Warren Buffet’s Solution to National Debt

Congressional Reform Act of 2012               
 
  1. No Tenure / No Pension.
 
   A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay
   when they are out of office.
 
   2.  Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
 
   All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security
  system immediately.
   All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress
 participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
 
   3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
 
   4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay
  will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
 
   5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in
   the same health care system as the American people.
 
   6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.
 
   7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void
   effective 12/1/12.
      The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women.
   Congress made all these contracts for themselves.
   Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career.
   The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators,
   so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
 
   If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people,
   then it will only take three days
   for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message.
   Don't you think it's time?
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!

Goat Urinary Stone Prevention

So in late April, Zuma’s went to visit an amazing goat farm in Deckers Colorado to expand the therapy team by 3 goats. Upon arriving to this magical place full of walking paths and multiple goat pastures, we met 20+ Nigerian Dwarf goats and one Nigerian/Nubian cross.

Blown away at the beauty and care in constructing the perfect goat haven, worrying immediately that our space could never match the beauty of their current home. None the less the owner was needing to reduce his head count and the kids at Zuma’s could really benefit from the cute little goats.

We planned on taking three of the herd to live at Zuma’s just 8 miles north of their current home, the plans for mobile goat pens began. The following week we constructed portable pens that could move so grazing was always plentiful. The goats then moved to front and center at Zuma’s, becoming 2nd in line to Daisy Duke our Pot Belly pig as a kid favorite.

Just a short two weeks into our goat adventure, Nod our smallest little goat took ill, his little body was quivering and he seemed miserable. What to do, we know little of goat health and needed a quick reference, google of course. After reading the possible causes for the quivering Nod was then loaded into the back seat of the Toyota Tacoma AKA goat mobile.

An x-ray revealed that Nod to be impacted from rectum to intestine, IV fluides would be necessary to soften and remove the impaction. After 8 hours in the vet clinic and no relief, they inserted a tube into Nods tiny throat and oil was administered to aid in softening the mass. We too Nod back to Zuma’s and spent the night in the tack room with him monitoring his progress.

The next morning, poor Nod was still in tremendous pain, and unable to pass and fecal matter, off to the vets office to get more fluids and add calcium to the drip because Nod had a low calcium blood count . This seemed to help little Nod shiver less and begin passing some fecal matter. We thought we had rectified the problem poor Nod was having until pain and un able it appeared to urinate. The urine was just dripping out, back to google to learn that a urinary tract infection or possible stone can predicate an impaction.

Back to the vet to see if a catheter could remove the urinary blockage, with another X-ray we could see that Nod indeed had a full bladder, and the impaction had cleared. The male goat anatomy presents great difficulty in using a catheter, chances were looking grim but we pressed on.

Nod must be meant to be with Zuma’s for a long time, mid procedure, the stones were felt and manually manipulated out, with a strong release of urine, many tiny stones and the one larger culprit were release and no catheter was necessary. The hemostat used to remove the penis from the sheath aided in the stone being dislodged.

Stones are developed over long periods of time, thus his previous diet being un know was most likley a contributing factor additionally goats that are whethered before 6 months of age stand a great risk of developing stones. To protect Nod and our other wethered goat Tiny Tim we have begun a regemin of Amonnium Chloride pills one week out of every month to prevent the formation of future stones.

Stress~

Stress
A young lady confidently walked around the room while leading and explaining stress management to an audience; with a raised glass of water, and everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question, ‘half empty or half full?’….. she fooled them all… “How heavy is this glass of water?”, she inquired with a smile.Answers called out ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz. She replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that’s not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you’ll have to call an ambulance. In each case it’s the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”

She continued, “and that’s the way it is with stress. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, as the burden becomes increasingly heavy, we won’t be able to carry on.”

“As with the glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we’re refreshed, we can carry on with the burden – holding stress longer and better each time practiced. So, as early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don’t carry them through the evening and into the night…. pick them up tomorrow. Whatever burdens you’re carrying now, put them down for a moment. Relax, pick them up later after you’ve rested. Life is short. Enjoy it and the now ‘supposed’ stress that you’ve conquered!” 
1 * Accept the fact that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue!
2 * Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
3 * Always read stuff that makes you feel good.
4 * Drive carefully… It’s not only cars that can be recalled by their Maker..
5 * If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague
6 * If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it..
7 * It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
8 * Never buy a car you can’t push.
9 * Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won’t have a leg to stand on.
10 * Nobody cares if you can’t dance well.
Just get up and dance..
11 * Since it’s the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late..
12 * The second mouse gets the cheese.
13 * When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
14 * Birthdays are good for you. The more
you have, the longer you live.
15 * You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
16 * Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.
17 * We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box .
18 * A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
19 * Have an awesome day and know that someone thought about you today.
20 * It was me, your friend!
* Save the earth — It’s the only planet we know of with chocolate!*

Horse Slaughter 2012

 

Horse Slaughter

by; Zuma’s Rescue Ranch

The debate over horse slaughter is senseless~ 80% of Americans have spoken and they do not want horse slaughter in the US. The only way to end debate is to deal with the cause not the symptom. The Cause is over-breeding, we must regulate breeding of horses.

The notion that horses are like cattle; cattle did not carry us through this country on their backs, cattle did not take us to battle and help us win, cattle are not companions, cattle are not athletes, the comparison drawn of horses to cattle are just uneducated and close minded.

Horses are a 9 billion dollar a year industry, a live horse generates revenue in a state for feed, training and care, a dead horse generates no revenue and creates no jobs for Americans. Slaughter plants create few jobs and those jobs are dirty; low paying jobs that mostly benefit foreign interests.

Let’s implement jobs for Americans with annual registrations for horses; fees to register horses will pay for the jobs necessary to regulate the annual registrations. Then let’s charge for breeding licenses, again the fees charged will generate the revenue to hire the regulatory body, more jobs. Live horses create jobs, generate revenue and put money into the US economy. Dead horses benefit only foreign interests.

If we control the number of breeding licenses issued per year, we can regulate the number of horses bred per year. This will bring the value of the horseback up and reduce the number of throwaway horses bred by breed registries.

Breed registries make money to register horses ie: AQHA, APHA, and Jockey Club etc etc. Why not have the state charge registration fees to regulate the breeders. Breeders will only be allotted so many registrations per year based on states ability to place those horses into suitable homes. If it is too expensive to breed for slaughter…. no one will do it.

In this scenario horses win, states win, the equine economy grows, Americans are listened to and special interests are driven out of our country.

This is dealing with the cause of slaughter not just the symptom.

The following organization strive to end horse slaughter~

Support the Horse by Supporting these organizations.

 

Zuma’s Rescue Ranch

Homes for Horses Coalition

ASPCA

HSUS

AWI

Denkai 

Front Range Equine Rescue

Shilo Acres

ADD/ADHD Alternative Solutions

Attention Deficit Disorders: Not what they seem
by Ron B. Minson, M.D.

Attentional difficulties, especially in children, are often misdiagnosed as caused by ADD. That’s because the exact behaviors that clinically define ADD are also created by a number of non-ADD related causes. In cases where ADD is not the correct diagnosis, stimulant medication may actually make matters worse.  In fact, approximately 50% of the ADD diagnosed children we see at The Center for InnerChange should not be taking these medications.

If it’s not ADD, then what is causing the problem? ADD-like behaviors can be generated by many conditions.

Auditory processing problems are a case in point. They trigger attentional difficulties. The root of this problem may be a histroy of ear infections in early life. These infections may impair the ability to effectively process a sequence of directions. For  example, when you tell a child with auditory processing problems to do four things in order to get ready for bed, they may only be able  to remember the first, or perhaps the last two, steps in the  sequence. Many individuals, including adults with auditory  processing problems, are able to benefit from the Tomatis Method auditory retraining technique offered her at The Center for  InnerChange.

Some children experience stress-related attentional problems.  Learning disorders that most commonly show up at school are one of the most common stressors. In these cases it is important to work on both the focusing problem and the stress-related anxiety in a coordinated program of treatment.

Many parents tell us that their “ADD” child had food allergies when they were younger. These allergies may still be active and  contributing to the child’s attentional difficulties. In young  children the allergic symptoms frequently manifest as ear infections, cords, sinus congestion and headaches. As the child ages the allergy may show up as agitation and restlessness, difficulty in focusing, poor concentration, and even mood swings and irritability.  The good news is that food allergy related attentional difficulties are treatable.

The classic ADD situation arises when there is an increase in  “Theta” and a decrease in “Beta” brain wave activity at an  inappropriate time. An example might be a child trying to do math or  comprehend a reading assignment while operating with a brain wave state that we would use to relax prior to going to sleep. Their brain will not permit them to move from a resting to an attentional  state on demand. There is also an attentional disorder with  hyperactivity (ADHD). These children usually have impulsive and aggressive begaviors that accompany their distractibility.

Perhaps the most dramatically increasing group misdiagnosed as ADD are those whose treatment is frequently the easiest. Typically  they are extrememly bright and are visual/spatial learners, yet they  appear to manifest the classic symptoms of ADD. They are generally  global thinkers, quite sensitive to their physical and emotional environment, and astute problem-solvers. However, their  distractibility stems from boredom and their giftedness, rather than  true attentional problems. Our work with these children is usually  short and very rewarding.

With so many different problems masking themselves with ADD-like behaviors, it is important parents, teachers and healers not lump  every attentionally challenged child into the ADD classification. Only an accurate diagnosis will permit the application of the most appropriate and productive treatment program.

Things aren’t always what they seem. So focus on the facts. Get  more information about attentional problems and how they can be treated.

Awaken Listening using Dynamic Listening Systems, is now available all over the  United States and Canada.  Click on Practitioners to find a Dynamic Listening Center  near  you.

Further information on DLS and ADD/ADHD:

Solutions!

There are very few people today who are not familier with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

If they haven’t heard about it at school, from a family member or had personal experience with it, they’ve probably read about it or seen it on TV.

Following is what can be done about it. Awaken Listening offered at ITS and other DLS centers, goes a long way in helping people of all ages affected by ADD/ADHD and similar disorders. For each client an individualized and specifically tailored program is written to fit the individuals needs in order to get the best possible results.

Mystry and Controversies surround ADD and ADHD

Scientific literature shows that ADD/ADHD is a hotly debated topic. Certain experts beleive that the ADD syndrome lacks supportive evidence and should be clinically discarded (G. Coles, L. Fleisher and P. Breggin). Others believe it is a neurological syndrome whose cause might be genetic (Hallowell and Ratey). Still, one thing is clear, they all agree and admit “the exact mechanism underlying ADD remains unknown. There is no single lesion of the brain, no single neurotransmitter system, no single gene we have identified that triggers ADD.”

Here at ITS we don’t know who is right or wrong, and it really doesn’t matter as our only goal is to help our clients; those who come to us with ADD/ADHD like symtoms overcome their difficulties. ITS and other DLS centers do this without medication, using the Sound Stimulation program of Dr. Tomatis, and over the years, DLS centers have been very successful in helping people improve and enhance their lives, by fine-tuning the way they listen. Following is the reason for the importance of this, and why it works.

Dr. Tomatis’ method offers us a solution by

Regulating the vestibular function: Dr. Jean Ayres, a pioneer in sensory integration beleives that all our senses touch, smell, taste, sight and sound, must  work in harmony not only with each other, but also with our physical movement and body awareness.  The senses mentioned above gather information and then send it to the brain, where it gets interpreted and organized very neatly in specific order. This entire process is called sensory integration. When even one of these senses fails to function correctly, learning and thus one’s quality of living are diminished.

For most children, sensory integration develops as nature meant it to, effortlessly in the course of ordinary play and childhood activities. For some, however, sensory integration develops in a haphazzard manner, without the necessary order and causes any number of learning, development and behavior problems.

As per Jean Ayres these problems occur when the vestibule functions incorrectly.  In her book, Sensory Integration and the Child, Dr. Ayres claims that: “Well-modulated vestibular activity is very important for maintaining a calm, alert state. The vestibular system also keeps the level of arousal of the nervous system balanced. An under-active vestibular system contributes to hyperactivity and distractibility because of the lack of its modulating influence.” 

The vestibule can be stimulated in several ways, and hyperactive kids try to do it naturally for themselves by moving around continuously. But unfortunately, the benefits from this kind of activity is not very substantial, as the vestibule is unable to translate it into a stimulation of the brain. Occupational therapists use an extensive array of movement techniques, and sensory stimuli to stimulate the vestibule, yeilding good results. Dr.Tomatis’ Method, uses gated sound in combination with a variety of activities and movement techniques yeilding great results in very short periods of time.

Desensitizing bone conduction: Humans assimilate sound with more than just their ears.  Bones and skin tissue are sensitive to sound as well.  The body shudders instinctively when a loud noise is heard, becuase sound that is picked up by bones is transmitted directly to the inner-ear, bypassing the filtering mechanisms that are present in the ear to dampen sound intensity. These sounds therefore reach the brain without any warning at all with full intensity, causing the body to shudder in reflex. Sound that travels through the ear is dampened to lessen its intensity.  Also, the body picks up sound just ahead of the ears, thus warning the ears that sound is on its way.

Unfortunately, most people who present with ADD/ADHD primarily use bone conduction to listen.  This results in the sound going directly into the inner ear without the necessary filtration to dampen it or even to keep unneccessary background noise out.  This is the primary reason of why these people are so explosive. They are completely at the mercy of what is going on in their environment as they are uncapable of filtering and ignoring unneccessary stimulus.

For these people every sound has the same amount of value. They try very hard to focus and follow a conversation or the teachers words but then the noise from the other kids at recess or a car passing by etc. totally distracts them.  The result? They just missed that part of the conversation or instruction that was being given. Other people includinjg teachers and parents get mad at the person accusing them of not paying attention. It is however truly not their fault they fully meant and tried very hard to focus on what they were meant to pay attention to, but the other noises just kept on coming.

They try so hard they are continuously exhausted and feel overwhelmed. They are usually very bright but still find it very hard to their work due to the continuous sound distractors, and then they feel ashamed that they cannot acheive the standard of their peers.  They are constantly playing catchup, and become more and more confused by all the irrelevant things they hear.

So, some people in a situation like this start completely tuning out, and become very lethargic and quiet. Others react to every sound, frantically moving from topic to topic in their quest not to miss anything.

Visit a DLS center and allow us to train your ears to take over and become the primary channel of sound, while at the same time moving bone conduction to its place as the secondary channel of sound. This assures that sound is being processed correctly. This is accomplished by having you listen to gated music through specially handcrafted  headphones that are also equipped with a state of the art bone conductor. Through this mechanisim one learns to use ones ears and bone correctly.  The Desensitisation of bone conduction into second place reduces stress and gives the client the ability to focus and tune into what is important without being distracted by background noise that now gets filtered so that a persone can pay attention and function and learn more effectively. In the course of training a client is also trained use bone conduction correctly. One of the functions of bone conduction is to warn the ear that a sound is coming. Early in the program sound will be sent to the bone a long time before being sent to the ear.  Over the course of the program the difference in time will be gradually reduced till the brain adjusts and bone conduction use is normalized.

Lateralizing the body to the side of dominance:  In the same way that people are left or right handed, so are people left or right ear dominant.  The advantage in being right-ear dominant is that the right ear processes the incoming auditory information faster than the left ear, due to the anatomy of the human body.  The right ear processes information faster because information is sent directly to the left brain, which hosts the language center. The left ear however sends the information to the right brain, from where it is rerouted to the left brain via the Corpus Callosum.  This being a longer pathway, causes information to be delayed, often causeing Left-ear-dominant people to have to play catch-up. In these instances not only is the information late, but it is usually also incomplete. During the transfer from the right to the left brain, some of the higher frequencies that are important in distinguishing similar sounds such a “B” and “P” are lost, leaving left-ear-dominant people not only having to play catch-up, but also having an incomplete deck.

Awaken Listening helps people with ADD and ADHD achieve better right-ear dominance by gradually shifting sound from the left to the right ear. Also during the expressive phase of the program the client does vocal exercises and reading throgh a special microphone that is coupled with the equipment to filter the exercises that are returned to the persons right ear through the headphones. This also trains the person in self-listening skills.

Why? Where is the justification for this?

The Rotenberg Center, which administrated

over 30 Electroshocks to teen in 7 hours—is

being sued

By Chris Burrell
The Patriot Ledger

The lawsuit says that in 2002 Andre received 30 electric shocks over a seven-hour period while he was also restrained face-down

Following a year in the cross-hairs of state officials critical of its controversial electric-shock methods, the Judge RotenbergEducational Center in Canton is on the defensive again, this time fighting off a civil lawsuit in Norfolk Superior Court that has quickly attracted national and international media coverage.

Television news outlets aired disturbing video footage from 2002, shown at trial, of a teenage boy pinned down by four staffers at the center and shrieking in pain as shocks are administered.

That boy, Andre McCollins, is now 26, and his mother, Cheryl McCollins of Brooklyn, N.Y., is the plaintiff in the negligence lawsuit against theRotenberg Center and three of its psychologists. The lawsuit says that in 2002 Andre received 30 electric shocks over a seven-hour period while he was also restrained face-down.

“Other children were removed from the room and Andre continued to receive GED (Graduated Electronic Decelerator) shocks for tense-ups and screams,” the lawsuit states. As a result, the suit contends, Andre suffered permanent physical injuries and serious reversal of his psychiatric well-being.

Friday marked the fourth day of the trial, which is expected to last through next Friday with 168 potential witnesses named by both sides.

The trial and the emotional video footage shown this week have reawakened longtime critics and supporters of the Canton-based residential school and treatment program for young people with severe behavior problems.

The Rotenberg Center is believed to be the only school in the country that uses electrical shocks as aversive therapy to modify behavior.

The trial in Dedham comes a year after both the Massachusetts governor and attorney general took decisive steps to remove the founder and director of the school, and regulate the center, where many students wear backpacks containing a device called a Graduated Electronic Decelerator that connects to straps around an arm or leg. The device can deliver a two-second, surface-level shock meant to control serious mental disorders such as self-mutilation and aggression, the school says.

In court Friday, David M. O’Connor, a lawyer defending the Rotenberg Center, questioned Cheryl McCollins, trying to convince the 12-person jury that the mother knew what she was getting into with electric-shock therapy when she sent her son to the center.

“Did they explain this program before you signed the consent?” O’Connor asked.

“Yes,” McCollins said, “but they leave a lot of pertinent information out.”

McCollins’ lawsuit claims that her son received an electrical shock for aggressive behavior on a bus ride back to the school on Oct. 25, 2002, and was also restrained as he was taken into a new classroom.

When the restraints were removed a half-hour later, Andre was told by his teacher to remove his jacket but he refused and was given another shock. The lawsuit says he fell to the ground and was restrained and shocked 30 times on his torso, arms and legs from 8:55 a.m. to 4:20 p.m., “without a restroom break (or) fluids.”

A longtime critic of the Rotenberg Center, state Sen. Brian A. Joyce, D-Milton, said Thursday that he welcomed the new publicity generated by the trial and especially the emotional video footage of Andre McCollins’ treatment that day, which was recorded by the center.

“To say it’s incredibly disturbing is an understatement,” he said. “On the other hand, I am frankly elated that the world is now getting to see what’s going on in this house of horrors.”

Read more: http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x668518880/Rotenberg-Center-bashed-in-testimony#ixzz1sEDl1iED

The Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009.

Obama’s Health Care Bill is not really about Health Care at All~ Shocking

   CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER HAS READ THE ENTIRE BILL

 Wait until you read this…

A  retired Constitutional lawyer has read the entire proposed healthcare bill. Read his conclusions and pass this on as you wish. House Bill 3200: The Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009.

I studied it with particular emphasis from my area of expertise:constitutional law.
I was frankly concerned that parts of the proposed law that were being discussed might be unconstitutional. What I found was far worse than what I had heard or expected.To begin with, much of what has been said about the law and it  implications is in fact true, despite what the Democrats and the media are saying. The law does provide for rationing of health care, particularly where senior citizens and other classes of citizens are involved, free health care for illegal immigrants, free abortion services, and probably forced participation in abortions by  members of the medical profession.
The Bill will also eventually force private insurance companies out of business, and put everyone into a government run system.  All decisions about personal health care will ultimately be made by  federal bureaucrats, and most of them will not be health care professionals.  Hospital admissions, payments to physicians, and allocations of necessary medical devices will be strictly controlled by the government. However, as scary as all of that is, it just scratches the surface In fact, I have concluded that this legislation really has no intention of providing affordable health care choices.  Instead it is a convenient cover for the most massive transfer of power to the Executive Branch of government that has ever occurred, or even been contemplated  If this law or a similar one is adopted, major  portions of the Constitution of the United States will effectively have been destroyed The first thing to go will be the masterfully crafted balance of power between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of the U.S. Government.  The Congress will be transferring to the Obama  Administration authority in a number of different areas over the  lives of the American people, and the businesses they own.

The irony is that the Congress doesn’t have any authority to legislate in most of those areas to begin with!  I defy anyone to read the text of the U.S. Constitution and find any authority granted to the members of Congress to regulate health care.This legislation also provides for access, by the appointees of the Obama administration, of all of your personal healthcare direct violation of the specific provisions of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution information, your personal financial information, and  the information of your employer, physician, and hospital.  All of this is a protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures.
You can also forget about the right to privacy. That will have been  legislated into oblivion regardless of what the 3rd and 4th  Amendments may provide…
If you decide not to have healthcare insurance, or if you have private insurance that is not deemed acceptable to the Health Choices Administrator appointed by Obama, there will be a tax imposed on you. It is called a tax instead of a fine because of the intent to avoid application of the due process clause of the 5th  Amendment. However, that doesn’t work because since there is nothing in the law that allows you to contest or appeal the imposition of the tax, it is definitely depriving someone of property without the  due process of law.
So, there are three of those pesky amendments that the far left hate  so much, out the original ten in the Bill of Rights, that are effectively nullified by this law  It doesn’t stop there though.The 9th Amendment that provides: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people; The 10th Amendment states: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are preserved to the States respectively, or to the people.  Under the provisions of this piece of Congressional handiwork neither the people nor the states are going to have any rights or powers at all  in many areas that once were theirs to control. I could write many more pages about this legislation, but I think  you get the idea. This is not about health care; it is about seizing power and limiting rights…  Article 6 of the Constitution requires the members of both houses of Congress to “be bound by oath or affirmation to support the Constitution.” If I was a member of Congress I would not be able to vote for this legislation or  anything like it, without feeling I was violating that sacred oath or affirmation.  If I voted for it anyway, I would hope the American people would hold me accountable.
For those who might doubt the nature of this threat, I suggest they  consult the source, the US Constitution, and Bill of Rights. There  you can see exactly what we are about to have taken from us.

Michael Connelly
Retired attorney,
Constitutional Law Instructor
Carrollton , Texas

GMO in your Kids Diet~ Beware~ Stay Safe

 

GMO’s  

Higher Risks for Children

Kids-Stuff-446 Young girl eating corn

Children face the greatest risk from the potential dangers of GM foods:

  • Young, fast-developing bodies are influenced most
  • Children are more susceptible to allergies
  • Children are more susceptible to problems with milk
  • Children are more susceptible to nutritional problems
  • Children are in danger from antibiotic resistant diseases

Young, fast-developing bodies are influenced most

Children’s bodies develop at a fast pace and are more likely to be influenced and show the effects of genetically modified (GM) foods. That is why independent scientists used young adolescent rats in their GM feeding studies. The rats showed significant health damage after only 10 days, including damaged immune systems and digestive function, smaller brains, livers, and testicles, partial atrophy of the liver, and potentially pre-cancerous cell growth in the intestines.

Children are more susceptible to allergies

Children are three to four times more prone to allergies than adults. Infants below two years old are at greatest risk-they have the highest incidence of reactions, especially to new allergens encountered in the diet. Even tiny amounts of allergens can sometimes cause reactions in children. Breast fed infants can be exposed via the mother’s diet, and fetuses may possibly be exposed in the womb. Michael Meacher, the former minister of the environment for the UK, said, “Any baby food containing GM products could lead to a dramatic rise in allergies.” GM corn is particularly problematic for children, as they generally eat a higher percentage of corn in their diet. Further, allergic children often rely on corn protein. Mothers using cornstarch as a talc substitute on their children’s skin might also inadvertently expose them via inhalation.

Children are more susceptible to problems with milk

Milk and dairy products from cows treated with the genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rbGH) contain an increased amount of the hormone IGF-1, which is one of the highest risk factors associated with breast and prostate cancer. The Council on Scientific Affairs of the American Medical Association called for more studies to determine if ingesting “higher than normal concentrations of [IGF-1] is safe for children, adolescents, and adults.” Sam Epstein, M.D., Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition and author of eight books, wrote, “rbGH and its digested products could be absorbed from milk into blood, particularly in infants, and produce hormonal and allergic effects.” He described how “cell-stimulating growth factors . . . could induce premature growth and breast stimulation in infants, and possibly promote breast cancer in adults.” Dr. Epstein pointed out that the hormones in cows could promote the production of “steroids and adrenaline-type stressor chemicals . . . likely to contaminate milk and may be harmful, particularly to infants and young children.”

Children are more susceptible to nutritional problems

A 2002 report by the UK’s Royal Society, said that genetic modification “could lead to unpredicted harmful changes in the nutritional state of foods.” They therefore recommended that potential health effects of GM foods be rigorously researched before being fed to pregnant or breast-feeding women, elderly people, those suffering from chronic disease, and babies. Likewise, according to former minister Meacher, unexpected changes in estrogen levels in GM soy used in infant formula “might affect sexual development in children,” and that “even small nutritional changes could cause bowel obstruction.”

Children are in danger from antibiotic resistant diseases

Children prone to ear and other infections are at risk of facing antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria, due to the use of antibiotic resistant genes in GM food. The British Medical Association cited this as one reason why they called for a moratorium of GM foods.

[For a more in-depth look at 65 health risks of GM foods, excerpted from Jeffrey Smith's comprehensive new book Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods, click here.]

The Facts Behind the Billion Dollar Marketing Campaign

Psychiatrists, Physicians & Psychologists That Debunk Psychiatry as a Science Read ‘Psychiatric Disorders:

“No behavior or misbehavior is a disease or can be a disease. That’s not what diseases are. Diseases are malfunctions of the human body, of the heart, the liver, the kidney, the brain. Typhoid fever is a disease. Spring fever is not a disease; it is a figure of speech, a metaphoric disease.All mental diseases are metaphoric diseases, misrepresented as real diseases and mistaken for real diseases.” — Thomas Szasz, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus

“There are no objective tests in psychiatry-no X-ray, laboratory, or exam finding that says definitively that someone does or does not have a mental disorder.” “there is no definition of a mental disorder.” “It’s bull—. I mean, you just can’t define it.” — Allen Frances, Former DSM-IV Task Force Chairman

“In reality, psychiatric diagnosing is a kind of spiritual profiling that can destroy lives and frequently does.” — Peter Breggin, Psychiatrist

“Perhaps worst of all, these diagnoses almost inevitably lead to the prescription of psychiatric medication to you or your child. Psychiatric drugs are toxins to the brain; they work by disabling the brain.” — Peter Breggin, Psychiatrist

“…modern psychiatry has yet to convincingly prove the genetic/biologic cause of any single mental illness…Patients [have] been diagnosed with ‘chemical imbalances’ despite the fact that no test exists to support such a claim, and…there is no real conception of what a correct chemical balance would look like.” — Dr. David Kaiser, Psychiatrist

“There’s no biological imbalance. When people come to me and they say, ‘I have a biochemical imbalance,’ I say, ‘Show me your lab tests.’ There are no lab tests. So what’s the biochemical imbalance?” — Dr. Ron Leifer, Psychiatrist

“Virtually anyone at any given time can meet the criteria for bipolar disorder or ADHD. Anyone. And the problem is everyone diagnosed with even one of these ‘illnesses’ triggers the pill dispenser.” — Dr. Stefan Kruszewski, Psychiatrist

“It has occurred to me with forcible irony that psychiatry has quite literally lost its mind, and along with it the minds of the patients they are presumably suppose to care for.” —David Kaiser, Psychiatrist

“DSM-IV is the fabrication upon which psychiatry seeks acceptance by medicine in general. Insiders know it is more a political than scientific document… DSM-IV has become a bible and a money making bestseller—its major failings notwithstanding.” — Loren Mosher, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry

“All psychiatrists have in common that when they are caught on camera or on microphone, they cower and admit that there are no such things as chemical imbalances/diseases, or examinations or tests for them. What they do in practice, lying in every instance, abrogating [revoking] the informed consent right of every patient and poisoning them in the name of ‘treatment’ is nothing short of criminal.” — Dr Fred Baughman Jr., Pediatric Neurologist

“Psychiatry makes unproven claims that depression, bipolar illness, anxiety, alcoholism and a host of other disorders are in fact primarily biologic and probably genetic in origin…This kind of faith in science and progress is staggering, not to mention naïve and perhaps delusional.” — Dr. David Kaiser, psychiatrist

“In short, the whole business of creating psychiatric categories of ‘disease,’ formalizing them with consensus, and subsequently ascribing diagnostic codes to them, which in turn leads to their use for insurance billing, is nothing but an extended racket furnishing psychiatry a pseudo-scientific aura. The perpetrators are, of course, feeding at the public trough.” — Dr. Thomas Dorman, internist and member of the Royal College of Physicians of the UK

“I believe, until the public and psychiatry itself see that DSM labels are not only useless as medical ‘diagnoses’ but also have the potential to do great harm—particularly when they are used as means to deny individual freedoms, or as weapons by psychiatrists acting as hired guns for the legal system.” — Dr. Sydney Walker III, psychiatrist

“The way things get into the DSM is not based on blood test or brain scan or physical findings. It’s based on descriptions of behavior. And that’s what the whole psychiatry system is.” — Dr. Colin Ross, psychiatrist

“No biochemical, neurological, or genetic markers have been found for Attention Deficit Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Depression, Schizophrenia, anxiety, compulsive alcohol and drug abuse, overeating, gambling or any other so-called mental illness, disease, or disorder.” — Bruce Levine, Ph.D., psychologist and author of Commonsense Rebellion

“Unlike medical diagnoses that convey a probable cause, appropriate treatment and likely prognosis, the disorders listed in DSM-IV [and ICD-10] are terms arrived at through peer consensus.” — Tana Dineen Ph.D., psychologist “It’s not science. It’s politics and economics. That’s what psychiatry is: politics and economics. Behavior control, it is not science, it is not medicine.” — Thomas Szasz, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus

Zuma’s Believes in the minds ability to have “ups and downs” without requiring medication. Anti-psychotic medication is a slippery slope. Why not work through emotions and accept that we all have different ways of responding to the things that happen to us.

Zuma’s would like to work with you to develope systems that help you get through lifes challenges.

www.zumasrescueranch.com- Experiential Learning 303-346-7493 Dana Schultz MSW

Drug Use In America~ Up 80% since 2004

This publication presents national estimates of drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments (EDs) for the calendar year 2009, based on data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). Also presented are comparisons of 2009 estimates with those for 2004, 2007, and 2008. DAWN is a public health surveillance system that monitors drug-related ED visits for the Nation and for selected metropolitan areas. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is the agency responsible for DAWN. SAMHSA is required to collect data on drug-related ED visits under section 505 of the Public Health Service Act.

DAWN relies on a nationally representative sample of general, non-Federal hospitals operating 24-hour EDs, with oversampling of hospitals in selected metropolitan areas. In each participating hospital, ED medical records are reviewed retrospectively to find the ED visits that involved recent drug use. All types of drugs—illegal drugs, prescription drugs, over-the-counter pharmaceuticals (e.g., dietary supplements, cough medicine), and substances inhaled for their psychoactive effects—are included. Alcohol is considered an illicit drug when consumed by patients aged 20 or younger. For patients aged 21 or older, though, alcohol is reported only when it is used in conjunction with other drugs.

Between 2004 and 2009, large increases in the involvement of non-illicit drugs (prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, and supplements [e.g., herbal remedies]) have been observed in all types of drug-related ED visits (misuse/abuse, suicide attempts, adverse reactions, and accidental ingestions). It is likely that there multiple causes contributing to these increases. In respect to adverse reactions, some portion may be associated with the greater number of prescriptions being written and more people taking prescription drugs as part of their medical care. People of all ages are increasingly being prescribed multiple drugs simultaneously, which, in turn, has increased the possibility of unintended interactions. Polypharmacy is particularly common among older populations who are placed on long-term medication for chronic conditions, and the number of older persons in the nation is growing. In respect to misuse and abuse, these same trends have led to prescription drugs being more accessible and more easily able to be diverted. It is beyond the scope of this report to explore the causes behind the growing numbers of ED visits involving pharmaceuticals, and further analysis is needed.

All Drug-Related ED Visits

In 2009, slightly over 120 million visits were made to EDs in general-purpose hospitals in the United States, and DAWN estimates that at least 4.5 million of these visits were drug related. Drug-related ED visits have increased by over 80 percent since 2004. This increase primarily reflects greater numbers of medical emergencies associated with adverse reactions, accidental drug ingestions, and misuse or abuse of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications.

Overall Drug Misuse or Abuse

In 2009, DAWN estimates that about 2.1 million ED visits resulted from medical emergencies involving drug misuse or abuse, the equivalent of 674.4 ED visits per year per 100,000 population. For those aged 20 or younger, the rate is 473.3 visits; for those aged 21 or older, the rate is 754.8 visits.

Of the 2.1 million visits associated with drug misuse or abuse in 2009,

  • 35.3 percent involved pharmaceuticals alone,
  • 23.0 percent involved illicit drugs alone,
  • 10.2 percent involved illicit drugs plus alcohol,
  • 11.0 percent involved pharmaceuticals plus alcohol,
  • 10.0 percent involved pharmaceuticals plus illicit drugs,
  • 6.7 percent involved alcohol alone in patients aged 20 or younger, and
  • 3.9 percent involved pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs plus alcohol.

 

If you are alarmed by these figures…. You should be, an 80% increase in drug use in America also means and 80% revenue increase for pharmaceutical companies. These companies settle every law suit against their products before any media attention catches wind of the death and devastation caused by the drugs.

More people are dying due to pharmaceutical complications each year, these facts are buried by the  wealthy pharma companies. The big target seems to be our children~ “addict them young and have life time customers” is the big pharma model. The proposed legislation to have “mandatory mental health screening for teens and pre teens” is just a ploy to diagnose and prescribe our youth their drugs and creat life time addicts.

If you have a child that has been given a diagnosis of:

ADD

ADHD

Bipolar Disorder

oppositional Defiance Disorder

Any Mood Disorders

PLEASE seek alternative opinions. Get out of the Medical box and look at diet, allergies, food allergies..Alternative therapy, behavioral modifications, exercise programs, sports….

Try removing all video games as they have been  linked to ADD and ADHD. Limit the time spent in front of a television screen. Get kids outside in the sunshine.

Zuma’s Rescue Ranch and Experiential Learning Center has shown positive results working with children and families faced with these often misdiagnosed “disorders”.

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