ELEPHANT RAGE

Jews and Asians Rule the Ivy League

Did you ever wonder who gets into the Ivy League, that revered collection of eight universities and colleges whose admittance rates range from 7 to 18 percent? It's not who you might think. Only 33 to 50 percent are white, and among the whites who are admitted, the vast majority are Jewish.

PERCENT OF WHITES IN IVY LEAGUE WHO ARE JEWISH:

76% Columbia

61% Yale

59% Harvard

57% Brown

54% Cornell

51% University of Pennsylvania

22% Princeton

22% Dartmouth

At five of the eight Ivies -- Harvard, Yale, Brown, University of Pennsylvania and Cornell -- the student body is divided among the ethnicities in a particular pattern: 1) Jews, 2) White Non-Jews, 3) Asians, 4) Hispanics, and 5) Blacks. At these universities, Jews make up 25-30 percent of the total population of students, with non-Jewish Whites making up 18-24 percent of the population, Asians comprising 12-18 percent, Hispanics 9-10 percent, and Blacks 5-7 percent, per statistics of CollegeBoard and Hillel.

Considering that Jews number about 2 percent of the national population and Asians number about 4 percent, their significant presence in the Ivy League is astounding. Is it merely that more of them apply to the Ivies, or are the applicants who do apply that much more qualified for admission, or is there something else going on?

An Ivy League education is often considered the ticket to many prestigious, lucrative and influential careers. The resumes of many professors, CEO's and Presidential advisors boast an Ivy degree. It's worth figuring out what the secret to Ivy admission is, considering all that rides on it.

Remembering the New Science (Fiction?) of 9/11

The Twin Towers were not the only structures in the multi-building World Trade Center complex to collapse into their own footprint at near freefall speed ten years ago: World Trade Center 7 (WTC7) also collapsed.

Since no airplane was claimed to have struck WTC7, there were only two main theories ever given for the 47-story building's rapid and perfect collapse straight downward, where it avoided hitting all the neighboring buildings: 1) fires on various floors due to debris from the Twin Towers caused the collapse, even though no such thing had ever happened in the history of fires and construction, and also did not happen to the other buildings in the complex that were burning from debris that day, or 2) WTC7 was professionally demolished.

In fact, if you watch footage of the building falling to the ground, you will see that the collapse appears identical to implosions that are done routinely to remove old buildings in the middle of cities.

The official investigative team, working with little or no hard evidence whatsoever, concluded years after the incident that the collapse of WTC7 was a new structural engineering phenomenon, and issued new guidelines for architects, engineers and builders to consider in the future design and construction of buidings. Here's a great (sarcastic) video on this topic.

Luckily for the building's owner, Larry Silverstein, WTC7 just happened to be located on a different tract of land than the other World Trade Center buildings, and his ground lease said that he could rebuild the building without delays for extensive approvals if it was ever destroyed.

While the powers that be have spent years tossing around ideas for the design and construction of a proper 9/11 memorial, Silverstein was already pitching his grand plans for the replacement WTC7 only four months after its destruction, while people were visiting Ground Zero hoping to see the still-smoldering ruins. A few months later, construction was already underway.

The new and improved 7 World Trade Center became the first "green" certified building in New York City. It usually takes considerable planning and time to design a building that will meet standards of green certification, but Silverstein was on the ball having his plans together for a 52-story replacement building in a matter of months.

Everything has worked out great for Silverstein, who also owned the lease for the Twin Towers. He got a few billion dollars in insurance money for the Twin Towers, plus government money to help rebuild the WTC7.

Odd that the government would rather conclude that there are new laws of nature at work --somehow only in operation on 9/11 -- than investigate other possible causes of the collapse of WTC7 and the Twin Towers. After all, outside of 9/11, no skyscraper has ever collapsed completely in seconds into its own footprint from fire, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, bombings or any other cause aside from professional demolitions.

A former leader of Italy once announced that it was common knowledge among European intelligence organizations that the Mossad and CIA were behind the entire 9/11 incident, according to some sources, and that it was a "false flag" operation, meaning an act made to look like someone else did it. The Mossad is the spy wing of the Israeli government, and they allegedly have a history of creating fake acts of terrorism to get various governments to take action against their enemies -- the Muslim countries that surround Israel in this case. Since 9/11, the United States has certainly taken that sort of action.

Although the numbers of workers for the Mossad is small, the organization has thousands of people at its disposal all around the world, since they routinely call on Jews who support Israel to help in their operations, according to a New York Times #1 Bestseller called By Way of Deception. That book was written by a former Mossad agent, and it lists numerous acts of international terrorism that were blamed on Muslims, that supposedly the Mossad was behind.

Could Silverstein have cooperated with the Mossad to create a fake act of Muslim terrorism on 9/11 for their mutual benefit? He certainly has ties to Israel. So do other individuals and companies whose names have come up in relation to 9/11. Furthermore, Israelis who are alleged Mossad agents have been detained in the United States on several occasions, including on 9/11.

Could the CIA and other branches of government have known about the plan, looked the other way, cooperated or covered up, like a new Pearl Harbor, because the government wanted Americans to support military action in Iraq and elsewhere to advance American oil and other interests in the Middle East?

In the past, I didn't question whether Muslims had committed an act of terrorism against the U.S. on 9/11, and I certainly didn't question official lines given by our government -- after all, it's God, country and family, right? But when the only explanation the government can come up with after years of study is that the laws of nature were suspended or changed on that day, I really have to draw the line and use my brain to look for an alternative answer.

There are simply too many pieces of the puzzle of 9/11 that do not fit together, starting with WTC7 and continuing to the attack on the Pentagon (where a plane supposedly vaporized, which would be another new scientific phenomenon breaching laws of nature since other plane crashes always leave behind debris); to evidence being rapidly carted away from the scene of the crime (steel from the Twin Towers, e.g.); to delayed investigations and thwarted lawsuits and so on -- too much to put into one blog post. Numerous websites are devoted to these topics, however, for anyone who wants to find out more.

Of course, anyone who questions the official line is ridiculed as a "conspiracy theorist," or worse derided as anti-Israel or anti-Semite, just for speculating over Mossad involvement or pointing out that the leasehold owner of the buildings was Jewish. I also speculate over CIA involvement, but that doesn't make me anti-American. As for the Jewish part, facts are facts. To counter the so-called conspiracy theorists, there are numerous websites that "debunk" the theories.

What do you think -- was 9/11 new science, or science fiction?

You Could Be Suffering from the Biological Warfare on Your Plate

Biological and chemical weapons like nerve gas are often designed to attack the nervous system, which consists of nerve cells called neurons that are located in the brain, spinal cord and elsewhere. The result is suffering and possible death. Some government-approved ingredients in the foods and drinks Americans consume daily can also kill neurons, with the same result: suffering and possible death, albeit in a milder and slower manner, per studies and scientific theories.

In fact, studies and theories indicate that neuroexcitotoxins -- food additives that kill neurons by overexciting them -- may help cause or exacerbate Alzheimer's, fibromyalgia, Asperger's, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, migraines, dizziness, fatigue, vision problems, liver damage, cancer, tingling feet and hands, loss of motor function, asthma, and many other ailments, in addition to contributing to obesity. Google a symptom or disease and "neuroexcitotoxin" to locate the various studies and theories.

Neuroexcitotoxins appear in just about everything a typical American eats and drinks: soft drinks, salad dressings, chips and dip, soups, seasonings...basically the vast majority of packaged, prepared and restaurant foods. They can also be included in medicines and immunizations. You won't find the term neuroexcitotoxin on a label or menu, however. What you may find instead are the following food additives, all of which attack the nervous system and can destroy neurons to one extent or another, i.e., destroy your brain:

STRONG NEUROEXCITOTOXINS (VERY TOXIC)

aspartame

autolyzed plant protein

autolyzed yeast

calcium caseinate

gelatin

glutamate

glutamic acid

hydrolyzed vegetable protein (hvp)

hydrolyzed plant protein (hpp)

monosodium glutamate

monopotassium glutamate

senomyx

sodium caseinate

textured protein

vegetable protein extract

yeast extract

yeast food or nutrient

yeast, autolyzed

MILDER NEUROEXCITOTOXINS (VERY TOXIC WHEN COMBINED)

amino acids

annatto

barley malt

bouillon

broth

caramel flavoring (coloring)

carrageenan

citric acid (from corn)

cornstarch fructose

corn syrup, corn syrup solids, high fructose corn syrup

dextrates

dextrose

dough conditioners

enriched, vitamin enriched

flowing agents

gluten, gluten flour

grass powders (algae, phytoplankton, sea vegetable, wheat/barley)

gums (guar and vegetable)

lecithin

lipolyzed butter fat

low fat or no fat items

malted barley

malt extract or flavoring

maltodextrin

milk powder

milk solids, dry

milk, protein fortified

modified food starch

natural chicken, beef or pork flavoring "seasonings"

natural flavors, flavoring

protein (wheat, rice, corn or oat)

proteins, fermented

protein fortified

protein powders (whey, soy, oat, rice)

proteins, enzyme modified

reaction flavors

rice syrup or brown rice syrup

soy extract

soy protein

soy isolate or concentrate

soy sauce

spice

stock

ultrapasteurized dairy products

whey

whey protein

whey protein isolate or concentrate

yeast nutrients

How do you know if you are suffering from ongoing food poisoning from neuroexcitotoxins? If you have any reoccurring physical ailments whatsoever, try to avoid all foods with the ingredients named above for one month, and see if some or all of your symptoms go away. Yes, that involves carrying a list of ingredients with you to the store, looking at every label, and asking what is in everything you eat in a restaurant. Believe me, it's worth it!

I personally was suffering tremendously from strange illnesses the past few years, with the intensity and frequency growing over time. It got to where I was regularly bed-ridden with symptoms such as sinus congestion, migraine headaches, severe fatigue, dizziness, breathing difficulties, and even slurred speech. I had several humidifiers in my bedroom to try to get sleep, and often missed work and other activities. Once I started avoiding neuroexcitotoxins, every single symptom went away. Poof. Just like that. Plus I lost 10 pounds without trying. I feel like I've won the war, but I realize it's just a battle, and the war has only begun. As long as these toxins are allowed in our foods, there are more battles to be waged.

If you want to find out more information, check out Truth In Labeling, and compare what you read there with what the FDA has to say.

Dog Owners Beware: New Definitions of Cruelty Are On the Rise

According to new dog care standards developing in the United Kingdom, and possibly on the way here in the United States, some of the greatest “dog lovers” I know could be found guilty of cruelty to animals.

It made headlines around the world yesterday when a man in Wales was charged nearly $5,000 for installing an “invisible fence” to contain his dog. Invisible fences are electric force fields used with shock collars on dogs. If a dog breaches the barrier of the field, the collar shocks the dog. It turns out that Wales had just recently enacted a law against electric collars, calling them cruel. The dog owner actually got off easy – the law allows for a punishment of more than $30,000 or six months in prison.

Millions of dog owners around the world use shock collars, either with an invisible fence, or with a handheld device where the owner pushes a button to shock the dog for disobeying a command – common in training hunting dogs. Many of the people who use these collars would consider themselves dog lovers above reproach. However, there is growing sentiment that using shock collars is unacceptable, and more lawmakers are beginning to debate their legality.

In the U.S., dog care laws vary by location, but generally speaking cruelty to animal laws affecting dogs run the gamut of leaving the dog without food or water; tethering the dog to a tree, fence or other stationary object for long periods; leaving the dog in a car; or engaging in any behavior that causes the dog pain, suffering, physical harm or death. Penalties also vary, but generally violations are considered a misdemeanor, with possible sentences of less than a year in prison and/or a find of less than $1,000 for each violation.

Do shock collars cause a dog pain and suffering? Are they cruel? There is a large lobby of collar and fence manufacturers and dog trainers who would say otherwise. What probably matters most to you is what your state laws say. To keep abreast of new legal developments related to animal cruelty, check in periodically with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or the Animal Legal & Historical Center. Better to find out about developing laws ahead of time, and perhaps influence them, rather than be caught off guard and labeled cruel like the man in Wales.

To be honest, the house I live in came with an invisible fence, perfect for keeping my two dogs in the front yard, or so that's what the previous owner and real estate agent insisted when I bought the house. But I have never used the fence, because I couldn't see shocking my little dogs like that. Still..whether an electric fence and collar should be legal or not is another matter, and something I'm going to think over as this debate grows.

Government Considers New Rules for Truck Drivers to Reduce Fatal Accidents

I was on my way to Durham, North Carolina recently to pick up my daughter from a camp at Duke University when she called to tell me there was a terrible wreck blocking I-85. She said it involved an 18-wheeler and a fatality, and the wreck was going to have the entire interstate blocked for hours. I pulled over to look up a way around that disaster, and I saw that it would be easy to take I-40 around it.

Once on I-40, traffic came to a standstill and then crept along for a while. Finally, a wreck came into view in the lanes heading in the opposite direction. It was a terrible scene involving four vehicles and an 18-wheeler. I noticed there was a chunk of metal stuck to the front of the 18-wheeler, but I couldn’t tell if that was a car or a piece of a car.

You simply must look at this picture. A thousand words will not describe it, nor would you believe the description without seeing it. It shows what an 18-wheeler can do to a pickup truck. The photos after it show what it can do to a sedan and an SUV. These are images of the wreck I recently passed in North Carolina.

My first thought was that my daughter had given me the wrong information on where the accident was. It turns out this was an entirely different wreck, and it had three fatalities! The truck driver has been charged with DUI and possession of marijuana and methadone. In the past he was convicted of rape and burglary. The company he works for has been charged before with numerous violations of rules to prevent trucker fatigue.

The way the commercial truck driver managed to completely flatten the pickup truck is, according to police, he ran into the pickup truck, then with that truck stuck to the front of the 18-wheeler, he ran into three more vehicles before coming to a stop. Three of the drivers are dead, with a fourth in the hospital, while the commercial truck driver is essentially unscathed.

I can tell you that I was scared driving all the way to Durham, and all the way back, because of the number of truckers I encountered who seemed to be going too fast, not paying attention, changing lanes on top of people, not avoiding merging vehicles, stopping too quickly, nearly jack-knifing, etc.

Because of the number of horrible fatal accidents that commercial truck drivers cause, the government has proposed new regulations for them, and the decision on whether to adopt the new rules will be made this month by July 26^th. The new rules deal with reduced work hours to avoid driver fatigue. They basically propose reducing the maximum hours from 14-16 hours of driving to...14-16 hours, and just changing the methods of counting these hours.

Is that enough?! Would you trust yourself driving a fully loaded 18-wheeler in heavy traffic after more than 13 hours of driving? Just brainstorming here…but what about restricting which hours they are on the roads, so they are not out there during rush hour or even during the day at all? What about restricting the roads they drive on? Requiring more frequent drug tests? Even shorter work shifts like down to 10 hours? Drastically increasing the penalties and fines against employers of drivers who violate the rules?

I live in a large city where pre-recession I could easily count 50 18-wheelers on the freeway around me at any given time, and now that number is down to about 20. That’s still 20 humongous trucks that could crush my car to smithereens in a second. To think that the drivers may have been on the road more than 13 hours already when I encounter them, or under the influence, or with the truck overloaded, or with the driver distracted by food, cell phones and other things…I don’t really feel safe yet, but I applaud the government for trying to take a step in the right direction.

Gulf Coast: Swim at Your Own Risk

June 25, 2011 was supposed to just be about my 30^th high school reunion on Pensacola Beach, Florida. Instead, the day evolved into one of eerie enlightenment and concern about the safety of my friends and others who spend time swimming and surfing in the Gulf there.

While I was preparing to meet up with lifelong friends, hundreds of demonstrators were holding hands on the beach as part of Hands Across the Sand, a movement against nearshore oil drilling started by a Florida surfer just months before the Gulf Oil Spill last year. During my reunion, I talked to locals whose surfer friends were all coming down with a variety of illnesses, including fatigue, gastrointestinal disorders, and liver problems. I decided to find out what, if anything, is being done to track illnesses among recreational swimmers, and to compensate them for short-term and long-term harm. The answer, basically, is nothing.

BP is funding a 10-year, $500 million study recently begun of health issues among the thousands of workers and volunteers who helped clean up after the oil spill (call 1-855-NIH-GULF to participate), but to my knowledge there is no official study being done yet among the millions of swimmers. What’s more, BP’s deal with the government is to end payouts for damages through the Gulf Coast Claims Facility in 2013 – long before the worst consequences are likely to show up. What a deal! Do you think BP was unaware of how long it can take to come down with cancer, memory loss, fertility problems, liver failure, kidney failure, respiratory ailments, central nervous system problems, and blood disorders?

If you surf or swim in the Gulf and come down with inexplicable or unusual mental or physical symptoms, or if you eat seafood from the Gulf and become ill, of course seek treatment from doctors, but also go ahead and get a toxicology blood test done called a Volatile Solvents Profile. This test will determine the levels of oil-related chemicals in your bloodstream (learn more about the oil spill and your blood through a one-hour webinar). Chances are your levels are way beyond normal. Many divers, surfers and swimmers of all ages have already been tested with results considered alarming. This test can be used to bolster any potential claim for damages, and also direct you toward appropriate natural and medical remedies.

Also get a lawyer, the kind that specializes in pursuing oil spill injury claims. You should contact one as soon as possible, in case they recommend that you get in a claim before BP’s deadlines all pass. Lawyers nowadays make things as easy as possible. In fact, I chatted online with someone from Parker Waichman Alonso LLP around 1:00 in the morning about a hypothetical surfer friend.

[6/28/2011 0:49:10 AM] System: You have entered the conversation. Waiting on operator...
[6/28/2011 0:49:12 AM] System: Operator has entered the conversation.
[6/28/2011 0:49:16 AM] Talbot: Hi, I am Talbot. How may I assist you?
[6/28/2011 0:50:11 AM] Visitor: My surfer friend who spends a lot of time in the Gulf has gastrointestinal problems and liver problems that doctors are unable to diagnose. He thinks it is from the oil spill. What can he do?
[6/28/2011 0:50:33 AM] Talbot: We may be able to assist you with that.
[6/28/2011 0:50:41 AM] Talbot: Would you mind explaining the situation a bit more in detail, so that we could help you better?
[6/28/2011 0:52:22 AM] Visitor: He lives at Pensacola Beach in Florida, and has been surfing there for years. Since the oil spill he has developed liver problems, with pain in his liver, and other symptoms. I don't know all of them.
[6/28/2011 0:52:36 AM] Talbot: That is really unfortunate.
[6/28/2011 0:52:42 AM] Talbot: Thank you for briefing me.
[6/28/2011 0:52:52 AM] Talbot: Unfortunately, the lawyer who is best suited to assist you is unavailable right now. If it is ok with you I can ask them to call you at their next opportunity.
[6/28/2011 0:53:22 AM] Visitor: Can you tell me the lawyer's name, and I will pass it on to my friend?
[6/28/2011 0:53:36 AM] Talbot: Or if you could provide his contact details , I can request the attorney to call him. For a free initial consultation.
[6/28/2011 0:53:54 AM] Talbot: He can call us on 800-YOUR-LAWYER.
[6/28/2011 0:54:06 AM] Visitor: I will refer him to your website. Thanks for the number, too.
[6/28/2011 0:54:13 AM] Talbot: You are welcome!

In addition to that law firm, there are several others pursing oil spill injury claims that can be located through a simple Google search.

By the time my next 10-year reunion comes up, the results of BP’s long-term study of clean-up workers and volunteers will be in. Let’s hope that by then there are also plans to compensate those harmed, advisories and warnings for swimmers, new means of cleaning up the Gulf, and new laws to prevent future oil spills and use of dispersants. We should all hold hands and join together in this endeavor. The worst may still be to come – BP was betting on it when it made its payout deal to end in 2013. Let’s prepare to face all possibilities head-on.

U.S. Is Under Attack from Within and Getting Weaker by the Week

I recall watching astronauts walk on the moon when I was a child.  As a young adult, I was thrilled to intern in IBM's Space Shuttle Programs department and attend NASA during press briefings.  In recent years I read with pleasure about the preparations for returning to the moon.  And just weeks ago my daughter got a 100 on a paper she wrote about the hundreds of technological advances and devices we have in our country that evolved from NASA's research.

It's a common American dream for a kid to imagine becoming an astronaut, and I don't know of anyone personally who does not admire and take pride in our nation's space explorations.  It's about as patriotic as the national anthem or the flag.  Even Hollywood gets it right in numerous movies where they show how the world -- the whole, entire world -- looks up to the U.S.A. for its NASA programs.  Now Obama wants to take that away, rip it apart, pounce on it and stomp it into the ground.  Just like that. 

Something else, too.  Our backup Loran-C navigation system that has guided mariners and aviators since WWII is now a thing of the past as of this week, thanks to Obama, leaving us wide open to attack if and when our GPS navigation system is jammed.  It is well-known that enemy states and terrorists around the world are working day and night to develop ways to attack our electronic systems.  Before Obama came along, we at least had a backup to the vulnerable GPS.  Now we don't.  Hooray, Obama!  I see you're right on track for destroying the United States.  Take away our national pride.  Take away our protections.  Make us wide open to attack.

Need I mention the economy?  The construction industry nationally has unemployment of nearly 25 percent, yet Obama continues to ignore this sector of the economy.  Leaders in the industry make repeated, straightforward requests for the President to take certain actions that would help, but they are ignored.  Australia took such actions and pretty much avoided the recession.  The construction industry drives the national economy, and is usually the first in and the first out of any recession.  The country is going to continue having dismal news for as long as the construction industry is at a standstill.  Perhaps Obama knows this, and that's why he does nothing.  Yet another way to bring down the United States.

Go shake some more enemies' hands and bow to some more enemy leaders, Mr. President.  Do it right out in the open.  Just keep paving the way for them.  No one is paying attention anyway. 

I read a historical speech this week where a military leader in South America was about to be tried and punished for acts that were harmful to the country he was supposed to be serving.  The speaker attributed his betrayal to the fact that the military leader was not actually born in that country, and therefore had no loyalty and national pride.  It brings me right back to the wisdom of our Founding Fathers who wrote the Constitution, and made it mandatory for a President to be a citizen of the U.S. and to be born here.  With Obama, neither is a sure bet.  Should there be any doubts, ever, about something so important?  His actions prove his true loyalties.  Let's hope that one day he is also held accountable.

Why Not? Cruise Vacationers Party in Haiti Only Miles from Devastation

Royal Caribbean leases a prime piece of coastline in Haiti it calls Labadee, and every week -- including the week of the earthquake tragedy -- the cruise line's ships deliver thousands of tourists to frolic in this essentially privatized paradise.  The tourists sunbathe, swim, kayak, fly on zip lines, go down an inflatable slide, and drink "Labaduzees," Royal Caribbean's very own special cocktail. 

Only 15 miles away, in the "real" Haiti on the other side of a mountain, past the armed guards protecting the tourists, thousands of refugees from the quake are pouring in to Cap Haitian, clamoring for help and resources.  Less than 100 miles away lies Port-au-Prince, with its tens of thousands of bodies stacked up on street corners and being carted off in dump trucks to mass burial grounds, and the still living experiencing a true hell on earth. 

Why Not?  That's the title of the blog by the President and CEO of Royal Caribbean International.  Why not travel to Royal Caribbean's private paradise?  Labadee is so ruled by the cruise liner that the term is even a registered trademark!  It's a place where you are guaranteed to see no Haitians vacationing.  Or suffering.  Foreign tourists have come here for years in seeming oblivion to Haiti's usual trauma, so why stop now that their misery has increased a notch? 

Besides, these cruises are great for helping the earthquake victims, according to the CEO, who says that "being on the island and generating economic activity for...our 230 employees helps with relief while being somewhere else does not help with relief."  Let me translate that for you:  "Being in our private resort and generating economic activity for Royal Caribbean gives us great relief, and being somewhere else does not." 

In a separate blog post, the Associate Vice President noted that the company will "contribute all the net revenues earned on Labadee...on Monday and Tuesday."  That means it will pocket the revenues on all the other days the cruise ships stop in Haiti!  That's some relief!  I'm sure these revenues far outweigh the nominal donations of food and supplies the cruise ships are delivering when they stop in Labadee®.

Perhaps the Haitians fleeing for their lives will push their way over the mountain, and past the private guards.  Maybe they will push their way onto their country's own lush beaches, take a ride on a zip line, and kick back and have a Labaduzee, prior to disembarking on a Royal Caribbean cruise to yet another paradise.  Vacations for Haitians.  What a concept.  Or maybe the foreign tourists -- Royal Caribbean's loyal customers who are mostly American -- will eventually demand to dock at Port-au-Prince, so they can disembark and gawk, taking photos of the devastation, like people slow and stare when they pass a horrific car wreck.  Why Not?

Time to Redefine Islam and Stop All the PC BS

With only a few hours left of 2009, I'm stuck with the image of singed underwear in my mind, and thinking of that fake shlong that could have blown an airliner out of the sky.  Of course I'm talking about the six-inch bomb that a dark-skinned guy with a Muslim name had stuffed in his trousers on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.  Luckily he only succeeded in burning his briefs when he tried to set it off.  But someone like him may succeed in mass murder one day if we don't stop pandering to his kind.

Let's face it.  The biggest protection of terrorists is the same sort of shield that's been protecting Barack Hussein Obama from greater scrutiny -- political correctness.   We're too afraid to "discriminate" on the basis of race, religion or sexual orientation, etc., to where we act like we can't even recognize a terrorist when we're staring one in the face.  Or at least, we prevent our laws from recognizing a terrorist. 

I was horrified a while back when a Muslim member of our own military started shooting at other members of our military on a base in our own United States of America.  News stories then revealed that we have a large percentage of Muslims within our military, but we are not allowed to screen them out for any purpose because that would be religious discrimination.  Screening Arabs and the like would be ethnic discrimination. 

At a time when people are at least calling for full body scans of passengers entering airplanes -- and on a day when the Netherlands has said it will require such scans for people boarding flights to the U.S. -- we must take into account that people with sex changes are actively protesting the use of full body scans.  They are afraid we might see their fake shlongs.  People like Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab are all for gay rights, and black rights and religious rights, so long as these rights help them avoid getting caught as they attempt to blow up whites, Christians, blacks, gays, children and everyone else.

We need to start looking at Muslims the way they looked at Communists just a few short decades ago.  Communists were perceived as the enemy.  They were tracked down and discriminated against.  You'd better believe it.  And the strategy succeeded.  Terrorists are being brainwashed and trained in the halls of mosques, and it's high time we redefined Islam as being more than just a religion -- it's a form of subversion, with "death to America" its favorite chant.  The goal is a theocracy that allows virtually no freedoms, is opposed to all rights and education, and tolerates the cultivation of poppy for opium, honor killings, and stoning to death. 

We should be screening Muslims and profiling for our own safety and for the future of our country.  Being friendly toward Muslims, as Obama hoped to do, doesn't help one bit.  To the contrary.   The countries with the most friendliness toward Muslims are the ones with the most terrorism.  Take a look at Pakistan, just for starters.  People are bombed to death there regularly, and it's a Muslim nation.  So much for friendliness achieving peace. 

We should change our laws to allow greater scrutiny of Muslims.  Certainly there are many peaceful, sincere Muslims who do see their religion as just a religion, and who are pro-American.  But we need to be able to penetrate the shield of these people -- that is to say, the shield of religious protection -- to get to the Muslim terrorists who are making life difficult for not only non-Muslims, but for the peaceful Muslims themselves.  More than that, these terrorists are threatening to snuff out life itself. 

Let's end the political correctness and take decisive action.  If we don't bend on this "freedom of religion" thing just a bit for this valid and urgent purpose, then we may find ourselves with no freedoms down the road, as Muslims use our own nuclear weapons against us, take over, and take us to hell on earth, turning our food crops into poppy crops to make opium, covering our beautiful women with black hoods, and destroying our schools.  Saving our country is worth some good Muslims agreeing to be profiled, searched and so on for the sake of weeding out the bad.  That's the change I believe in.

Men Visit Gynecologists to Treat Their 'Womenopause'

I was taken by surprise the other day when a man walked into the lobby at my gynecologist's office and signed in as a patient.  I found myself looking him up and down, and wondering what he had in his pants.  He looked masculine enough, but still...maybe he'd been changed.

Once I was called in for my appointment, I noticed two flyers on the wall.  One said:  "Hormone imbalance is not just a woman's problem...[We are] now assisting both men and women with their hormone issues."  The other one was titled:  ANDROPAUSE.  It explained this strange word as being the male equivalent of menopause.  Somehow I think this is all twisted.  Men should have womenopause if women have menopause.  Or women should have womenopause and men can have that dreaded menopause. 

So here's the deal, men, per the other flyers that I pocketed: 

Why Should Men Take Supplemental Hormones?  The Benefits of Androgen Therapy

It is no surprise that our bodies change as we age.  The hormones that stimulate the development and maintenance of "maleness" are called androgens.  Androgen levels peak when men are in their late teens and twenties.  After that, levels gradually decline...men who have the highest levels of testosterone and other androgens, frequently look, feel and perform at the top of their class.  There are other men with androgen levels at the bottom of the pack.  They may be fatigued, perform poorly sexually and may even be depressed...low androgens can be at the heart of many common male medical problems...

What problems are we talking about?  There can be muscle loss and weakness, reduced sexual desire and erectile dysfunction.  Weight gain, especially around the middle, is a common problem.  Increased abdominal fat...Prostate enlargement...Prostate cancer...thinking problems and difficult with learning new things...thinning bones.  Depression... 

Do I have to be "old" to need androgen supplements?  No!  ...Will just taking Androgens solve all my problems?  No!!  ...Proper diet is needed...Exercise is needed...Vitamins and other dietary supplements are needed, along with adequate sleep and moderation of alcohol consumption...

What are the benefits?  Improvement of mood, well-being, thinking and learning.  Enhanced libido and sexual performance.  Maintain Prostate Gland health and healthy urinary functions.  Increasing muscle mass and tone while reducing abdominal body fat.  Reducing cholesterol, triglycerides and blood sugar to help protect the heart.  Protection of bone strength and density...

Which hormones are we talking about?  The most important androgen is testosterone...

So, looking back on that man in the lobby, I have to think that maybe he was functioning "at the bottom of the pack" and needed help.  Which of the above problems he needed the most help with, I don't dare to speculate. 

But if you, reader, are losing your "maleness" and need some assistance, but are afraid to walk into just any gynecologist's office (after all, they can't all be in the business of helping both men and women), then you should check out Georgia Hormones, formerly known as Alpharetta Women's Healthcare at my previous visit. 

Somehow, I liked the sound of "women's healthcare" better, but I'm sure the owners like the sound of "cha-ching," and that's probably what they hear when they think of opening up their practice to millions of men.  I can tell you, there are plenty around here who are going through Andropause and need more of that androgen thing that makes them men:  testosterone.