This blog's mission is to improve Cultural Health, by raising Cultural Literacy and reducing Cultural Poisoning.
With respect to Cultural Literacy, I am focused on Classical African Civilization. With respect to Cultural Poisoning, I will help you understand how to Detect it, Correct it, and most importantly, how to prevent little children from catching it.
This site is for Americans in general and African Americans in particular. Video: Politics to Physical Health
Based on Walmart’s latest moves, it’s not as unlikely as it sounds.
After years of “Will they or won’t they?” discussion, Walmart is making its long-awaited move into delivering primary care: "
Aunk's commentary:
I voted for our President to do three thing when he was elected. He has done two and a half of the three things I hired him to do. The most important of the three was to pass healthcare reform so ordinary hard working Americans could afford health care.
The President's Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) seems to be having some positive unprecedented consequences in making Healthcare Affordable. Imagine going to a health care clinic While you shop at Wal*Mart and it only cost 4$, now that really would be affordable. See the link below for full details.
For two decades, Eric Selby had been completely blind and dependent on a guide dog to get around. But after having an artificial retina put into his right eye, he can detect ordinary things like the curb and pavement when he's walking outside.
Have you seen Avata or Transformers, well some of the technology is coming to real life. First created for the Army, now being readied for you or a member of your family (Video)
Lets Go to the Video Tape
There are a lot of bad things happening in the world but there are also some good things happening. It is a good time to be on this planet. The internet and cyberspece make it possible for the good guys to out shine the bad guys.
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann Plays Excerpt of Democracy Now! Interview With Health Insurance Whistleblower Wendell Potter on Industry’s Attack on Michael Moore’s "Sicko" Video
Concrete evidence that the Insurance corporations spent massive amounts of money (82 million) as a result of SCOTUS treasonous behavor, to trick the baggers into voting against their own health care interests. It has now been revealed from the inside that Insurance corporations are really a sham protection racket. In fact, if you paid the mob for protection you would get an organization with more integrity.
Let's Go To The Video Tape
It seems to me that the attack on Mr. Moore and SickO constitute criminal activity and a federal investigation is in order. This is on top of the fact that we already have sworn testimony before congress that insurance corporations hired doctors to kill patients for profit. If the AMA and the FDA are to have any credibility they must disassociate themselves from criminals.
Two things should happen as a result of Mr. Potter's brave revelations in his new book Death Spin. 1. everyone seriously interested in understanding and discussing Democratic Health Care Reform in America should see "SickO" and read Death Spin as a minimum.
We the American people, assuming jobs are back on track in 2012, must make putting the public Option back in HCR the number one election issue. When tables and chairs (Corporations,)who do not have the rights of humans, openly try to harm the American people they must be punished. The cat is out of the bag. In 2012, the only debate should be between single payer and a public option as the HCR upgrade. We must give the President and his party the massive mandate he needs to make this happen in the first 100 days of his second term.
For the real deal you have to see Amy Goodman, simply the best reporter in America since Walter Cronkite. Democracy Now did a whole series you should see on the great Mr. Potter and his new book.
I do not feel I have heard the news each day until I hear Amy.
If you comment please let us know if you
saw or plan to see SickO
This is one of those short powerful pieces that every progressive and regressive in America should read.
After The 8 Years Of The Bush/Cheney Disaster, Now You Get Mad?
You didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President.
You didn't get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate Energy policy and push us to invade Iraq .
You didn't get mad when a covert CIA operative got outed.
You didn't get mad when the Patriot Act got passed.
You didn't get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us. You didn't get mad when we spent over 800 billion (and counting) on said illegal war.
You didn't get mad when Bush borrowed more money from foreign sources than the previous 42 Presidents combined.
You didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars in cash just disappeared in Iraq .
You didn't get mad when you found out we were torturing people.
You didn't get mad when Bush embraced trade and outsourcing policies that shipped 6 million American jobs out of the country.
You didn't get mad when the government was illegally wiretapping Americans.
You didn't get mad when we didn't catch Bin Laden.
You didn't get mad when Bush rang up 10 trillion dollars in combined budget and current account deficits.
You didn't get mad when you saw the horrible conditions at Walter Reed.
You didn't get mad when we let a major US city, New Orleans drown.
You didn't get mad when we gave people who had more money than they could spend, the filthy rich, over a trillion dollars in taxbreaks. You didn't get mad with the worst 8 years of job creations in several decades.
You didn't get mad when over 200,000 US Citizens lost their lives because they had no health insurance.
You didn't get mad when lack of oversight and regulations from the Bush Administration caused US Citizens to lose 12 trillion dollars in investments, retirement, and home values.
No.....You finally got mad
When a black man was elected President and decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick.
Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, job losses by the millions, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, and the worst economic disaster since 1929 are all okay with you, but helping fellow Americans who are sick...Oh, Hell No!!
Suppose you cut off your finger in an accident and could just grow a new one in four weeks like a Newt. Well medical science has a new tool, Regenerative Medicine, the ability to grow new body parts.
This is new medical technology that can be extremely important to soldiers who have lost a limb or a transplant patient waiting to replace a sick organ. This article is a Video status report on the state of this new technology.
There are two main tracts at this point in the race to build new body parts, the stem cell tract and the ECM tract. Universities, Private industry and the military have regenerative medicine projects underway.
Let's go to the video tape to get you up to speed.
Now a word about loosing your finger. Here is a real world accident miracle repair that demonstrates ECM's practical potential. This guy was lucky to have this particular doctor as his brother. Video (8 Min)
Last but not lest, the breakthrough that is most important to me. I am an elder and all my parts work, however, I could use a few teeth and one or two more strands of hair. So stem cell teeth grown for the first time in animals got my attention. Video. (2 min)
On Sunday the Congress will take the historic Health Care Reform Vote. The question is will it pass? Go on the record and I will meet you back here on Monday to see who has to eat crow. (Video)
Let's go to the video tape
I was taught that at a party you dance with everyone however, when it is over, you leave with them who brung ya. We the people hired the President and a Democrat congress to deliver Health Reform. The music has stopped, we have danced with the Republicans and now it is time to go home.
Call (Email, IM, etc.) your congress person NOW! and remind them you were the one who brung em.
"Vitamin D is vital in activating human defenses and low levels suffered by around half the world's population may mean their immune systems' killer T cells are poor at fighting infection, scientists said on Sunday."
To hear Doctors talk to doctors about Vitamin D view this lecture.
You will notice in the lecture Black People and Melanin are not mentioned. Except for the concept of using equatorial Africans as the standard for optimum natural nutrition no studies of substantial melanin producers are mentioned. You will also note that the doctor speaking, indicates that MediPlex's drug companies have no interest in this subject, as there is no "Money" in it for them.
If you are going to learn about vitamin D, you are mostly going to have to do it on your own. Here is one doctor who actually talks about African Americans.
Simply supplementing with Vitamin D is not the hole answer. Supplementing and Testing is the road map to help you get where you need to be. I have taken 5 to 25,000 IU's of Vitamin D depending on my blood work. My Goal is to keep my Vitamin D level at 80 to 100 ng/dl.
I first heard about the relationship of Vitamin D to melanin from my doctor, Dr. Kokyi and other African American doctors talk about the Melanin/D Relationship in Black People above 30 degree latitude. Most Black People above this latitude are chronically D deficient.
This reality has profound implications regarding the cause of illness in Africans living in the cold latitudes. This also raises questions about effective dosing in Melanin producing humans vs. minimal melanin producing humans.
If 5,000 IU's is recommended for non substantial melanin producers, say skin type 1 to 3, If you are skin type 4-6, what should you take. This is where a culturally competent doctor who has had experience with your skin type (person who produces melanin at your level) can come in handy.
What do I do. I started taking 2,000 IU's of Vit D daily, along with my 1,000 milligrams of Vit C as prophylactic against colds. My first Blood test was 27 ng/ml. I upped my dose to 5k IU's daily and my next test 3 months later was 47 ng/ml. I increased my dose with my goal in mind to 10,000 IU's daily. So it is interesting to note in the relatively conservative medical lecture video, that the studies showed about 1 ng/ml increase for every 100 IU's taken. My guesstimation sounds about right my next blood test will tell.
The studies show no adverse effects at 200 ng/ml. They show dosing of fifty thousand to 10 million IU's, not recommend. I have heard Doc's explain, that giving 50,000 IU's in their practice to get a patients level up is not on common. Then naturally dropping the patient to a more normal dosing to maintain the target level.
Ethno-neutral medicine is a myth. If you are part of the Black ethnic group or the White ethnic group dramatically impacts your Vitamin D dosing.
The Bottom line is, this is new ground for most allopathic M.D.'s. You now have more information about Vitamin D then most allopaths today. It is OK to "trust" your doctor but verify. Pay close attention, test you individual level and let Ma'at guide you.
This Week the President gave marching orders to pass Health Reform this month. While the President is focused on Insurance company sick care reform, The first lady is focusing on real health care reform with her "Let's Move" challenge to our children. (pics/Video)
The First Lady is not just talking but moving with our children. Wow, now that sounds like a plan to me. A person who is fit and in outstanding health trying to help the nation get healthy. We know that we don't do "health" care in America, we do sick care. So the President's plan, however badly needed, is at best a sick care insurance reform bill. So it is good to see someone focusing on the future health of our citizens.
You would think that this would be on every front page in the country. What side is your elected official on, are they for or against the health of your children? How will that impact your vote and political action?
This is another one of those opportunities/tests for the Republicans. Not unlike the televised sick care debate, we the American people need to watch this on TV and give the two party's a pass or failing grade.
Can anyone list one bill or national infinitive, that the Republican party has launched in the last 10 years, to improve American health, that does not benefit insurance company's and MediPlex (Medical industrial complex) profits.
Please do not bother to list Anti-Vitamin McCain's current stop the healthy people from taking supplements bill.
What do you think, will Republicans start moving too?
Senator John McCain has put forward a bill, The Dietary Supplement and Safety Act (DSSA), that would prevent you and I from getting Vitamins and other "dietary supplements". If you plan on maximizing your health we need to stop the McCain anti-vitamin bill now. (video)
Could this be the same John McCain who lost his presidential run against Health Care Reform? The same McCain that had the nerve to come before us, in the light of day, at the President's Health Reform Summit, without a written plan or one useful suggestion for improving our health? This could not possibly be the same McCain, allegedly concerned about deals with the drug makers?
Not only do I know this man to be a mortal enemy of any American for health care reform, but now Americans, who voted for him, no longer believe him, now that he has demonstrated his naked FDA/Drug company stand against American health.
Let's go to the video tape.
What a disgraceful, despicable person. He was just on TV at the summit against all Americans getting basic sick care. Now he is trying to sneak a anti-vitamin bill through to prevent me from managing my own health care.
I am healthy and proud to tell my Docs, that I take no drugs, under penalty of Death!
My secret, keep your supplement pill box full and your drug pill box empty.
Mr. Anti-Vitamin McCain, you will have to pry my vitamins from my dead hands.
We must stop this unholy alliance between McCain Republicans, the Bush undead and the FDA, who are wholly owned subsidiary's of MediPlex (medical industrial complex i.e. The Food and Death Administration [FDA], drug company's, Medical "insurance", like Nixon HMO'sand Shop Wrong [Rite] Supermarkets, etc) .
I just joined the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH). I first heard about them from Nearing a columnist on MSNBC/Newsvine. As you know LifeRcise and physical health is one of my main focuses. I hope you will take a look at some of their other campaigns like the Codex Alimentarius that marshal forces to stop unwanted and sometimes criminal interference with our natural food rights.
This is a must see for anyone interested in Health Care Reform. I will link to it over and over as the bill goes to reconciliation and the President's desk.
Not much reading just follow the pictures. Even the folks from the million moron march (tea baggers) can follow this one.
Update:
The bill passed and is now law
Below is the most practical and useful InfoGraphic I have run across for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
What does the health-care law mean to me?: This helpful infographic from the Washington Post is pretty low key. It doesn’t have bright colors, but it is interactive and very easy to use. Put in your current health insurance situation, your household size, your adjusted gross income and your marital status. Off to the side, you will see exactly what you can expect from health care reform, including whether or not you will see additional taxes as a result of the passage of this new health insurance law. Click Here
Here are 17 other InfoGraphics explaining ACA (Health Care Reform).
Speaking of your health, don't go and OD on Health InfoGraphics. Everything in moderation, :-)
Tuesday morning the senate again held off the Republican knuckle dragging foot dragging attempts to stop health care reform for the American people.
Democrats miraculously closed ranks voting 60 to 39, blowing the Republican obstructionists out of the water.
If the Dems keep their newly found testicular fortitude and the holiday spirit, the final vote could come late Christmas Eve.
So the Question is, will the Senate give us the American people the gift of Health Care Reform for Christmas.
Pay close attention. Is the bill perfect or what will be the final result out of conference is a different question. Do you think Dems will pass HCR by Christmas is the question before you. Go on the Record.
I used my Iphone app to Email my Senators and congress person. This is not a time to sit on your hands, Mediplex and the Repubs are doing everything they can think of to keep you in their corporate grip. You know Santa is not bringing you no HCR gift, you are. What are you going to do, today?
No, I didn't make it up, Steele describes himself as leader of his party as a cow. What does one call the leader of a herd of cows. What is a Health Care Cow? (Video)
See, I did not make this up. How does a cow get onto rail road tracks? He does not get their because of a plan or trying to solve a problem for the herd. He wonders onto the tracks aimlessly. In fact, when he sees the train coming he has no idea what he is looking at.
It is interesting to note, that a Cultural Traitor in a multi-ethnic society is not only a danger to his/her own community but a danger to all communities who hold humanism in high regard.
Tonight was a historic night for the Democrats and the American people. Nancy Pelosi will go down in history as one of the greatest Speakers of the House.
I watched this most remarkable process. I get CNN who had odd spotty coverage. But I was luckily able to get MSNBC on the net and they had a live video stream (uninterrupted) on the floor of the house which was the way to see this historic vote.
Let me first thank my senators and congressman and the Democratic congress in general for the moral courage to do what they were elected to do. And let me thank all the people who made those calls and sent those Emails and protested at the insurance companies. Let me thank Michael Moore’s SickO for helping us compare “Health” Care in civilized nations vs. the Sick Care for profit we have here in America. The Movie John Q was also helpful in showing the dirty tricks departments of hospitals, employers and insurance companies against the working American.
Let me thank Dr. Linda Peeno for her testimony before congress regarding being hired to cause the death of insurance company customers. Thank you to all the Americans who came forward to talk about their personal stories and the impact they want reform to have on the lives of their fellow citizens. Olbermann’s show where he talks about his parents and friends health challenges, and health reform as a right to life, is a good example of the people coming forward and telling their own stories.
I was not happy when Pelosi refused to bring Bush and the forty thieves to trial. I was not happy when she took Single Payer off the table. But if this is what it took to win this close vote then all is forgiven.
Thanks to the one Republican, Ahn “Joseph” Cao of Louisiana, with the courage to vote for human rights over profit rights. This was not just a physical health victory for America, it was another national Cultural Health victory that keeps our ship of state on a proper heading toward the moral high ground of that distant port.
Wow, woman discriminated against by the insurance company's. It is an American disgrace and we must reform the system now. How can we allow this to be done to women. (Video)
Did you know that a woman can be denied Health insurance because she was the victim of domestic violence, I didn't Click Here for details. I don't know about you, but I have a daughter and this won't do.
The immoral, unjust insurance company rules that the First Lady brings to our attention would shame a nation of savages. We can, and must, do better.
In the President's three part health care plan, part two is for those without health insurance. Here is what's in it for you. (Video)
Think of the entrepreneurs who have created a start up business and do not have insurance. Think of the backbone of our country that work for a small business that can't afford to give its employees Health Insurance. Do they not deserve the same insurance choices that they give their congress persons.
This is for the average American who might find him/herself unemployed at any minute, and/or the 14,000 that loose their "Health" insurance everyday.
No, the status quo won't do and I don't see how the Republicans will mount an effective argument against their own Joe the Plumbers. Not to mention that everyone knows that the Exchange with the public option is what guarantees safety and stability for those who do have "insurance". Sounds like a Win Win to me, how about you?
Republicans said there were 2 million protesters. The reality is that there was a loose mob of about seventy thousand pro death wing nuts that you really have to see to believe (Video)
Their behavior is moronic because their answers to the questions put to them are NON-sense. To quote Barney Frank, what planet do these people live on.
Examples:
1. Lady with no "health insurance, protesting against "health" Care for all, How stupid is that.
2. Lady paying for Republican "Health" "Insurance" out the wazoo, according to her, who is protesting so she can keep paying out the wazoo, which, will guarantee 20% Wazoo growth. Maybe I am wrong, but this kind of convoluted "logic" seems moronic, if not on the lunatic fringe.
3. People who want the government out of their Social Security but are taking the checks. I am sorry, but these answers do not strike me as professorial.
To me it is astonishing, are these the faces of the undead Bush Republican party? What do you think about these Americans?
President Obama says not only is "Health" Care not dead on arrival (DOA,as some Republicans claimed while he was away, but it is alive and well. In his 60 minutes interview he answers questions about his What's in it for me "Health" Care Speech given to congress (Video)
I think the most important comment from the interview was when the President said, the loudest voices get the attention and the challenge is how do we make sure that civility is interesting (Paraphrase).
This is the challenge for him and all of us that want "Health" Care Reformed now. I think most people who are sick, have ever been sick, or have friends and family with illness's, should find a civil discussion of "health" care not only interesting, but of critical importance.
In any case, I for one, will keep the civil health discussion in front of my readers. Physical Health and Cultural Health Go hand in hand.
Just in case you missed the Cultural Poisoning at the 912 protests, here is a look up close and personal at what extreme anti-humanism looks like. Man carrying a sign with our President riding a White baby. (Video)
In case someone tries to tell you this was a tax and spend protest, just say lets go to the video tape. It is important to the Nation's Cultural Health to know exactly who the Glenn Beck/Palin mob is.
Many African Americans did not think a Black American could be elected President, me included. We were pleasantly surprised by our fellow Americans of common sense and good will.
Many European Americans did not think a Black American could be elected President. They were unpleasantly shocked and cultural anti-humanists have been inducing fear and anger in them ever since. Along with positive change, like Kennedy Health Care that is coming, this individual is an example of a new change in cultural lunacy that is also coming.
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