Ed- Lets not sugar coat this bill! Communicatio from Congressman Wu's O

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Ed,

 

Don't forget, we are the government. When we stop blaming the people

we place in office and start working on a grass root level to elect

the ones we want to represent us, then we will be back on track. These

stolen elections just didn't happen over night. They were the result

of a long process of apathy on the part of many voters from the ground up.

 

Who goes to their Dem or Rep committee meetings anymore? Who knows who

is coming up in the ranks that shouldn't be there? The process is in

place but many want to place the blame on this invisible 'something'

that happened where they had no control. BTW, who the bleep even knows

who there neighbors are?

 

The Democratic process is a dynamic and participatory process and

those who want to control and manipulate, know this process and work

it to their advantage. I know because I have watched it happen over

and over. If you go to your local party meetings, you'll see that the

majority of those participating are not representative of your community.

 

There are the extremists who have huge ideas with no means of bringing

them into reality, then you have the lawyers and business sorts that

take the lead because they do happen to have the tools and

communication skills to make their agendas fly. There are few that

participate that could truly make a difference, because they are at

home thinking that someone else is taking care of that part on their

behalf or they do not think they can really make a difference.

 

Best intent,

 

Jeanne

 

 

, " Ed Siceloff "

<siceloff wrote:

>

> My own thought is that we seem to be the puppets on the string with

government pulling the strings. If " our " representatives were on a

string, we'd be able to keep the string short, or intrude on the

string, or whatever (lol). We can't. They don't seem to respond to

us at all.

> Good example is here in Pa where a whole lot of turnover happened

in this last election. The guys/women kicked out of their jobs are

already being rehired into paid positions. They get to get their

pensions, and their buddies in the government are appointing them to

non-elective jobs, with twice the pay they had been receiving.

Somebody says jump, and it seems like it is usually the public that is

expected to jump.

> How do we right a situation like that. A fair amount of people

still go to the polls and vote. And then election results, the count,

gets falsified, or something like what happened in Pennsylvania

happens. Either way, there is no real change.

> For 8 years people were voting more and more republicans in to

office because, I imagine, they got tired of the democrats and the

growth of federal budgets, etc. Now, since the republicans got that

power, they took it and outdid what the democrats had been doing.

Nothing changes. That includes how far and how fast the public still

jumps to serve their government (with no thought that the government

was supposedly designed to serve the public).

>

> Ed

> -

> Elaine

>

> Friday, December 15, 2006 2:50 PM

> Jeanne - Lets not sugar coat this

bill! Communicatio from Congressman Wu's Office OR

>

>

>

> Jeanne,

> You are absolutely right it does not do any good to sing to the

choir, it also

> does not do any good to email or mail the legislators, they just

send a canned reply like they sent you!

> I have not seen any replies that were NOT vague, the replies did

not address the matter in question of the letter or email that was sent.

> Congress seem to be puppets on a string.

> Elaine

>

>

>

>

 

> Please feel free to write the congressman, because it does no good

singing to the choir. If more people did communicate with their

legislators, or even know who their legislators were, we'd be in

better shape today as a country. IMHO, Jeanne

>

> Elaine <MedResearch121 wrote:

> mirakulu2003,

>

> This congressman must not know that last year the ban on ephedra

was lifted? if he does not keep up with with the laws, I wonder if he

knows what he is talking about?

> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/U.S._Federal_Judge_overturns_ephedra_ban

>

> Why is it that ONE person abuses and over doses and dies, the

supplement is banned, here is a supplement that has been around for

thousands of years has been used for asthmatics with good results, and

just recently for loosing weight, that herb is banned because of abuse

of one person!

>

> Why is it, that is OK to KILL with prescription drugs, we are

not talking about ONE person, we are talking about hundreds of

thousands DEAD!!! and there is still NO BAN on these prescription

drugs! are they FDA Approved for killing!

>

> Just take a look at how many thousands of people have died from

cholesterol meds and now high blood pressure medications, take a look

at how many have died from Splenda, aspertame nutrasweet all FDA

Approved!!!!!!!!!!!! and they are still on the market.

>

> Lets get real, Lets not sugarcoat this bill, WHY IS THIS BILL

NOT FOR PRSCRIPTION DRUGS, More people are dieing from FDA approved

DRUGS AND CHEMICALS MASCARADING like food!

>

> This bill is a way to curtail dietary supplements and it

> will certainly restrict the mg in the supplements! like they now

have restricted ephedra, they have allowed ephedra to be sold over the

counter again but in only 10 mg, which is useless for asthma or weight

control, so why bother to bring it back from the ban, I will tell you

why, its so people will not realize that supplements or herbs are

being taken away, they are not restricted over the counter purchase

but they are restricting the active ingredient or the milligrams..

>

> The bill as passed will be the first step to reduce the

supplements to a quantity of active ingredient will be nill, just as

has been done to ephredra, what they are doing now, already has been

done in other countries, to were you can no longer purchase enzymes ,

vit C in only 60 mg and so on.

>

>

>

> ______

> U.S. Federal Judge overturns ephedra ban

> From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!

> Jump to: navigation, search

> April 15, 2005

> A Park City, Utah, nutritional supplement manufacturer won its

appeal against the FDA on Wednesday as a Federal Judge lifted a ban

and sent the case back to the agency for revised rulemaking in

accordance with the court's decision.

> Judge Tena Campbell ruled that no further enforcement of the FDA

action can take place until the FDA reviews its current regulation.

> Neutraceutical claimed in its lawsuit that the product " has been

safely consumed " for hundreds of years and is not harmful at low

ephedrine product levels. The FDA had decided to ban the supplement

based on a reverse logic that the product had to be proven safe. The

lawsuit effectively argued that it is the FDA's task to prove that all

dosage levels of ephedrine were unsafe. The court agreed with the

manufacturer that this assumption could not be proven and, when taken

in low doses, less than 10 mg, that agree with the product labeling,

ephedrine was not shown to be an " unreasonable or significant risk. "

> A group of private researchers claimed that ephedra was the most

dangerous herbal product on the market. They collected data from

poison control centers. It was not considered to be a drug and could

not be controlled the way pharmaceuticals were, and was sold over the

counter.

> The death in 2003 of 23-year old Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve

Bechler brought a slew of negative reports on the product that

foreshadowed a sharp drop in sales.

> Source

> a.. AP wire services " Judge strikes down FDA ban on ephedra " .

Baseball category: USATODAY.com, April 14, 2005

> b.. American Herbal Products Association " Court Overturns FDA

Ban on Low-dose Ephedra Products " . Natural and Nutritional Products

Industry Center, April 14, 2005

> c.. HealthDay Staff " Ephedra Ban Lifted by U.S. District

Judge " . Forbes.com:, April 14, 2005

>

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> ======= At 2006-12-12, 22:17:39 you wrote: =======

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> > Jeanne:

> >

> >

> >

> > This bill is in no way intended to curtail dietary supplements

and it

> > will not restrict over the counter purchase. The bill as passed

> > requires a manufacturer, packer, or distributor of dietary

supplements

> > to: (1) submit to the Secretary of HHS within 15 business days any

> > report of a serious adverse event associated with use of such

drug or

> > supplement in the United States; (2) submit within 15 business

days

> > any related medical information that is received within one

year of

> > the initial report; (3) maintain records related to each

report for

> > six years; and (4) permit inspection of such records. It also

requires

> > the Secretary to develop systems to ensure that duplicate

reports of a

> > serious adverse event are consolidated. It is just a way to

keep track

> > of dangerous outcomes, which has definitely happened with certain

> > supplements, like ephedra.

> >

> >

> >

> > As to HR 2995/S517, the Congressman has not taken a formal

position on

> > the bill yet, but I can tell you he has voiced concerns that this

> > subject area but not be entered into lightly.

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> >

> >

> > Hope this helps.

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