What I learned from my trip to VA and PA during the weekend

How the Mllitary Invades our Everyday Lives. Looks good.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805078967/ref=nosim/?tag=nationbooks08-20

One of the first things I noticed at your first link was something about Disease Hype. I would take issue with that. It's more like they hype minor threats and hide major ones. Whatever suits their purpose. In the case of Lyme there are plenty of reasons to hide it. There are huge profits being made by denying it is common because it presents as so many (sometimes major -- like MS and Parkinson's) illnesses that can be treated with expensive drugs for years. And has so many symptoms you will end up taking a boatload of pills indefinitely.

Another is the origin of this disease is a biolab for germ warfare off of Long Island, called Plum Island. A top Nazi scientist was brought over under Project Paperclip for the purpose of creating weapons to infect Soviet livestock, among others. The security at this lab was very lax. This is detailed in the book Lab 257 by Michael Carroll. The first major outbreak of the disease was in Lyme, Connecticutt, nearby. The government is not going to take responsibility for creating an epidemic (if that's even the only one). And people struck with this disease commonly visit a multitude of doctors over the course of years before they're diagnosed. The most common thing they hear from the medical profession is "we don't have Lyme here." As though insects respect state, or national boundaries! The standard testing is also purposefully inaccurate. And at the most half of those with the disease get the bullseye rash.

In the case of Bird Flu there's another type of conspiracy behind it. Small farmers are being blamed as the ones being "unsanitary" carriers of the disease so that they can be shut down and prevent competition for the corporate factory farms. When it's been proven that the disease has actually been transferred *from* the far filthier corporate operations!

We live in opposite land. They never tell the truth about what the real threats are. They try to frighten us about minor or non-existant threats. And the details behind each lie are manipulated in some way to benefit those with the big bucks -- to our detriment.

@People Unite These links have an anti-semitic tinge that I frankly dislike...-_-

I agree that the Military industrial complex is stealing funds away from the country (this country definitely needs to modernize its infrastructure) and militarizing the culture of the United States. The MIC must be stopped in its tracks. I want money spent on infrastructure, education, health care and the environment. I don't want any more war. We don't need wars and soldiers to solve the problems that are plaguing the world.

I also agree that the media is owned by 5 corporations and is trying to monopolize information.

But Israelis are just as human as anyone else and face as many challenges as anyone else. Every State has tensions from birth. I support the Israeli and Palestinian citizens, but I don't support AIPAC because even though decades of force have demonstrated their failure, AIPAC still believes that force works. 

Stop scapegoating the Israelis who just happened to be born in a particular part of the world.

I admit that the intent of this topic was a rant about the tragic state of this country's infrastructure. I know that the MIC, the war on drugs and the prison industrial complex are sucking away this country's financial resources.

I mainly wanted to vent because this weekend's trip underscored just how bad the infrastructure is in the US (I can also talk about high gasoline prices).

Heyfa K.

Gravel 2008 Montgomery County MD director

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