Once Obama took office, he sent progressives packing, and filled his cabinet with former Wall Street insiders. This wasn't the "change" that we were expecting.
Yes, he's kept all of the promises....that John McCain made.Once Obama took office, he sent progressives packing, and filled his cabinet with... more
Glimpses of truth making it through the substantial hype. Look into vaccines yourself, don't just trust the bobble heads on the news.
The FDA's own insert that comes with the swine flu shot says:
"Safety and Effectiveness has NOT been established in pregnant women or nursing mothers."
The vaccines are passed and heavily recommended for infants, children, and their mothers based on trials for previous flu shots. The vaccine makers have been given immunity from legal action related to side effects.
"The agency had issued no public announcement of the session -- only private invitations to fifty-two attendees. There were high-level officials from the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration, the top vaccine specialist from the World Health Organization in Geneva and representatives of every major vaccine manufacturer, including GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Wyeth and Aventis Pasteur. All of the scientific data under discussion, CDC officials repeatedly reminded the participants, was strictly "embargoed." There would be no making photocopies of documents, no taking papers with them when they left.
Even for scientists and doctors accustomed to confronting issues of life and death, the findings were frightening. "You can play with this all you want," Dr. Bill Weil, a consultant for the American Academy of Pediatrics, told the group. The results "are statistically significant." Dr. Richard Johnston, an immunologist and pediatrician from the University of Colorado whose grandson had been born early on the morning of the meeting's first day, was even more alarmed. "My gut feeling?" he said. "Forgive this personal comment -- I do not want my grandson to get a thimerosal-containing vaccine until we know better what is going on."
But instead of taking immediate steps to alert the public and rid the vaccine supply of thimerosal, the officials and executives at Simpsonwood spent most of the next two days discussing how to cover up the damaging data. According to transcripts obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, many at the meeting were concerned about how the damaging revelations about thimerosal would affect the vaccine industry's bottom line. "We are in a bad position from the standpoint of defending any lawsuits," said Dr. Robert Brent, a pediatrician at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Delaware. "This will be a resource to our very busy plaintiff attorneys in this country." Dr. Bob Chen, head of vaccine safety for the CDC, expressed relief that "given the sensitivity of the information, we have been able to keep it out of the hands of, let's say, less responsible hands." Dr. John Clements, vaccines advisor at the World Health Organization, declared that "perhaps this study should not have been done at all." He added that "the research results have to be handled," warning that the study "will be taken by others and will be used in other ways beyond the control of this group."
I usually agree with RFK Jr. on environmental matters, but regarding this I think there are other places where this solar project could go as well without harming the biodiversity of the land and endangering any other species there. I do have to wonder at times just how much profit is even weighing into certain decisions made on the part of some who are such true environmentalists who now seem to be backing the almighty dollar. There is for sure a need for solar in this country, but there is plenty of land and I truly do not understand why even when we so desperately need this that people have to get caught up in political battles. We can have the energy we need while preserving biodiversity.I usually agree with RFK Jr. on environmental matters, but regarding this I think... more
