Dispute over flag protest erupts in Wisc. village
Posted in Attack on Freedom, New World Order, News, Stupid Government Tricks with tags Attack on Free Speech, Attack on our Freedom, Attack on the Republic, New World Order, News, Stupid Government Tricks, Tyranny on July 11, 2009 by truthwillriseWAUSAU, Wis. – An American flag flown upside down as a protest in a northern Wisconsin village was seized by police before a Fourth of July parade and the businessman who flew it — an Iraq war veteran — claims the officers trespassed and stole his property.
A day after the parade, police returned the flag and the man’s protest — over a liquor license — continued.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin is considering legal action against the village of Crivitz for violating Vito Congine Jr.’s’ First Amendment rights, Executive Director Chris Ahmuty said.
“It is not often that you see something this blatant,” Ahmuty said.
In mid-June, Congine, 46, began flying the flag upside down — an accepted way to signal distress — outside the restaurant he wants to open in Crivitz, a village of about 1,000 people some 65 miles north of Green Bay.
He said his distress is likely bankruptcy because the village board refused to grant him a liquor license after he spent nearly $200,000 to buy and remodel a downtown building for an Italian supper club.
Congine’s upside-down-flag represents distress to him; to others in town, it represents disrespect of the flag.
Hours before a Fourth of July parade, four police officers went to Congine’s property and removed the flag under the advice of Marinette County District Attorney Allen Brey.
Neighbor Steven Klein watched in disbelief.
“I said, ‘What are you doing?’ Klein said. “They said, ‘It is none of your business.’”
The next day, police returned the flag.
Brey declined comment Friday.
Marinette County Sheriff Jim Kanikula said it was not illegal to fly the flag upside down but people were upset and it was the Fourth of July.
“It is illegal to cause a disruption,” he said.
The parade went on without any problems, Kanikula said.
Village President John Deschane, 60, an Army veteran who served in Vietnam, said many people in town believe it’s disrespectful to fly the flag upside down.
“If he wants to protest, let him protest but find a different way to do it,” Deschane said.
Congine, a Marine veteran who served in Iraq in 2004, said he intends to keep flying the flag upside down.
“It is pretty bad when I go and fight a tyrannical government somewhere else,” Congine said, “and then I come home to find it right here at my front door.”
Holder Admits: No Equality Under Hate Bill
Posted in Attack on Freedom, Legal, New World Order, News, Stupid Government Tricks with tags Eric Holder, New World Order, News, Stupid Government Tricks on July 10, 2009 by truthwillriseInfowars
July 9, 2009
Identity theft: America’s fastest growing crime
Posted in Business, Economy, Identity Theft, Life Improvement with tags Business, Economy, Identity Theft, Legal, Life Improvement on July 10, 2009 by truthwillriseToday’s versions of John Dilinger or Baby Face Nelson are more likely to use a laptop computer than a gun. Logging on to the internet under an alias is quite a bit safer than robbing a bank. This is why Identity Theft is America’s fastest growing crime. In Pennsylvania the number of victims of identity theft runs into the tens of thousands.
There are numerous ways a criminal can obtain one’e identity. Some of the more obvious methods of obtaining identifying infromation would be; stealing a person’s preapproved credit card applications from their mail, a store employee recording credit card numbers while processing consumer transactions, or stealing someone’s wallet or purse and using the credit cards contained inside.
Here are the more sophisticated methods. An employee of an Internet Service Provider can be paid off to allow the criminal access to numerous customer e-mail accounts. Or an employee of a company’s payroll department can be encouraged to provide the employment applications of job candidates to the thief.
Now how do we protect ourselves from these invasions, the following are suggestions from the US Postal Inspectors:
1. Place all outgoing mail in a blue postal box instead of a residential mail box.
2. Shred all preapproved credit applications, financial statements, and old credit cards.
3. Order a copy of your credit report once per year and check for any unauthorized purchases.
4. Limit the amount of information that you put over the phone or internet.
Here are the steps you should take when your identity has already been compromised.
1. File a police report.
2. Obtain a complete copy of the Identity Theft Affidavit.
3. Close all compromised accounts.
4. Place a fraud alert with the credit bureaus.
5. Request that credit reporting bureaus block fraudulent information.
6. File a complaint witht he Federal Trade Commission.
For more detailed nformation and procedures Pennsylvania residents can access the PA Attorney General’s website: www.attorneygeneral.gov. Click on the Consumers tab then scroll down to Identity Theft toolkit. You can also call Identity Theft Shield at 1-866-510-7907 or log on to http://www.greatworkplan.com/betterlife4u for further information on what people can do BEFORE they become victims of identity thef.
Rep. King on Jackson: ‘There’s nothing good about this guy’
Posted in News with tags Mainstream Media, Michael Jackson, News, Rep. Peter King on July 7, 2009 by truthwillrise(CNN) – New York Rep. Peter King called on the media to “knock out the psycho-babble” and stop covering Michael Jackson because “this guy was a pervert.”
“He was a child molester. He was a pedophile. And to be giving this much coverage to him day in and day out, what does it say about us as a country,” King said Sunday in front of the American Legion Hall in Wantagh. “We’re too politically correct. No one wants to stand up and say, ‘We don’t need Michael Jackson.’”
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King, a nine-term Republican representative from New York’s Third Congressional District, said the media has “disgraced itself,” noting that there are people dying everyday.
“There are men and women dying today in Afghanistan. Let’s give them the credit they deserve,” he added.
Jackson went on trial for child molestation allegations in 2005, but was acquitted after a 14-week media circus of a trial in Santa Maria, California. A decade earlier, prosecutors in Los Angeles declined to file charges in their own 13-month child molestation investigation. That case settled out of court, reportedly with Jackson paying millions in damages.
“There’s nothing good about this guy. He may have been a good singer, did some dancing, but bottom-line is — would you let your child or grandchild be in the same room with Michael Jackson? What are we glorifying him for?” King said, asking instead that the public honor people like servicemen, teachers and firefighters.
King defended his comments in an interview Monday with CNN radio affiliate WOR, “The fact is that what he has done as far as young children are concerned, young boys are concerned, is a horrible example to set to the world.”
“…Anyone who causes evil or endangers children, to me that supersedes anything else. And do we as a culture really want to be defined by Michael Jackson’s singing and dancing or by the fact that he became a worldwide spectacle for abuse of children? “
King was chairman of the powerful House Homeland Security Committee from 2005 until the Democrats took over the House in January 2007.
He won 64 percent of the vote in his re-election victory last November.
Earlier this year he said he was considering a run for the Senate next year, taking on Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, who replaced Hillary Clinton as New York’s junior senator
DENTAL HEALTH: Get to the root of a bright smile
Posted in News, Poison Foods and Products with tags Fluoridated Water, Poison Foods and Products on July 4, 2009 by truthwillrise|
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Too much fluoride could prevent you from smiling as brightly as Hollywood film star Halle Berry.
Picture: WENN
YOU may remember your mother insisting you take fluoride tablets for healthy teeth. I remember raiding my mother’s medicine cabinet and chewing on those little white tablets as if they were sweets. I also recall eating blobs of my favourite-tasting toothpaste after brushing.
Sadly though, when my adult teeth grew, I ended up with something called enamel fluorosis — a consequence of excess fluoride ingestion and which required me to have my teeth capped “Hollywood-style” (like US actors Halle Berry, Denzel Washington and Tom Cruise, to name but a few) to hide the results (mottling and discoloration).
Enamel fluorosis is an example of what can happen if you take in much too much fluoride, but research suggests that even small amounts (like those found in water supplies) are a health hazard for both children and adults.
Regulations to fluoridate water supplies were originally implemented to help deliver the mineral (which is said to assist with healthy tooth development) to the population at large. According to Karl Lubout, a water quality specialist at Rand Water, our water does in fact contain a very low concentration of fluoride at just 0.2 parts per million.
He says: “We don’t believe that water is the right vehicle for fluoride transmission and at the same time, fluoridated water is bad for the environment.”
Not all of SA is serviced by Rand Water, however, and some areas, especially borehole sources of water, can contain very high levels of fluoride, says Lubout. Fluoride supplements, toothpastes and dietary sources are additional vehicles through which we ingest fluoride.
Dr Orlando Rojas, a Pretoria- based holistic dentist, believes we should not be taking in any fluoride at all, that it is not an essential mineral to dental health, and that there are safer and more effective ways to prevent tooth decay. However, the majority of South African dentists (and dentists worldwide) continue to prescribe fluoride treatments as well as toothpastes.
The fluoride issue remains a contentious one, but the anti-fluoride movement has been gaining some ground recently.
A 500-page review of fluoride’s toxicology was released in 2006 by a panel of experts appointed by the National Research Council (NRC) in the US. The NRC concluded that the safe drinking water standard in the US for fluoride of four parts per million was unsafe and should be lowered. The panel reviewed a large body of literature in which fluoride has a statistically significant association with a wide range of adverse effects in both adults and children. These include an increased risk of bone fractures, decreased thyroid function, lowered IQ, arthritic-like conditions, dental fluorosis and, possibly, osteosarcoma (bone cancer). In fact, up to 32% of Americans suffer from some form of dental fluorosis, according to the report.
Later that year, the American Dental Association made a policy change recommending that only purified, distilled or demineralised water should be used to prepare infant formula during the first 12 months of life. They also urged that children under two years of age stay away from fluoride toothpastes, supplements and mouth rinses unless prescribed by a dentist.
It is not just the safety of fluoride that is under scrutiny though, but also it’s effectiveness.
Another 2007 report issued by the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology concluded that fluoride added to the public water supply, or prescribed as controlled-dose supplements, in addition to causing adverse effects, delivers no discernible health benefit. The Fluoride Action Network, a US-based organisation made up of environmentalists, scientists and medical professionals, issued a statement in 2008 calling for an end to all fluoridation worldwide.
Despite the hype, Dr Norman Cahi, a Sandton dentist, still prescribes fluoride in his practice. Cahi does not believe fluoride to be a poison, especially since we can and do ingest it through many dietary sources including soya, dairy products and tea, he says.
Cahi also says that since local water supplies are very low in fluoride, we may be lacking in this mineral (he says, the recommended safe and optimal levels are one part per million).
Up to 50% of dental disease can be arrested by using fluoride at therapeutic doses, says Cahi. He delivers and prescribes topical and systemic fluoride to children and adults at risk for dental decay. He also often recommends a fluoride- releasing dental sealant for children aged five to seven years at high risk for dental decay.
Cahi does not believe that fluoride is for everyone though, and says that a thorough case history should be taken before deciding whether or not a patient actually needs therapeutic fluoride. For example, he says a child fed on soya infant formula mixed with fluoride-rich borehole water would not need to be treated.
It is also necessary to look at how much toothpaste a child may be swallowing, says Cahi, as many children under eight tend to swallow large amounts. Parents and other carers should educate children on proper rinsing and spitting-out methods to prevent excessive swallowing of fluoride toothpaste, he says.
- Ashleigh Caradas is a dietician in private practice. She also consults to corporates. Visit www.intelihealth.co.za.
Preventing tooth decay — alternatives to fluoride
Dr Orlando Rojas, a Pretoria-based holistic dentist, offers advice for preventing tooth decay, without the use of fluoride toothpastes, gels or fluoridated water. He says general health and dental health cannot be separated. His tips include:
- Eat properly
Nothing beats a good diet and the restriction of refined sugars.
- Brush well
Brushing your teeth properly is also essential to do the trick. An electric toothbrush is best.
- Go natural
He prescribes natural toothpastes free from detergents such as sodium laurel sulphate, fluoride and chemicals.
“Many of them contain natural ingredients and herbs that provide excellent protection against decay and gingivitis,” he says.
To prevent tooth decay, he uses calcium phosphate preparations, which have proven preventative properties.
“I have been using these for my patients and my own children for a long time, even in a controlled manner in lactose-intolerant children without any problems,” says Rojas.
- Floss regularly
This is also essential for people who do not have established periodontal disease. Unfortunately, there is no chemical-free floss available in SA, so at least avoid the fluoridated variety, he advises.
- Scrape your tongue and wash your mouth
Rojas believes that tongue scrapers are great for helping to control bacterial colonisation by reducing oral pH to protect teeth as well. He advocates the use of chemical-free mouthwashes.
The Decline of Thinking
Posted in Attack on Freedom, International Bankers, New World Order, Police State/Martial Law, Stupid Government Tricks, Tyranny, economic tyranny with tags "Global Warming", Albert Gore, Attack on the Middle Class, Attack on the Republic, Carbon Taxes, New World Order, Stupid Government Tricks on July 2, 2009 by truthwillriseThe political establishment’s response to the global warming doubts raised by EPA researcher, Alan Carlin, is remarkable. The mantra chanted by one EPA official – and dutifully echoed across the media – is that Mr. Carlin “is not a scientist.” This fact, of course, has not kept Al Gore from becoming the patron saint of the environmental religion. (Gore received his PhD in which of the recognized sciences?)
An assertion of this sort is evidence of the anti-intellectualism that has metastasized across academia and spread to other venues of expression. Universities have become so dominated by an insistence upon the inviolability of the “turfs” of various disciplines as to make one unworthy to speak on matters of which he or she has not been certified to utter opinions by fellow academics. There was once a time – many decades ago – when a “liberal arts” education was regarded as a means of introducing people to a wide range of subject areas that would permit them to think and speak intelligently on various matters affecting their lives. Collective thinking – which now permeates college campuses – rejects such an idea, conferring subject matter monopolies according to one’s acknowledged “expertise.”
When my “In Restraint of Trade” book was first published twelve years ago, an academic reviewer from a respected history department spent most of his time acquainting his readers with the fact that I taught in a law school and not a history department. The review ended up being little more than a strident defense of turf, and a condemnation of my efforts to focus attention on matters unfamiliar to historians.
I enjoy watching Jonathan Hoenig every Saturday morning on Fox News’ “Cashin’ In” program on investment analysis. He is a consistent advocate of free-markets, individual liberty, and private property. He recently stated that humans “must think in order to survive,” but that we have recently been “outsourcing” this function to others. Such a practice now prevails on university campuses, and helps to explain why academia is a source of so little original and meaningful thinking. Don’t wonder about what anything means: the “experts” whose jobs are dependent upon advancing the agendas of the political establishment will explain it all to you!



