48 Articles

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Obama Needs to Hammer Recent Disastrous Economic Decline and Foreign Policy Failures in Bush/Cheney Years
(7 comments) A sharp look at Obama's campaign in the Foreign Policy and Economic Policies realms: what might come next in his strategies

Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Australia Only Nation Comprehending Beijing Smog Medical Damage; Skipping Opening Ceremony August 8!
(6 comments) Hats off to the Aussies for being the only Nation to take seriously the warnings of the world marathon record holder, Haile Gebrselassie, physicians in many nations, and this writer, to get the endurance events like marathon entirely out of Beijing's infernal smog!

Friday, July 11, 2008
Mr. Rogge and Olympic Committee: Get the Marathon, Cycling, and Triathlon Out of Beijing's Deadly Air Pollution, Please!
(1 comments) What a grim prophecy, Olympians dying miserable deaths because of Beijing's smog, unless Jacques Rogge and the International Olympic Committee don't move the Marathon, the Cycling, and the Triathlon out of Beijing's smog. Surely there are some mountains near Beijing that would work....Time is running out for Rogge and his Committee to pick new venues!

Sunday, July 6, 2008
Beijing Air Pollution Will Kill Several Olympic Athletes; US Trainer Takes Precautions; Olympians Wearing Masks?
(18 comments) A harsh prediction on the unavoidable consequences of China's air and water pollution, which Olympic officials are only giving lip service to, but training experts are taking great care to codesign masks for athletes, so they won't keep over from the smog, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter in that Beijing air, far nastier than any other city in the world. What a lovely place for the Olympics, eh?

Monday, June 30, 2008
Koreans Absolutely Correct to Protest US Beef Imports
(8 comments) Don't stop those US-imported beef protests in Seoul: a harsh but accurate analysis of how chemicalized agriculture is destroying our health, especially when corporate lobbyists get into the act to kill true consumer protection legislation

Saturday, June 21, 2008
Obama Needs a Popemobile
(4 comments) Brief analysis into why this Presidential candidate needs a Popemobile, in view of many frightening incidents in American and World History, both before and after being elected, protecting him to the best of our ability as a Nation, regardless of the amount of fiscal resources required! Mohandas Gandhi, John Kennedy, Salvador Allende, Patrice Lumumba, Benazir Bhutto, and many others: they are all here in this mandate.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Myanmar Generals Should be Tried for Cyclone Victims Genocide: Joel Brinkley/ Stanford University
With comments by Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State, and Ashin Mettacara, Buddhist Monk living in Sri Lanka. The General's catastrophic indifference to cyclone survivors has unnecessarily killed tens of thousands more. Brinkley's understanding of Myanmar and what is truly going on there, is very deep indeed.

Thursday, June 5, 2008
New Mexico Legislators who Killed Nutrition Council Bill "Retired" by Voters
Consumer protection efforts fail when Senators are guzzling diet Cokes before voting, and an Ex-Marine Right Wing Representative filibusters to kill 30 bills. New Mexico voters show wisdom in throwing these guys out; consumer protection legislative efforts have a chance when these old-style cronies get canned by the voters!

Friday, May 23, 2008
New Mexico Governor Richardson: Best USA Secretary of State 2008/Complete Ideal Democrat Dream Team
(8 comments) My "dream team" would have Hillary as VP, Edwards as Attorney General, Richardson as Secretary of State, Dr. Howard Dean III, M.D., as Sec of Health or Commissioner of FDA, repairing damage done to USA international by Bush Neocons and 8 years of Corporate Kleptocracy!

Sunday, May 11, 2008
Aspartame Manufacturer Ajinomoto Sues UK Supermarket Chain, ASDA owned by Walmart, for Removing Chemical from Stores!
(5 comments) Can Ajinomoto really be that dumb, to sue the UK Grocery Chain, ASDA, owned by Walmart, that opts at its customers' requests, to get rid of aspartame-containing products? Definitely, such haughty prides goeth before a fall!

Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Dalai Lama's Translator Lhalungpa's widow forgives Driver; Dalai Lama expresses condolences; New NM DWI Legislation
(2 comments) In Memorial Service honoring Lhalungpa, his wife Gisela Minke stated she had no anger, only sorrow, towards Santo Domingo Pueblo DWI driver; Drepung monks chant farewells with family's speeches; serious legislation proposed for New Mexico. All Americans have been touched by the ghastly tragedies resultant from DWI fatalities; when will we get smart like Norway and take away all driving permanently after first DWI offensE?

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Dalai Lama's Translator and Top Tibetan Scholar, Lobsang Lhalungpa, T-Boned and Killed in Santa Fe
Tragedy-Santa Fe: Dalai Lama's friend, advisor, and translator dies from injuries sustained over the weekend; wife was driving, and pickup truck littered with empty beer cans slammed into them; was major figure in Creating Tibetan Government in Exile; Lifetime of Publishing, Scholarship, and Translating from Tibetan and Teaching Tibetan Culture and Philosophy; Driver of Pickup was Inebriated Santo Domingo Repeat Offender

Saturday, April 26, 2008
U.S. Congress and Supreme Court: Listen to what Dennis Quaid has to tell you about the abuses of Big Pharma!
(1 comments) Actor Dennis Quaid reveals concerns about his twins getting overdosed with Heparin last November at Cedars of Sinai Hospital, and is taking these concerns to a Congressional hearing in the near future. We all are also hoping the U.S. Supreme Court might be listening, and not give blanket immunity and indemnity to drug manufacturers in a decision expected this summer....

Monday, April 14, 2008
Gorbachev asked to lead next USA President out of Iraq; Next President Shouldn't Brandish Big Stick and Make Threats
(3 comments) Gorbachev agrees to Help USA Get out of Iraq! A brief report on Mikhail Gorbachev's Press Conference today in Santa Fe; ideas on the next President and decreasing arms race

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Aspartame and FDA: Annotated Bibliography, As Requested by Hawaii Senate
(4 comments) An annotated analysis of all of the "Whereases" in the Hawaii Senate Resolution 191 sponsored by Hawaii Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, as corroborated evidence leading up to asking the FDA Commissioner to rescind approval for aspartame, thus taking this neurotoxic and carcinogenic chemical out of 7000 food products and hundreds of medications, and thus off the market forever.

Monday, March 31, 2008
URGENT HELP NEEDED IN HAWAII TO GET ASPARTAME RESOLUTION PASSED IN HAWAII SENATE!
Please help us get this done by making one single phone call to Hawaii Senate Health Committee Chair, David Ige: 808-586-6230

Sunday, March 30, 2008
GOOD NEWS OF THE WEEK: GET OUT, MONSANTO! WAL-MART GOES rBGH-FREE
Everybody deserves some good news once in a while, especially about the ugliest of American corporations!

Saturday, March 29, 2008
John McCain is Very Scary
(8 comments) A brief analysis of McCain's candidacy by one of the most progressive Democrats in the New Mexico Legislature, sponsor of the bill to ban aspartame, and sponsor of several measures to improve accountability in elections, like paper balloting/paper trail.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Quotes from World Leaders and Athletes on Tibet and Olympics: letter to Jacques Rogge, of Olympic Committee
A collection of comments by Olympic Athletes, Foreign Ministers, and Heads of State regarding whether the 2008 Olympics should and could be boycotted, because of China's repression and genocide in Tibet

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Testimony re: Hawaii Rep. Josh Green, M.D., Resolution re: Aspartame in Hawaii
A searing response to a corporate- pleasing compromise House Resolution in Hawaii re: Aspartame, introduced by Rep. Josh Green, M.D., from Stephen Fox and Dr. Betty Martini, Founder Mission Possible International

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Hawaii Senate Health Committee "Defers" Bill to Ban Aspartame, thus killing it for 2008!
Summary of what happened in Hawaii with aspartame ban bill: the lobbyists, the legislators, the corporate subterfuge.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Next United States Food and Drug Commissioner must be a Consumer Protectionist!!!!
What do we want in the next United States Food and Drug Commissioner? Consumer Protection or the same old Big Junk Food/Big Pharma Corporate Lackies?

Thursday, February 21, 2008
With Hawaii's Health at Stake: Last Shot to Ban Aspartame in Hawaii This Legislative Session
(1 comments) Please help us get aspartame banned in Hawaii by making 4 quick phone calls to Honolulu, to the top Democrat leaders in the Hawaii Senate, one of whom is the Health Committee Chair, Sen David Ige, who must schedule this bill very soon, or it dies....last chance for major consumer protection breakthrough!

Sunday, February 17, 2008
Banning the Neurotoxic Carcinogenic Aspartame in Hawaii? Health Director Relies on Ajinomoto funded Toxicology "Report"
(4 comments) Corporate influence on Hawaii consumer protection bills to ban Aspartame: please help by immediately calling Democrat Senator David Ige, Chairman Health Committee, 808-586-6230; fax 808-586-6231 E-mail sendige@Capitol.hawaii.gov; ask him to schedule Sen. Kalani English's SB2506; if this fails and bill dies, most malevolent corporations in the world win again! FDA approval forced by Donald Rumsfeld in 1981 as CEO of Searle.

Thursday, February 14, 2008
Update from Hawaii on Banning Aspartame; Rep. Josh Green, M.D. and the Health Committee "Defer," Killing Bill for 2008
a brief analysis of how the bill to ban aspartame in Hawaii was "deferred" today in the House Health Committee by Chairman Josh Green, M.D.: who loses and who is happy with a decision so oblivious to consumer protection and the health of all Hawaiians.

Friday, February 8, 2008
Testimony of Stephen Fox on Hawaii's Bill To Ban Aspartame
(1 comments) Final Testimony of New Mexico Activist to Hawaii House Health Committee on Economic and Medical Reasons Hawaii should ban this terrible neurotoxin and carcinogen, corporate lobbyists be damned....

Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Hawaii Aspartame Battle: House Health Committee Decision Friday
(1 comments) An analysis of how we must get a Do Pass in the Hawaii House Health Committee for Legislation to continue to Ban Aspartame (dba Methanol/Formaldehyde), the neurotoxic and carcinogenic artificial sweetener; with contact information for the committee members for those who wish to participate in this consumer protection initiative.

Monday, January 28, 2008
Bills to Ban Aspartame Progress in Hawaii
A short analysis with some tactics on how we are going to get a bill passed in the Hawaii Legislature to ban the neurotoxic and carcinogenic Aspartame, a poison found in more than 6000 food products, and hundreds of children's medicines.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Hawaii Legislature Considers Ban on Artificial Sweetener, Aspartame: One Sponsor is Speaker of the House!
Consumer Protection Efforts to Ban Aspartame resurface in two vital bills in the Hawaii Legislature; sponsors include Chairs of Senate Human Service Committee and Senate International Committee, as well as the Speaker of the House of Representatives!

Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Major new Solar Panel $100 million plant planned for New Mexico, announced by Gov. Richardson Jan. 14
Solar is secure, economical, and environmentally friendly, and that Schott/New Mexico is ambitious, but not unrealistic, and at the cutting edge of research and manufacturing. Climate change is very real all over the world, and helps nations wean themselves from foreign sources, which will see $200 per barrel in the near future, which is entirely unsustainable. Solar sources will never run out, and we can help the environment.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008
What Kind of US Secretary of State would New Mexico Governor Richardson Make?
A serious quick look as Bill Richardson as a future US Secretary of State: qualifications, intellect, experience, and others.....

Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Reminiscence on the passing of New Mexico Senate President Ben Altamirano
(4 comments) A brief tribute to one of the finest statesmen I have ever known, the former President Pro Tempore of the New Mexico State Senate, Ben Altamirano, who passed away on December 27, 2007

Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Gang Raped by Halliburton in Iraq and Still Waiting for Justice Two Years Later
(1 comments) A ghastly story of a 22 year old employee of Halliburton/Kellogg, Brown and Root; the legal battle she faces. Thousands of dead Iraqis will never see the Justice Jamie Leigh Jones may eventually reach, thanks to her excellent lawyers and her very strong case. Print this for those thinking of joining USA mercenaries in Iraq changing their mind immediately. Dump your stock holdings in these mercenary corporations IMMEDIATELY!

Wednesday, December 12, 2007
To be a good Republican, you need to believe that::
(1 comments) a guide for the partisan divide, for those who are thinking about being "Good Republicans."

Monday, December 3, 2007
More Cancer Causing Chemicals in Food; Acrylamides in French Fries At Top of List
As is corporate-added carcinogenic chemicals in processed and restaurant food weren't bad enough, a host of new chemicals far beyond the well-known acrylamide in French Fries are coming into the light. One has to wonder: why are the relevant Consumer Protection authorities in every nation seeming to "play dead" on these vital issues which affect every living human?

Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Aspartame Research Needed, Not Coca-Cola Soft Sell
(4 comments) An update from New Zealand, the foremost settings for the most serious challenges of continued government regulatory approval of the most common artificial sweetener, the neurotoxic additive found in 6000 US food products, 2000 medications, even in children's vitamins and cold medicine, metabolized as methanol,formaldehyde, and proven brain tumor causal agent, DIKETOPIPERAZINE; 1981 approval forced by Donald Rumsfeld

Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Fascist America in Ten Easy Steps
From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all!

Monday, October 22, 2007
Former Ambassador and New Hampshire Democratic Chairman Endorses Richardson
Former Ambassador and NH Democratic Chairman Endorses New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson for President, 2008

Saturday, October 20, 2007
TOP 12 WAYS TO REDUCE CANCER, from MyFox Washington DC
(1 comments) A short scientifically accurate analysis of several key but often over-looked ways to prevent and avoid getting cancer.

Friday, October 19, 2007
Important Poll - Democracy for America///Please forward this widely to all of your friends, colleagues, and family!
(4 comments) Participate in a Major National Poll to Select the Presidential Candidate of your choice, which I hope will be Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, Former UN Ambassador, and Former US Secretary of Energy.

Friday, September 28, 2007
Stanford Faculty objects to Rumsfeld's Appointment at Hoover Institute; Letter from Petition Coordinator Prof. Pam Lee
(1 comments) An analysis of Rumsfeld's appointment to the Hoover Institute of War and Peace at Stanford University, with thanks to columnist Bill Berkowitz, author of "Conservative Watch"); a closer look at Rumsfeld's checkered career; a letter by Petition Promulgator Stanford Art Historian Pam Lee

Monday, August 27, 2007
What does Coca Cola's Dasani bottled water have in common with Death by Lethal Injection?
(1 comments) A horrifying analysis of Coke's Dasani bottled water, and the final step in Death by Lethal Injection: Potassium Chloride and what it does to you....

Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Bill Richardson's Foreign Policy, Redacted from Harvard International Review
A brief analysis of New Mexico Governor Richardson's Foreign Policy Innovations, redacted from the Harvard International Review

Friday, August 10, 2007
Bush's Disapproval Hits Rare Heights; Only Nixon and Truman Scored Worse
Analysis of Bush's Soaring Disapproval Ratings; New Mexico Inner Politics on Improving Nutrition, Bill Richardson, Getting Rid of Junk Food in the Schools, the Failures of the Food and Drug Administration, the Future of Consumer Protection in the United States, Presidential Politics, and other fascinating trivial concerns

Friday, July 27, 2007
Phytonutrients Prevent Cancer
(1 comments) Rudimentary Biochemistry of How and Why Particular Foods Seem to Prevent Cancer; Current Research Summarized

Thursday, June 14, 2007
Richardson's Idea on Boycotting the Olympics Deserves Further Consideration.
(2 comments) An analysis of Gov. Richardson's idea to consider Boycott of 2008 Olympics re: Darfur, and China's destruction of Tibet

Saturday, May 12, 2007
Resolving the Worsening FDA Crisis
(2 comments) A brief analysis of how we might correct the egregious failures of the US FDA to protect health, especially from very harmful food additives and artificial sweeteners, proven to cause severe medical harm.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007
What a breath of International Fresh Air! Richardson running for President
(3 comments) New Mexico Governor Richardson international resume will improve 2008 race and candidates dialogue; Richardson urged to go to Sudan again with UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-Moon to bring Peace to Darfur; Senator Ortiz y Pino bill to ban neurotoxic artificial sweetener Aspartame in 2007 NM Legislature; corporate lobbyists destroying health and consumer protection efforts in USA; International Peace Conference in Santa Fe, May 16-17, 2007