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    July 06

    Corporate food merchants spend billions studying our body's in order to trick us

     

     

    How the body is tricked
    into eating junk - and how to stop

     



    The bad news...

    Corporate food merchants spend billions studying our body's
    reactions to various chemicals in order to trick us into eating
    their garbage and liking it.

    The great news...

    No matter how long we've been brainwashed to eat junk,
    we can put ourselves back on the right track and completely
    re-wire our taste buds in a matter of just a few weeks.

    After that, food that's good for you tastes great
    - and chemicalized corporate junk tastes like what
    it really is.

    You don't have to deprive yourself to eat yourself
    into a state of high health.

    You just have to outsmart the corporate scam artists
    - and it's not hard to do.

    Details: 


    http://www.therealfoodchannel.com/page/6.html

    Ken McCarthy, Founder
    The Real Food Network

    Help remove CIA lawyers who facilitated torture. =PLEASE SIGN=

     
    Dear friends,

    As I was making final preparations to announce complaints against CIA lawyers who facilitated torture, the New Yorker reported that an Iraqi was crucified to death.

    He died with his ribs broken, head covered in a bag, and being held up by his two arms.

    The forensic pathologist who reported the death described it as a homicide.

    No one has been indicted. It is not even clear if there was any investigation to discover who was responsible for the murder.


    Human Rights Watch reports that 98 people died in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan. They also note that we do not know what happened to many other people in custody. They seem to have disappeared.

    Monday, at a press conference in Washington, D.C. (
    video here), we announced complaints against three intelligence agency lawyers who were aggressive advocates of torture, who facilitated torture with their law license. See media coverage here.

    Two of these lawyers are still working in the Obama administration, CIA Acting General Counsel John Rizzo and an attorney for the National Director of Intelligence, Jonathan Fredman. Click here to urge Obama to remove these lawyers from office.

    Rizzo may be known to you because the Department of Justice memos that attempted to legalize torture were written for him. He sought a legal shield from the Justice Department and after a lot of pressure from the White House was given one in these false DOJ memos. Before the DOJ memos, Rizzo had already approved the waterboarding of one suspect 83 times. Rizzo was also the General Counsel for the CIA when the agency destroyed 93 tapes that showed extremely harsh torture interrogations despite a court order to preserve them.

    Fredman is known for saying, "Torture is subject to perception. If the detainee dies, you're doing it wrong." He also warned interrogators for the military never to videotape torture interrogations, which he euphemistically called aggressive interrogations, because they will "look ugly."

    These lawyers behaved like mob lawyers, telling their clients how to break the law and to destroy the evidence or make sure not to provide evidence of their crimes.

    They are still working for President Obama.
    Click here to urge Obama to remove them from office.

    We're staying on the torture accountability issue. The toxicity of torture in the U.S. body politic has only one antidote: apply the rule of law to torturers and their facilitators.

    How do we get Washington, D.C., which is in gridlock over the torture issue, to act? There is only one way: organized and persistent citizen pressure.


    Click here to write the president, congressional representatives, and the attorney general to take action: publicly investigate torture and appoint an independent counsel to gather the facts and apply the rule of law.
     
     
    Sincerely,

    Kevin Zeese
    Executive Director

    UPDATE: Yesterday the Israeli Navy "forcibly kidnapped 21 human rights workers"

    Cynthia McKinney calls WBAIX from Israeli prison. She and 20 others where detained after being seized by Israeli Navy while in international waters.
     
    Cynthia McKinney - Prisoner 88794 call Day 2 from Prison
     
     
     
     
    Please listen all the way thru……..there are some rough patches but it clears up……… pass widely.
     
    "I cannot imagine that any other former Congressperson or even a group of US citizens or humanitarian aid workers could be treated this way in relation to a blockade thatPresident Obama has already condemned as wrong, saying that humanitarian aid should be allowed to get through. In my experience and that of history, piracy against ships and imprisonment of US citizens has been universally condemned, becoming a national news item and issue, and grounds for immediate expressions of outrage on the part of officials and the Excecutive Office, followed by demands for immediate release of the captives, and restoration of all property, as well as the threat, sometimes mobilized to the area, of military force. The massive silence of both media and officials on this issue speaks volumes."

    -- John Judge
    Researcher, Lecturer, Congressional staff
    July 02

    Yesterday the Israeli Navy "forcibly kidnapped 21 human rights workers" =PLEASE HELP=

     
     

    Dear friends,

    Yesterday the Israeli Navy forcibly boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat Spirit of Humanity in international waters and kidnapped 21 human rights workers and journalists who were on their way to deliver much needed humanitarian and reconstruction supplies to Gaza. Those abducted by the Israeli Navy include Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman and presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney.

    Since their kidnapping, tens-of-thousands of people around the world have mobilized to demand their immediate and unconditional release. Although deeply grateful for international support, Free Gaza said the following:

    "With respect, it is not enough. We are not the story. Since its founding in 1948 the State of Israel has regularly kidnapped and tortured Palestinians, throwing them into forgotten prisons where they can languish for years."

    According to the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem, in May 2009 there were nearly 8,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody. As Free Gaza notes, many have been held without benefit of due process, some never even charged. These men, women, and children endure torture and isolation in Israeli jails, outdoor prison camps, and secret black sites. And they come from all walks of life, including doctors, journalists, workers, homemakers, students and others.

    The 21 passengers aboard the Spirit of Humanity have been illegally incarcerated for their human rights efforts. Thousands of others are already imprisoned, and many of them are illegally incarcerated.

    GO HERE TO HELP:  http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5123/t/4123/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1818

    We would like to take this opportunity to ask you to reach out to your U.S. Senators and Representatives.  Ask them to contact the State Department on behalf of Palestinian political prisoners and join us in demanding that they be allowed due process.

    For more information about Free Gaza, click here.
    For more information on Palestinian prisoners, click here

    Sincerely,
    Nikhil's Aziz' signature
    Nikhil Aziz
    Executive Director

    SOURCE:  http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5123/t/4123/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1818

    Make yourself heart attack proof =video=

     

    Make yourself heart attack proof

     
     
    About this video

    Caldwell Esselstyn MD, chief of surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, discusses his 18-year study whereby he reversed severe heart disease in every patient in his program -- who had all been sent home to die by their cardiologists. 

    Dr. Esselstyn shows you how by changing your diet you can prevent and reverse heart disease. A low-fat plant-based (vegetarian) diet is the key.
     
    June 30

    Nutrient density is the key to good health =Video=

    Nutrient density is the
    key to good health

     

    nsity is the
    key to good health

    About this video
     
    What should we eat?
     
    Trying to follow a "diet" can drive you crazy and study after study show they don't work.
     
    So what to do?
     
    There is a simple answer: focus on eating foods with high nutritional density  - and
    get your calories from quality foods. 
     
    My friends Jeff Nelson produced this video and
    posted it on YouTube in November of 2008 and
    already, as of this writing, it's had 4,443,207
    views.

    9 Conservative Myths About Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism =Less the 100 I can think of=

    Why Do Atheists Have to Talk About Atheism?  

    Why Do Atheists Have to Talk About Atheism?
    By Greta Christina, AlterNet
    Thinking you're right and trying to persuade other people you're right is not intolerant or close-minded -- it's a cornerstone of democracy. Read more »

    9 Conservative Myths About Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism  

    9 Conservative Myths About Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism
    By Sara Robinson, Campaign for America's Future
    This is terrorism we're dealing with. We can't afford to let ourselves be distracted by spin. It's time to set the record straight with the facts. Read more »

    Food Inc: Michael Pollan and Friends Reveal the Food Industry's Darkest Secrets  

    Food Inc: Michael Pollan and Friends Reveal the Food Industry's Darkest Secrets
    By Tara Lohan, AlterNet
    The new film Food Inc. is a shocking look at the health, human rights and the environmental nightmare that lands on our plate each meal. Read more »

     

    "Suck on Our Yachts": Goldman Sachs Issues Non-Apology for Destroying the World Economy
    By Matt Taibbi, True/Slant
    Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein says he's sorry, then proceeds to brag about screwing us all. Read more »

    Right-Wing Hypocrites: 10 Reasons Conservatives Should Shut Up About Letterman's Sarah Palin Gaffe  

    Right-Wing Hypocrites: 10 Reasons Conservatives Should Shut Up About Letterman's Sarah Palin Gaffe
    By Karl Frisch, Media Matters for America
    Each and every day conservative radio hosts, cable-news hosts, pundits and columnists use divisive, insensitive, and downright hateful rhetoric. Read more »

    Our chance to get rid of them once and for all!! =nuclear weapons=

     
    The President shares our vision for a nuclear weapons free world, but there is stiff opposition pushing for a watered down approach. That's why we need President Obama to put his vision in writing.

    Dear friends,

    We went to war in Iraq because of the fear of nuclear weapons, and right now we have a chance to get rid of them once and for all.
     
    President Obama and his administration are preparing to set US nuclear weapons policy for the next decade, embodied in a document called the Nuclear Posture Review. The question is, will he go beyond undoing the bad policies of the past by institutionalizing his vision of a world with nuclear weapons?
     
    During his speech in Prague this April, the President stated "clearly and with conviction America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons." [1] But he's up against stiff opposition, as many members of Congress, the Department of Energy, and the Pentagon are sure to fight tooth and nail. [2] That's why we need President Obama to ingrain his vision of a nuclear weapons free world in the Nuclear Posture Review. Ask President Obama and his administration to put his vision in writing today.

    With more than 20,000 nuclear weapons in existence today, we can't afford to continue the status quo. A failure to act now would allow future leaders to revert to the reckless policies of our recent past, like withdrawing from international arms control agreements and seeking to develop new nuclear weapons. [3] Unless we make a sharp break with outdated Cold War policies, the future is likely to hold more countries with nuclear weapons, and a greater chance of deadly accidents -- or even nuclear war. Send a message right now urging the Obama administration to make the goal of a nuclear weapons free world part of official US policy.
    June 28

    The effect of animal fats on the human body

    The effect of animal fats
    on the human body

     
     

    About this video
     
    In the last 100 years, the North American and European diet has changed radically.  The change can be summed up simply: calories from plant foods have been replaced by calories from animal fats.
     
    During the same period, rates of degenerative diseases like heart disease, cancer and diabetes has sky rocketed.  
     
    Is there a connection? 
     
    Here's some evidence there might be. 
     
    While degenerative diseases have become common in the west, populations that have not yet adopted this "new and improved" diet are failing to get these diseases at anywhere near the same rate. 
     
    Is eating animal fat - beef, chicken, milk, cheese etc. - really that big a deal? 
     
    The video presents the science that the meat and dairy industries (and their paid agents in the US Department of Agriculture) would prefer you not learn. 
     

    How do we fix the medical-industrial complex? [video]

    How to fix the health care system

    The bottom line!

     
    Jeff Novick used to use his scientific training in the service of the processed food industry.  Then as he began to learn more about health and the effect of food on health he did a rapid about face. 

    How do we fix the medical-industrial complex?

    How do we keep it from ruining so many lives and bankrupting the nation? How do we stop it from causing so much needless suffering? How to stop it from prematurely ending so many lives and crippling many others?

    I'm inclined to agree with Novick. 

    The level of institutionally entrenched waste, incompetence, corruption and in some cases malevolence has reached such a level, it may be unfixable. 

    But that doesn't me you and the people you love have to go down with the ship. 

    Take advantage of the videos on TheRealFoodChannel.com and share them with your friends, neighbors and loved ones. 

    There's a positive revolution going on and you can not only become part of it, but also be one the the beneficiaries. 

    Your health is in your hands and is not dependent on the good will of the government of the medical-industrial complex. 
     
     
    June 27

    The Empire Strikes Back: FTC Plans to Regulate Blogs That Have Affiliate Relationships

    The Empire Strikes Back: FTC Plans to Regulate Blogs That Have Affiliate Relationships

    June 22nd, 2009

    What has happened is that bloggers have blown the support columns out from underneath traditional media and the people who run the show don’t like that.

    The fact that some of us are able to survive by maintaining blogs must have come as an incredible shock to fat bastards in boardrooms across the land. That we are not “regulated” is unthinkable in the Soviet hive mind that governs the political economy of the United States.

    Wall Street firms have made off with an unknown sum of taxpayer money and the mom who makes $800 per month from her blogs (see the article below) is going to have comply with FTC regulations?

    Of course, comrade. People who read blogs can’t be trusted to think for themselves. And those swarthy bloggers, why… There ought to be a law!

    This is what states do that are well down the path to collapse.

    Why should I care about being regulated since I already overtly disclose my financial situation?

    How much of my day will I have to spend on complying with this? How many forms will I have to fill out? Will I have to pay a fee to government regulators so that I can continue to make less than minimum wage to run this site? All of that is unknown at this point.

    Go ahead, Uncle $cam. Try it. Not only do I need a good laugh, but this will do more to erode what remains of your power than any of your enemies could have hoped to accomplish by other means.

    Via: AP:

    If the guidelines are approved, bloggers would have to back up claims and disclose if they’re being compensated — the FTC doesn’t currently plan to specify how. The FTC could order violators to stop and pay restitution to customers, and it could ask the Justice Department to sue for civil penalties.

    Any type of blog could be scrutinized, not just ones that specialize in reviews.

    So parents keeping blogs to update family members on their child’s first steps technically would fall under the FTC guidelines, though they likely would have little to worry about unless they accept payments or free products and write about them.

    But they would need to think twice if, for instance, they praise parenting books they’ve just read and include links to buy them at a retailer like Amazon.com Inc.

    That’s because the guidelines also would cover the broader and common practice of affiliate marketing, in which bloggers and other sites get a commission when someone clicks on a link that leads to a purchase at a retailer. In such cases, merchants also would be responsible for actions by their sales agents — including a network of bloggers.

    Amazon declined to comment.

    SOURCE:   http://cryptogon.com/?p=9367

    June 26

    More fighter jets in the midst of a budget crunch?

    Dear Ron,

    More fighter jets. President Obama hasn't asked for them, Defense Secretary Gates doesn't want them, but our representatives in Congress are planning to waste money on them anyway. We can stop it. Click here to urge your representative to cut funding for the F-22.

    In an effort to trim the substantial fat in the military budget, the Obama administration decided to cut back on its order of new F-22s. These fighter planes were designed to fight planes from the Soviet Union, and are now obsolete. In spite of all this, the House Armed Services Committee added $369 million as a down payment on twelve F-22s, with a long-term cost of $2 billion.

    Where did they find this money in the midst of a budget crunch? They took it from a fund to clean up hazardous nuclear waste. There's no excuse for this irresponsible behavior.
    The House could vote on an amendment to put the money back into environmental cleanup as soon as tomorrow. Urge your representative to vote yes. Click here.

    This isn't about making Americans safer - it's all about the money. The weapons lobby is incredibly powerful, and they spend millions to influence Congress. They put suppliers and plants in 44 different states,  making it a favorite for lawmakers trying to bring money back to their districts. While members of Congress are saying they can't pay for things like health care that would actually improve the quality of life for millions of people, they have no problem throwing money at a program the President, Secretary of Defense and American people don't want. Now is the time to show that the American people want smart policies that meet real needs. Because thousands of you spoke out earlier this year, we cut $1 billion in the stimulus bill for the nuclear weapons complex. Let's work together for another victory. Take action today.

    Thank you for doing your part to hold Congress accountable.
     
    Ron G.
    June 24

    M.O.N.E.Y TALKS!! Pushing drugs by distorting the data =MUST WATCH=

    Pushing drugs by
    distorting the data

     

    New Web Search Tool Shows What Pesticides are on Your Food

    Alert of the Week

    Tell Hershey's to Stop Abusive Child Labor in Cocoa Production

    For years, the Organic Consumers Association has been taking action, along with the International Labor Rights Fund, to stop abusive child labor in the cocoa industry in West Africa. As a result of the constant pressure, major chocolate companies like M&M/Mars and Cadbury have recently agreed to stronger labor and environmental standards in the production of the cocoa they use. But one iconic US brand is lagging behind - and they need to hear from YOU! Ask Hershey's to switch to Fair Trade & Organic certified cocoa and sugar -- for all of their products.

    Learn more and take action

    Consumer Tip of the Week

    Rainforest Alliance vs. Fairtrade Labeling

    McDonald's, Chiquita, Mars, Wal-Mart, and Kraft apparently now all have products certified "sustainable," sharing, among other things, the little green frog label of the Rainforest Alliance. On the other side of the labeling world, we have Fair Trade, the original product certification initiative aimed at building equitable and sustainable trading partnerships and creating opportunities to alleviate poverty. What's the difference? See a comparison here.

    Learn more

    Alert Update of the Week

    A Critique of Some Recent Articles on Genetically Engineered Wheat

    As reported in Organic Bytes #176, Monsanto and the biotech industry are mobilizing their propaganda machine to force-feed genetically engineered (GE) wheat to consumers. A recent poll reveals, however, that 69 percent of Canadian wheat farmers are opposed to "franken-wheat", given the fact that it's banned in Europe, and most U.S. consumers don't want it. As a result, the biotech industry is attempting to shift public perception by inundating the press with genetically engineered misinformation. The OCA's Honor Schauland takes a look at some recent quotes spewing out of the GE-wheat spin machine, most of which are more humorous than factual.

    Learn More

    Food Safety of the Week

    New Web Search Tool Shows What Pesticides are on Your Food

    The Pesticide Action Network has launched a new online searchable database designed to make the public problem of pesticide exposure visible and more understandable. Whether you want to find out what's in your apple juice, milk, peanut butter, or bottled water, this innovative tool links pesticide food residue data with the toxicology for each chemical, making this information easily searchable for the first time.

    Learn More

    June 23

    Torture Accountability Action Day =PLEASE ATTEND=

    Torture Accountability Action Day
     
     
    Thursday June 25, 2009 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    John Marshall Park, 501 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, D.C.  (
    map)


    Join us for a day of demonstration in Washington, D.C. and across the country, to prosecute those responsible for torture (download the flyer).


    In Washington D.C. we have speakers and a rally from 11 to 12 in John Marshall Park, 501 Pennsylvania Ave NW, then a march to the Department of Justice. The closest metro stations to John Marshall Park are Judiciary Square (Red Line) and Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter (Green Line, Yellow Line).

    View map of Washington, DC Torture Accountability Rally 06-25-09

    List of speakers:

    WIth performances by Jordan Page, Tha Truth, and David Ippolito.

     

    Tabling will start at 9 and go on all day (no selling of DVDs,T-shirts, etc - only buttons, bumper stickers, and reading material).


    Some participants may engage in nonviolent civil disobedience.


    Other events across the country are happening on the same day in a nationwide call for accountability for torture.

    SOURCE:  http://tortureaccountability.webs.com/apps/calendar/showEvent?calID=3195500&eventID=32097879

    June 22

    WORLDWIDE ALERT!! =The Risks of Genetically Modified Foods=

    "They knew and didn't tell"

    We all know how utterly corrupt the FDA is, but sometimes the full significance of this fact doesn't resonate.

    This video is a major wake up call.

    Short version:

    The FDA gave Monsanto and it friends a free pass on genetically modified organisms.

    They've helped suppress the science that shows food produced this way is dangerous.

    Here are the foods that are genetically modified: milk, corn, soybeans, canola oil and cottonseed oil.

    One simple way to protect yourself is to stop eating these foods unless they come from a certified organic source.

    For more information on how to protect yourself from the corporate/government criminals that are selling garbage and poison and calling it food, go here:


    http://www.TheRealFoodChannel.com

     

               

    June 21

    WORLDWIDE ALERT!! A Quarter Million Experimental "Frankentrees" to Be Grown in U.S

    Quote of the Week

     

    "Scientists at Duke University in North Carolina have created pollen models that show tree pollen traveling from a forest in North Carolina for over 1,000 kilometers northward into eastern Canada. Scientists researching sterility in trees have admitted that 100 percent guaranteed sterility in GE trees is impossible. This evidence implies that if GE trees are released into the environment, widespread and irreversible contamination of native forests cannot be prevented."

    Source: Anne Petermann of the Global Justice Ecology Project


    Learn more

    Alert of the Week

    A Quarter Million Experimental "Frankentrees" to Be Grown in U.S

    The USDA is currently taking public comments on whether or not the company ArborGen should be allowed to conduct 29 field trials of genetically engineered "cold tolerant" eucalyptus trees in the U.S. This massive experiment, which is on the verge of being green-lighted, will literally be using nature as the laboratory to test more than 260,000 frankentrees. Scientists across the U.S. are voicing concerns over this proposal including:

    -The USDA failed to do an Environmental Impact Statement to assess potential negative issues related to the proposed field trials.

    -The spread of the these plants into the wild through seeds and plant matter is highly likely, and the impacts on native ecosystems from this invader are unknown

    .-One of the experimental GE tree varieties is a known host for cryptococcus gatti, a fatal fungal pathogen whose spores cause meningitis in people and animals.

    Comments are being accepted by the USDA until July 6, 2009.

    Learn more and take action

    Web Program of the Week

    NPR Reports on Controversy Surrounding Genetically Engineered Trees

    Scientists are developing genetically modified trees for the forests of the future. Ann Peterman of the Global Justice Ecology Program tells "Living on the Earth's" host Bruce Gellerman that these designer trees don't measure up to what a real forest provides.

    Listen

    Please also watch this web video: A Silent Forest - The Threat of Genetically Engineered Trees

    Another Alert of the Week

    Tell Obama & Vilsack to Drop Bush's Pro-GMO Rules

    Just before leaving office, the Bush Administration released a new federal law that would significantly weaken the regulation of genetically engineered crops. Please join the Organic Consumers Association in pressing President Obama and USDA Secretary Vilsack to drop Bush's pro-GMO rule. The rule would increase contamination of organic and conventional crops and release the USDA from the responsibility to remedy GMO contamination. It would let the GE pharmacrop industry gene-splice dangerous drugs and industrial chemicals into plants and food crops in the open environment. In addition, the rule would give the biotech industry the power to decide whether their new genetically engineered crops should be subject to regulation at all. In the 2008 presidential race, Obama promised "change we can believe in." We need a change from the Bush Administration's pro-GMO policies.

    Learn More and Take Action

    June 20

    Halting cancer before it can really get started. =vitamin D=

    Dear NaturalNews readers,

     

    Scientists have found out what really causes cancer. And guess what? It's exactly as we've been talking about here on NaturalNews for years.

     

    Cancer is caused by a miscommunication between cells that allows them to grow in an incontrolled manner, unbridled by their neighboring cells which are calling for the cancerous cells to self-terminate.

     

    But there's one amazing nutrient that allows cells to re-establish healthy communication, ending the cancerous growth and halting cancer before it can really get started. That nutrient, not surprisingly, is vitamin D.

     

    Today's feature story by Sherry Baker reveals what western scientists have now discovered about vitamin D, and why it is the answer for preventing cancer:

    http://www.naturalnews.com/026447_Vitamin_D_cancer_NaturalNews.html

     

     

    Today's Feature Stories:

     

     

    Low Vitamin D May Be Root Cause of Cancer
    (NaturalNews) What initially causes cancer to develop? The current scientific model assumes that a genetic mutation begins the genesis of a malignancy. But what if that assumption is wrong and there's another key to the start of cancer? Scientists at...

    Sugar is Making a Comeback as a "Natural" Alternative to High-Fructose Corn Syrup
    (NaturalNews) As consumers become increasingly wary of high fructose corn syrup and other processed foods, food manufacturers are turning back to the use of sugar, billing it as a "natural" sweetener. "Sugar was the old devil, and high-fructose corn...


    Vitamin D Reduces Back Pain and Osteoporosis
    Vitamin D is known to build strong bones. Research has now shown its effectiveness in reducing back pain as well as in preventing osteoporosis. Vitamin D is important in maintaining the healthy calcium and phosphorus levels that are needed...

    Four Herbs with Powerful Health Benefits You Should Know About
    Natural herbs have been used for almost as long as humankind has existed. Herbs are powerful and the right ones may treat and alleviate serious diseases. In this article you will learn about a few popular herbs and what they are used for...

    Learn the Truth about Apple Cider Vinegar and Weight Loss
    We've all heard the claims about achieving weight loss with the help of apple cider vinegar. Some sources imply apple cider vinegar is some kind of magical substance that burns fat, but of course most of us are bright enough to see through...

    Victoria Boutenko Part I: Facing Multiple Health Crises Head on with a Raw Food Lifestyle
    In this excerpt, Victoria Boutenko shares on facing multiple health crises head on with a raw food lifestyle. Rawkathon...

     

    June 18

    Refugees whose lives have been shattered by U.S. foreign policy and military attacks

    The footage you are about to see is poignant, heart-wrenching, and often a direct result of U.S. foreign policy. In order to help the refugees whose lives have been shattered by U.S. foreign policy and military attacks, please provide aid through the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. For more on Afghan civilian casualties, watch Director Robert Greenwald on MSNBC's The Ed Show.
     


    Well-reasoned foreign policy results in more housing and jobs, better health care and education. When that policy consists of applying a military solution to a political problem, however, it results in death, destruction, and suffering. I witnessed the latter during my recent trip to Afghanistan--the devastating consequences of U.S. airstrikes on thousands of innocent civilians.

    The footage you are about to see is poignant, heart-wrenching, and often a direct result of U.S. foreign policy. It came from a combination of filmmakers: Nazir, a man who tracked me down through Facebook, met me at the Kabul airport, and showed me segments of his exclusive look inside Afghan refugee camps; a stringer we hired who was arrested by the Taliban in filming a bombing victim in Kandahar; and my own interviews while in Kabul. Together, we bring you Rethink Afghanistan: Civilian Casualties.

    Clearly we must help the refugees whose lives have been shattered by U.S. foreign policy and military attacks. Here's how you can take action:
    1. Digg this video. Just one click can help this video land on the Digg homepage, where it can reach tens of thousands of new people!

    2. Provide aid through The Afghan Women's Mission to the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), which is directly helping the refugees in these camps. We have partnered with these groups, and RAWA will go to the camps in this video to help those most in need. On their website, you can provide emergency relief to refugees, enable Afghans to visit the doctor, and help educate women and children to ensure women's rights are respected.

    3. Become a Peacemaker: Receive up-to-the-minute information through our new mobile alert system whenever there are Afghan civilian casualties from this war. Then take immediate action by calling our government and posting on social networking sites.

    Here's why it's even more critical for you to take action now. Earlier this week, the House of Representatives narrowly approved $106 billion in wartime funding, despite an incredible progressive movement that inundated Congress with calls and helped move votes into the "No" column. This bill will escalate military operations in Afghanistan, which is all the more reason why we must help the civilians affected by U.S. airstrikes now, and help our government see the need for a more humanitarian foreign policy.

    Yours,
     
    Ron G.