Raw Energy Hotline - March 2002

RAW ENERGY HOTLINE
MARCH 1Oth, 2002
(212) 343-1152
www.rawfoodinfo.com

Hello, this is Rhio with the Raw Energy Hotline. If you are in the New York City area and would like to listen to an abbreviated version of the hotline toll-free, call (212) 343-1152, 24-hours a day. (Note: The telephone hotline has now been replaced with my weekly internet radio show at: www.TribecaRadio.net)

ITEM #1: I'm sorry to start off my hotline today with a very depressing, yet extremely serious matter -- there will be some good news to tell further on, but this first item is urgent and needs your immediate attention and action.

The federal government has sent a mandate to all the states to pass into law what is called the Model Emergency State Health Powers Act. In the past there have been times when the federal government sends mandates and the states adopt them in their entirety. Regarding the Model Emergency State Health Powers Act, I'll call it MESHPA for short, it is imperative that citizens get involved in modifying the language of this act because it is a blatant and gross abridgement of our civil rights. We could also question whether a law of this type is even needed at all, as states already have extended powers during times of emergency.

Every state is now considering passing some version of MESHPA expediently, so I repeat, please do not put this information on the back burner. Find out about it in your state, attend the public hearings or if there aren't any, ask for them, and get involved.

Under the guise of protecting the health, safety and well being of citizens in the case of a "health emergency", which health emergency is not spelled out, but left to the total discretion of the state governors, the state would be empowered to obligate its citizens to submit to medical examinations, including collection of specimens and DNA, to be forcibly vaccinated, and quarantined if necessary. A person would be made to comply under threat of arrest and loss of property. A person would not be exempt even if they are healthy and have no history of exposure to disease. Citizens who refuse to comply can be detained and charged with a crime. Police officers will be placed under the authority of health department officials. Health care professionals who refuse to provide forced medical examinations or vaccinations can be charged with a crime and their license suspended. And to top it all, there is a waiver of accountability clause which provides that we, the citizens, are giving them, the perpetrators, a waiver of liability in case their forced vaccination or other treatments result in bodily harm or death.

Under MESHPA there would be broad access to patient medical records without patient consent for research related to epidemics and infectious disease. This information would be available to unnamed "appropriate federal agencies or authorities." There are no requirements that the individually-identifiable data will be deleted, or not used or shared for other purposes, once the public health emergency order is terminated.

Under MESHPA the state can assume control of hospital and clinic operations, communication facilities, food distribution, fuel supplies, and real estate.

Under MESHPA you would not have the right to claim a religious or conscientious objection to vaccination.

I know the foregoing information is shocking - but take a few deep, slow breaths - r e l a x - and each day focus with a clear, unwavering and abiding certainty on an implementation of the MESHPA law which is fair, democratic and allows for non compliance with vaccination mandates through conscientious, religious or medical exemptions without penalties of any kind.

Suggestions: Several ways to find out more information on the Model Emergency State Health Powers Act - put those words into a search engine: yahoo.com or googles.com and see what comes up.

Also go to vaccination information websites such as:
www.thinktwice.com
www.909shot.com
www.nyvic.org
www.vaccinationnews.com

Get in touch with your state assemblyperson and state senator because they are dealing with this law. To get contact information on your state assemblyperson or state senator, go to: www.vote-smart.org and on the second page that will automatically come up, on the left, put in your zip code including the extended 4 digits. If you don't know what those additional 4 digits are, just look a little below and you will see where to click on a link to get those. Once you put the complete zip code in, it will take you to a page which lists all your federal and state representatives, including contact information, etc.

I was just on the phone with the Vote Smart office and they say all the information is current, except for the states of Oregon, New Jersey and Virginia. For those states the information will be updated in about one week. In the meantime to get the names and contact information of your state senator and assemblyperson in those states you could call your County Election Office.

Contact the appropriate reps to inquire about the progress of the MESHPA in your state. Ask your representatives about public hearings. Try to get groups that oppose vaccination to speak at these hearings. A few suggestions would be church groups such as the Seventh Day Adventists, Muslims, Mormons, the Christian Scientists. Also, try to get representatives from anti-vaccination groups to speak and give testimony (to find these contacts, go to Articles section of this website, under Vaccination). Some of these organizations could probably put you in contact with people in your area who have had vaccine injured children or even lost a child due to vaccination, and they might be willing to give testimony. Consider giving testimony yourself, even if you are not versed in the pros and cons of vaccination, just stating your honest feelings can be very powerful.

If no public hearing of MESHPA has been planned, push to get one set up.

Remember, the US government, through the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, pays out millions of dollars per year to families of vaccine injured or dead children. Some groups say that these paid claims represent only a small percentage of the injured.

Our children currently receive an appalling 37 doses of 11 vaccines.

Over the last twenty years, autism in children has increased by 3400%!!!

NEXT ITEM: Now for some good news. I've been saying for awhile now that for anything to get done about our fast eroding democracy, protections for the environment and better quality of life for people, like clean air, clean water and natural non GE food, it must be done from the bottom up. Because if we wait for changes from the top down. . . well, I wouldn't want to wait that long. The following are inspiring changes being effected in many communities by ordinary, garden variety citizens, just like you and me.

Many thanks to an unknown party for sending me the following information, which I've checked out.

1) A group of 140 local business owners in Boulder, Colorado, has sparked an intense examination of corporations and democracy. The Community Vitality Act proposed by the Boulder Independent Business Alliance (BIBA for short) would put a city-wide cap on the number of chain businesses. BIBA director Jeff Milchen says the group is working to demolish "the myth of the 'business interest'" by showing that independent, local, small businesses are victims of corporate globalization. An initiative of the national Reclaim Democracy! group, the Boulder coalition is only the first of a growing network of BIBAs across America. The $1,000 attack ads launched against BIBA confirm that, yes, the chain stores are running scared. For more information contact: Reclaim Democracy! at www.reclaimdemocracy.org

2) Nine Midwestern states, representing 30 percent of America's agricultural income, now forbid large corporations from owning farmland. In Nebraska and South Dakota, the corporate ban is actually written into the state constitution. Activists are currently working to add Pennsylvania to the list, and two townships have already barred corporations from citizen soil. Says Thomas Linzey of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund: "Municipal governments are desperately looking for allies, because they are being swallowed [by corporate interests]." Contact: Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, (717) 530-0931; Dakota Rural Action drural@brookings.net

3) The "Oregon Human Rights Initiative" is an ongoing effort to require that civic and commercial businesses in Oregon abide by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (signed into international law 51 years ago by virtually every nation except the US). Under the initiative, failure to comply with these essential UN principles could result in charter revocation. Contact: Paul Van De Velder, oneworld@peak.org

4) In parts of the US, "three strikes, you're out" legislation is used to lock up repeat felons and throw away the key, (legislation which only serves to incarcerate and warehouse increasing numbers of people for minor offenses). In 1998, the township of Wayne, Pennsylvania, applied the three strikes, you're out idea to corporate crime. (Now here it makes sense.) In Wayne, any corporation with three or more regulatory violations within seven years is barred from setting up shop. The new rules have already been put into practice, barring certain hog-farming operations from moving into town. Contact: Thomas Linzey, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, (717) 530-0931.

5) On April 25, 2000, the council of Point Arena, a small community on California's north coast, voted four-to-one to pass a Resolution on Corporate Personhood. "Democracy means governance by the people. Only natural persons should be allowed to participate in the democratic process," the resolution reads. "The city of Point Arena agrees with Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black in his 1938 opinion in which he stated, 'I do not believe the word 'person' in the 14th Amendment includes corporations.'" Contact: Jan Edwards at janedwards@mcn.org

6) On November 3, 1998, citizens of the fiercely political university town of Arcata, California, cast ballots on an initiative unique in US history. By a vote of 3,139 to 2,056, Arcata's council was given a mandate to "ensure democratic control of all corporations conducting business within the city." The next year, some 600 people attended two town-hall meetings to move the mandate forward. Up for debate: "Can we have democracy when large corporations wield so much power and wealth under law?" Contact: Democracy Unlimited at www.monitor.net/democracyunlimited

7) Activists in Shasta Lake City, California, are applying a "ten strikes" variation on the "three strike" system. On November 4, residents will vote on whether or not to pull the business licence of Knauf Fiberglass, known to have committed at least ten regulatory infractions in the US. A vote of 50 percent or more will yank the licence within ten days - though a legal challenge is already expected. Contact: Heidi Silva (530) 472-1355

NEXT ITEM: For raw food lectures, events and food preparation classes check out the Events Calendar. A new page accessed from the Home page will tell you What's New On Site each month, so if you are a regular visitor, you will quickly know what articles and other information are new. Also, I've started a new section called Community Struggles, Victories and Defeats (under Articles/Earth Mother & Environment) where I will try to connect you with the ongoing struggles occurring in your community, in case you want to get involved, and I hope you do.

Please remember, in these uncertain times, to keep a little humor in your life — Laughter, it's a sacred medicine.

With Blessings of Peace,

Rhio

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