tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695348883096333672024-03-21T11:47:34.641-07:00K. Raven Rozier's Last DoorRaven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-84907827921164965812011-08-01T08:16:00.000-07:002011-08-01T08:29:11.347-07:00Kindle Books Author Autographs<h6 style="font-family: times new roman; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}">Get your Kindle e-books autographed through <a href="http://kindlegraph.com/authors/ravenrozier">Kindlegraph</a><span>,</span> a fun new feature to collect authors' personalized messages to you. Simply request an autograph from participating Kindle authors. You even get an autograph e-book where your collected signatures and messages are all together.<br /></span></span></h6><h6 style="font-family: times new roman; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://kindlegraph.com/authors/ravenrozier">Last Door</a> and <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://kindlegraph.com/authors/ravenrozier">Iron Desire</a> are available for this feature. Check it out, fun!</span></span></h6>Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-63909610171084741082011-05-25T11:54:00.000-07:002011-05-25T12:51:46.376-07:00San Joaquin - SISTERS IN CRIME<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhwcCdpFta7K5N-NMv9Ee2E6bD5y_xpc89OK2qIWMher37lMr7sUglYrgdL8SCG2IaGZjC_-fft7II3C-qS_9on5ThFE5nTdHgAR1D4qnk0rgiJzQkPHQ-wIyGc0QEOPOYbtzwSQPRKA/s1600/SIC+logo.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 77px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhwcCdpFta7K5N-NMv9Ee2E6bD5y_xpc89OK2qIWMher37lMr7sUglYrgdL8SCG2IaGZjC_-fft7II3C-qS_9on5ThFE5nTdHgAR1D4qnk0rgiJzQkPHQ-wIyGc0QEOPOYbtzwSQPRKA/s200/SIC+logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610734507569070322" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="center"><span style="font-family:arial,arial,helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN">My next speaking event is at the <a href="http://www.sj-sinc.org/index.htm">San Joaquin - Sisters In Crime</a> meeting Sat. June 4, 2011.<br /></span></span></p> <span style="font-family:arial,arial,helvetica;font-size:100%;"> </span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:arial,arial,helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,sans-serif;" lang="EN">I will be discussing screenwriting, adaptation and two of my completed projects:<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span></span> <b><u> <span style=";font-family:Arial,sans-serif;" > <a href="http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=4142994">Last Door</a></span></u></b><span style=";font-family:Arial,sans-serif;" >, an original screenplay (psychological thriller), based on a true story, and <b><u>Mail Order Murder</u></b>, adapted from the true crime book by Patricia Springer.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:arial,arial,helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,sans-serif;" >I will be selling and signing books at the meeting, and I am thrilled to spend the morning with this intriguing, mystery-loving, literary group.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:arial,arial,helvetica;font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,sans-serif;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">Details</span>: Yosemite Falls Cafe, 4278 W. Ashlan (near Fwy. 99), Fresno, CA 10:30 a.m.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:arial,arial,helvetica;"><span style=";font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">$15 for <a href="http://www.sj-sinc.org/index.htm">SJ-SIC</a> members/ $20 for non-members; lunch is included, and there are door prizes!</span><br /></span></span></p>Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-3134259689598596082011-03-04T20:49:00.000-08:002011-03-04T21:16:22.794-08:00Media Manipulation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY05PSkxgnV8Z_AJ6oES2Qp8BfDLiWMRg9EIzsNCgE6xFeWUYWtEWe7IpTZMUR_Si2ccFbhsH1b2zUHFJdEtJMfmaITyJ1IICxBuxf1k1cNs7qX0Ut8ObmayG03X3wEnyBunOk3qCnE68/s1600/thknews.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY05PSkxgnV8Z_AJ6oES2Qp8BfDLiWMRg9EIzsNCgE6xFeWUYWtEWe7IpTZMUR_Si2ccFbhsH1b2zUHFJdEtJMfmaITyJ1IICxBuxf1k1cNs7qX0Ut8ObmayG03X3wEnyBunOk3qCnE68/s200/thknews.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580460305285388722" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="font-weight: bold;">These are the 6 media companies that exist today. There used to be 88. These 6 all get their news from Reuters and the Associated Press. Reuters owns the AP and Rothschilds own Reuters.</p> <p>GENERAL ELECTRIC<br /></p> <p>Television Holdings</p> <p>* NBC: includes 13 stations, 28% of US households.<br />* NBC Network News: The Today Show, Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Meet the Press, Dateline NBC, NBC News at Sunrise.<br />* CNBC business television; MSNBC 24-hour cable and Internet news service (co-owned by NBC and Microsoft); Court TV (co-owned with Time Warner), Bravo (50%), A&E (25%), History Channel (25%).</p> <p>The “MS” in MSNBC means microsoft.<br /></p> <p>Other Holdings</p> <p>* GE Consumer Electronics.<br />* GE Power Systems: produces turbines for nuclear reactors and power plants.<br />* GE Plastics: produces military hardware and nuclear power equipment.<br />* GE Transportation Systems: runs diesel and electric trains.</p> <p>=====================================</p> <p>WESTINGHOUSE / CBS INC.</p> <p>Westinghouse Electric Company, part of the Nuclear Utilities Business Group of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL)<br />who's #1 on the Board of Directors? None other than: Frank Carlucci (of the Carlyle Group)</p> <p>Television Holdings</p> <p>* CBS: includes 14 stations and over 200 affiliates in the US.<br />* CBS Network News: 60 minutes, 48 hours, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, CBS Morning News, Up to the Minute.<br />* Country Music Television, The Nashville Network, 2 regional sports networks.<br />* Group W Satellite Communications.</p> <p>Other Holdings</p> <p>* Westinghouse Electric Company: provides services to the nuclear power industry.<br />* Westinghouse Government Environmental Services Company: disposes of nuclear and hazardous wastes. Also operates 4 government-owned nuclear power plants in the US.<br />* Energy Systems: provides nuclear power plant design and maintenance.</p> <p>==================================</p> <p>VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC</p> <p>Television Holdings</p> <p>* Paramount Television, Spelling Television, MTV, VH-1, Showtime, The Movie Channel, UPN (joint owner), Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Sundance Channel (joint owner), Flix.<br />* 20 major market US stations.</p> <p>Media Holdings</p> <p>* Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Video, Blockbuster Video, Famous Players Theatres, Paramount Parks.<br />* Simon & Schuster Publishing.</p> <p>==================================</p> <p>DISNEY / ABC / CAP</p> <p>Television Holdings</p> <p>* ABC: includes 10 stations, 24% of US households.<br />* ABC Network News: Prime Time Live, Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America.<br />* ESPN, Lifetime Television (50%), as well as minority holdings in A&E, History Channel and E!<br />* Disney Channel/Disney Television, Touchtone Television.</p> <p>Media Holdings</p> <p>* Miramax, Touchtone Pictures.<br />* Magazines: Jane, Los Angeles Magazine, W, Discover.<br />* 3 music labels, 11 major local newspapers.<br />* Hyperion book publishers.<br />* Infoseek Internet search engine (43%).</p> <p>Other Holdings</p> <p>* Sid R. Bass (major shares) crude oil and gas.<br />* All Disney Theme Parks, Walt Disney Cruise Lines.</p> <p>===================================</p> <p>TIME-WARNER TBS AOL<br /></p> <p>America Online (AOL) acquired Time Warnerthe largest merger in corporate history.</p> <p>Television Holdings</p> <p>* CNN, HBO, Cinemax, TBS Superstation, Turner Network Television, Turner Classic Movies, Warner Brothers Television, Cartoon Network, Sega Channel, TNT, Comedy Central (50%), E! (49%), Court TV (50%).<br />* Largest owner of cable systems in the US with an estimated 13 million subscribers.</p> <p>Media Holdings</p> <p>* HBO Independent Productions, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, Castle Rock, Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera.<br />* Music: Atlantic, Elektra, Rhino, Sire, Warner Bros. Records, EMI, WEA, Sub Pop (distribution) = the world’s largest music company.<br />* 33 magazines including Time, Sports Illustrated, People, In Style, Fortune, Book of the Month Club, Entertainment Weekly, Life, DC Comics (50%), and MAD Magazine.</p> <p>Other Holdings</p> <p>* Sports: The Atlanta Braves, The Atlanta Hawks, World Championship Wrestling.</p> <p>====================================</p> <p>NEWS CORPORATION LTD. / FOX NETWORKS (Rupert Murdoch)<br /></p> <p>Television Holdings</p> <p>* Fox Television: includes 22 stations, 50% of US households.<br />* Fox International: extensive worldwide cable and satellite networks include British Sky Broadcasting (40%); VOX, Germany (49.9%); Canal Fox, Latin America; FOXTEL, Australia (50%); STAR TV, Asia; IskyB, India; Bahasa Programming Ltd., Indonesia (50%); and News Broadcasting, Japan (80%).<br />* The Golf Channel (33%).</p> <p>Media Holdings</p> <p>* Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight.<br />* 132 newspapers (113 in Australia alone) including the New York Post, the London Times and The Australian.<br />* 25 magazines including TV Guide and The Weekly Standard.<br />* HarperCollins books.</p> <p>Other Holdings</p> <p>* Sports: LA Dodgers, LA Kings, LA Lakers, National Rugby League.<br />* Ansett Australia airlines, Ansett New Zealand airlines.<br />* Rupert Murdoch: Board of Directors, Philip Morris (USA).<br /></p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Try something different. Alternative news sites</span>:<br /><a href="http://drudgereport.com/">http://drudgereport.com/</a><br /><a href="http://foodworldorder.blogspot.com/">http://foodworldorder.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/">http://www.naturalnews.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/">http://www.prisonplanet.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.rense.com/">http://www.rense.com/</a><br /><a href="http://republicbroadcasting.org/">http://republicbroadcasting.org/</a>Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-86141268621212027272011-03-04T20:23:00.000-08:002011-05-25T12:52:19.132-07:00Read An Ebook Week!Read an ebook week is March 6 - March 12, 2011.<br />During this week, receive FREE copies of <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/3907">Last Door</a> </span>and <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/4148"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Iron Desire</span></a> only at <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/KRavenRozier">Smashwords.com</a>.<br />Happy E-reading!Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-87646954089744507342011-01-22T09:21:00.000-08:002011-03-04T20:21:04.617-08:00Chemtrail Awareness Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqU492XB0hXjUEAUpoeWovvQ6Ikdh8hOYp5XQhSztteQ6Tr-HcAj_iQ1qHE8GptpLwJL0oTQ8f-CX_MWrCOdR5HsuInHKMgMP6O922pZYXwKIhK9C46SF-zEX0Y6hugHLICpeqK6wCRkY/s1600/chemtrails.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqU492XB0hXjUEAUpoeWovvQ6Ikdh8hOYp5XQhSztteQ6Tr-HcAj_iQ1qHE8GptpLwJL0oTQ8f-CX_MWrCOdR5HsuInHKMgMP6O922pZYXwKIhK9C46SF-zEX0Y6hugHLICpeqK6wCRkY/s200/chemtrails.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565062681312942546" border="0" /></a><br />Sat. Jan. 22, 2011 is Chemtrail Awareness Day. Share your thoughts in the poll to the right.<br /><br /><a href="http://aircrap.org/">http://aircrap.org/</a><br /><a href="http://www.californiaskywatch.com/">http://www.californiaskywatch.com/</a>Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-12755798900327457582011-01-22T09:11:00.000-08:002011-01-22T09:16:48.100-08:00Trial By You!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPLjJkxslZ7cC4bYKhg3KpJcsfXhwttRlpS7A5R_bR4OS7sloUrZIYnhyUqzSGQMkKRJ6WQMxzoKUAv-Hjc4hyphenhyphenvCxlF5F0BBDrnT0PDGAfiTuYbkTCM1kfx-G0MCp92f3J0nyay8P9kQ/s1600/Uncle_Sam.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHPLjJkxslZ7cC4bYKhg3KpJcsfXhwttRlpS7A5R_bR4OS7sloUrZIYnhyUqzSGQMkKRJ6WQMxzoKUAv-Hjc4hyphenhyphenvCxlF5F0BBDrnT0PDGAfiTuYbkTCM1kfx-G0MCp92f3J0nyay8P9kQ/s200/Uncle_Sam.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565060284629724290" border="0" /></a><br />Cool new site to voice your opinion about the shenanigans going on in the U.S.<br /><br /><a href="http://trialbyyou.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">http://trialbyyou.com/</span></a><br /><div id="art-page-background-glare"> </div>Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-48898828825857558782010-11-17T16:08:00.000-08:002011-05-25T12:52:19.132-07:00Author Interview and Book Giveaway!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CoygdAjzsW4byHf0VvtiItLJ-1Kf2-UgvjiVkrB3sj-ICqHPvuI-ywMzdQ3zvTPWyi89pzmt2BUgTcl4CWuuN-PMVYS1D8cNpoBIzPbo8evnK-9MNXRVKaX7Qh36be53cg8HzDh4UH4/s1600/Book+Whisperer.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 66px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CoygdAjzsW4byHf0VvtiItLJ-1Kf2-UgvjiVkrB3sj-ICqHPvuI-ywMzdQ3zvTPWyi89pzmt2BUgTcl4CWuuN-PMVYS1D8cNpoBIzPbo8evnK-9MNXRVKaX7Qh36be53cg8HzDh4UH4/s200/Book+Whisperer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540676076105153778" border="0" /></a><br />A new author interview with K. Raven Rozier has been posted at <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://book-whisperer.blogspot.com/">The Book Whisperer</a>.<br /><br />Additionally, <a href="http://book-whisperer.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Book Whisperer</span></a> has graciously offered to host a book giveaway for <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Last Door</span>. Enter at <a href="http://book-whisperer.blogspot.com/">http://book-whisperer.blogspot.com/</a>. Contest ends Dec. 1, 2010. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Good luck!</span>Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-81614921166170239792010-11-16T19:37:00.000-08:002011-05-25T12:52:19.132-07:00The Book Whisperer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJO2cUbmQ7H0FOfiid3Ae3TLi24wwqXJgll7RbvX1v5_DJMfhtdx3CQCHfHyXXfqIejG9bGCzJhB9Zxov-4B336wiZS_YXzQ0KHWhiElI2yUzeINV3-Ke2E9eBiaAjCZIbqfDBHYjloA/s1600/Book+Whisperer.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 66px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJO2cUbmQ7H0FOfiid3Ae3TLi24wwqXJgll7RbvX1v5_DJMfhtdx3CQCHfHyXXfqIejG9bGCzJhB9Zxov-4B336wiZS_YXzQ0KHWhiElI2yUzeINV3-Ke2E9eBiaAjCZIbqfDBHYjloA/s200/Book+Whisperer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540358784589780578" border="0" /></a><br />Ace new book review of <a href="http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=4142994">"Last Door"</a> by <a href="http://book-whisperer.blogspot.com/">The </a><a href="http://book-whisperer.blogspot.com/">Book Whisperer</a>. 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I found myself captivated by this book description, and was compelled that this was a story I just had to read. Reluctantly, I began to fear starting this novel due to my own fears of demons and possession. In an effort to overcome my fear, I dove right in. Immediately this novel had my full attention, and I was surprised to find this novel to be so much more than a story of possession. As a Christian, we are to believe "He will deliver us from evil". </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Although this is a true story about what happens when evil is brought to you, this shows how the actions done by others left this family with a decision to battle evil in their own home. It is incredible that this child had undergone so much and had found a way to cope by dividing himself into over 400 separate persons. While much of this book sickened me to experience this child's abuse, through the retelling of this story, I was overcome with the urgency to press on.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Throughout all of the trials and obstacles that this family saw, I was empowered by this family and the glorious miracles they received. It is obvious that the Lord was assisting this family to heal this young boy. What an incredibly strong family this must have been to continue on untainted and faithful through such a traumatic time in their Christian lives. I see the accomplishments by this Loving family, but I am saddened that they were not able to fully recover. While life pressed on and the miracles of the Lord gave this young man a somewhat normal life, the Last Door was left closed, and this young man will never fully recover. Though as a believer I have to think that just maybe this was for the best. Only God would know if this was the better option. That maybe "The Last Door" would have been Brendan's undoing. </span></p> <br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-style: italic;">The Afterword was a very strong proclamation for this author; this being her attempt to show others what evil really exists in our world. It was also a stance on her own beliefs that I find to be very honorable. While I began this novel with my own fears; I concluded this novel with new feelings. Just maybe this was my own way of understanding a little better, and alleviating some of my own fears. 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I appreciate your support of this book.<br /><br />Happy reading!Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-68216563450928386342010-09-21T12:32:00.000-07:002011-03-04T20:21:04.618-08:00S-510 and Codex Alimentarius - the removal of nutrition<h3 style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="post-title entry-title"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://yupfarming.blogspot.com/2010/09/s-510-and-codex-alimentarius-removal-of.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">by A. Goodwin</span></span></span></span></b></a></span></h3> <div style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="post-header"> </div> <p style="margin: 0px; font: 9px Helvetica; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">S 510 includes passages that would force harmonization with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWRxT_6L_pA">Codex Alimentarius</a>. It is a name most people do not know and one that the media has not exposed though its consequences to human health would be extreme. Codex threatens the lives of millions through limiting access to adequate supplementation. </span></span></span></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font: 9px Helvetica; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font: 9px Helvetica; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.ceri.com/ed-rath.htm">From an open letter by Dr. Matthias Rath, a renowned cardiologist,</a> sent </span></span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">to Helmut Kohl, the German chancellor and one time <a href="http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/PHARMACEUTICAL_BUSINESS/history_of_the_pharmaceutical_industry.htm">pharmaceutical lobbyist</a> who introduced Codex to the world.</span></span></span></span></b></span></p> <blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><p style="font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">This "Codex" Commission is overwhelmingly composed of representatives of German and international pharmaceutical corporations, and its aim is to set world-wide guidelines for vitamins, amino acids, minerals and other dietary supplements. Spearheaded by the German pharmaceutical corporations, this Codex Commission plans to ban, on a world wide scale, any health statements in relation to vitamins, be it preventive or therapeutic. Moreover, the only vitamin formulas which would still be available would have to meet the arbitrary restrictions of the Codex Commission. The nations that do not comply with these restrictions are faced with economic sanctions.</span></p> </span></b></span></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; border: medium none; padding: 0px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><p style="font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">These plans of the pharmaceutical corporations and the Codex Commission are in direct opposition to the overwhelming importance of vitamins and other essential nutrients for human health and, in particular, for preventing cardiovascular disease. ... </span></span></p> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><p style="display: inline ! important;font-family:Times;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">With this background, the attack of the Codex Commission is a desperate act by pharmaceutical companies to protect their world-wide drug market against naturally effective and much more affordable vitamins. Particularly disturbing is the spearheading role of the German pharmaceutical corporations within the Codex Commission. Once before in this century, a German pharmaceutical and chemical corporation, I.G. Farben, became responsible for the deaths of millions of people and consequently, was dismantled in 1946 by the Nuremberg Tribunal and split into Bayer, BASF and Hoechst. With the current plans of the German pharmaceutical companies, the predictable dimension of the unnecessary and premature death of millions of people is unavoidable. If the Codex Commission is allowed to obstruct the eradication of heart disease by restricting access to nutritional supplements, more than 12 million people world-wide will continue to die every year from premature heart attacks and strokes. Within the next generation alone, this would result in over 300 million premature deaths, more than in all the wars of mankind together.</span></p> </span></b> </span></b></span></blockquote><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" ><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><p style="display: inline ! important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://coto2.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/codex-alimentarius-cohorts-wage-war-against-food/">Codex</a> for the US began on December 31, 2009. There have been <a href="http://www.anh-usa.org/supplements-still-in-peril/">five bills so far this year</a> to remove access to supplements, if one adds S 3767 introduced by Senators Leahy, Klobuchar, and Franken<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> on September 13th. </span></span></p> </span></b><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">How dangerous are supplements that they are subject to FDA armed raids?</span></span></p><p> </p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.thenhf.com/fda_90.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Hazardous-Nutritional-Supplements</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"> -Target of FDA Police Raids:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 20px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Annual Deaths From:</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 20px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 20px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">FDA-Approved Drugs (1).......60,000 - 140,000</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 20px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Food Contamination (2)...........9,100</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 20px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Aspirin (3)..................................90</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 20px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">All vitamins (4). ...........................0</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 20px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Uncontaminated amino acids (4)....0</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 20px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Commercial herbs (4)....................0</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p></span></span></b></span><p style="margin: 0px; font: 9px Helvetica; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">Why is this happening? The logic is inescapable - <a href="http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/PHARMACEUTICAL_BUSINESS/laws_of_the_pharmaceutical_industry.htm">illness is worth money</a> and health is worth $0. The FDA would be in charge of whatever agency is set up under S 510 (and S 3767) which would destroy availability of adequate nutrition. The dark history of the FDA's work to <a href="http://www.ahealedplanet.net/mdaq.htm">cut off knowledge of and access to all treatments for cancer</a> not coming from the pharmaceutical industry is extensive but mostly unknown. The current FDA, pleading it doesn't have enough power to stop food contamination, f<a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/027750_Greg_Caton_FDA.html">inds power</a> when it comes to stopping gentle cancer treatments and safe <a href="http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2006/mar2006_cover_cherries_01.htm">treatments for pain</a>, and loses it again when it comes to drugs causing thousands of <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/028233_GlaxoSmithKline_Avandia.html">heart attacks</a> or <a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/538009%20-">deaths</a> and is silent on common <a href="http://www.healthsentinel.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2446:toxic-and-deadly-nsaids&catid=39:reports&Itemid=52">pharmaceutical industry pain medications</a> which routinely kill.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font: 9px Helvetica; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 9px Helvetica; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">The value of supplements is abundantly clear to the pharmaceutical industry. When they were the main support for Germany during WWII, it was "</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.ahealedplanet.net/mdaq.htm">A crime punishable by death</a> to spread information in regard to nutrition in Norway, Belgium, Holland, and all other conquered countries." - </span><span class="Apple-style-span">D.T. Quigley, MD, Fellow American College of Surgeons, in </span><u><span class="Apple-style-span">The National Malnutrition</span></u></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font: 9px Helvetica; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><u><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></u></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font: 9px Helvetica; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">Today, the FDA is involved in an <a href="http://www.vrp.com/pdf/Emord-Editorial.pdf">on-going, unconstitutional effort</a> to stop information about the <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/027303_the_FTC_America_vaccines.html">effectiveness of supplements</a>, especially those which offer <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/026473_the_FDA_H1N1_natural_products.html">alternatives to H1N1 vaccines</a>. The FDA has been and is increasing its removal of freedoms around speech, and health (as relates to food and vaccines/drugs), and now, just as they hope to control vast power over food and remove supplements, has gone so far as to assert in court that there is <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/05/29/fda-says-you-have-no-right-to-real-food-unless-they-give-you-permission-first.aspx">no fundamental right to one's bodily and physical health</a>. (Is this a necessary legal accompaniment to the devastation that Codex would cause, and to forcing people into exposure to <a href="http://yupfarming.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-many-things-could-child-find-wrong.html">pharmaceutical industry's vaccines</a> which have become increasingly unsafe?) </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font: 9px Helvetica; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></p><p style="display: inline ! important; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">The removal of rights is the focus of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">this video on Codex:</span> <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=451097355502728465&hl=en#">"We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom"</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">with Dame Judy Dench.</span> </span></p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b></span>Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-17653441547867581512010-09-19T15:13:00.000-07:002011-03-04T20:21:04.618-08:00Big Pharma Scores Big Win: Medicinal Herbs Will Disappear in EU<h2 class="article"><span style="font-size:100%;">It's almost a done deal. We are about to see herbal preparations disappear, and the ability of herbalists to prescribe them will also be lost.</span></h2> <h3 class="article1"><span style="font-size:85%;">by Heidi Stevenson</span></h3> <p class="date"><span style="font-size:85%;">12 September 2010 </span></p><div class="photo-box"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><img class="article" src="http://gaia-health.com/images301/000301-titleimage.jpg" title="Big Pharma Scores Big Win: Medicinal Herbs Will Disappear in EU" alt="Big Pharma Scores Big Win: Medicinal Herbs Will Disappear in EU" /></span> </div> <p class="first"><span style="font-size:100%;">Big Pharma has almost reached the finish line of its decades-long battle to wipe out all competition. As of 1 April 2011—less than eight months from now—virtually all medicinal herbs will become illegal in the European Union. The approach in the United States is a bit different, but it's having the same devastating effect. The people have become nothing more than sinks for whatever swill Big Pharma and Agribusiness choose to send our way, and we have no option but to pay whatever rates they want.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">Big Pharma and Agribusiness have almost completed their march to take over every aspect of health, from the food we eat to the way we care for ourselves when we're ill. Have no doubt about it: this takeover will steal what health remains to us.</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><span style="font-size:100%;">It Begins Next April Fools Day</span></h3> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">In the nastiest April Fool's Joke of all time, the European Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products (THMPD) was enacted back on 31 March 2004.<sup>(1)</sup> It laid down rules and regulations for the use of herbal products that had previously been freely traded.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">This directive requires that all herbal preparations must be put through the same kind of procedure as pharmaceuticals. It makes no difference whether a herb has been in common use for thousands of years. The costs for this are far higher than most manufacturers, other than Big Pharma, can bear, with estimates ranging from £80,000 to £120,000 per herb, and with each herb of a compound having to be treated separately.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">It matters not that a herb has been used safely and effectively for thousands of years. It will be treated as if it were a drug. Of course, herbs are far from that. They're preparations made from biological sources. They aren't necessarily purified, as that can change their nature and efficacy, just as it can in food. It's a distortion of their nature and the nature of herbalism to treat them like drugs. 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Good through September 30, 2010.<br /><br />Enjoy your super cool autumn!Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-46889080532048767412010-09-07T08:54:00.000-07:002010-09-07T09:01:46.913-07:00Academic TundraAn accurate, entertaining look at the ridiculous world of academia from Dr. Victor Davis Hanson:<br /><p>"Since we seem now to be ruled during this administration by former professors, here is a rant about what I have learned of the university.</p> <p><a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/rule-by-professors/?singlepage=true"><strong>Looking back at forty years…</strong></a></p> <p>I have some experience in academia: I spent 3 years at UC Santa Cruz, graduating in classics, two more, graduate and undergraduate, in formal study in Athens, at the College Year in Athens and the American School of Classical Studies, four at Stanford University for a PhD in classics, and then a 21-year stint as a professor at California State University Fresno.</p> <p>I farmed before, during, and after the university tenures. I can’t count my current life at the Hoover Institution or my month of teaching each year at Hillsdale College as quite the same experience. Both, after all, are aberrant academic institutions — in the sense that the faculties and mission of these institutions resemble pretty much those of America off campus. (I have never met more sane people than at both places.)</p> <p>The farm and the life with it were great gifts from my ancestors. Almost every weekend as an undergraduate and graduate student, and then nightly as a classics professor, I returned to the farm. People in the environs there were not hostile to learning; they just assumed that being a professor or writer was, and should be, not any different from welding or tractor driving.</p> <p>Living in rural Selma was a sort of vaccination against the academic virus of self-importance and collective timidity. One must be somewhat self-reliant when bare vines somehow in ten months must pay for diapers and formula, when so much — weather, pests, markets, neighbors, intruders — conspire to prevent that. Fairly or not, I always admired a guy who could feed his family from 60 acres of tree-fruit (I could not) — and especially a lot more than I did an English professor, at least the sort I met over the last forty years.</p> <p>So what did I learn in the university? I’ll try to be a bit less specific than I was in <em>Who Killed Homer?</em> written over a decade ago.</p> <p><strong>Lies, lies, and more lies</strong></p> <p>First was the false knowledge — odd for an institution devoted to free inquiry. The university runs like a 13th-century church in which the heliocentric maverick is a mortal sinner. So too on campus the Rosenbergs never spied. Alger Hiss was a martyr. Mao killed only a few who needed killing (see Anita Dunn on that one).</p> <p>Che was not a murderous thug, but a hair-in-the-wind carefree motorcyclist. Minorities supposedly died proportionally higher in Vietnam — as they supposedly do now in Iraq and Afghanistan. Women are underrepresented as both undergraduates and as humanities graduate students. Anyone with an accented name obviously had picked grapes or was denied voting rights. Adlai Stevenson was an American saint, even more so than George McGovern. Only the unhinged even discussed doubts about global warming. Don’t question any of the above; it was all gospel — as we see now in D.C., from Keynes to Gorism to Cordoba as the beacon of Islamic tolerance during the Inquisition. (Doubt any of that, and that laid-back elbow-patched joking prof who told the class “Call me Bill,” in a flash, Gollum like, turned into a snarling jackal, screaming, “I am Doctor Jones, with important publications on climate change and a doctorate from Berkeley! How dare you question me!”)</p> <p><strong>Wounded fawns all</strong></p> <p>Next were the mock heroics. The philosophy professor who mastered his weedeater wanted us to think he had just stormed Iwo Jima. The gadfly who in the Academic Senate pushed through a resolution on a 170-2 approval vote demanding state sanction of gay marriage thought he was Mandela fighting back the forces of Neanderthal apartheid. My colleague the French professor believed that she belonged to the United Mine Workers when she trudged off to teach an 8 AM early-bird class. We heard for two years the Homeric battle of how the sociology prof, Odysseus like (or perhaps more in the Achilles strain), once somehow jump-started his car in the parking lot. We heard a lot that everyone was “tired” and “exhausted,” as if we had been painting all day or digging trenches for an irrigation company.</p> <p><strong>The World of Arugula</strong></p> <p>So there was the cluelessness about the material world, and both a repulsion and fascination for it. I farmed “raisin plants.” And why didn’t I let one or two owls do my pest management on 100 acres rather than use the poison that was born at Auschwitz? Machines always had to work — or else. When it hit 110 and the air conditioning went out in our building, profs sighed and damned “them” who couldn’t even keep us cool. (None had been on a roof at 120 or wondered how a compressor ran at all — or how a guy could spend four hours up there in Sahara-like conditions with all sorts of sockets and wrenches before his skull melted. [Note well, the campus machines worked far better than did the idea of graduating literate BAs.]) In the world of the professor, offshore drilling rigs can be started and stopped, come and go, sort of like an evening seminar. No wonder Professor Chu announced that California agriculture would dry up and blow away (and given the present policies, he may be right).</p> <p><strong>“Them”</strong></p> <p>Looking back at it all, envy seemed the university lifeblood. Most other professionals, you see, were, in comparison to us, overpaid —especially those whom we had the misfortune of sometimes coming in contact with, or, worse, even socializing among. Go to campus and the present demonization of Vegas, Wall Street, surgeons, and insurers makes perfect sense.</p> <p>Money both repelled and yet attracted academics, those strange summer moths that hated the cash bulb and yet could not resist its radiance. MDs, MBAs, JDs — all these folks had studied far less than we had! And yet, most unfairly, they now made far more money! We, of course, to paraphrase Barack Obama, out of altruism had passed on all those easy avenues of getting rich (identifying a Latin gerundive or an underappreciated 19th suffragette being far more difficult than cracking open someone’s brain or building a shopping center). (By the way, did you ever really believe Barack or Michelle that they could have waltzed over to Wall Street and struck it rich — as if such merchandising and monetizing were no more demanding than community organizing? To paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen: “I’ve known Wall Street hustlers, and you’re no Wall Street hustler, Barack”.)</p> <p>Our nobility and intelligence, cheek-by-jowl, explained our genteel poverty. Crassness and a sort of sneaky cleverness — as well as greed — accounted for the rich others who had used their education not to impart knowledge, but to manipulate it. (And they did not even know how to spend all that money: we went to Marbella; they bought idiotic things like guns, snowmobiles, and video games.)</p> <p><strong>Upside-down economics</strong></p> <p>Wal-Mart greeters were better treated than part-time faculty, who made a fourth the going rate without many benefits. I remember being chewed out as a part-timer for daring to use the department Xerox machine — this from a “progressive” who was always bleating about the corporate destruction of the wild. Tuition always went up faster than inflation. There were centers for this and projects for that everywhere, mostly aimed at combating illiteracy and getting 50-something profs release time. When I joined CSU, the remediation rate was about 35%; when I left, 21 years later, over 50% of the incoming freshmen needed remedial math and English. I can only remember two tenured professors who were fired, one a child molester who was “retired,” and the other a decapitator who was imprisoned (see below). I remember in a tenure appeal, the aggrieved professor of theater arts wrote a furious (and successful) letter to our committee that began, <em>“Witch charges about me</em>…” Academia is the strangest mix of a Soviet nomenklatura for the tenured, and Eastern European socialism for the part-time — sort of like we see now in Washington (we are the part-timers, the new credentialed technocracy the tenured).</p> <p><strong>Fear everywhere</strong></p> <p>To be blunt, there are an inordinate number of cowards in academia. Why did so many vote “present” at meetings, run out of personnel hearings to leak what you said to someone, boast about their heroics to captive student audiences in class, and in general walk about in abject terror of being thought illiberal? Are not they tenured with lifetime jobs, automatic pay raises, 20 weeks off a year? So why the cowardice?</p> <p>My father, I remember, was a bad/good judgement sort of guy (and was often proven right) — “Look, the SOB is no damn good” or “You wait, you’ll see that he is nothing but a coward”; in academia on tenure boards, I heard far too often instead: “On the one hand, her career trajectory so far is problematic, and I worry at times about her ambivalence toward scholarship; but on the other, one must not overreact to her seeming difficulty making deadlines.” In extremis, there were lots of passive-aggressive beer summits after meetings to soothe ruffled feathers, lots of “outreach.”</p> <p><strong>Tasteful all</strong></p> <p>We were tasteful. We walked on oak, others on shag carpet. The good neighborhoods did not have sidewalks, “their” tract houses did. Books lined our walls; plastic spears and shields were hung as faux-heraldry in the entryways of the <em>hoi polloi.</em>We supported the UN, they NASCAR.</p> <p>Here I confess that I got a pass, since once in a while an academic would drive down to Selma and praise my then ramshackle 120 year-old farmhouse (at the time I secretly yearned for a Clovis McMansion in which things probably worked without Saturdays under the house with a jack or up in the attic with pliers and duct tape or down in the collapsed cesspool in the yard).</p> <p>We wore elbow patches, “they” leisure suits. Most of the professors’ clothes — huge treaded hiking boots, sub-arctic parkas, multi-pocketed Safari dungarees — were designed for the earth’s uninhabitable regions. You see, it was the idea of struggle (cf. Michelle’s garden) that mattered — the philosophy professor at any minute forced to wade across the Amazon on his way to the lounge, sort of like the huge Land Rovers in the faculty lot that could in theory go anywhere, and in fact went nowhere but 2 miles home. (Gas-guzzling Yukons were bad; gas-guzzling Land Cruisers weirdly OK.)</p> <p>Be careful about eating or having coffee with academics. Most stiffed you for the bill or, better yet, stiffed the coffee shop by getting free refills for you. If you had a broken fingernail or a blister, it was proof to colleagues that you were “blue collar.” And that meant that naturally you could come over on Saturday to (a) prune an academic’s peach tree, (b) show him how to unclog his drain by doing it yourself, (c) lend him your pickup (warning: do not lend anything at any time to an academic), or (d) flip a circuit breaker. Division of $50 in travel money at department meetings was like throwing an old stinking bone in an arena of pit bulls. The less the value, the more the gnashing.</p> <p>The following is a true example of academic parsimony. A colleague of ours proved to be a gruesome murderer — tried, convicted, imprisoned (he died in prison). He took his sabbaticals and summers down in West Hollywood where he picked up young boys, and on at least one occasion decapitated a poor fellow, then disposed of the body in <em>Silence of the Lambs</em> fashion (the head and torso were found 200 miles apart as I recall). How did we learn of that, or, rather, how was he caught?</p> <p>He naturally turned back in the bloody rental chain saw — hair, gristle, sinews and all stuck in the chain. The rental store owner was told that our professor (of criminology, no less) had “cut apart a dog” that he hit with his car — and so in disbelief turned him in. Beheading someone is one thing; but, my god, getting charged for an overdue chain saw or losing your deposit is quite another.</p> <p>(Wait reader: you ask, well, smarty-pants Mr. Hanson, how exactly did a supposedly inept professor learn how to chain saw someone’s head off? I confess, I wonder about that still.)</p> <p>I could go on, but you get the picture about the strange habits that arise when you ensure someone lifelong employment, institutionalize unaccountability and groupspeak, and create artificial hierarchies of respect that are not necessarily earned by either teaching excellence, scholarship, or value to the community. After the pension meltdown, a great reckoning is coming to academia and it won’t be pretty.</p> <p>The truth is that I loved teaching, and still do. And when I was penniless, the university gave me a job that I loved and did not consider work at all. Indeed, I felt ashamed that I was overpaid. I started at $22,000 as a full-time lecturer in 1985, and could not believe I got such generous compensation, whether or not it rained, hailed, or the market collapsed. I called my delighted and relieved parents that very day (being a parent to a PhD who was broke and fixing sulfur machines must have been somewhat odd): “Hey, mom, they’re going to pay me thousands of dollars for teaching Greek and Latin.” And they did.</p> <p>So why again the above rant about academics?</p> <p>We are presently governed by academics. In an era in which university people proliferate in this administration and seem to make things far worse for the rest of us, we need to be reminded why we should not look to the university for answers. What I hear coming out of Washington reminds me a lot of what I once heard coming out of the philosophy or English department. And that is a scary thing indeed.</p> <p>You see, that tribe is more likely to embody the illness rather than the cure, and this time 300 million are paying the price."<br /></p>Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-1663120881640924812010-08-06T08:28:00.000-07:002010-08-06T08:34:04.370-07:00Valedictorian Exposes Education Sham - Brava!<h1><span style="font-size:85%;">August 5, 2010 </span></h1> <div class="flashad"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><noscript></noscript><br /></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="val.jpg" src="http://www.henrymakow.com/val.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="225" width="210" /></span><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i>The following speech was delivered by top of the class student<b> Erica Goldson </b>during the graduation ceremony at Coxsackie-Athens High School on June 25, 2010</i>. (Erica is not pictured at the left.) </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">[Abridged by Henry Makow] </span><br /> <b><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">I am graduating.</span></b><span style="font-size:100%;"> I should look at this as a positive experience, especially being at the top of my class. However, in retrospect, I cannot say that I am any more intelligent than my peers. I can attest that I am only the best at doing what I am told and working the system.<br /><br />Yet, here I stand, and I am supposed to be proud that I have completed this period of indoctrination. I will leave in the fall to go on to the next phase expected of me, in order to receive a paper document that certifies that I am capable of work.<br /><br /> But I contest that I am a human being, a thinker, an adventurer - not a worker. A worker is someone who is trapped within repetition - a slave of the system set up before him. But now, I have successfully shown that I was the best slave. I did what I was told to the extreme. While others sat in class and doodled to later become great artists, I sat in class to take notes and become a great test-taker.<br /><br />While others would come to class without their homework done because they were reading about an interest of theirs, I never missed an assignment. While others were creating music and writing lyrics, I decided to do extra credit, even though I never needed it. So, I wonder, why did I even want this position? Sure, I earned it, but what will come of it? When I leave educational institutionalism, will I be successful or forever lost?<br /><br />I have no clue about what I want to do with my life; I have no interests because I saw every subject of study as work, and I excelled at every subject just for the purpose of excelling, not learning. And quite frankly, now I'm scared.<br /><br />John Taylor Gatto, a retired school teacher and activist critical of compulsory schooling, asserts, "We could encourage the best qualities of youthfulness - curiosity, adventure, resilience, the capacity for surprising insight simply by being more flexible about time, texts, and tests, by introducing kids into truly competent adults, and by giving each student what autonomy he or she needs in order to take a risk every now and then. But we don't do that."<br /><br /> Between these cinder block walls, we are all expected to be the same. We are trained to ace every standardized test, and those who deviate and see light through a different lens are worthless to the scheme of public education, and therefore viewed with contempt.<br /><br />H. L. Mencken wrote in <i>The American Mercury</i> for April 1924 that the aim of public education is not "to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence. ... 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Happy Summer!Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-40969759874011250352010-06-08T22:28:00.000-07:002010-06-08T22:38:00.867-07:00Hmmmmm, Thoughts on Election Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3MN9mFVZOnLE5pQbEoOViF6Bl2hKCbwTzMqeLZgUWMQsdp-ZUERo6zhZRhU086jtBdTFXVPY1ubFTa8PluA_irFCxPSjLtt5r0RuHnenoNX_gpZ_mHX4SfD1BUxPYC14VWLUm5JQGBwo/s1600/khrushchev.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3MN9mFVZOnLE5pQbEoOViF6Bl2hKCbwTzMqeLZgUWMQsdp-ZUERo6zhZRhU086jtBdTFXVPY1ubFTa8PluA_irFCxPSjLtt5r0RuHnenoNX_gpZ_mHX4SfD1BUxPYC14VWLUm5JQGBwo/s200/khrushchev.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480643392588057938" border="0" /></a><br />"We cannot expect the Americans to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of Socialism, until they suddenly awake to find they have Communism." <br /><br />-- Nikita Khruschev (31/2 months before visit to U.S.) Ref.: Congressional Record 7/26/61: p. 12622Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-27841383460770182132010-05-22T08:31:00.000-07:002011-05-25T12:53:00.237-07:00AUTOGRAPHED BOOKS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVpnXSeGHrZGKTPleMk5V6xaGR7A1k1soZ7TzlHhAFzVMXs3e347kswQFOZ8IdUN4f5-zwp832q3GrlZDfFWsrlEibwlwtWe7R_hAb6bT9r_5TjNuPC3Rv4eIssghY8l6pKDH3bzrkD2I/s1600/Final+Last+Door+Front+Cover+7-15-09.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVpnXSeGHrZGKTPleMk5V6xaGR7A1k1soZ7TzlHhAFzVMXs3e347kswQFOZ8IdUN4f5-zwp832q3GrlZDfFWsrlEibwlwtWe7R_hAb6bT9r_5TjNuPC3Rv4eIssghY8l6pKDH3bzrkD2I/s200/Final+Last+Door+Front+Cover+7-15-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474120785007001522" border="0" /></a><br />For those who have inquired: To receive an autographed, paperback version of <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Last Door</span>, send an email with the personalized name/message you want and payment method to: <span style="font-weight: bold;">ravenrozier@gmail.com</span><br /><br />For $18.99 (the cover price) you will receive an autographed paperback, a laminated bookmark, paid shipping, and no tax.<br /><br />Thank you, as always, for your support of this book!Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-59258095999167334202010-05-07T11:11:00.000-07:002011-05-25T12:53:00.237-07:00Book Auction for Nashville Flood Victims<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZpsyF4xyFiNFFpvzTpL1KQAKCnt9YCCz4jvVyinDAPZ9z8iTKgFZ0ZSWwY2YBXXkamv17qqsDycI8OvpVCikuArudMJH1WtDPaKZCcffRERCwpiGPrHmTaRuwWG0csIlI9G9evurGvw/s1600/dothewrite.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 86px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZpsyF4xyFiNFFpvzTpL1KQAKCnt9YCCz4jvVyinDAPZ9z8iTKgFZ0ZSWwY2YBXXkamv17qqsDycI8OvpVCikuArudMJH1WtDPaKZCcffRERCwpiGPrHmTaRuwWG0csIlI9G9evurGvw/s200/dothewrite.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468593636703830018" border="0" /></a><br /><h6 style="font-weight: normal;" class="uiStreamMessage"><span style="font-size:130%;">Book lovers and philanthropists: there is an online book auction that benefits the flooding victims of Nashville. There are many autographed books and services from awesome authors.<br /></span></h6><h6 style="font-weight: normal;" class="uiStreamMessage"><span style="font-size:130%;">Visit: <a href="http://dothewritethingfornashville.blogspot.com/">Do the Write Thing For Nashville</a></span></h6>Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-5645528200556424342010-05-04T21:36:00.000-07:002011-05-25T12:53:00.237-07:00HURRY! FREE SUSPENSE MAGAZINE!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMQmYhb2p5La5kcTqJ6C7F1Fe2eUHMm2j1YggCSZgYtrYHy_1MzaBUNmvqpuV-s66j7zN1p6ABHYXfJAWe0j228cFoEiULnwWS7ix_Z1o15C74ChE6SbHpxdluJgTFTZEoEYXP9tK-8-g/s1600/suspense+mag+May-Final-Cover3.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMQmYhb2p5La5kcTqJ6C7F1Fe2eUHMm2j1YggCSZgYtrYHy_1MzaBUNmvqpuV-s66j7zN1p6ABHYXfJAWe0j228cFoEiULnwWS7ix_Z1o15C74ChE6SbHpxdluJgTFTZEoEYXP9tK-8-g/s200/suspense+mag+May-Final-Cover3.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467644082481956818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">As a special promotion,</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><a href="http://www.suspensemagazine.com/">Suspense Magazine</a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> is offering their May 2010 issue online for free! There are slews of awesome articles in there. </span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.suspensemagazine.com/2010MayEdition.html">Just click here to snatch up this gem of a deal.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And, don't forget to check for the June issue that comes out May 22 and features an author interview with me and a book review for </span><a href="http://www.lulu.com/lastdoor"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Last Door</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span><br /><a href="http://www.suspensemagazine.com/2010MayEdition.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"></a>Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-50786349150051977282010-05-03T09:56:00.000-07:002011-05-25T12:53:00.237-07:00Featured New Author in Suspense Magazine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgus6j7BoHXtrSeUQtUwOIyW-IkPV_zvn4p1TmFjz_sgLiPwtg6dO8XrFnRcKFoYT8k5aLKdrFfr02R2uZA9nfd8nuppHzoZlq9Eyf_6A6JeibRxBshuYWzrMuBE3QKewWtwfFGHSOHbyY/s1600/suspense+mag+May-Final-Cover3.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgus6j7BoHXtrSeUQtUwOIyW-IkPV_zvn4p1TmFjz_sgLiPwtg6dO8XrFnRcKFoYT8k5aLKdrFfr02R2uZA9nfd8nuppHzoZlq9Eyf_6A6JeibRxBshuYWzrMuBE3QKewWtwfFGHSOHbyY/s200/suspense+mag+May-Final-Cover3.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467090591554164338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjSd4Px8jeIKeV6efmeao_ffo5jYm1mf1Z-hg59Dw1xtWBqyFjBNWMW30C6a2Tzt4LpHWM0MqLqz9fAmN9xkUlYM6SqC4feuDQRh0PCStPVppJfzYMPrJ7tgPNY8vxMGCM1wvLxdzK8A/s1600/Suspense+Mag+Logo_Final_wblack.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 62px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjSd4Px8jeIKeV6efmeao_ffo5jYm1mf1Z-hg59Dw1xtWBqyFjBNWMW30C6a2Tzt4LpHWM0MqLqz9fAmN9xkUlYM6SqC4feuDQRh0PCStPVppJfzYMPrJ7tgPNY8vxMGCM1wvLxdzK8A/s200/Suspense+Mag+Logo_Final_wblack.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467090254598939490" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Suspense Magazine</span> has selected K. Raven Rozier as its Featured New Author for its June issue which will be available May 22, 2010. Included is an author interview and a book review of <a href="http://www.lulu.com/lastdoor"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Last Door</span></a>, the true, psychological thriller about a boy, raised in a satanic cult, with over 400 multiple personalities and demons.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">“I don’t know where to begin. This story was so well-told, I felt like I was smack dab in the middle of the demonic chaos.” -- Suspense Magazine </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Suspense Magazine</span> is giving away a <span style="font-weight: bold;">FREE</span> copy of its first issue.<br />Visit them at: <a href="http://www.suspensemagazine.com/">www.SuspenseMagazine.com</a>.Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269534888309633367.post-22677997177288692352010-04-13T15:15:00.000-07:002011-05-25T12:53:00.238-07:00Willow Bridge Book Signing Soon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9qZJFWFaKMwvQc0xx_DFSA0TphPY8tGcymMfxws71xC_MXrdJ1Im6BOGEf44bancmFQ05vwei3S2tGAkf-Ksa27WwZ-0m9sGRnGH7w2OqoR6dXSpYMXZh42cFOam4xCldfwAPUPBeyg/s1600/Willow+Bridge+Bks+logo-web_jqlj.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9qZJFWFaKMwvQc0xx_DFSA0TphPY8tGcymMfxws71xC_MXrdJ1Im6BOGEf44bancmFQ05vwei3S2tGAkf-Ksa27WwZ-0m9sGRnGH7w2OqoR6dXSpYMXZh42cFOam4xCldfwAPUPBeyg/s200/Willow+Bridge+Bks+logo-web_jqlj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459750091574029138" border="0" /></a><br />Mark your calendar for Sat. April 24, 2010. I will be at <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.willowbridgebooks.com/">Willow Bridge Books</a> in Oakhurst, CA for two book signing events: 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.<br /><br />I will discuss my book, <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=4142994"><span style="font-style: italic;">Last Door</span></a>, the events that occur in it and the issues that surround it: multiple personalities, demons, cults, etc. I will also talk about the writing and publishing process of this project.<br /><br />Come up to the fresh air of the mountains for book talk, refreshments and freebie goodies in the charming Willow Bridge Book Store.<br /><br />The <a href="http://centralvalleywriters.com/">Central Valley Writers' Conference</a> takes place this weekend in Oakhurst, as well.<br /><br />40044 Hwy. 49, (Von's Center) Oakhurst, CA (559) 692-BOOK (2665)Raven Rozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02987525776914632383noreply@blogger.com4