If You Want to Fight Cancer, Turn Those Pink Ribbons Green !

Cannabis oil? Really? Any info?

Thank you VERY much!

You are most welcome :)

Saving the environment is all well and dandy but if you can't bring something else to the table other than "we could wear ribbons to bring awareness of how bad it is!" .... then just shut up.

We need something that can replace DDT that doesn't give you cancer, not a ribbon and a stern lecture.

We are making progress in fighting malaria, mostly by increasing our understanding of the disease and the mosquitoes, ie. the DNA of the parasite and mosquitoes. Insecticides are crude/toxic and will not be needed in the future. GM has its place here in targeting diseases but we have to be cautious.

Your welcome!

well put V....I think many of us believe this, and remain powerless to change so much of it, and our 'so-called leaders' are either immune to the consequences of their blindness, or beyond sociopathic in the way they choose to deal with the death they manufacture.

Thanks much, The point is that what we want is not hopeless, it is just hopeless operating within the current paradigm, and how that paradigm is changed is a completely different subject.

food for thought....

Indeed.

Our species is tough and thick-headed, which has helped us survive our own ignorance (until the present). We have reached a point where we are faced with the toughest adaptation we will ever have to make- changing our points of view. I am not optimistic, but hopeful.

A very spot on accurate and concise statement, especially the "I am not optimistic, but hopeful." part, which I am in full agreement with.

Pessimistically optimistic as my old boss used to say.

Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha I've got to remember that one!

Couldn't agree more! :)

Are these good goals? absolutely! Without a major sociological paradigm shift, is it going to happen? Not a snowballs chance in hell!

The plutocratic powers that be; who also happen to be Sociopaths, are immune to reason, they are only pathologically obsessed with profit, they simply cannot comprehend (very many things Sociopaths cannot Truly comprehend, Empathy is just one of them) that as the biosphere goes, so is the fate of all of us, a rational person understands this, they not only care about the immediate repercussions of their actions in their own personal lives, but how those actions will affect their children and their children's children, if you want the world to be a better place, stop allowing it to be run by Sociopaths, and you will see a world much much better than it is today, but not until.

If enough people realize this is a good goal for our country, it could happen. The internet is powerful and it is changing the way we do things. Dirty coal is very polluting, mercury, particulates, radioactive elements, etc. Coal power would be a lot more expensive, if the health effect costs and environmental damage and clean up costs, were in the price. The rich can't even eat the fish in their own lakes and steams without worrying about mercury contamination. The US is currently a leader in cleaning up coal emissions and the goal here should be 0 toxic emissions. There are a lot of bad coal plants that need to be cleaned up in the world. Its hard to deny mercury pollution and its accumulation in our environment. The toxic assault on our planet has to stop! The US could expand its leadership in these areas and bring jobs back as it does so.

Baboons with large canines are good for a troop surrounded by leopards. When the leopards disappear, the greatest threat to the troop comes from the baboons with large canines.

Just something I would like for you to know. I am in no way against what you are proposing, what I am against, are those who use suppositions, and a might, could, would, and maybe, proposition as to how these changes can be made, this is not how significant or permanent changes are made, which is why generally speaking, things have gotten much worse in our society In the last 40 years and not better, these are facts, not mights, could's, woulds, maybes but facts, I hope you can understand that.

"If enough people realize this is a good goal for our country, it could happen."

*That statement is a supposition, with no evidence to firmly support it, therefore it is meaningless.

"The internet is powerful and it is changing the way we do things."

*okay, and?

"Dirty coal is very polluting, mercury, particulates, radioactive elements, etc."

*Yes this is true.

"Coal power would be a lot more expensive, if the health effect costs and environmental damage and clean up costs, were in the price."

*Here we go with the "if the" to use an old analogy, "if the" frog had wings, it's ass would not hit the ground when it jumped, although what you're saying is absolutely true, it is irrelevant, in that the powers that be, will continue to use coal if their profit margins are as obscenely great as they are, the general public is never informed or educated about the total cost of using coal, because that would be dysfunctional to the corporate capitalist structure, it is not in a plutocratic interest, to have a well-informed public with critical thinking skills, but an extremely bovine public, that is misinformed in just about everything, especially anything for their own best interest, and that is what currently actually is.

"The rich can't even eat the fish in their own lakes and steams without worrying about mercury contamination."

*The "rich" don't have to worry about such things, they can afford to have their fish-and seafood in general- that they buy from outside the US (such as Norway and Denmark) they don't give a damn how much pollution they bring about anyway, sociopaths generally aren't long-term thinkers.

"The US is currently a leader in cleaning up coal emissions and the goal here should be 0 toxic emissions."

*Actually, that depends on what you define as "leader" last time I checked, America ranked eighth or ninth place in industrialized countries clean coal technology application, (Germany being number one) again, you start talking about what "should be" you know what I've already said about that.

"There are a lot of bad coal plants that need to be cleaned up in the world."

*A flat statement which happens to be true.

"Its hard to deny mercury pollution and its accumulation in our environment."

*Again, a flat statement which happens to be true.

"The toxic assault on our planet has to stop! The US could expand its leadership in these areas and bring jobs back as it does so."

*the US "could" be a lot of things, the question is, given the available evidence, its recent history, and the fact that it is a corporate controlled plutocratic state, what is the likelihood of any of these things America "could" be coming to fruition, not very likely, not until the current plutocratic paradigm is no longer in place.

Take care.

Did you have a typo? didn't you mean Republicans instead of baboons?

Your on a roll Mr. V, enjoyed your comments! :)

Bablicans

It seems that you are fatalistic about the issue. Look at what happened in Egypt. The internet in combination with its users is a self organizing system. The Occupy movement is an assault on the evil of selfish greed and its polluting/cancer effects upon us all. We need to adjust to a steady-state-economy and this is starting to happen; although the adjustment will be hard. If we don't, nature will do it for us. Read the New Scientist article.
http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~mllewis/ENVR%20460%20Horton/New%20Scientist%20the%...

Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha

Thanks Kenny };-)

"It seems that you are fatalistic about the issue."

*Not at all, I'm a Realist, it is simply a Realist assessment of the situation.

"Look at what happened in Egypt."

*Okay lets, let's not confuse winning a battle with winning a war, Egypt was and still remains, a socially backward and oppressive society, and while I absolutely applaud the people's attempt to free themselves, if even ever so slightly from such oppression, they don't even really have their foot in the door when it comes to a true democracy, hell for that matter, neither does the US.

"The internet in combination with its users is a self organizing system."

* That may or may not be true, but it is ultimately irrelevant, to the case you are arguing here, also, it can definitely be easily demonstrated (in other words your statement is not a universal truth) how the Internet is not a "self organizing system" at all, China's Internet being a perfect example.

"The Occupy movement is an assault on the evil of selfish greed and its polluting/cancer effects upon us all."

*That is certainly true, however, it remains to be seen how effective such methodology will be in combating the genocidal philosophy and actions of the 1%, although I certainly support them, I do not hold out a great deal of hope.

"We need to adjust to a steady-state-economy and this is starting to happen; although the adjustment will be hard."

* If by "steady-state" You mean where production actually matches consumption, I absolutely agree, but as far as this beginning to happen, I see no evidence to support that, if it's happening at all, it's happening because of "market forces" not because there is a concerted effort on the part of all parties to make that happen, in other words, these things can appear to happen simply because of a recession or depression, but it is not inherently the same thing as an deliberate attempt at creating a steady state economy, although like I said, I believe it's an excellent idea, as a matter of fact, in absolute terms, it's the only kind of real economy that can actually work in the long-term, as far as the adjustment being hard is concerned, I guess that would depend on the individual, and their individual circumstances, I will read the article.

If we don't, nature will do it for us. Read the New Scientist article.

"The internet in combination with its users is a self organizing system."
* That may or may not be true, but it is ultimately irrelevant, to the case you are arguing here, also, it can definitely be easily demonstrated (in other words your statement is not a universal truth) how the Internet is not a "self organizing system" at all, China's Internet being a perfect example.

Intelligent people are resourceful and even China will have a hard time stopping the power of the internet. Also you said "but it is ultimately irrelevant"
Think deeper like in a game of chess. The internet is a very deep system with intelligent/conscious beings networked together.Therein lies the power to effect change.
Quantum computing is on the horizon and this will make the internet even more powerful and bring closer the possibility of meaningful AI. The world will change big time when common labor is replaced with robots.

Fusing "Ultimate L" with physics is what I am working on, at least in concept with respect to our understanding of the universe/multiverse.

"No colored ribbon will cure cancer."

*Absolutely true.

"Getting toxins and pesticides out of our water, our air and our food should be a primary goal besides looking beyond the politics. And that includes GMOs."

*Again absolutely true, but notice where you say "should" this is where one diverges down the road into the realm of could/should, there are many great things that "could" be or "should" be but that is not what actually is, and no matter how unpleasant a particular reality is, it must first be viewed for what it actually is if there is to be any realistic chance of permanently changing a dysfunctional element or system, there are many people such as you who currently know what could and should be done, but in case you haven't noticed-particularly concerning the degradation of our soil, air, and water-things have only dramatically gotten worse in the last 40 years, so commonsense should dictate, despite everything that has been done up to this point-by mostly very well intentioned people-that's some part of this methodology is not working, and that you need to try accomplishing this in a different manner.

"So gratifying to know that what I talk about here practically every day is getting so much attention now. DOW Chemical sponsoring the 2012 Olympics is an especially popular topic here. The other day the post on that got all of 7 responses. How awesome is that... Maybe you should send this to Jennifer Granholm and ask her if she will cover this and explain how she can claim to be a "progressive" after taking money from and being on the board of DIOXIN DOW, one of those cancer causing "industrial agriculture" companies."

*You make a legitimate point here, especially concerning Jennifer Granholm, but what you seem to fail to see, is that Jennifer Granholm is as much a "progressive" as Al Gore is a "environmentalist" make no mistake, they are first, and foremost, plutocrats, and plutocrats always act in the interest of plutocracy, to expect anything different, is simply not being realistic.

"Current seems to be deaf when it comes to answering real questions about these real life and death issues as so many are with seeing beyond the politics of it. This administration supports Monsanto, DOW, et al and Democrats have been enabling Republicans on that score. I don't see much outrage directed where it belongs now precisely because of politics."

*Agenda, money, and politics are what I refer to (In my forthcoming book) as the holy Trinity of plutocracy, they are inherently intertwined in that genocidal paradigm, and you cannot separate them, again, it's not a question of what could or should be, but what actually is, and what currently drives this society.

Take care.

Yes.

Each of us must make real lifestyle changes.

Excellent point about the plutocrats.

Thank you.

Amazing how your self importance just oozes off the page here. I know what I typed and what I met, thankyou.

I'll tell you what's truly amazing, what's truly amazing, is witnessing how once one has decided that another person is an enemy, they will say mean and spiteful things to them regardless of the content of what they are saying, yet at the same time, exposing virtues, and the necessity, of peace, harmony, and social cohesion for our fellow human beings, I really think you should give that some thought, take care.

We've got to kick it into high gear!

It should be all of ours!

Were going to have to stop the machine!

That's for sure, kenny!

Dedicated to Mr. K.

"....and slowly yet relentlessly it came, the machine, the destroyer of mankind and all that he had done which was good, yet ironically, the machine was driven, by a man.Then suddenly, there appeared another man, who had climbed the machine, and reached the man who was operating it, and as the machine grew ever closer, I could see what that man was doing, he was cutting the throat of the man driving the machine, he cut his throat from ear to ear...."

It may come to that, for sure!

Indeed it is!