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		<title>Who Among Us Doesn’t Want Law and Order?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Livingston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How have we evolved into a faceless people? How did we become politically  correct? There is a system. Outwardly and ideally it is the rule of law and a  moral order. Inwardly and secretly it has an unannounced agenda of human and  population control, regardless of the name of the system or the form of  government. Few are those who ask questions. Keep reading to learn what  questions the state doesn’t want asked&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How have we evolved into a faceless  people? How did we become politically correct?</p>
<p>Sometimes, when I get galled and tired from  the tasks of the day, I watch the national news. What do the newscasters really  say? What news do they really tell us in America?</p>
<p>I am duly impressed by how articulate  they are and how they never say anything. They are trained icons at having NO  OPINION.</p>
<p>It’s my conclusion that to be politically  correct and socially acceptable in America is to be a faceless people.  Just have no opinion.</p>
<p>Oh yes, we can master the King’s English  as long as we don’t say anything. Does this remind us of the three monkeys who  “See no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil?”</p>
<p>This is modern America, faceless and soulless. Scripture  suggests that we are neither hot nor cold and that God spews us out. (Rev.  3:15-19) So how do we learn? How do we approach reality?</p>
<p>I have my own rules. My rule&mdash;and I have  taught this to my children&mdash;is to believe just the opposite of government and  political pronouncements. This is the most direct route to sobriety and a peek  at the real world.</p>
<p>The system can thrive with no opinion. With  this syndrome, “they” can milk us and shear us and keep us on the animal farm.  We are as docile and obedient as cattle.  We can be intellectual giants and, as far as  practical reality, be complete idiots.</p>
<p>But what if our inner soul begins to  suspect disharmony of and disgust with the monotony of the system and the  sickening conformity of the masses? The people can have literally the firepower  of armies and still be under disciplined control, just so long as they believe  the lies of the system.</p>
<p>How else can countries field  multi-million-man armies that really don’t know who their enemies are, but are  willing to fight to the death for some nebulous propaganda? Ignorance is not  bliss. It is sorrow and death.</p>
<p>If we do not  know reality we cannot know right from  wrong. We have no moral ethic or restraints.</p>
<p>There is a system. Outwardly and ideally  it is the rule of law and a moral order. Inwardly and secretly it has an  unannounced agenda of human and population control, regardless of the name of the  system or the form of government. The same secret elite rules. They have the  power of life and death through and with thought control.</p>
<p>There can be no secret elite without  thought control. Man must not be allowed to think his own thoughts, but must  think the thoughts of the system. And he must not know the difference.</p>
<p>Mind control is used to extract wealth and  human freedom without consent. The most perfect crime is when the people who carry  out the will and purpose of the system do not suspect the complete shroud of  thought control. They suspect nothing.</p>
<p>There are those who see and there are the  many that are blinded. What gives us perception and vision? Knowledge is the mechanical  attribute of the brain.</p>
<p>The world is floating in knowledge. There  are thousands of universities and colleges. This is the black and white world,  the rote and the mundane.</p>
<p>But wisdom only filters through to a very  few. They are the ones who see with their souls and with their spirits. Their  vision is as the colors of the rainbow. Spiritual vision cannot be known or  communicated to the vain.</p>
<p>Words carry knowledge but words cannot  carry wisdom. Wisdom is perception and spiritual discernment. It is to know God  and reality.</p>
<p>It is the evolution of consciousness. It  is the fullness of life on earth that God intended. Blessed are those who have  it!</p>
<p>It is beautifully described in Madame  Ghis’ book “<em>Madame Ghis:</em> <em>Escape In Prison</em>.” In it she wrote:</p>
<blockquote><p>
“My soul showed me  that the world in which I live is made up of lies and illusions. Reality can only be perceived with the soul’s eyes. With  her (my soul) help, I  learned that behind the tax system and all other systems, we find slaves without chains, human beings who are ignorant  and unconscious  of being the property of the State. </p>
<p>They trust their government enough to entrust it with their children,  their health, their property and their entire lives. Citizens cannot guess that  the State is a mere legislator and tax collector working for the bank of Canada, and a  cartel of private bankers.</p>
<p>When I became aware of this situation, I decided to put an end to my  life as the subject of a ‘higher’ authority. How could I do this?</p>
<p>By doing the exact opposite of what I had been doing before. How does a  slave behave? Like a domestic dog. He submits to the will of his master who  uses it as he wishes. In return, the master feeds it and brings it security.  The more docile is the dog, the better he gets treated.”</p>
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<p>Madame Ghis is a prison name given by inmates to Dr. Marie Eva Sophie Ghislain Lanctot, a medical doctor who spent a few months in prison for refusing to conform to the income tax system in Canada. She has written several  revealing books, “<em>The Medical Mafia</em>,” “<em>The Trial of the</em> <em>Medical Mafia</em>,” “<em>What the Hell am I Doing Here</em> <em>Anyway</em>,” and “<em>Madame Ghis: Escape in Prison</em>.” They can be bought at  <a href="http://www.personocratia.com" target="_blank">www.personocratia.com</a>.</p>
<p>How do we become aware of the illusory world  in which we live? How do we come to understand that law, finance, politics and religion  are all interconnected?</p>
<p>Everything turns on the individual imperative  to inquire. Do you know that most people do not inquire? They ask no questions.  They seek no information.</p>
<p>We who inquire are few. We speak of the  battle for our minds. We seek freedom from lies and deception which saturates  our lives. Self change and release from deception is not easy, nor is it comfortable.</p>
<p>It is very difficult for the ego to let  go of old habits of thought and lifelong, cherished attachments. The inquiring  person reaches reality according to his own level of consciousness.</p>
<p>What then does the fascist state not tell  us? What does the state not want us to know?</p>
<p>They do not want us to know that we do  not think our own thoughts, but those of the system. They do not want us to  know that we do not have human freedom, that democracy is a myth.</p>
<p>They do not want us to know that we have imaginary  money that transfers wealth and savings to the state.</p>
<p>They do not want us to know that public schools  and universities are government schools. They indoctrinate us with the system so  that we cannot evaluate reality.</p>
<p>They do not want us to know that the  medical system is a front for pharmaceuticals and a marketing vehicle for their  drugs.</p>
<p>They  promote a sickness system to sell drugs. The American people are fast  discovering that sea salt and water are more medicinal than all the drugs.</p>
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		<title>U.N. Using Climate to Push One World Government Reforms</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Livingston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The  United Nations (U.N.) Climate Change Conference is currently drafting a treaty  that would place the United    States under an unelected, undemocratic  world body with the power to impose taxes and place limits on industry,  transportation, mining and energy production. Read this article and decide  whether this is the One World Government power grab so many fear&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With  assaults on our nation’s freedoms and liberties coming from so many directions  at the same time it is difficult to characterize one as being more dangerous  than another. But a United Nations (U.N.) gathering scheduled for Dec. 7 &#8211; 18 may hold more lasting ramifications to U.S. sovereignty than anything the  republic has ever faced.</p>
<p>That’s  when the first overt attempt at establishing the framework of a One World  Government will occur.</p>
<p>The  U.N. Climate Change Conference is currently drafting a treaty that, if signed  by President Barack Obama and ratified by the U.S.  senate, would place the U.S.  under an unelected, undemocratic world body that could impose taxes and place  limits on industry, transportation, mining and energy production in order to  limit carbon emissions.</p>
<p>Global  warming zealots from around the world are scheduled to gather in Copenhagen, Denmark  to try and suck billions of dollars from the U.S. economy and the economies of  other industrialized nations and spread that money around to developing  countries, all in the name of saving the planet.</p>
<p>As <em>The Washington Times</em> editorialized on  Oct. 27:<br />
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  “The treaty’s text is not yet finalized but  its principles are aimed at regulating all economic activity in the name of  climate security, with a side effect that billions of dollars would be  transferred from productive countries to the unproductive.<br />
  “The control lever is the regulation of  carbon emissions, which some purport are causing global warming. The treaty  would establish a carbon market Regulatory Agency and “global carbon budget for  each country.<br />
  “In effect, this would allow the treaty’s  governing bodies to limit manufacturing, transportation, travel, agriculture,  mining, energy production and anything else that emits carbon&mdash;like breathing.”</p>
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<p>One  of the few people sounding the alarm on this sinister conference is climate  expert and foe of global warming alarmist Al Gore, Lord Christopher Monckton,  former science advisor to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.</p>
<p>“I  read that treaty,” Monckton told the Minnesota Free Market Institute as posted  on wattsupwiththat.com, “And what it says is this, that a world government is  going to be created. The word ‘government’ actually appears as the first of  three purposes of the new entity. The second purpose is the transfer of wealth  from the other countries of the West to third world countries, in satisfaction  of what is called, coyly, ‘climate debt,’ because we’ve been burning CO2 and  they haven’t. We’ve been screwing up the climate and they haven’t. And the  third purpose of this new entity, this government, is enforcement.”</p>
<p>The  most recently-released copy of the treaty can be found <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/un-fccc-copenhagen-2009.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.  Section 38 mentions government and outlines how it will be framed and financed.</p>
<p>The  treaty is still a work in progress even though the U.N. Framework Convention on  Climate Change had planned to have it finalized before the opening of the  conference.</p>
<p>Obama  first said he wouldn’t attend the conference unless the treaty is finalized. But  he began backtracking on that statement last week, saying if his presence could  push the deal through he would attend.</p>
<p>Hoping  to spur a deal, California Senator Barbara Boxer in early November decided to  pass a climate change bill out of committee without Republican support.</p>
<p>Without  a clear indication from legislation of how much the U.S. is willing to contribute, the  treaty probably won’t be finalized in time. Some other industrialized nations  are also balking at the cost and regulations in the treaty, prompting U.N.  climate Chief Yvo de Boer to say he didn’t think a legally binding agreement  could be passed during the upcoming conference, but he thought one could  be reached within a year.</p>
<p>Notice  his use of the term, “legally binding.” That’s what they’re after, because once  the treaty is signed by the president and ratified by the senate, any hope of America  extricating itself from the agreement is gone.</p>
<p>“You  can’t resign from the treaty unless you get agreement from all the other state  parties,” Monckton said. “And because you’ll be the biggest paying country,  they’re not going to let you out of it.”</p>
<p>And  don’t think Obama won’t sign an agreement if it can be finalized. He’s  signified he’s all in on the global warming boondoggle. And the Democrats only  need to persuade six Republicans to join them to ratify the treaty.</p>
<p>Arizona  Senator John McCain, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham (who began working  Nov. 5 to help draft compromise Cap and Trade legislation) and Maine Senators  Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are likely defectors.</p>
<p>Signing  such a treaty and ratifying it into law would be an unconstitutional ceding of U.S.  sovereignty to another entity. But what’s one more unconstitutional act in Washington?</p>
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		<title>The Results of Our Ignorance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Livingston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Ignorance  is a lack of knowledge, education or awareness. There are many who are ignorant  and that ignorance has gotten us in the predicament we are in. But don’t call  the elected class ignorant. They know exactly what they’re doing. Keep reading  to learn what’s going on in America&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ignorance  is a lack of knowledge, education or awareness.</p>
<p>There  are many people today who know little or nothing about the U.S. Constitution.  There are many who know little or nothing of U.S. history, let alone world  history. There are many who know little or nothing about central banks, and how  they are used to steal our wealth.</p>
<p>There  are many who buy into the glossed-over news of the day. There are many who take  at face value the words of the elected class, the pundits and main stream media  talking heads and printed headlines.</p>
<p>There  are many who buy into the party line of their preferred political party. There  are many who blindly believe the various political parties have a platform on  which they base their actions and agendas and are committed to following  through on those policies. There are many who believe the president, senator or  representative they elected has in their hearts the best interests of the  people they supposedly serve.</p>
<p>There  are many who are ignorant.</p>
<p>It’s  not all their fault&mdash;particularly the younger generations. Their education  system has been corrupted by 1960s radicalism&mdash;the same radicalism that has  infected our government.</p>
<p>Public  education has become a sad joke. Its downward slide accelerated with the  passage of “No Child Left Behind.” None are left behind because none are  allowed to get ahead. The intelligent children are left languishing and fending  for themselves while extra resources are devoted to those unable to keep up.</p>
<p>In  speaking with a seventh grader recently I asked what he had been studying in  his U.S.  history class. Well, we spent about 20 minutes on World War II, then several  class periods on how the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team beat the Russians in the 1980  Olympics, was the reply.</p>
<p>In  class they watched <em>Miracle</em>, the 2004  movie about the team and its victory.</p>
<p>How  backward is that? Twenty minutes spent learning about a six-year war spawned  from the feckless, irresponsible and dastardly policies of the elected and  ruling classes that resulted in the deaths of somewhere between 62 million and  79 million people worldwide. Several class periods on a three-hour hockey game  that gave Americans a temporarily thrilling victory over a Cold War foe at the  tail end of four moribund years of Jimmy Carterism.</p>
<p>Even  the seventh grader was perplexed by his teacher’s decision.</p>
<p>Also  glossed over in his class was more than 230 years of American history.</p>
<p>Is  it any wonder there is so much ignorance?</p>
<p>Lack  of understanding of the founding of our great country has led us to where we  are now. Lack of understanding of the origins of the Federal Reserve&mdash;and other  government attempts to establish a central bank&mdash;has led us to where we are now.  Lack of understanding of the causes of Great Depression and the misguided  (deliberately or unintentionally) attempts to head it off, and how government  policies affected the country’s financial health for years has led us to where  we are now. Lack of understanding of how a president’s policies can affect a  country has led us to where we are now.</p>
<p>Where  are we now? In an economic pit of our own making&mdash;suffering the aftereffects of  a Fed-created bubble that spurred individuals and businesses to borrow and  spend like there was no tomorrow. Now there may not be one.</p>
<p>Where  are we now? Exacerbating the problem by dumping money out of helicopters in an  attempt to stop it&mdash;at least that’s what the elected class tells us they’re  trying to do. It’s a policy enacted by a supposed conservative, George W. Bush,  and perpetuated on a grander scale by Barack Obama.</p>
<p>Where  are we now? Watching as the elected class finds more ways to spend more money  and steal the wealth of the individuals through massive tax hikes under the  guise of healthcare reform.</p>
<p>Where  are we now? Waiting for the other shoe to drop in the form of Cap and Trade,  which amounts to more taxes and more spending.</p>
<p>Where  are we now? Enduring the Obama presidency, which equals Jimmy Carter to the  second power.</p>
<p>Sadly,  many are ready to go full steam ahead with such policies.</p>
<p>Never  mind that the elected class isn’t even considering whether such things are  Constitutional. Forcing Americans to buy a product&mdash;health insurance&mdash;is okay  with the elected class.</p>
<p>Maryland  Rep. Steny Hoyer said it’s permissible under the general welfare clause of the  Constitution. Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs told the press the president  wasn’t even considering whether it was constitutional and no one had brought it  up.</p>
<p>Don’t  think the elected class is ignorant. They’re not. They know exactly what  they’re doing&mdash;stealing your wealth and your liberty.</p>
<p>Never  mind whether it’s Constitutional, says the elected class. We know what’s best  for you.</p>
<p>Never  mind whether it’s Constitutional, it’s free, say the ignorant.</p>
<p>Our  healthcare system is in terrible shape, we need to have competition, says the  elected class. Government can do it better than the free market can.</p>
<p>Yeah.  With the compassion of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the efficiency of  the Post Office.</p>
<p>Where  are we now&hellip; really? Many are sitting in front of the television watching Simon  Cowell or anxiously awaiting the result of who is getting kicked off the island  next or watching some stars in a dance contest.</p>
<p>Some  are waking up. The Tea Parties demonstrate that.</p>
<p>But  too many are ignorant. And apparently they’re ready to accept anything as long  as it’s “free.”</p>
<p>After  all: ignorance is bliss and free is good.</p>
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		<title>Monopoly Monopolizing the Board Game Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chip Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out of the depths of the Great Depression came the most popular  board game in history. More than 750 million people have played some version of  Monopoly since the game made its debut on Nov. 5, 1935.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Out of the depths of the Great Depression came the most popular  board game in history. More than 750 million people have played some version of  Monopoly since the game made its debut on Nov. 5, 1935.</p>
<p>Among various special editions that have been issued, Neiman Marcus  offered one in their 1978 <em>Christmas Wish  Book</em> where every element&mdash;board, tokens, cards, dice and money&mdash;was made of  chocolate. Then in 2000, F.A.O. Schwartz toy company produced a “One of a Kind”  Monopoly set. The department store topped the hotels and houses with emeralds  and sapphires. It also made the tokens of solid gold, and the money was real  currency. For $100,000, you could take it home.</p>
<p>Before the collapse of communism you could buy a version of Monopoly  in Russian, which strikes me as pretty ironic. And <em>Mad Magazine</em> once created an anti-Monopoly game, where the  objective was to lose all of your money as quickly as possible.</p>
<p>The best-known edition of Monopoly is the original “Atlantic City” version. The  city’s streets, railroads and utilities were chosen by Charles Darrow, the  game’s inventor, long before Donald Trump and numerous casinos transformed the  town. Boardwalk and Park Place  were the most valuable properties, with Baltic and Mediterranean Avenues the  least desirable.</p>
<p>If you managed to buy up all properties of one color (or all  railroads, or utilities), you had a monopoly and could jack up the rents. The  goal of the game, after all, was to bankrupt your opponents and grab all of  their money. (Bet you never thought about the anti-capitalist philosophy behind  the game, did you?)</p>
<p>One of the problems with Monopoly is that the game can take  forever to play. (Hasbro, the game’s current owner, says the longest one on  record lasted 1,680 hours.) Most contests today have a time limit&mdash;two hours at  the national championships.</p>
<p><em>&mdash;Chip Wood</em></p>
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		<title>Your Brain Is Related To Your Sex Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Livingston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Everyone  knows testosterone plays a role in the sex life of males, but few understand  its effects&#8212;in both males and females&#8212;in other functions of the body. Proper  levels of testosterone help reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other degenerative brain afflictions. Read this article to learn more about this important hormone and what the pharmaceutical industry is doing to keep you in  the dark about it&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What do your brain and your sex life have in common?  It’s testosterone.</p>
<p>There are ways to increase testosterone as we get older.  Testosterone decreases with age. This causes an avalanche of other problems.</p>
<p>Testosterone is truly the elixir of youth. With the  exception of health enthusiasts, few people are even aware of the great  importance of testosterone in total health, and this certainly includes most  doctors.</p>
<p>Of course, the trouble is that the line between the  natural hormone and the synthetic, or steroids which are illegal, is blurred.  This may be done on purpose to keep natural hormones out of the mental  awareness of the people.</p>
<p>The pharmaceutical companies consider hormones to be their  domain&mdash;and this includes testosterone. But they deal in synthetics or steroids  which they extract and sell as prescription drugs. This blurring and confusing  of steroids with natural hormone has worked with the people and most doctors.</p>
<p>Pharmaceuticals are masters of deceit. They create  confusion that they channel in their favor. Yes, it is psychological propaganda  and confusion.</p>
<p>Anything that we lose as we age needs to be replaced if  possible. I can think of nothing more important than testosterone. When natural  testosterone is not replaced with age, men’s testosterone gets so low that  their bodies can’t make much estrogen at all. In both sexes the body makes  estrogen by converting testosterone to estrogen.</p>
<p>I have written about acquiring testosterone 5 percent cream  from a compounding pharmacy. This is what I use. But there are other  non-prescription precursors that produce natural testosterone.</p>
<p>The sex hormones come from cholesterol and the  pharmaceuticals are trying to stamp out cholesterol under the pretext of heart  health.</p>
<p>It is commerce and actually the lowering of cholesterol  is extremely negative for heart health. And the doctors won’t come off of this  anti-cholesterol phobia.</p>
<p>The first cause of skyrocketing cholesterol is insulin imbalance. Testosterone and the other sex hormones, estrogen and progesterone, are  produced from cholesterol as are the sex hormone precursors DHEA and  androstenedione.</p>
<p>As we age we seem to get insulin resistant, causing us  to be overweight and leading to diminished testosterone and DHEA levels.</p>
<p>Pharmaceuticals don’t say much about insulin because any  honest insulin studies lead to the subject of the high U.S. consumption of fructose  corn syrup and the health hazard it is causing, resulting in a pandemic of  diabetes.</p>
<p>Sugar causes high insulin levels and medical problems.  Low insulin correlates with higher DHEA levels and higher testosterone levels and  normal cholesterol levels.</p>
<p>Well, we started with the direct relationship of the  brain and sex life or sexual potency. I, like most people, think of  testosterone as it relates to enhanced sex life, or diminished sex life if testosterone  is low.</p>
<p>But Dr. Jonathan Wright, in his October 2008 newsletter <em>Nutrition and Healing</em> (www.wrightnewsletter.com), states that testosterone  levels are directly related to cognitive function. He writes “The sex part is important,  no doubt, but who cares about sex if you can’t remember who you’re with or what  you’re doing with her?”</p>
<p>Dr. Wright writes that natural “testosterone replacement  for men is extremely important for significantly reducing the risk of  Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline.”</p>
<p>Also, “higher serum (natural bio-identical) estrogen  levels in women in their 60s are directly correlated with lower incidence of Alzheimer’s  in those same women decades<br />
  later.</p>
<p>“Testosterone for men and estrogen (that’s real,  bio-identical estrogen&mdash;not horse estrogen as used in conventional medicine) for  women is very protective for the entire cardiovascular system, including the  blood supply to the brain.”</p>
<p>Seniors, we all need to be aware of declining levels of  nutrients and hormones with aging. We need iodine, DHEA, coenzyme Q10,  glutathione, etc. Above all, let’s try not to become insulin resistant.</p>
<p>Watch all sugars or sweeteners, especially high fructose  corn syrup (HFCS). It is more dangerous to the people than a standing army.</p>
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		<title>What can I do to Reduce my Chances of Developing Cancer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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What can I do to reduce my chances of developing cancer?
A: The main things you  can do are: get Omega-3 fats from krill oil, fish oil or cod liver oil; take up  to 5,000 IUs of vitamin D3 daily; eat as much fresh raw vegetables daily as you  can (research has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Dear Bob,</strong></p>
<p><strong>What can I do to reduce my chances of developing cancer?</strong></p>
<p><strong>A:</strong> The main things you  can do are: get Omega-3 fats from krill oil, fish oil or cod liver oil; take up  to 5,000 IUs of vitamin D3 daily; eat as much fresh raw vegetables daily as you  can (research has shown that if one-half of your diet is raw, the probability  of no cancer is very high); maintain ideal body weight; boil, poach or steam  your foods (never fry or charbroil); and take iodine daily according to your  needs.</p>
<p>Also,  cancer is a sugar junky and cancers thrive on sugar. Avoid all sugar of all  kinds, especially fructose corn syrup. Almost all commercial foods contain  sugar. If we are to avoid sugar, we will have to work at it in America.</p>
<p>Best Wishes,<br />
  Bob</p>
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		<title>If You Are Known by the Company You Keep, What do Obama’s Associates Say About Him?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a fable that tells us that a man is known by the company he keeps. And it’s true. So what does that say about President Barack Obama? If you want to learn a little about Obama’s inner circle, both now and as he was growing up, read this article&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In  the Aesop’s Fable, <em>The Ass and His  Purchaser</em>, a man looking to buy a donkey wanted to test the animal before  completing the purchase. So he put the donkey in his field with the other  donkeys to see what would happen.</p>
<p>The  donkey immediately strayed from the majority of the herd and cozied up to the  laziest donkey of all.</p>
<p>Seeing  that, the man led the donkey back to his owner. When the owner asked how he  could judge the donkey’s character so quickly the man explained, “I didn’t even  need to see how he worked. I knew he would be just like the one he chose to be  his friend.”</p>
<p>A  person is known by the company he keeps.</p>
<p>Fables  are popular because they tell the story of the way things in life really work.  In business, when someone takes over a department or company, that person  promotes those he or she likes to positions of authority. The new manager seeks  out those who have a philosophy, work ethic and disposition similar to his.</p>
<p>One  would expect a president to do the same thing. After all, a president is  elected&mdash;supposedly&mdash;based on the vision, ideas and proposals he championed  during the campaign. It would then make sense that he would put in place those  who supported his vision and would therefore be enthusiastic in working to  achieve it.</p>
<p>So  who are President Barack Obama’s friends, and who has he put in charge of the  effort to enact his policies? And what do the friends he has chosen and the  people he has put in position of authority in his administration say about him?</p>
<p>Following,  in alphabetical order, is a list of some of Obama’s friends, advisors and  people charged with enacting his policies:</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li><strong>William Ayers</strong>&mdash;Now a       professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Ayers       spent 10 years as a fugitive in the 1970s when he was part of the domestic       terrorist organization known as the Weather Underground. In the early       1970s the Weather Underground was responsible for bombing the U.S. State       Department in Washington, D.C.,       and setting a bomb that didn’t go off at a military induction center in Oakland, Calif.       The group also murdered two policemen and a Brink’s truck driver in a       botched armored car robbery, according to the Federal Bureau of       Investigation’s (FBI) website. Ayers surrendered to face charges in the       1980s, but the charges were dropped because of improper surveillance.       Coincidentally, on Sept. 11, 2001, Ayers was being interviewed about a       book he had written and he told the interviewer he didn’t think the       Weather Underground had done enough. Ayers and Obama first crossed paths       in Chicago       in the 1990s and served together on the board of the not-for-profit       Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a boondoggle to spend tens of millions of       dollars for their pet “education” projects. Obama downplayed his       friendship with Ayers as casual, but evidence indicates their relationship       was much more. Many now believe that Ayers penned Obama’s “autobiography” <em>Dreams from My Father</em>.</li>
</ul>
<ul type="disc">
<li><strong>Carol Browner</strong>&mdash;Obama’s       Director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, Browner is an avowed socialist. She served as one of 14 leaders of       Socialist International’s Commission for a Sustainable World Society,       which calls for global governance and says rich countries must shrink       their economies to address climate change, according to an article in <em>The Washington Times</em>. The group       supports socialism and has been harshly critical of U.S. policies. She is also a       supporter of <a href="http://www.personalliberty.com/freedom-concerns/is-government-planning-to-force-you-to-live-in-the-city/" target="_blank">smart growth policies</a>, as we have       described previously. Browner also served on the board of Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate       Protection, though her name was scrubbed from the site after Obama tapped       her for the director’s position. Not surprisingly, Obama’s transition team       told <em>The Times</em> Browner’s       membership in a socialist organization was not a problem.</li>
</ul>
<ul type="disc">
<li><strong>Frank Marshall Davis</strong>&mdash;You won’t       find Davis’       name on an organizational chart of White House staff, but he was       instrumental in forming the political philosophy of Barack Hussein Obama.       Called “Uncle Frank” in <em>Dreams from       My Father</em>, Davis was a member of the       Communist Party USA (CPUSA), according to a 1951 report of the Commission       on Subversive Activities to the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii.       Obama has admitted to spending time with Uncle Frank&mdash;who he cryptically       describes as being a person of some modest notoriety at one time—and listening       to his poetry and getting career path advice. Davis may also have been a pedophile.       Writing under the pseudonym Bob Greene, Davis wrote a debased pornographic novel       entitled, <em>Sex Rebel: Black (Memiors       of a Gash Gourmet),</em> in which he describes group sex encounters and sex       he and his wife had with a 13-year-old girl named Anne. Davis died in 1987.</li>
</ul>
<ul type="disc">
<li><strong>Anita Dunn</strong>&mdash;As White       House Communications advisor, Dunn has been seen a lot lately as the face       of the Obama administration’s strategy to try and discredit Fox News. She       is described on Politico.com as a veteran Democratic strategist and top       advisor on Obama’s presidential campaign. As the war between the Obama       White House (see more under Rham Emmanual) and Fox has escalated, videotape       has surfaced showing Dunn gloating over how the campaign “controlled” the       media. Another videotape surfaced showing Dunn speaking at a June high       school graduation ceremony where she praised Marxist/Communist Chinese       Premiere Mao Zedong as one of her favorite philosophers and one of the two       people she turns to most. It’s difficult to understand how Mao had time to       philosophize as he was busy killing somewhere between 50 million and 70       million of his country’s citizens during his 27-year reign of terror.</li>
</ul>
<ul type="disc">
<li><strong>Ezekiel Emanuel</strong>&mdash;The       president’s Special Advisor for Health Policy, Ezekiel is brother to White       House Chief of Staff Rham Emanuel. Ezekiel is the source of Sarah Palin’s       death panel idea. This Emanuel has written that he believes many healthcare       treatments should be denied to those under 15 and over 65 to save money,       the rationale being that only people between 15 and 65 are beneficial to       society.</li>
</ul>
<ul type="disc">
<li><strong>Rahm Emanuel</strong>&mdash;Obama’s White       House Chief of Staff, Emanuel is a thug Chicago politician who once sent a       two-and-a-half foot long, dead and decomposing fish to lobbyist Allen       Secrest to express his displeasure. He’s known for his full-time use of       gutter language and once told then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair just       before an appearance with Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal:       “This is important. Don’t f**k it up.” He also coined the phrase, “You       never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” He’s also behind the       ridiculous policy of starting a fight with television news agency Fox News.</li>
</ul>
<ul type="disc">
<li><strong>Chai Feldblum</strong>&mdash;Nominated by       the president to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Feldblum       signed a radical 2006 manifesto which endorsed polygamous households and       argued traditional marriage should not be privileged “above all others,”       according to a report in <em>Catholic       News Agency</em>. According to a statement from the White House, Feldblum       has worked on advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights…”       She is co-director of Workplace Flexibility 2010, which she described at a       UCLA symposium as a homosexual rights group that aimed to change the       American workplace and revolutionize social mores, according to a report       on the WorldnetDaily website.</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong>Patrick Gaspard</strong>&mdash;White House       Political Director, Gaspard was formerly a lobbyist for Service Employees       International Union (SEIU), the organization that sent its thugs out to       disrupt Tea Party protests and stir up trouble at town hall meetings in       August. Prior to that, Gaspard worked as national field director for       American Coming Together (ACT), a sub-group of the Association for       Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). ACT was fined $775,000 in       civil penalties by the federal government for various voter fraud       offenses. You can read more about ACORN<a href="http://www.personalliberty.com/conservative-politics/watching-acorn-get-chopped-down/" target="_blank"> here</a>. </li>
</ul>
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<li><strong>Eric Holder</strong>&mdash;The Attorney       General of the United States       is an anti-gun racist who earlier this year referred to the United States       as “a nation of cowards” on race relations. He also has an interesting       take on justice. He worked to convince President Clinton to pardon       billionaire fugitive Mark Rich (convicted of fraud and racketeering), Weather       Underground (where have we heard of that organization before?) terrorists       Susan Rosenberg and Linda Evans, and he declined to prosecute New Black       Panther brutes who stood over a Pennsylvania polling station with baseball       bats intimidating voters. Oh yes, he also wants to bring Guantanamo Bay       prisoners to the United         States.</li>
</ul>
<ul type="disc">
<li><strong>John Holdren</strong>&mdash;Obama’s       Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is not       only an abortion supporter, he is an abortion nut who believes that       compulsory abortions could be sustained under the existing U.S.       Constitution if a population crisis arose. He also supports mass       sterilization of the U.S.       population through lacing the country’s water supply with drugs. Holdren       authored with two other people a book called <em>Ecoscience</em> promoting their loony ideas about population       control and One World Government&mdash;or what they called a Planetary Regime&mdash;to       regulate international trade, the food supply and determine the optimum       population for the world.</li>
</ul>
<ul type="disc">
<li><strong>Valerie Jarrett</strong>&mdash;The <em>New York Times</em> called Jarrett,       Obama Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Public Engagement       and Intergovernmental Affairs, the ultimate Obama insider. She has also       been called the other half of Obama’s brain. She’s another one of those Chicago thug politicians       who has gamed the system&mdash;including operating as a slum lord&mdash;for her own       benefit. Her company, Habitat, Inc., managed the Grove Parc housing       complex which was located in the district represented by State Senator       Obama. As state senator, Obama coauthored a bill to give tax credits for       developers which Jarrett used on the complex. As U.S. senator, Obama pressed       for increased federal subsidies for like projects. Despite receiving government       funds and tax credits, Grove Parc was ordered demolished because of its       deplorable condition. She also served the administrations of Chicago mayors Harold       Washington and Richard Daly, both scandal-plagued. Washington,       by the way, was backed in his bid for mayor by Chicago’s Communist Party and the local       branch of the Democratic Socialists of America. Called by the <em>Washington Post</em> a tutor to Obama       and his wife Michelle, Jarrett is the step-daughter of Chicago journalist Vernon Jarrett.       Vernon Jarrett was an associate of Frank Marshal Davis, Obama’s mentor,       when Davis lived in Chicago       prior to moving to Hawaii.</li>
</ul>
<ul type="disc">
<li><strong>Kevin Jennings</strong>&mdash;This former       school teacher and long-time gay rights activist was named Obama’s Safe       Schools Czar. He has accused Baptists, the Boy Scouts and sports fans of       anti-gay bias, and advocates a special high school for gay teens and       gay-straight alliance clubs for every high school in America,       according to a report in CNSNews.com. He believes that kindergartners       should be taught to respect all sexual orientations while insisting that       “ex-gay messages” and “Christian values” are misused to isolate or       denigrate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and have no place       in the nation’s public schools, CNSNews.com reported. Oh yeah, he also       supports pedophilia. While Jennings was a       teacher, a minor student told Jennings       that he was having gay sex with an adult. Jennings covered it up. He also has       praised Harry Hay, a defender of the North American Man-Boy Love       Association (NAMBLA), which promotes legalization of sexual abuse of young       boys by older men.</li>
</ul>
<ul type="disc">
<li><strong>Van Jones</strong>&mdash;Once Obama’s       White House Environmental Advisor, Jones was fired in the dead of night on       a holiday weekend after a video surfaced in which he called Republicans a       bodily orifice, and after a controversial document he signed was revealed.       That document accused former President George W. Bush and Vice President       Dick Cheney of either planning or knowing about ahead of time the attacks       of Sept. 11, 2001. In addition to being a 9/11 Truther, Jones is an avowed       Communist. He was appointed to his position by Valerie Jarrett, who has       been seen on video praising Jones and saying she and Obama had been       watching Jones for a long time.</li>
</ul>
<ul type="disc">
<li><strong>Mark Lloyd</strong>&mdash;FCC Diversity       Czar, is also known as the man who wants to stifle free speech in America like Hugo Chavez does in Venezuela.       He has been videotaped saying the Chavez revolution in Venezuela was almost lost       because of the privately-owned media. Chavez, of course, is the Marxist       dictator of Venezuela,       personal friend to Communist dictator Fidel Castro of Cuba and Islamic terrorist dictator Mahmoud       Ahmadenijad of Iran.       In 2006, while at the liberal Center for American Progress, Lloyd wrote a       book entitled, <em>Prologue to a Farce:       Communications and Democracy in America</em>. In it he presents the idea       that all private broadcasters should be charged licensing fees at a rate       equal to their operating expenses and that money should go to the Public       Broadcasting System (PBS). In a 2007 report entitled <em>The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio</em>, Lloyd       complains about the fact that people want to listen to Christian and       conservative talk radio rather than liberal radio, and lists ways the       Federal government can fix the “problem.” His solution would include caps       on the number of local stations a corporation can own, ensure greater local       accountability on radio licensing and require owners who fail to fulfill       their obligations to pay a fee to support PBS.</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong>Cecelia Munoz</strong>&mdash;Now White       House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Munoz was previously Senior       Vice President of The National Council of La Raza, the largest Hispanic       lobbying organization in the country, which has called national       anti-immigration groups “hate groups.” La Raza, which literally translates       The Race, funds extremist groups and supports illegal immigration as a way       of obtaining political power. The group advocates taking the Southwest U.S. for the purpose of creating a new       Hispanic state.</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong>Cass Sunstein</strong>&mdash;Recently       confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Administrator of the White House Office of       Administration and Regulatory Affairs, Sunstein is a Harvard Law School       professor and dingbat who has&mdash;in writings and speeches&mdash;called for a ban on       all hunting and claims that animals should be represented by lawyers in       animal abuse cases. He is a socialist who has advocated for gun control and       heavy regulation of the Internet. He also wrote in his 2008 book, <em>Nudge: Improving Decisions about       Health, Wealth and Happiness</em>, that he believes people’s organs can be       harvested without their consent. Sunstein would like to see personal email       communications regulated by the government and believes the Internet is       anti-democratic because of the way users can filter out information of       their own choosing.</li>
</ul>
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<li><strong>Rev. Jeremiah Wright</strong>&mdash;Obama sat in       Wright’s church for 20 years yet claims to have never heard any of the       hate-filled racism that crossed his lips. Wright’s anti-Semitic,       anti-American sermons came to light during the campaign. Among his claims:       the U.S. government was responsible for infecting blacks with the virus       that causes AIDS, America was responsible for the 9/11 attacks&mdash;“the       chickens have come home to roost”&mdash;and Jews are responsible for ethnic       cleansing in Gaza and are pressuring Obama associates to keep Wright and       Obama separated.</li>
</ul>
<p>These  are just a few of the folks who have occupied or currently occupy Obama’s inner  circle. He was passed off by the mainstream media as being a centrist and  moderate, but many of friends are anything but that, and some are quite  radical. And when you parse some of his words or find video or audio from  several years ago you know that Obama himself has some radical views.</p>
<p>But  the media ignored Obama’s ties to radicals and communists. That, and Obama’s  soaring rhetoric led many otherwise thoughtful and good people down the  primrose path, and they voted for him without realizing what they were getting.</p>
<p>But  as the truth gets out about his associates, the cover is coming off. He’s  becoming known by the company he keeps, as well as his own deeds.</p>
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		<title>The Vitamin D Cure by James E. Dowd, M.D., and Diane Stafford</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The  average American is Vitamin D deficient and that deficiency is behind many of  the diseases and ailments suffered by people of all ages, according to James E.  Dowd, M.D., and Diane Stafford in their book, <em>The Vitamin D Cure</em>.</p>
<p>The  book is written in simple prose and printed using large print, which makes it an  easy read. And Dr. Dowd backs his hypothesis with real-life examples from his  medical practice.</p>
<p>After  treating his patients for years for the symptoms of muscle and joint pain, back  pain, sleep disturbances, severe fatigue, muscle cramps and headaches, Dr. Dowd  found himself dealing with some of those symptoms himself. As he began to try  and diagnose the cause of his problems, he realized they began three years  after he moved from Texas to Michigan.</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The  average American is Vitamin D deficient and that deficiency is behind many of  the diseases and ailments suffered by people of all ages, according to James E.  Dowd, M.D., and Diane Stafford in their book, <em>The Vitamin D Cure</em>.</p>
<p>The  book is written in simple prose and printed using large print, which makes it an  easy read. And Dr. Dowd backs his hypothesis with real-life examples from his  medical practice.</p>
<p>After  treating his patients for years for the symptoms of muscle and joint pain, back  pain, sleep disturbances, severe fatigue, muscle cramps and headaches, Dr. Dowd  found himself dealing with some of those symptoms himself. As he began to try  and diagnose the cause of his problems, he realized they began three years  after he moved from Texas to Michigan.</p>
<p>He  had gone from a sunny climate to a darker one. His diet had also changed as he  had begun to eat foods richer in salt, pasta, bread, cereal and cheese. He had  reduced the amount of exercise he was getting and had hired a gardener so he  wouldn’t have to spend his off days doing yard work.</p>
<p>He  asked himself if lifestyle changes could be behind his problems. The answer? Yes.</p>
<p>He  improved his eating habits and began taking Vitamin D supplements and his  symptoms disappeared after just a few months. He then added an exercise routine  which eliminated the neck and back pain.</p>
<p>The  result led him to do more research on the importance of Vitamin D.</p>
<p>He  learned that if a person is suffering from the symptoms of: fatigue, joint pain  and/or swelling, muscle pain, cramping and/or weakness, uncontrolled weight  gain, high blood pressure, restless sleep, poor concentration and memory,  headaches, bowel problems (constipation, diarrhea or both) or bladder problems (urgency,  frequency or both), a lack of Vitamin D may be the culprit.</p>
<p>And  if a person is suffering from the diseases of: depression (including seasonal  affective disorder [SAD]), fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s  disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, gum disease and tooth loss, obesity,  diabetes, heart disease, metabolic syndrome, autoimmune diseases (multiple  sclerosis, systemic lupus, erythematosis, and cancer) an increase in Vitamin D  levels will help.</p>
<p>Dr.  Dowd explains that the urban lifestyle that has forced most Americans indoors  to fulfill the duties of their occupation has deprived them of enough sun  exposure for their bodies to produce sufficient Vitamin D naturally. This has  led to an increase in the occurrence of the listed maladies. About the only  people who now have enough naturally occurring Vitamin D are those who use  tanning beds three times a week, according to Dr. Dowd.</p>
<p>The  book contains a chart to help you determine how much Vitamin D supplement you  should take depending on your skin type, weight, age and geographic location.  It also contains a diet and exercise program to follow to help make sure your  body has the proper nutrients to produce and use Vitamin D for maximum benefit.</p>
<p>If you or a loved one  is suffering from any of the conditions or maladies Dr. Dowd has identified as  resulting from a Vitamin D deficiency, you must read this book and learn  whether his simple solution&mdash;Vitamin D&mdash;can provide the needed relief.</p>
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		<title>Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease&#8212;The Curse of Modern Medicine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alzheimer's is beta-amyloid accumulations in the brain tissue. Amyloid is a microscopic protein fragment of a larger protein called amyloid precursor, or protein normally found throughout the body. In Alzheimer's disease, this protein is processed improperly, creating a substance called beta-amyloid, which is toxic to brain cells. Although the medical people are at a loss when it comes to therapy for Alzheimer’s, there are ways to combat it. Check out this article for further facts and treatment suggestions for this mind-altering disease&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alzheimer&#8217;s  disease is the curse of modern medicine.</p>
<p>In  general, Alzheimer&#8217;s is beta-amyloid accumulations in the brain tissue. Amyloid  is a microscopic protein fragment of a larger protein called amyloid precursor,  or protein normally found throughout the body. In Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, this  protein is processed improperly, creating a substance called beta-amyloid,  which is toxic to brain cells. In a healthy brain, no problem&mdash;but in  Alzheimer&#8217;s disease these beta-amyloid protein fragments accumulate to form  insoluble plaques.</p>
<p>The  mechanical breakdown of cognitive function is caused by malfunction of acetylcholine,  the brain&#8217;s messenger molecule.</p>
<p>Acetylcholine  is simply a brain neurotransmitter that is responsible for numerous functions  including cognition and memory. An imbalance in acetylcholine affects  negatively the nerve impulse that is transmitted between nerve cells.</p>
<p>Trouble  is, the medical people don&#8217;t have a clue as far as therapy.</p>
<p>  We  place our confidence in natural nutrition that feeds and keeps the blood thin  as we age, supplements such as ginkgo biloba, garlic, niacin, EDTA and nattokinase.  An extra word about ginkgo biloba; this well-known and widely used herb is not  only an excellent blood thinner, it is an anti-inflammatory because of its  excellent circulation capacity. These are age-old blood thinners and nutrients.  They are known quantities&mdash;just like the Biblical teaching that life is in the  blood. &quot;For the life of the flesh is in the blood&#8230;the life of all flesh  is in the blood.&quot; Lev. 17 11:14. Life does not begin until blood becomes  present in the embryo.</p>
<p>A  product called phosphatidylserine (PS for short) can help reverse the effects  of Alzheimer’s, as reported by James F. Balch, M.D., in his newsletter, <em>Prescription for Healthy Living.</em></p>
<p>He  writes that, &quot;As long as you have plenty of PS in your bloodstream, your  body automatically builds thousands of vibrant, healthy new brain cells at any  age. In fact, PS is already reversing Alzheimer&#8217;s symptoms&mdash;not just in a few  individual cases, but in scores of scientific studies by major institutions  involving tens-of-thousands of patients.&quot;</p>
<p>  PS  can be ordered from a company that sells nutritional supplements, such as Health  Resources<sup>&trade;</sup> <a herf="http://www.healthresources.net"> (www.healthresources.net).</a></p>
<p>Dr.  Johanna Budwig&mdash;the late German pharmacologist, chemist and physicist&mdash;discovered that the  blood of a seriously ill cancer patient is deficient in certain substances and  nutrients. It is lack of these nutrients that allows cancer cells to grow wild  and out of control. The magic formula given in her classic book, <em>Fats and Oils,</em> is linseed (flax) oil  mixed in a base of low-fat cottage cheese (sulphur-based proteins).</p>
<p>Since  the brain is high fat we need balanced fat as in Dr. Budwig&#8217;s balanced fat of  flax oil and low-fat cottage cheese.</p>
<p>Disturbance  in fat metabolism (good fats) is the basis of all disease. This directly  applies to heart disease and its attendant symptom of shortness of breath,  according to Dr. Budwig. It is a documented fact that many people (especially  heart patients) suffer from an oxygen shortage simply because they are  deficient in oxygen-active lipids. Remember also that as outlined previously  <a href="http://www.personalliberty.com/health-concerns/trillions-for-disease-not-a-penny-for-health/" target="_blank">here</a>,   <a href="http://www.personalliberty.com/health-concerns/acid-buildup-in-the-tissue-equals-early-aging-cancer-and-death/" target="_blank">here</a>,   and <a href="http://www.personalliberty.com/health/more-oxygen-please/" target="_blank">here</a>,   a body slightly alkalized has much stronger oxygen carrying potential.</p>
<p>Bio-oxidation  (oxygen sufficiency) of the cell is seriously inhibited in a malignant tumor.  As bio-oxidation decreases, fermentation metabolism of the cancerous cell  increases. Dr. Budwig wrote that virgin linseed oil (flax&mdash;cold-processed,  unrefined, and additive-free) actually stimulates the bio-oxidation of cells  and tissues and normalizes the important oxygenation processes throughout the  organism. This would include the brain.</p>
<p>So  we need the essential proteins (essential fatty acids) and the essential amino  acids (proteins) which are present in low-fat cottage cheese.</p>
<p>Why  the combination of both essential fatty acids and essential amino acids? The  answer is that lipids (good fats) are only water-soluble and free-flowing when  bound to protein, thus forming an electric counter pole to their protein  carriers. This vitally important type of fat contains accumulated energy in its  electron clouds.</p>
<p>The balancing of  essential fats and proteins is essential to brain health as well as the entire  body. For more information, read Dr. Budwig&#8217;s classic <em>Fats and Oils</em>.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Dear Bob,</strong></p>
<p><strong>Why don’t the  rating agencies downgrade U.S.  debt?</strong></p>
<p><strong>A: </strong>The simple answer  is that if the rating agencies even hint of downgrading U.S. debt they will feel the strong arm of the U.S. political  establishment and they (the rating agencies) will bite the dirt. It is all a  hoax as we have just witnessed in the crash of Enron, Lehman Brothers and so  forth. The so-called rating agencies failed miserably, since they were in the  hire of the people they were rating. It is like putting Dracula in charge of  the blood bank. Come on!!!</p>
<p>Best Wishes,<br />
  Bob</p>
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