The top ten reasons why the U.S. needs more pharmaceutical companies

[Guest guest]

Thought you all would enjoy this.

-Rob

 

The top ten reasons why the U.S. needs more pharmaceutical companies by Mike

Adams

 

1. Cures: We need drug companies to keep finding cures for major diseases.

Look at all the cures they've found so far like... well... okay, they

haven't actually found any cures yet. But maybe they can at least cure all

the bogus diseases they made up like " social anxiety disorder " and

" attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. "

 

2. National Security: U.S. drug companies are crucial for protecting our

national security by banning prescription drugs from untrustworthy countries

like Canada -- which we all know is just a rabble of war-mongering nitwits

who invade third world countries for sport (and then lie about why they

did).

 

3. The Economy: never mind that most pharmaceutical companies sell useless

products at ridiculous prices. All that money changing hands is great for

the economy. You may be diseased, but think on the bright side: your Big

Pharma stocks are soaring! (With all that money, you might even be able to

afford health insurance...)

 

4. Doctors: Without the pharmaceutical companies, what would all the doctors

do for work? After all, most so-called " medicine " involves little more than

scribbling out a prescription for the latest mass-advertised drug. Without

drugs, doctors might actually have to TALK to patients. Horrors!

 

5. Ethics: With Enron gone, we need a new, national example of strong ethics

that properly communicate the essence of American corporate greed.

Pharmaceutical companies could make Enron look like the Girl Scouts.

 

6. Political Fundraising: We need drug companies to support the re-election

efforts of honest national leaders like President Bush who, as we all know,

is crucial for protecting our civil liberties.

 

7. Publishers: Without drug company advertising, who would support all the

newspaper and magazine publishers in this country? After all, many print

publications are now little more than pro-drug infomercial rags dressed up

to look like credible news magazines.

 

8. Patient Responsibility: Without drug companies shifting health

responsibility away from patients, the people would actually have to think

for themselves and take control of their own health. That's simply too much

to ask from a dumbed-down population where no child was left behind (except

for the ones who were).

 

9. The Environment: Drug companies set an excellent example of fair and

balanced environmental policy, which is why antidepressant drugs are now

showing up in the water supply. Their new environmental slogan? " You take

it, you flush it, we fuggedaboutit! "

 

10. The Elderly: Everybody agrees we need honest U.S. businesses to look out

for the interests of our elders. Pharmaceutical companies handle this with

finesse by taking over the full monthly incomes of most retired folks. It's

a genuine public service.

 

List created on 10/29/2004 by Mike Adams, health columnist, NewsTarget.com.

May be freely republished and shared, with proper credit. Please forward

(with credit) to all who need a health-enhancing laugh.

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rofl...thanks for the laugh!! although its sad at the same timeRob Combis <rcombis wrote:

Thought you all would enjoy this.-RobThe top ten reasons why the U.S. needs more pharmaceutical companies by MikeAdams1. Cures: We need drug companies to keep finding cures for major diseases.Look at all the cures they've found so far like... well... okay, theyhaven't actually found any cures yet. But maybe they can at least cure allthe bogus diseases they made up like "social anxiety disorder" and"attention deficit hyperactivity disorder."2. National Security: U.S. drug companies are crucial for protecting ournational security by banning prescription drugs from untrustworthy countrieslike Canada -- which we all know is just a rabble of war-mongering nitwitswho invade third world countries for sport (and then lie about why theydid).3. The Economy: never mind that most pharmaceutical companies sell

uselessproducts at ridiculous prices. All that money changing hands is great forthe economy. You may be diseased, but think on the bright side: your BigPharma stocks are soaring! (With all that money, you might even be able toafford health insurance...)4. Doctors: Without the pharmaceutical companies, what would all the doctorsdo for work? After all, most so-called "medicine" involves little more thanscribbling out a prescription for the latest mass-advertised drug. Withoutdrugs, doctors might actually have to TALK to patients. Horrors!5. Ethics: With Enron gone, we need a new, national example of strong ethicsthat properly communicate the essence of American corporate greed.Pharmaceutical companies could make Enron look like the Girl Scouts.6. Political Fundraising: We need drug companies to support the re-electionefforts of honest national leaders like President Bush who, as we all know,is crucial for protecting

our civil liberties.7. Publishers: Without drug company advertising, who would support all thenewspaper and magazine publishers in this country? After all, many printpublications are now little more than pro-drug infomercial rags dressed upto look like credible news magazines.8. Patient Responsibility: Without drug companies shifting healthresponsibility away from patients, the people would actually have to thinkfor themselves and take control of their own health. That's simply too muchto ask from a dumbed-down population where no child was left behind (exceptfor the ones who were).9. The Environment: Drug companies set an excellent example of fair andbalanced environmental policy, which is why antidepressant drugs are nowshowing up in the water supply. Their new environmental slogan? "You takeit, you flush it, we fuggedaboutit!"10. The Elderly: Everybody agrees we need honest U.S. businesses to look outfor

the interests of our elders. Pharmaceutical companies handle this withfinesse by taking over the full monthly incomes of most retired folks. It'sa genuine public service.List created on 10/29/2004 by Mike Adams, health columnist, NewsTarget.com.May be freely republished and shared, with proper credit. Please forward(with credit) to all who need a health-enhancing laugh.Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does

so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

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[Guest guest]

Hilarious. Are antidepressants actually showing up in the water

supply? Does eating fish make us happy now?

 

 

 

herbal remedies , Rob Combis <rcombis@l...>

wrote:

> Thought you all would enjoy this.

> -Rob

>

> The top ten reasons why the U.S. needs more pharmaceutical

companies by Mike

> Adams

>

> 1. Cures: We need drug companies to keep finding cures for major

diseases.

> Look at all the cures they've found so far like... well... okay,

they

> haven't actually found any cures yet. But maybe they can at least

cure all

> the bogus diseases they made up like " social anxiety disorder " and

> " attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. "

>

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I feel kinda silly for asking, but...

 

that bit about the antidepressants being in the water supply is part

of the joke, right?

 

 

Jamie Lynn

 

 

>

> 9. The Environment: Drug companies set an excellent example of

fair and

> balanced environmental policy, which is why antidepressant drugs

are now

> showing up in the water supply. Their new environmental

slogan? " You take

> it, you flush it, we fuggedaboutit! "

>

>

[Guest guest]

So true! A good but sad laugh.

Miriam

Stoney Acres Homestead

http://tuliptrip.tripod.com

 

 

[Guest guest]

Sorry Jamie Lynn, no joke.

 

In the UK (where I live) they reported finding Prozac in minute amounts in the water supply!!!! They attribute this to the millions of prescriptions per year, through urine finding their way through. Disgusting isn't it? I'm soooo glad that I distil my water!!!

 

love

Lisa

 

-

Jamie Lynn

herbal remedies

Tuesday, January 25, 2005 5:52 PM

Herbal Remedies - Re: The top ten reasons why the U.S. needs more pharmaceutical companies

I feel kinda silly for asking, but...that bit about the antidepressants being in the water supply is part of the joke, right?

[Guest guest]

Drink filtered and treated rainwater, as I have been doing for five

years.

 

 

 

 

herbal remedies , " Lisa de Haas " <lisa@l...>

wrote:

> Sorry Jamie Lynn, no joke.

>

> In the UK (where I live) they reported finding Prozac in minute

amounts in the water supply!!!! They attribute this to the millions

of prescriptions per year, through urine finding their way through.

Disgusting isn't it? I'm soooo glad that I distil my water!!!

>

> love

> Lisa

> -

> Jamie Lynn

> herbal remedies

> Tuesday, January 25, 2005 5:52 PM

> Herbal Remedies - Re: The top ten reasons why the U.S.

needs more pharmaceutical companies

>

>

>

>

>

> I feel kinda silly for asking, but...

>

> that bit about the antidepressants being in the water supply is

part

> of the joke, right?

[Guest guest]

you know, if you aren't careful people might get the idea that you don't LIKE

pharmaceutical companies.

Ramona

>

> The top ten reasons why the U.S. needs more pharmaceutical companies by Mike

> Adams

[Guest guest]

That's a joke...right?

 

 

Sylvia

herbal remedies , ramona@r... wrote:

>

> you know, if you aren't careful people might get the idea that you

don't LIKE

> pharmaceutical companies.

> Ramona

> >

> > The top ten reasons why the U.S. needs more pharmaceutical

companies by Mike

> > Adams

[Guest guest]

Actually, i think they found the same in some water supplies here,

same as they have found other things like hormones, antibiotics, etc.

 

Poor fish! and yet anothe reason why seafood is questionable.

 

Sylvia

 

herbal remedies , " Lisa de Haas " <lisa@l...>

wrote:

> Sorry Jamie Lynn, no joke.

>

> In the UK (where I live) they reported finding Prozac in minute

amounts in the water supply!!!! They attribute this to the millions

of prescriptions per year, through urine finding their way through.

Disgusting isn't it? I'm soooo glad that I distil my water!!!

>

> love

> Lisa

> -

> Jamie Lynn

> herbal remedies

> Tuesday, January 25, 2005 5:52 PM

> Herbal Remedies - Re: The top ten reasons why the U.S.

needs more pharmaceutical companies

>

>

>

>

>

> I feel kinda silly for asking, but...

>

> that bit about the antidepressants being in the water supply is

part

> of the joke, right?

[Guest guest]

Hi Lisa! Simply repulsive. It begs the question of how much urine

is in the water as well. There was a state here in the US where

people with water filters were noticing a brown substance in their

filters... very bad. So is it OK for people in the UK to have their

own stills? Not surprisingly, it is illegal here in the US, so we

have to pay for our distilled water.. The article you sent about

the EU ban on supplements sounds optimistic! I am *very* surprised

to hear of something like that coming from the EU. As an american,

I look to Europeans as being the more level-headed ones. I would

have thought that what with all the PharmaCos in the US something

like that would have been pulled here long before there. I mean,

people can get government recognized degrees in natural medicine

there, after all. It just makes no sense to me.

 

Peace and Thanks,

 

Jamie Lynn

 

 

herbal remedies , " Lisa de Haas " <lisa@l...>

wrote:

> Sorry Jamie Lynn, no joke.

>

> In the UK (where I live) they reported finding Prozac in minute

amounts in the water supply!!!! They attribute this to the millions

of prescriptions per year, through urine finding their way through.

Disgusting isn't it? I'm soooo glad that I distil my water!!!

>

> love

> Lisa

[Guest guest]

lol, of course it is. My sense of humor tends to be rather bland and

understated. stating the obvious is actually the funniest.

Ramona

 

Quoting Sylvia <h10feet:

 

> That's a joke...right?

>

>

>

> Sylvia

> herbal remedies , ramona@r... wrote:

> >

> > you know, if you aren't careful people might get the idea that you

> don't LIKE

> > pharmaceutical companies.

> > Ramona

[Guest guest]

UGH and my dh wonders why I insist that our next house will have well water.

Ramona

 

Quoting Sylvia <h10feet:

 

>

>

> Actually, i think they found the same in some water supplies here,

> same as they have found other things like hormones, antibiotics, etc.

>

> Poor fish! and yet anothe reason why seafood is questionable.

>

> Sylvia

[Guest guest]

Lisa,

 

How exactly do you distill your water.?? do u have a special machine that does it, or do u mean that u just buy and use exclusively distilled water from a supermarket, etc../??

just curious

 

Peace

Natural GameSylvia <h10feet wrote:

Actually, i think they found the same in some water supplies here, same as they have found other things like hormones, antibiotics, etc.Poor fish! and yet anothe reason why seafood is questionable.Sylviaherbal remedies , "Lisa de Haas" <lisa@l...> wrote:> Sorry Jamie Lynn, no joke.> > In the UK (where I live) they reported finding Prozac in minute amounts in the water supply!!!! They attribute this to the millions of prescriptions per year, through urine finding their way through. Disgusting isn't it? I'm soooo glad that I distil my water!!!> > love> Lisa> - > Jamie Lynn > herbal remedies > Tuesday, January 25, 2005 5:52

PM> Herbal Remedies - Re: The top ten reasons why the U.S. needs more pharmaceutical companies> > > > > > I feel kinda silly for asking, but...> > that bit about the antidepressants being in the water supply is part > of the joke, right?Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk.

It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

The all-new My – Get yours free!

[Guest guest]

Tempo33x -

interesting isn't that pharmaceutical companies can be blamed for pullutants in our water system. People need to wake up and see what is happening to our earth and air instead of trusting everything they put there.

-with your distillation process, you are using rain water filtered through some kind of vapour cloth and then cleansing through distilled process or are you boiling it? Are you using anything else?

Linda

 

 

-

tempo33x

herbal remedies

Tuesday, January 25, 2005 6:41 PM

Herbal Remedies - Re: The top ten reasons why the U.S. needs more pharmaceutical companies

Drink filtered and treated rainwater, as I have been doing for five years.herbal remedies , "Lisa de Haas" <lisa@l...> wrote:> Sorry Jamie Lynn, no joke.> > In the UK (where I live) they reported finding Prozac in minute amounts in the water supply!!!! They attribute this to the millions of prescriptions per year, through urine finding their way through. Disgusting isn't it? I'm soooo glad that I distil my water!!!> > love> Lisa> - > Jamie Lynn > herbal remedies > Tuesday, January 25, 2005 5:52 PM> Herbal Remedies - Re: The top ten reasons why the U.S. needs more pharmaceutical companies> > > > > > I feel kinda silly for asking, but...> > that bit about the antidepressants being in the water supply is part > of the joke, right?Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Yes, it certainly is repulsive.

 

No, I don't have a still - I have my own personal water distiller which you can buy in the USA also!!

 

Funny that you look upon European as more level-headed hehehe. Never heard that before!

 

love

Lisa

 

-

Jamie Lynn

herbal remedies

Wednesday, January 26, 2005 5:57 PM

Herbal Remedies - Re: The top ten reasons why the U.S. needs more pharmaceutical companies

Hi Lisa! Simply repulsive. It begs the question of how much urine is in the water as well. There was a state here in the US where people with water filters were noticing a brown substance in their filters... very bad. So is it OK for people in the UK to have their own stills? Not surprisingly, it is illegal here in the US, so we have to pay for our distilled water.. The article you sent about the EU ban on supplements sounds optimistic! I am *very* surprised to hear of something like that coming from the EU. As an american, I look to Europeans as being the more level-headed ones. I would have thought that what with all the PharmaCos in the US something like that would have been pulled here long before there. I mean, people can get government recognized degrees in natural medicine there, after all. It just makes no sense to me.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

I have an EcoWater Distiller with which I distil my own water every day. It distils about 3 liters of water in about 4 hours, and that usually lasts me about a day - depending on how much I'm cooking and sprouting :-) Cost me £200 (about $300), but it's been well worth it. Buying water would have cost me a lot more over this 1 1/2 years I've been using the distiller.

 

love

Lisa

 

-

natural game

herbal remedies

Wednesday, January 26, 2005 7:43 PM

Re: Herbal Remedies - Re: The top ten reasons why the U.S. needs more pharmaceutical companies

 

Lisa,

 

How exactly do you distill your water.?? do u have a special machine that does it, or do u mean that u just buy and use exclusively distilled water from a supermarket, etc../??

just curious

 

Peace

Natural GameSylvia <h10feet wrote:

Actually, i think they found the same in some water supplies here, same as they have found other things like hormones, antibiotics, etc.Poor fish! and yet anothe reason why seafood is questionable.Sylviaherbal remedies , "Lisa de Haas" <lisa@l...> wrote:> Sorry Jamie Lynn, no joke.> > In the UK (where I live) they reported finding Prozac in minute amounts in the water supply!!!! They attribute this to the millions of prescriptions per year, through urine finding their way through. Disgusting isn't it? I'm soooo glad that I distil my water!!!> > love> Lisa> - > Jamie Lynn > herbal remedies > Tuesday, January 25, 2005 5:52 PM> Herbal Remedies - Re: The top ten reasons why the U.S. needs more pharmaceutical companies> > > > > > I feel kinda silly for asking, but...> > that bit about the antidepressants being in the water supply is part > of the joke, right?Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

 

 

The all-new My – Get yours free! Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

[Guest guest]

I filter the rain water thru a Brita water filter, then treat it

with 1/4 0z, each of Colloidal silver and Hydrogen Peroxide, one

drop of Iodine tincture and one teaspoon of baking soda, to bring up

the PH, per gallon. it is stored in 14 one-gallon glass jugs, I

collect the water from a drain I installed on my vinyl shed in the

back yard.

 

 

 

 

 

herbal remedies , " cybercircle "

<cybercircle@s...> wrote:

> Tempo33x -

> interesting isn't that pharmaceutical companies can be blamed for

pullutants in our water system. People need to wake up and see what

is happening to our earth and air instead of trusting everything

they put there.

> -with your distillation process, you are using rain water

filtered through some kind of vapour cloth and then cleansing

through distilled process or are you boiling it? Are you using

anything else?

> Linda

>

> -

> tempo33x

> herbal remedies

> Tuesday, January 25, 2005 6:41 PM

> Herbal Remedies - Re: The top ten reasons why the U.S.

needs more pharmaceutical companies

>

>

>

>

> Drink filtered and treated rainwater, as I have been doing for

five

> years.

>

>

>

>

> herbal remedies , " Lisa de Haas "

<lisa@l...>

> wrote:

> > Sorry Jamie Lynn, no joke.

> >

> > In the UK (where I live) they reported finding Prozac in

minute

> amounts in the water supply!!!! They attribute this to the

millions

> of prescriptions per year, through urine finding their way

through.

> Disgusting isn't it? I'm soooo glad that I distil my water!!!

> >

> > love

> > Lisa

> > -

> > Jamie Lynn

> > herbal remedies

> > Tuesday, January 25, 2005 5:52 PM

> > Herbal Remedies - Re: The top ten reasons why the

U.S.

> needs more pharmaceutical companies

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > I feel kinda silly for asking, but...

> >

> > that bit about the antidepressants being in the water supply

is

> part

> > of the joke, right?

>

>

Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following:

> 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire.

> 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any

natural remedy.

> 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own

physician and to

> prescribe for your own health.

> We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here

as long as

> they behave themselves.

> Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and

any person

> following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own

risk.

> It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or

products from list members, you are agreeing to

> be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List

Owner and members free of any liability.

>

> Dr. Ian Shillington

> Doctor of Naturopathy

> Dr.IanShillington@G...

>

>

>

> -

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>

[Guest guest]

LoL!! I was imagining a still, like an alchemist!! I didn't know

there were water distillers!! Is it the same thing??

 

Yes, I think Europeans seem to be a bit more calm about things than

we Americans. No offense to anyone on this list, but I am not proud

to be an American right now. And just for the record, not everyone

from Texas is like George W. I'm pretty ashamed and embarassed

every time I hear him speak. And then he'll try to say something

like " In Texas we've got a saying that goes something like this...

(insert garbled idiocy here) " !!! Again, I really hope I'm not

offending anyone here, but if all this stuff that people keep

posting about the WTO, etc banning vitamin supplements, herbs, and

so on is true, then these are scary times!! I just recently read

1984, so that may be contributing to my " paranoia " , but I think

Orwell was trying to warn people. Soooo, just how true is all

that?? Are they *really* trying to ban *herbs*?? Trying to make

them drugs and make people pay all kinds of money for them?? Is

that stuff about Germany and Norway true??

 

Trying no to get worried,

 

Jamie Lynn

 

 

 

 

herbal remedies , " Lisa de Haas " <lisa@l...>

wrote:

> Yes, it certainly is repulsive.

>

> No, I don't have a still - I have my own personal water distiller

which you can buy in the USA also!!

>

> Funny that you look upon European as more level-headed hehehe.

Never heard that before!

>

> love

> Lisa