multi-million dollar debt in the form of a mortgage at Sun Trust Bank.

HOW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CAN THIS HAPPEN? THIS IS A PRIVATE BUSINESS NOT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY

This is beyond imagination!

My business is being stolen from me through NO FAULT OF OUR OWN.

We did NOTHING wrong.

This atrocity will most likely force my family into bankruptcy. This will also cause our 50+ employees to be unemployed. How will they provide for their families? This is a total economic disaster.

HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN IN A FREE MARKET ECONOMY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ?

I beseech your help, and look forward to your reply. Thank you.

Sincerely,

George C. Joseph

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