[OilsHerbsEtc.] FDA Looking At Chinese Medicine

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Moderator's Note: Well said.. And I think this is the note we should end our

discussion regarding the structure of government on..

Misty

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It would indeed be terrible confusing if every citizen had to cast a

vote for every piece of legislation; however, what has happened in our

system of goverment is that the huge lobbies and special interest

groups are able to buy the ears, if not the outright votes, of those

who do cast votes and so we see legislation passed and agencies

created (such as the FDA) which serve the monied interests more than

the common man.

 

The initial choice of elected officials is naturally very important.

Even more important will be finding a way to keep them from being

corrupted from the constant lure of the money and favors constantly

available from special interest and lobbies, while Joe Average

Ciitizen remains back home and in the background.

 

No where is this conflict of service greater than in the area of

natural medicine versus " approved " medicine. Many of us know for

absolute certain that there are natural alternatives that are cheaper,

safer and more effective than the approved drugs and treatments (think

chemo and radiation) patients are steered into using because of this

system.

 

The pharmaceutical industry is a trillion dollar a year goliath with a

history of misuse of power and disregard for patients for the sake of

greed, and their only marketplace is our bodies. Safer, less

expensive natural alternatives represent a huge threat to their

profit, the same as drugs that actually cure anything instead of treat

symptoms and have side-effects that lead to still more drugs.

 

Despite a lot of lip service about finally paying attention to diet,

nutrition and natural supplements and alternatives (the very thing

that the pharmaceutical empire has spent millions on surplanting with

their lab created patented medications for generations), history tells

us a different story.

 

The only interest the pharmaceutical giants have in natural

alternatives they cannot readily patent and control is to gain control

by other means, such as the codex alimentarius and other legislation

around the world. Once they gain control, you can expect to see the

natural alternative standardized to the point of being worthless and

see access to natural alternatives highly restricted. In other words,

the same game plan tha has worked so well for almost 100 years.

 

 

 

, " Bruce Guilmette,

Ph.D. " <bruce wrote:

>

> There are a number of different forms of government throughout the world

> including thocracies, dictatorships, monarchies, democracies, and

republics.

> We indeed live in a republic. Most people confuse our government

with that

> of a democracy where everything is run by an actual vote of every