Not to mention that this bill is purely political, it’s only purpose is to boost the popularity of those running for public office with the conservative voters who just might approve and support this bill. So that the greedy idiots who came up with this thing might gain enough conservative votes to get themselves elected, so they too can get their chance to raid the cookie jar.

This bill cannot be permitted to become law. What a slap in the face to the women of this country.

Al

This movement has gone global to become a month-long campaign against “Corporate Greed”. Protests rippled throughout Europe, Asia and Canada as well.

People are fed up with economic inequality so it was only a matter of time before we took to the streets of American cities such as New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Miami to begin demonstrating.

Throughout history when the population is pushed too far, protests begin. They often lead to the downfall of regimes and dictatorships. In this case, it is economic inequality and corporate greed that is being targeted.

These protests are already making a difference. People are voicing their anger about economic inequality throughout the entire world.

The protesters chanted, “We got sold out, banks got bailed out” and “All day, all week, occupy Wall Street.”

American protesters are angry that U.S. banks are enjoying booming profits after getting bailouts in 2008, while many people are struggling in a difficult economy with more than 9 percent unemployment and little help from Washington.

The Occupy Wall Street movement has been gathering steam over the past month and we need to step on the gas to keep the engines revving so the “fat-cat” republicans do not think for one moment, that the people are losing momentum.

This is the time! We are the majority! This is NOT a “Class War”. This is the opportunity to make a change in our lives and the lives of generations to come,

HOWIE

Some are jews who are not proud of that fact. They want to bring their daughters to find them a husband but they don’t practice the faith religiously.

But most are entrepreneurs looking to take advantage of the hostile relationship between some Arab and Israel. They pretend to be our friends, but they are more interested in the commerce that arises out of military conflict and racial hatred that has blossomed into armed aggression.

Howie, I hope you will continue to voice your feelings in the true manner you have shown to have.

Naomi

Sitting down with a nice cup of hot tea feels positively virtuous these days.

Every time we glance up at the evening news, there’s been another scientist telling us how good tea is for our health — it’s those antioxidants!

But now here comes another study with a decidedly different take — tea can be dangerous… and the danger is cancer.

Tea? Cancer? Really? The study being reported found that drinking hot tea seems to be the reason people in a certain area of northern Iran have one of the world’s highest rates of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, an often deadly form of the disease.

For the study, published in the online edition of BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal), researchers interviewed 300 people with esophageal cancer and 571 of their healthy neighbors.

All had similar backgrounds and habits — including regular tea drinking. The difference?

Compared with those who drank their tea warm or lukewarm, people who drank their tea “very hot” were eight times as likely to develop cancer, and those who drank it “hot” were twice as likely.

In other words, it seemed that the culprit might not be the tea — but the temperature. Well, I thought, maybe there’s hope yet for us tea drinkers.

THE CLEAREST RISK FACTOR

I called the study author, Farhad Islami, MD, PhD, at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, to learn more.

He let me know that this particular group of Iranians were at otherwise low risk for esophageal squamous cell cancer — very few smoked and most did not drink alcohol, two very significant risk factors for that disease.

The study showed that tea drinking was a common habit among all subpopulations in the region (a total of 48,500 people) and that approximately 25% of the people there drink their tea at the hottest level — about 149°F or higher.

This was verified later when researchers actually measured the temperature. (“Hot” was considered to be 149°F to 158°F… and “very hot,” above 158°F.)

Although researchers aren’t sure why this is a problem, they believe that the heat may trigger inflammatory processes that stimulate potentially carcinogenic compounds in the esophageal mucous membranes.

Perhaps even more likely, Dr. Islami says, is the fact that high heat can damage the esophageal lining, making it less able to protect itself against carcinogens coming in from the outside world.

OKAY THEN, WHAT ABOUT COFFEE?

America, of course, is a land of coffee drinkers, many of whom like their brew piping hot.

Based on what the tea study tells us, is there reason to worry about coffee, too?

Dr. Islami says it is important to note that the type of esophageal cancer most common in the West — adenocarcinoma of the esophagus –

is not the same as squamous cell carcinoma, which is the most common type of esophageal cancer in Iran and worldwide.

Furthermore, while a few reports suggest that other hot beverages, including coffee, might increase esophageal cancer risk, there is little research on hot coffee specifically.

So we do need more studies. In the meantime, Dr. Islami speaks to common sense. “If the issue is damage to the esophageal lining, it would be safer if people do not drink very hot coffee or tea,” he says.

It takes only a few minutes or so to allow your hot beverage of choice — coffee or tea — to cool to 140°F and into the safety zone.

Source(s):

Farhad Islami, MD, PhD, research fellow, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.

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