The Noble Lie

There are some really great write-ups going on at some of the other blogs I read.

• Ultraviolet Garden has a must-read exposé on the Camp Lejune Toxic Water Contamination. Soldiers who stayed at this military base over several decades were knowingly exposed to regular doses of cancer-causing chemicals.
• Paul M. Peterson puts together some information on Operation Paperclip, the large-scale integration of Nazi scientists and doctors into the United States military-industrial complex.
• Tad runs a wonderful local blog called The PLAZOID, doing the unpopular work of standing up to the powers that be for the disenfranchised and writing with passion.
• Benamar Benatta has still not received any recognition from the Canadian government for the unlawful rendition and torture he faced. The fight goes on.

If the topics covered on this weblog have interested you so far, I thought you might be interested in this collection of DVDs that are not available for online viewing.

People have to make a living. Unfortunately, the people who need this information most will be the hardest-pressed to afford it. If you can, buy these materials, show them to people you know, and spread the word. Here, I am simply linking to their websites so you can learn more from the horse’s mouth.

• The Future of Food (THE most important issue of our age)
• Fahrenheit 9/11
• ACLU Freedom Files
• In Debt We Trust
• Vaccines: The Risks, The Benefits, The Choices
• Secret Mysteries of America’s Beginnings
• Richard Dawkins - Growing Up in the Universe

If you have any good DVD documentary picks, list them in the comments section.

This is a documentary about Aspartame (AKA Nutrisweet), one of the most famous sugar replacements for diet drinks. It systematically explains what it is, what chemicals it breaks down into, and what those chemicals do for the human body (especially the brain). It explains how the “scientific” safety tests were manipulated and neglected, a reality which I am convinced is more the norm than not. This film also covers how the FDA was reluctant to accept such a substance until lobbied by the company’s CEO at the time, a familiar face in Washington DC by the name of Donald Rumsfeld.

Conclusions you might walk away with - Aspartame is dangerous, safety testing means dick, the FDA is not a scientific but a public relations agency, government and big business are just one big entity at this point, JD Searle is every bit as culpable as any tobacco company, or objective testing just might be impossible when all this money is at stake.

Though Barack Obama and many of his supporters were quick to disown this passionate, fiery-tempered preacher, in many ways this man is more charismatic and more correct than the presidential candidate. I thought his statements were inspiring and was disappointed to see Obama disown them so quickly, especially since they are true.

Here are the books he mentioned; I haven’t read them yet but they’re on my list. I know the gist of the topics both cover.

• Emerging Viruses: AIDS and Ebola: Nature, Accident or Intentional? by Leonard Horowitz
• Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans by Harriet Washington

I would add one more to this list:

• Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison by Allen Hornblum