THE U.S. POLITICS from a CONSERVATIVEs CLEAR POINT OF VIEW .....

THE U.S. POLITICS from a CLEAR POINT OF VIEW .....

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Food America's Drug of Choice ...




"America the Beautiful" American's Patriotic song. The lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and the music composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward.
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Part of America the Beautiful was Written about the Wheat fields of Kansas,
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O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
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The Great Musical "Oklahoma"
Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain,
And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet, When the wind comes right behind the rain …
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Oklahoma! is the 1940s Broadway  musical written by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II ...
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Wheat Products Create Sugar and Addictive Behavior   ...
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Eating two slices of whole wheat bread is worse than drinking a can of sugar-sweetened soda or eating a sugary candy bar.
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Everybody avoids eating to much cake and candy, but most of us love to sneak a slice of bread before dinner at a restaurant ...
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Wheat is America's Hidden Addiction ...
Wheat is the single largest contributor to the nationwide obesity epidemic and food addition ... Wheat sounds healthy the negative about wheat is loads of hidden sugar ...
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Wheat is the most conspicuous and prevalent grain in the American Diet and in the body generates large volumes of additive gluten-sugar.

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Refined flour products turn quickly into sugar when digested,
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Eliminating wheat from our diets can prevent fat storage, shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse myriad health problems.

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Whole wheat bread increases blood sugar to a higher level than sucrose. Aside from some extra fiber, eating two slices of whole wheat bread is really little different, and often worse.
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Food addiction is the term used to describe a pathological disorder; the compulsive, excessive craving for and consumption of food.
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We all know all about alcoholism and drug abuse, but it is only in recent years that there is acceptance of the fact that people can be addicted to food in the same way.
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Signs of Food Addiction
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Cravings for certain kinds of foods
Eating in secret or hiding food
Eating when you are not hungry
Eating past the point of feeling full, or even to the point of feeling sick
Feeling guilty about what you eat, how much you eat, or both
Spending a large amount of time thinking about what you ate or what you plan to eat next
Turning to food to relieve stress or to deal with unpleasant emotions ...
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Food Addiction in particular to Wheat leads to Poor Health & Disease ...
Arthritis
Chronic pain
Diabetes
Heart disease
High blood pressure
High cholesterol
Kidney disease

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Visceral fat or abdominal fat - Is the Most Dangerous - Also known as organ fat or intra-abdominal fat, is located inside the abdominal cavity, packed in between organs (stomach, liver, intestines, kidneys, etc.). Visceral fat is different than subcutaneous fat underneath the skin, and intramuscular fat interspersed in skeletal muscles.

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Fat in the lower body, as in thighs and buttocks, is subcutaneous, whereas fat in the abdomen is mostly visceral. Visceral fat is composed of several adipose depots including mesenteric, epididymal white adipose tissue (EWAT), and perirenal depots.
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An excess of visceral fat is known as central obesity, or "belly fat", in which the abdomen protrudes excessively. There is a strong correlation between central obesity and cardiovascular disease. Excess visceral fat is also linked to type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance inflammatory diseases, and other obesity-related diseases ...

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Nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes and an estimated 79 million adults have pre-diabetes ...
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7 million Americans do not know they have the disease.
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CDC estimates that as many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults could have diabetes by 2050 if current trends continue ...

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Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults aged 20–74 years.
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Diabetes is also the leading cause of kidney failure, accounting for 44% of new cases in 2008.

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Diabetics, for instance, are two to five times more likely to have coronary artery disease and heart attacks, 44 percent will develop atherosclerosis of the carotid arteries or other arteries outside of the heart, and 20 to 25 percent will develop impaired kidney function or kidney failure an average of eleven years following diagnosis. In fact, high blood sugars sustained over several years virtually guarantee development of complications.
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High blood sugars are responsible for most of the complications of diabetes, from neuropathy (damaged nerves leading to loss of sensation in the feet) to retinopathy (vision defects and blindness) to nephropathy (kidney disease and kidney failure). The higher the blood sugar and the longer blood sugars stay high, the more AGE products will accumulate and the more organ damage results.
Just Because You Don't Live in the Deep South Doesn't Mean You Won't Get It !!!
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Where's the Wheat ...
Snacks
Most popular snack foods including cookies, pretzels, donuts, cereals, graham crackers, waffles and crackers all contain wheat. Commercially packaged snack foods as a rule of thumb should be assumed to contain wheat ....

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Breads
Finding gluten-free breads in a bakery in the United States is extremely rare. Wheat is in biscuits, rolls and bagels. Packaged sandwich bread is always made from wheat flour, as is the "potato bread" flavor of some commercial breads. The potato does not imply that the bread is made from potato rather than wheat. Breads made from semolina, spelt or graham flour also contain wheat gluten ...

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Here is a List of 20 Common Foods Containing Wheat ...
- Breads. Breads, unless they have a label stating otherwise, will contain wheat. This includes freshly baked bread at your local bakery.
- Baked Goods. Cakes, cookies, pastries or other baked goods all contain wheat.
- Pasta. Pasta, unless it states that it is made from rice or quinoa, is also made from wheat flour.
- Pizza. Pizza is also made from flour and unless it has a special label stating that it is gluten free, you can be sure that it contains wheat. This includes bread sticks and frozen pizzas, as well as frozen pizza dough.
- Breaded and Battered Foods. Foods such as fish sticks, fried chicken wings or any battered vegetables such as pepper, onions or zucchini will contain wheat from the bread or batter.
- Cereals. Most cereals are also made from wheat.
- Canned Soups. Most canned soups contain a wheat starch or wheat flour as a thickener. This includes soups in packets as well as the soups that you order at most restaurants.
- Vegetables. Frozen or canned vegetables prepared in a sauce, as well as creamed vegetables that contain stabilizers also contain wheat.
- Sauces. Most commercially prepared sauces, such as soy sauce, Worcestershire, teriyaki, and horseradish sauce, should be assumed to contain wheat unless otherwise stated.
- Dip and Gravy Mixes. These all contain wheat thickening agents. As a general rule most thickening agents such as starches contain wheat.
- Ground Spices. Curry powder, Cajun spices, pie spice, and Thai spices contain a wheat agent that prevents them from clumping.
- Instant Drinks. Drinks like instant coffee, instant tea and cocoa powder all contain wheat, as well as powdered, malted and chocolate milk. Most malted drinks will contain wheat.
- Deserts. Ice cream, ice cream cones, sherbet, icings, meringues and puddings all contain wheat.
- Condiments. Ketchup, mayonnaise and mustard that are either ready made or in powder form all contain wheat.
- Salad Dressings. Many dressings contain wheat-enriched emulsifiers or stabilizers.
- Meats. Sausages, luncheon, and prepared meat patties contain wheat.
- Imitation and Synthetic Cheeses. Pasteurized cheese spreads, cottage cheese containing modified or wheat starches, blue cheese and veined cheeses like Roquefort contain wheat.
- Beer. It’s most commonly made from barley, but wheat is also widely used as an ingredient.
- Sweets. Licorice, chocolate, candy with cereal extract, and chewing gum all contain wheat.
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So How Do/Did We Get Addicted ?
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The average American is exposed to about 3000 advertising messages TV,  Radio, Newspapers, Billbroads, a day, and Corporations spend over $620 billion each year to make their products seem desirable and to get us to buy them ...
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Almost 25% of the ads are about food ... Super Markets, Fast Foods, Restaurants, Cereal, Yogurt, Ice Cream, Pizza, Taco, Hamburgers, etc ...   Of the 25%, almost 80% of the ads are about Fast Food ... Worst yet the cable companies turn up the volume when commercials come on to get our attention ...
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In Addition ...
Cooking Shows, PBS Food Shows, Talk Show Food Segments, etc ... Create more cravings ... America loves food ... 
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Links ...
Facts on Diabetes CDC

Wheat Belly Blog ...

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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Population Politics ...



Republicans GOP Say NO to …Birth Control, Contraception, Family Planning/Planned Parenthood, Abortion, Vasectomy, Tubal ligation, Voluntary Sterilization …
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Republicans Views the United States as having a Unlimited Supply of Water, Food, Jobs, Money (maybe not money), and Unlimited Population Capacity …
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America has a Bright Future ... but We Need a Realistic Look at Facts ...
Not Political Fiction ...
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Republicans Unlimited Immigration, and Large Families … Good for Business … Good for the U.S. ….
Romney – 5 kids
Santorum – 8 kids
Bachmann – 5 kids – 20+ Foster kids

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What is Population Politics?
Abortion, Contraception, Immigration, the Environment, Water Supply, Agriculture, Food Supply, Family Planning, Education, Healthcare, Transportation Gird Lock, Quality of Life …
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What is Population Sustainability?
Sustainability human capacity to endure ...Sustainability is a pattern of growth in which resource(s) use aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come.”

What is Population Carrying Capacity?
The carrying capacity of a biological species in an environment is the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available in the environment. In population biology, carrying capacity is defined as the environment's maximal load, which is different from the concept of population equilibrium
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Some World Population Numbers
A conservative Worldwide Daily Birth Rate is 216,000 Babies Born everyday a Realistic Figure is closer to 490,000 ….

Worldwide Daily Death Rate is 150,000 People Dying from Natural Causes, Famine, Disease Everyday Worldwide.

Worldwide Abortion Rate is approximately 55 Million Abortion a year that is about 150,000 Daily Worldwide …

Actual Population Growth Worldwide would 490,000 minus 150,000 minus 150,000 = Approximately 190,000 Growth Daily Worldwide … or 69 Million a Yearly …
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Some U.S. Population Numbers
U.S. Population Numbers U.S. Birth Rate 4,251,000 yearly that is 11,600 Daily ...
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U.S. Death Rate  is about 2,437,100 yearly People Dying from Natural Causes, Famine, Disease that is  6,600 Daily ...
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Baby Births
The U.S. Gains 5,000 New People Daily from Baby Births alone Close to 2 Million Babies Yearly …
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Immigration

Immigration contributes another 1-2 Million people per year to U.S. population that is 3000-5000 Daily...
10,000 (5000+5000)  times 365 = 3,650,000 yearly ...
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Life expectancy in the U.S. is 78.5 years less people dying …
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Currently the U.S. Population is approximately 313,402,881 ...
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U.S. & World Population Clock - Click Here ...
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What is the Limit ? The Carrying Capacity of the United States and the World? Population Politics Will Effect and Shape Our Future …

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Answer The Carrying Capacity of U.S. is Right around 575 Million ...
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Videos - What are the Limits to Growth ...
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Ben Zuckerman - UCLA
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James Hansen, Paul Ehrlich, and James Lovelock
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Right Wing Nut Cases like Santorum Will Tell You ... This is All Made Up ... Just Keep Having All the Kids You Want After All He Did ...
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Friday, April 13, 2012

Labelers, Profilers, Name Callers, and Bullies ...

Allen West:- Florida Republican  January 3, 2011 to Present 
Joseph McCarthy - Wisconsin Republican (1944–1957)
Joseph McCarthy was noted for his demagogic, reckless, and unsubstantiated accusations, as well as public attacks on the character and/or patriotism of political opponents …
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Allen West – Republican FL - April 2012 answering constituents question on Communism in the U.S. “That’s a fair question. I believe there’s about 78 to 81 members of the Democratic Party that are members of the Communist Party”
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When a country starts to falter and is in Chaos with NO clear direction the Dictators with Quick Solutions are the ones you really have to WATCH OUT for ...
Remember These Guys ...
Bashar al-Assad, Idi Amin, Fidel Castro, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Paul Kagame, Francisco Franco, Muammar Gaddafi, Adolf Hitler, Enver Hoxha, Josip Broz-Tito, Slobodan Milosevic, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong-il, Yoweri Museveni, Alexander Lukashenko, Ferdinand Marcos, Mao Zedong, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Robert Mugabe, Benito Mussolini, Augusto Pinochet, Pol Pot, Joseph Stalin, Ruhollah Khomeini, Suharto, and Meles Zenawi ..
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A Dictator is a leader who holds and/or abuses an extraordinary amount of personal power, especially the power to make laws without approval of elected and effective Congress or representatives of the people ...
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Today in 2012 it is Common Place to find the GOP Promoting Chaos, the GOP are: Labelers, Profilers, Name Callers, & Bullies ... Labelling Across America's Air Waves …  Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Laura Ingraham, GOP 2012 Presidential Santorum, Newt, Bachmann, to mention a few …
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Yet NO Definitions NOT Even Basic Ones i.e. ...  If your are going to Name Call i.e. Calling someone Communist, a polite gesture would take the time to give an explanation of the meaning of their labels and why they labeled ...  But NOT the GOP ...
Terms Being Thrown Around by GOP Profilers ... Communism, Socialism, Capitalism, Democracy, Liberalism, Dictatorship, Republic, Progressive to mention a few ...
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So... What is Communism?
Communism is a political form of government.  Communist countries are ones totally controlled by the communist parties. Communism is a self-declared (not elected) socialist government comprised one-party states.
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Communism is a socialist movement to create a classless, moneyless, and stateless social order structured upon common ownership of the means of production, as well as a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of this social order.  Pure communism allows for distribution of wealth based on need and social relations based on freely associated individuals.  Communism has socialism as one of it’s forms for a economic system. Is the U.S. a Communist country? NO!
What is Socialism?
Socialism is an economic system described as ownership of everything in the country by the citizens of the country i.e. the government. Socialism is total government control, and management of all businesses in the country including, management of the business, it's manufacturing-production, finances, stock, and profits for the good of the welfare of the people in that country...  A cooperative management of everything in the country and economy.  A socialist economic system would consist of an government with it's main function to directly satisfy economic demands and human needs of the people ...  Is the U.S. a Socialist country with now over 60% of it's workforce working directly for the government? NO.
What is Democracy?
Democracy is an form of government with a belief in human equality especially with respect to social, political, and economic affairs, in which all the citizens of a nation together determine public policy, the laws and the actions of their state, requiring that all citizens (meeting certain qualifications) have an equal opportunity to express their opinion. A Democracy a political system that approximates this ideal if all its citizens have the right to vote for people who represent them in elections.  Democracies have Capitalism as their economic system. So ... Is the U.S. a Democracy? NO!.
What is Capitalism?
Capitalism is an economic system which includes private ownership of businesses, manufacturing, and the creation of goods and/or services for profit or income. This includes the accumulation of capital-money, open competitive markets, non-government voluntary exchange of money or good, and fair wages for labor.
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The term capitalism has been applied to a variety of countries and at various times, geography, politics, and culture.  There is, however, agreement that capitalism became dominant in the Western world following the demise of feudalism. However capitalism is not a form of government it is an economic system at best.
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What is Liberalism ?
Liberalism is a political form of government. Liberalism (from the Latin liberalis)it is the belief in liberty and equality.  Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally liberals support ideas such as rule of law as opposed to rule by the arbitrary judgment, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights, capitalism, and the free exercise of religion. A liberal is not limited and most do not believe in established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, laws, and religions. Free thinkers. 42% of the U.S. considers themselves Conservative 35% Moderate 20% considers themselves Progressives or Liberals.
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Liberalism first became a powerful force in the Age of Enlightenment, rejecting several foundational assumptions that dominated most earlier theories of government, such as nobility, established religion, absolute monarchy. 
What is Progressivism?
Progressivism is a political party and form of government. Progressivism is an umbrella term for a politics advocating and/or favoring social, political, and economic reform in opposition to conservative/reactionary politics.
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Political parties, such as the Progressive Party, organized at the start of the 20th century, and progressivism was embraced in the administrations of American Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lyndon Baines Johnson.
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The term progressivism emerged in response to industrialization and is an alternative to the traditional conservative response to social and economic issues. Progressivism is associated with left-wing politics.
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Today, liberal members of the Democratic Party and the Green Party of the United States are self-identify as progressives. In the US Congress there exists the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which is often in opposition to the more conservative Democrats.  Is the U.S. Progressive NO.
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What is a Moderate?
Moderate political ideology basically is a centralist with middle of the road views. Advocating less radical views/sides of the political or religious spectrum. Voters who describe themselves as centrist often mean that they are moderate in their political views, advocating neither extreme left-wing politics nor right-wing politics. Rush World's #1 Labeler, Profiler, Name Caller, and Bully Labels Moderates As Liberals ...

What is Conservatism?
Conservatism means to preserve. Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism and seek a return to "the way things were". This the U.S. Conservative YES. 42% of the U.S. considers it's self Conservative.
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Edmund Burke, an Anglo-Irish politician who served in the British House of Commons and opposed the French Revolution, is credited as the founder of conservativism.
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In the United States, conservatism developed after the Second World War when Russell Kirk and other writers identified an American conservative tradition based on the ideas of Edmund Burke. Interesting note - Many authors of conservative books and articles DO NOT accept American conservatism as genuine and consider it to be a variety of liberalism.
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Conservatism today in 2012, is a political philosophy that stresses dealing with social problems such as health care or immigration through private enterprise, charities and religious institutions rather than government. It emphasizes the weakness of human nature and our tendency towards sin and idleness to be overcome through personal responsibility and self-reliance, and optimistic assurance.  Conservatism  is against social action by the poor to assert their rights and fight social injustice.  In others words, the Conservative advise and perspective for the Poor and Sick "We wish you every sucess in making your own way in life, and will pray for you", but not much more.
What is a Republic?
A Republic is a political form of government.  A republic is a form of government in which the government is officially given control of the people and thus a "public matter" and where offices of state are directly or indirectly elected or appointed. In modern times, a simplified definition of a republic is a government where the head of state is not a monarch. The word republic is derived from the Latin phrase res publica, which can be translated as "the public affair", and often used to describe a state using this form of government.
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In modern republics such as the United States and India, the executive is legitimized both by a constitution and by popular suffrage meaning the legal right to vote, but also the practical question of whether a question will be put to a vote. , and included both democracies, where all the people have a share in rule.  Is the U.S. a Democratic Republic YES we are!
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The GOP Making the Big Bucks ... Labelling, Profiling, Bulling ...  America ...
Keeping Our Heads Spinning With Labels ...
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GOP Talk Radio & Right Wing TV Controlling the way GOPers Think ...
GOP would NOT know what they are without Rush ...
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GOP What are YOU? Listen to RUSH and find out !!!
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Friday, April 6, 2012

Health Insurers in U.S. Charge Women More for Insurance Than Men ...

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GOPs Advise to U.S. Women Don't Grow a Brain ...
Right now, most states allow Health Care Insurers-Providers to charge women more for Health Insurance than men ...
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The Affordable Care Act will ban this practice in 2014.  It will also prevent insurers from refusing to insure those with pre-existing conditions ... 
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As many as 82 million Americans with employer-based coverage have a pre-existing condition, ranging from life-threatening illnesses like cancer to chronic conditions like diabetes, asthma, or heart disease. 
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Without the Affordable Care Act, such conditions limit the ability to obtain affordable health insurance if they become self-employed, take a job with a company that does not offer coverage, or experience a change in life circumstance, such as divorce, retirement, or moving to a different state. 
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Older Americans between ages 55 and 64 are at particular risk: 48 to 86 percent of people in that age bracket have some type of pre-existing condition. 
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And 15 to 30 percent of people in perfectly good health today are likely to develop a pre-existing condition over the next eight years, severely limiting their choices without the protections of the Affordable Care Act.
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Reasons to for Women Think Twice When Voting ...
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GOP said Their Focus Would Be JOBS JOBS JOBS if Given Control of the House in 2010 ...
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Turns Out The GOPs Real Focus was Anti-Women's Rights ...
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Has the GOP Turned Into The Orkin Man - Anti-Caterpillars ...  Anti-Cocoon ...
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There were Over 400 GOP Anti-Abortion Bills Introduced Nationwide by GOP at the Federal State Local Levels ....
Since 2010 ...
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There were Over 1,100 Bills Against Equal Rights for Women Introduced Nationwide by the GOP at the Federal State Local Levels ... Since 2010 ...
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GOP Equal Pay for Equal Work ?
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Highest Paid Asian Males ...
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Male CFOs Make 16% More Than FEMALE CFOs - GOP says these numbers are wrong …
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U.S. Women Targeted by Conservatives in Augusta GA ....
Masters Golf Tourament in Augusta GA says “NO to Women as Members”… IBM Master’s Sponsor … IBMs CEO Female Masters Board of Trustees Says NO to even Honorary Membership for this CEO … 70% of Georgians say they are Conservative ...
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Over 98% of All Abortions are Performed Outside the United States ... 
Yet GOP Targets U.S. Women on Abortion ...
There are 55-60 MILLION ABORTIONS WORLDWIDE Yearly ...
Congress Continues to FAIL to Offer Up Legislation that PREVENTS Trade or Military Alliances Conditional on ANTI-ABORTION Laws ...  No Trade Unless No Abortions ...
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As of 2012, the World Population is Seven (7)  Billion People. As of 2012, the Population of the U.S. is 313 Hundred Thousand ... Yet GOP Targets U.S. Women on Abortion ...  As usual Washington has NO Idea How to Solve a Problem …
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GOP if you are Really Serious About Stopping Abortion ... Congress Should Stop U.S. Firms from Doing Business with Communist China (15-20 Million Abortions in China Every Year) ...  unless ANTI-ABORTION Laws and Enforcement of the laws is put in place ... It is our money financing this ...
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There are 55-60 MILLION ABORTIONS Performed WORLDWIDE Yearly Many are in countries that are major U.S. Military and Trading partners …  Yet Republican House & Congress FAILS to offer up Legislation that PREVENTS Trade or Military Alliances Conditional on ANTI-ABORTION Laws and Enforcement of the laws in these countries … 
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GOP uses Anti Abortion & U.S. Women as a Political Chip ... And Rallying Call to the Right …  Even though current Gallup Polls shows over 60% of Americans think abortion should be LEGAL during the first stage of pregnancy … It does drops to 10% in the last stage of pregnancy ...
Less than 1.5% of Abortions Worldwide are done in U.S. ... Yet GOP Targets U.S. Women ...
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Let's Get Serious GOP About Abortion !!!  STOP Abortions Worldwide ...