I remember back in the day when I supported contrators at IBM from Germany. hmmmmmm and one of them had her green card expire........ She wasn't deported. Her name was Gisella Norwood and IBM gave her days off and stuffs to fix it. Is all this Mexican Illegal Immigration stuffs 'simply' a diversion? Mi tinks so, how bout you?
I had other folks from Germany that were in the US and they were on assignment, does that mean they had to have green cards? Funny, now that I think of it, Hologix had several contractors from India working there. Hologix was a software development company and the folks from India certainly didn't work as janitors.......... and to think that these people in AZ and Calif. are worried about illegal immigrants working in the fields.... hmmmmmmmm and OMG.
I am wondering if Blackwater's employees that are in Iraq and Afghanistan have green cards to be in those countries? Very interesting thoughts, eh?
North American Union
EXCERPT:
Beware of the unholy North American Union
Since this page was broken out to new page 07-02-06
Updated 07-21-08
Long live the Republic for which we stand, One Nation, Under God, with Liberty and Justice for ALL.
This is BIG PICTURE stuff - the Unholy North American Union: bigger than sports, bigger than military retiree heath care, bigger than the Hollywood Liberal trash, bigger than all the other issues that capture your attention daily. No news media speaks of this issue. No major radio person is jumping on this as it should be told. Our very nation will be undercut. Our very way of life will be direly impacted. All with no vote by the American Public for or against this unholy attack.
Attention! Danger! Treason!
Wake Up America!!!!
Contact your U.S. Senators and Congressman to request action against these evil actions by President Bush and his Internationalist Elite cronies to take away American sovereignty without Congress or the American Public approvals.
A 'New World Order' for Conservatives? John McCain is part of the NWO.
(New 03-27-08)
Palestine
Stop the North American Union documentary
Indian Illegal Immigrants in US up 64 percent last Decade
Indian illegal immigrants in US up 64 percent last decade
February 10th, 2010 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS -
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) In 2009, India accounted for the third highest increase in the number of illegal immigrants in the US in ten years, according to a new government report, though only two percent of all illegal immigrants were Indians.
The number of illegal immigrants in the US fell by seven percent to 10.8 million last year.
A majority of them came from Latin America, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report, though India with 200,000 was the sixth biggest sender of illegal immigrants to the US.
In overall numbers, Indians accounted for only two percent of illegal immigrants. Mexico (6.7 million) topped the list with 62 percent, followed by those from El Salvador (530,000), Guatemala (480,000), Honduras (320,000) and the Philippines (270,000).
Between 2000 and 2009, the Mexican-born unauthorised immigrants increased by two million or 42 percent. But the greatest percentage increases occurred among unauthorised immigrants from Honduras (95 percent), Guatemala (65 percent), and India (64 percent).
“The number of unauthorised residents declined by one million between 2007 and 2009, coincident with the US economic downturn,” said the report based on census data and extrapolations from the total foreign population in the country.
Beside the US and global financial crisis, other reasons the report adduces for the drop in the undocumented population include tougher border enforcement and a national crackdown on illegal immigrants.
The overall annual average increase in the unauthorised population during the 2000-09 period was 250,000 with ten leading countries of origin representing 85 percent of the unauthorised immigrant population in 2009.
Of the nearly 11 million undocumented people living in the US in January 2009, 37 percent, or four million, arrived since January 2000, 44 percent since the 1990s and 19 percent since the 1980s, the DHS said.
Between January 2008 and January 2009, the number of unauthorised immigrants living in the US decreased seven percent from 11.6 million to 10.8 million after growing from 8.5 million to 11.8 million between 2000 and 2007, DHS said.
An estimated 8.5 million of the 10.8 million unauthorised immigrants living in the US in 2009 were from the North America region, including Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. The next leading regions of origin were Asia (980,000) and South America (740,000).
California remained the leading state of residence of the illegal immigrants in 2009, with 2.6 million, followed by Texas (1.7 million), Florida (720,000), New York (550,000) and Illinois (540,000).
California’s share of the national total was 24 percent in 2009 compared to 30 percent in 2000. The greatest percentage increase in the illegal population between 2000 and 2009 occurred in Georgia (115 percent), Nevada (55 percent) and Texas (54 percent).
In 2009, 61 percent of unauthorised immigrants were aged 25 to 44 years, and 58 percent were male. Males accounted for 62 percent of the illegal population in the 18 to 34 age group in 2009 while females accounted for 52 percent of the 45 and older age groups.
(Arun Kumar can be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
Illegal Immigrants in Britain
Police break Vietnam immigrant trafficking ring
PARIS
Fri May 21, 2010
Sat, May 1 2010PARIS (Reuters) - French police have broken an illegal immigrant trafficking ring in Europe that was smuggling Vietnamese migrants over to Britain, the French Ministry of Immigration said Friday.
World
Twelve suspected migrant traffickers were arrested in France, while six other members of the ring were caught in the Czech Republic, the ministry said.
The gang was suspected of having brought over around 100 illegal immigrants and the ringleaders were estimated to have made some 80,000 euros ($100,000) in the month of June 2009 alone, French authorities said.
The arrests come just a few months after European police agency Europol said that it had dismantled an Iraqi-run people smuggling ring that had transported hundreds of illegal immigrants from Belgium into Britain.
(Reporting by Gerard Bon, writing
Canadians US's other illegal immigrnats
(CAL.... I don't like much of what this guy says as he watches Fox News and Limbaugh BUT, I think it's true that the US and Canada government together are working the people of both the US and Canada for criminal purposes so we gotta bring it all into the light.) Remember NAFTA and SPP???
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Canadians: The Other Illegal Immigrants
With so much attention focused on illegal immigrants from the south there has been scant notice of a far more insidious infiltration from our porous border in the north. No one knows how many illegal immigrants from Canada currently reside in the United States. And it is extremely difficult to find out since Canadians, unlike Mexicans, look and speak just like normal Americans. The fact that they are able to blend in so easily makes them, in my mind, even more threatening to our way of life than immigrants from other countries. Some of you might not even realize that Canada is an entirely separate country. Some of your neighbors and co-workers may be Canadian and you might have no idea. Aside from overuse of the word "eh?" and excessive drinking of Molson, many Canadians (at least the English-speaking ones) seem just like us on the outside. Many people don't realize that Canadians have already infiltrated places of power in our country. Ultra-liberal anchorman Peter Jennings was Canadian. Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels is Canadian. The director of the biggest-grossing movie of all time, Titanic, James Cameron, is Canadian. Jeopardy host Alex Trebek is Canadian. Most shocking of all, Pamela Anderson is also Canadian.
The effect of Canadians on our economy is devastating. Unlike Mexicans, Canadians take jobs from Americans that Americans actually want. Another way Canadians are destabilizing our economy is by replacing our money with theirs. How many times have you gotten change in a store only to realize when you get home that you were given a practically worthless Canadian penny or dime?
Canadians might seem harmless but many of them hold dangerously liberal ideas. Canada, after all, is a country that has gay marriage and socialized medicine. They have decriminalized marijuana and made hate speech illegal. Most Canadians oppose the Iraq War and Canada welcomed draft dodgers during the Vietnam War. It is no accident that many of the blue states border Canada, which is a clear illustration of how their dangerous ideas have seeped into our own country. There was even some traitorous talk after the 2004 election in Blue States of seceding and joining Canada, an idea that was no doubt encouraged by the Canadians in our midst. And it is not only Canadians who sneak into our country and weaken our will. Many terrorists come to the United States through Canada, which has notriously weak immigration laws. They might not care who comes into their country but we do.
I don't know what can be done about this problem. Our border with Canada is very long but I think that is all the more reason that we get started on building an electrified fence along the border as soon as possible. Identifying Canadians who are already here is trickier. You can't identify them the way Germans in World War II were identified by asking them about baseball since Canadians have baseball, too. Perhaps the Defense Department could work on a series of tests that would identify likely Canadians. Americans should be aware of some of the tell-tale signs of Canadians such as the strange way they spell certain words ("defence" instead of "defense," for example). Perhaps the faces and names of Canadians could be posted on Internet sites the way sex offenders are so that people will know if there are Canadians in their neighborhood and keep an eye on them. So far, no one has come up with a good solution to the problem--and it may already be too late.
Jon Swift, Illegal Immigration, Canada, Politics, Moderate Circus of Canadian Politics 3
Family
Friday, May 21, 2010
California tougher Immigration Laws than Arizona/Bracero Program
Bracero Program
EXCERPT:
Bracero Program
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to:navigation, search
"Bracero" redirects here. For the sportscaster, see Rafael Bracero.
The first Braceros arrive in Los Angeles by train in 1942. Photograph by Dorothea LangeThe Bracero Program (from the Spanish word brazo, meaning "arm") was a series of laws and diplomatic agreements, initiated by an August 1942 exchange of diplomatic notes between the United States and Mexico, for the importation of temporary contract laborers from Mexico to the United States. After the expiration of the initial agreement in 1947, the program was continued in agriculture under a variety of laws and administrative agreements until its formal end in 1964.
[edit] History
"Mexican workers await legal employment in the United States", Mexicali, 1954In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, over 500,000 Mexican Americans were deported or pressured to leave, during the Mexican Repatriation. There were thus fewer Mexican Americans available when labor demand returned with World War II.
The Bracero Program was initially prompted by a demand for manual labor during World War II, and begun with the U.S. government bringing in a few hundred experienced Mexican agricultural laborers to harvest sugar beets in the Stockton, California area. The program soon spread to cover most of the United States and provided workers for the agriculture labor market (with the notable exception was Texas, who initially opted out of the program in preference of an "open border" policy, and were denied braceros by the Mexican government until 1947 due to perceived mistreatment of Mexican laborers[1]). As an important corollary, the railroad bracero program was independently negotiated to supply U.S. railroads initially with unskilled workers for track maintenance but eventually to cover other unskilled and skilled labor. By 1945, the quota for the agricultural program was more than 75,000 braceros working in the U.S. railroad system and 50,000 braceros working in U.S. agriculture at any one time.
The railroad program ended with the conclusion of World War II, in 1945.
At the behest of U.S. growers, who claimed ongoing labor shortages, the program was extended under a number of acts of congress until 1948. Between 1948 and 1951, the importation of Mexican agricultural laborers continued under negotiated administrative agreements between growers and the Mexican Government. On July 13, 1951, President Truman signed Public Law 78, a two-year program which embodied formalized protections for Mexican laborers. The program was renewed every two years until 1963, when, under heavy criticism, it was extended for a single year with the understanding it would not be renewed. After the formal end of the agricultural program lasted until 1964, there were agreements covering a much smaller number of contracts until 1967, after which no more braceros were granted.[2]
Calif. has same laws as AZ
EXCERPT:
PENAL CODE
SECTION 833-851.90
833. A peace officer may search for dangerous weapons any person
whom he has legal cause to arrest, whenever he has reasonable cause
to believe that the person possesses a dangerous weapon. If the
officer finds a dangerous weapon, he may take and keep it until the
completion of the questioning, when he shall either return it or
arrest the person. The arrest may be for the illegal possession of
the weapon.
833.2. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage law
enforcement and county child welfare agencies to develop protocols in
collaboration with other local entities, which may include local
educational, judicial, correctional, and community-based
organizations, when appropriate, regarding how to best cooperate in
their response to the arrest of a caretaker parent or guardian of a
minor child, to ensure the child's safety and well-being.
(b) The Legislature encourages the Department of Justice to apply
to the federal government for a statewide training grant on behalf of
California law enforcement agencies, with the purpose of enabling
local jurisdictions to provide training for their law enforcement
officers to assist them in developing protocols and adequately
addressing issues related to child safety when a caretaker parent or
guardian is arrested.
833.5. (a) In addition to any other detention permitted by law, if
a peace officer has reasonable cause to believe that a person has a
firearm or other deadly weapon with him or her in violation of any
provision of law relating to firearms or deadly weapons the peace
officer may detain that person to determine whether a crime relating
to firearms or deadly weapons has been committed.
For purposes of this section "reasonable cause to detain" requires
that the circumstances known or apparent to the officer must include
specific and articulable facts causing him or her to suspect that
some offense relating to firearms or deadly weapons has taken place
or is occurring or is about to occur and that the person he or she
intends to detain is involved in that offense. The circumstances must
be such as would cause any reasonable peace officer in like
position, drawing when appropriate on his or her training and
experience, to suspect the same offense and the same involvement by
the person in question.
(b) Incident to any detention permitted pursuant to subdivision
(a), a peace officer may conduct a limited search of the person for
firearms or weapons if the peace officer reasonably concludes that
the person detained may be armed and presently dangerous to the peace
officer or others. Any firearm or weapon seized pursuant to a valid
detention or search pursuant to this section shall be admissible in
evidence in any proceeding for any purpose permitted by law.
(c) This section shall not be construed to otherwise limit the
authority of a peace officer to detain any person or to make an
arrest based on reasonable cause.
(d) This section shall not be construed to permit a peace officer
to conduct a detention or search of any person at the person's
residence or place of business absent a search warrant or other
reasonable cause to detain or search.
(e) If a firearm or weapon is seized pursuant to this section and
the person from whom it was seized owned the firearm or weapon and is
convicted of a violation of any offense relating to the possession
of such firearm or weapon, the court shall order the firearm or
weapon to be deemed a nuisance and disposed of in the manner provided
by Section 12028.
834. An arrest is taking a person into custody, in a case and in
the manner authorized by law. An arrest may be made by a peace
officer or by a private person.
834a. If a person has knowledge, or by the exercise of reasonable
care, should have knowledge, that he is being arrested by a peace
officer, it is the duty of such person to refrain from using force or
any weapon to resist such arrest.
834b. (a) Every law enforcement agency in California shall fully
cooperate with the United States Immigration and Naturalization
Service regarding any person who is arrested if he or she is
suspected of being present in the United States in violation of
federal immigration laws.
(b) With respect to any such person who is arrested, and suspected
of being present in the United States in violation of federal
immigration laws, every law enforcement agency shall do the
following:
(1) Attempt to verify the legal status of such person as a citizen
of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted as a permanent
resident, an alien lawfully admitted for a temporary period of time
or as an alien who is present in the United States in violation of
immigration laws. The verification process may include, but shall not
be limited to, questioning the person regarding his or her date and
place of birth, and entry into the United States, and demanding
documentation to indicate his or her legal status.
(2) Notify the person of his or her apparent status as an alien
who is present in the United States in violation of federal
immigration laws and inform him or her that, apart from any criminal
justice proceedings, he or she must either obtain legal status or
leave the United States.
(3) Notify the Attorney General of California and the United
States Immigration and Naturalization Service of the apparent illegal
status and provide any additional information that may be requested
by any other public entity.
(c) Any legislative, administrative, or other action by a city,
county, or other legally authorized local governmental entity with
jurisdictional boundaries, or by a law enforcement agency, to prevent
or limit the cooperation required by subdivision (a) is expressly
prohibited.
834c. (a) (1) In accordance with federal law and the provisions of
this section, every peace officer, upon arrest and booking or
detention for more than two hours of a known or suspected foreign
national, shall advise the foreign national that he or she has a
right to communicate with an official from the consulate of his or
her country, except as provided in subdivision (d). If the foreign
national chooses to exercise that right, the peace officer shall
notify the pertinent official in his or her agency or department of
the arrest or detention and that the foreign national wants his or
her consulate notified.
(2) The law enforcement official who receives the notification
request pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be guided by his or her
agency's procedures in conjunction with the Department of State
Guidelines Regarding Foreign Nationals Arrested or Detained in the
United States, and make the appropriate notifications to the consular
officers at the consulate of the arrestee.
(3) The law enforcement official in charge of the custodial
facility where an arrestee subject to this subdivision is located
shall ensure that the arrestee is allowed to communicate with,
correspond with, and be visited by, a consular officer of his or her
country.
(b) The 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Treaty was
signed by 140 nations, including the United States, which ratified
the agreement in 1969. This treaty guarantees that individuals
arrested or detained in a foreign country must be told by police
"without delay" that they have a right to speak to an official from
their country's consulate and if an individual chooses to exercise
that right a law enforcement official is required to notify the
consulate.
(c) California law enforcement agencies shall ensure that policy
or procedure and training manuals incorporate language based upon
provisions of the treaty that set forth requirements for handling the
arrest and booking or detention for more than two hours of a foreign
national pursuant to this section prior to December 31, 2000.
(d) Countries requiring mandatory notification under Article 36 of
the Vienna Convention shall be notified as set forth in this section
without regard to an arrested or detained foreign national's request
to the contrary. Those countries, as identified by the United States
Department of State on July 1, 1999, are as follows:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Exploring the United Farm Worker's History
California Immigration Laws harsher than Arizona
California's Illegal-Immigration Enforcement Law Is Tougher Than Arizona'sBy Dennis Romero, Thursday, May. 20 2010 @ 3:28PMComments (15) Categories: Immigration, community, crime, economy, politics
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The conservative Washington Times newspaper recently pointed out that California law actually mirror's Arizona's controversial new immigration legislation that encourages police to verify the immigration status of suspects they believe are in the country illegally.
The paper quotes California Penal Code section 834b, which states that Golden State law enforcement officers should "fully cooperate with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding any person who is arrested if he or she is suspected of being present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws."
Proponents of Arizona's law have argued that it simply mirrors federal immigration legislation that's been on the books for 70 years. (Strangely, Arizona's law is supported by some of the same conservatives who decry "big government" yet who don't mind adding this extra layer of bureaucracy when it comes to immigration).
The Times is right on this one. More of the California language:
With respect to any such person who is arrested, and suspected of being present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws, every law enforcement agency shall do the following: (1) Attempt to verify the legal status of such person as a citizen of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted as a permanent resident, an alien lawfully admitted for a temporary period of time or as an alien who is present in the United States in violation of immigration laws. The verification process may include, but shall not be limited to, questioning the person regarding his or her date and place of birth, and entry into the United States, and demanding documentation to indicate his or her legal status.
This sounds a lot like Arizona's law. In fact, in feels stronger than Arizona's law, which doesn't require cops to check illegal status, but rather encourages a "reasonable attempt" (as we noted previously): " ... A reasonable attempt shall be made [by law enforcement], when practicable, to determine the immigration status of the person."
Los Angeles police, however, are forbidden from carrying out this state directive under the department's own policy. Special Order 40, its backers argue, is in place so that residents who are here illegally don't fear calling police or cooperating in investigations. There are so many immigrants in L.A., the policy's backers have argued, that having them fear police, as they often did in their home countries, would make the LAPD's job that much more difficult when it comes to solving crimes.
It's true that Arizona's law mirrors federal legislation and, now, it appears to reflect California's own official policy on immigration enforcement. But that's besides the point. What backers of the Arizona law might not realize is that opposition is more concerned with the sentiment of the legislation, not its actual effect: If federal law already covers this turf, why bother? Police were free to do exactly what the desert state's SB 1070 outlines.
Opponents of the law, many Latino, feel that this unnecessary move was made precisely to fan the flames of anti-immigrant sentiment, particularly within the Republican party's right wing. It's something they've seen time again: When the economy goes south, it's the illegal immigrant's fault (even as they too go south because work here has dried up). Forget the fact that we all benefit from his labor, from the food on our tables to the shine of the chrome on our cars to the cut of our lawns. Forget the fact that nearly one-third of all illegals aren't from Mexico. We need a villain right now, and he's brown.
The point is that laws like Arizona's hurt the feelings of Latinos who for generations have been trying to prove their American-ness only to be told time and again that the way they look could make them suspect.
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Arizona boycott, Arizona immigration law, California immigration law, California law, immigration, LAPD, Latinos, Special Order 40
EXCERPT:
Bracero Program
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to:navigation, search
"Bracero" redirects here. For the sportscaster, see Rafael Bracero.
The first Braceros arrive in Los Angeles by train in 1942. Photograph by Dorothea LangeThe Bracero Program (from the Spanish word brazo, meaning "arm") was a series of laws and diplomatic agreements, initiated by an August 1942 exchange of diplomatic notes between the United States and Mexico, for the importation of temporary contract laborers from Mexico to the United States. After the expiration of the initial agreement in 1947, the program was continued in agriculture under a variety of laws and administrative agreements until its formal end in 1964.
[edit] History
"Mexican workers await legal employment in the United States", Mexicali, 1954In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, over 500,000 Mexican Americans were deported or pressured to leave, during the Mexican Repatriation. There were thus fewer Mexican Americans available when labor demand returned with World War II.
The Bracero Program was initially prompted by a demand for manual labor during World War II, and begun with the U.S. government bringing in a few hundred experienced Mexican agricultural laborers to harvest sugar beets in the Stockton, California area. The program soon spread to cover most of the United States and provided workers for the agriculture labor market (with the notable exception was Texas, who initially opted out of the program in preference of an "open border" policy, and were denied braceros by the Mexican government until 1947 due to perceived mistreatment of Mexican laborers[1]). As an important corollary, the railroad bracero program was independently negotiated to supply U.S. railroads initially with unskilled workers for track maintenance but eventually to cover other unskilled and skilled labor. By 1945, the quota for the agricultural program was more than 75,000 braceros working in the U.S. railroad system and 50,000 braceros working in U.S. agriculture at any one time.
The railroad program ended with the conclusion of World War II, in 1945.
At the behest of U.S. growers, who claimed ongoing labor shortages, the program was extended under a number of acts of congress until 1948. Between 1948 and 1951, the importation of Mexican agricultural laborers continued under negotiated administrative agreements between growers and the Mexican Government. On July 13, 1951, President Truman signed Public Law 78, a two-year program which embodied formalized protections for Mexican laborers. The program was renewed every two years until 1963, when, under heavy criticism, it was extended for a single year with the understanding it would not be renewed. After the formal end of the agricultural program lasted until 1964, there were agreements covering a much smaller number of contracts until 1967, after which no more braceros were granted.[2]
Calif. has same laws as AZ
EXCERPT:
PENAL CODE
SECTION 833-851.90
833. A peace officer may search for dangerous weapons any person
whom he has legal cause to arrest, whenever he has reasonable cause
to believe that the person possesses a dangerous weapon. If the
officer finds a dangerous weapon, he may take and keep it until the
completion of the questioning, when he shall either return it or
arrest the person. The arrest may be for the illegal possession of
the weapon.
833.2. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage law
enforcement and county child welfare agencies to develop protocols in
collaboration with other local entities, which may include local
educational, judicial, correctional, and community-based
organizations, when appropriate, regarding how to best cooperate in
their response to the arrest of a caretaker parent or guardian of a
minor child, to ensure the child's safety and well-being.
(b) The Legislature encourages the Department of Justice to apply
to the federal government for a statewide training grant on behalf of
California law enforcement agencies, with the purpose of enabling
local jurisdictions to provide training for their law enforcement
officers to assist them in developing protocols and adequately
addressing issues related to child safety when a caretaker parent or
guardian is arrested.
833.5. (a) In addition to any other detention permitted by law, if
a peace officer has reasonable cause to believe that a person has a
firearm or other deadly weapon with him or her in violation of any
provision of law relating to firearms or deadly weapons the peace
officer may detain that person to determine whether a crime relating
to firearms or deadly weapons has been committed.
For purposes of this section "reasonable cause to detain" requires
that the circumstances known or apparent to the officer must include
specific and articulable facts causing him or her to suspect that
some offense relating to firearms or deadly weapons has taken place
or is occurring or is about to occur and that the person he or she
intends to detain is involved in that offense. The circumstances must
be such as would cause any reasonable peace officer in like
position, drawing when appropriate on his or her training and
experience, to suspect the same offense and the same involvement by
the person in question.
(b) Incident to any detention permitted pursuant to subdivision
(a), a peace officer may conduct a limited search of the person for
firearms or weapons if the peace officer reasonably concludes that
the person detained may be armed and presently dangerous to the peace
officer or others. Any firearm or weapon seized pursuant to a valid
detention or search pursuant to this section shall be admissible in
evidence in any proceeding for any purpose permitted by law.
(c) This section shall not be construed to otherwise limit the
authority of a peace officer to detain any person or to make an
arrest based on reasonable cause.
(d) This section shall not be construed to permit a peace officer
to conduct a detention or search of any person at the person's
residence or place of business absent a search warrant or other
reasonable cause to detain or search.
(e) If a firearm or weapon is seized pursuant to this section and
the person from whom it was seized owned the firearm or weapon and is
convicted of a violation of any offense relating to the possession
of such firearm or weapon, the court shall order the firearm or
weapon to be deemed a nuisance and disposed of in the manner provided
by Section 12028.
834. An arrest is taking a person into custody, in a case and in
the manner authorized by law. An arrest may be made by a peace
officer or by a private person.
834a. If a person has knowledge, or by the exercise of reasonable
care, should have knowledge, that he is being arrested by a peace
officer, it is the duty of such person to refrain from using force or
any weapon to resist such arrest.
834b. (a) Every law enforcement agency in California shall fully
cooperate with the United States Immigration and Naturalization
Service regarding any person who is arrested if he or she is
suspected of being present in the United States in violation of
federal immigration laws.
(b) With respect to any such person who is arrested, and suspected
of being present in the United States in violation of federal
immigration laws, every law enforcement agency shall do the
following:
(1) Attempt to verify the legal status of such person as a citizen
of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted as a permanent
resident, an alien lawfully admitted for a temporary period of time
or as an alien who is present in the United States in violation of
immigration laws. The verification process may include, but shall not
be limited to, questioning the person regarding his or her date and
place of birth, and entry into the United States, and demanding
documentation to indicate his or her legal status.
(2) Notify the person of his or her apparent status as an alien
who is present in the United States in violation of federal
immigration laws and inform him or her that, apart from any criminal
justice proceedings, he or she must either obtain legal status or
leave the United States.
(3) Notify the Attorney General of California and the United
States Immigration and Naturalization Service of the apparent illegal
status and provide any additional information that may be requested
by any other public entity.
(c) Any legislative, administrative, or other action by a city,
county, or other legally authorized local governmental entity with
jurisdictional boundaries, or by a law enforcement agency, to prevent
or limit the cooperation required by subdivision (a) is expressly
prohibited.
834c. (a) (1) In accordance with federal law and the provisions of
this section, every peace officer, upon arrest and booking or
detention for more than two hours of a known or suspected foreign
national, shall advise the foreign national that he or she has a
right to communicate with an official from the consulate of his or
her country, except as provided in subdivision (d). If the foreign
national chooses to exercise that right, the peace officer shall
notify the pertinent official in his or her agency or department of
the arrest or detention and that the foreign national wants his or
her consulate notified.
(2) The law enforcement official who receives the notification
request pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be guided by his or her
agency's procedures in conjunction with the Department of State
Guidelines Regarding Foreign Nationals Arrested or Detained in the
United States, and make the appropriate notifications to the consular
officers at the consulate of the arrestee.
(3) The law enforcement official in charge of the custodial
facility where an arrestee subject to this subdivision is located
shall ensure that the arrestee is allowed to communicate with,
correspond with, and be visited by, a consular officer of his or her
country.
(b) The 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Treaty was
signed by 140 nations, including the United States, which ratified
the agreement in 1969. This treaty guarantees that individuals
arrested or detained in a foreign country must be told by police
"without delay" that they have a right to speak to an official from
their country's consulate and if an individual chooses to exercise
that right a law enforcement official is required to notify the
consulate.
(c) California law enforcement agencies shall ensure that policy
or procedure and training manuals incorporate language based upon
provisions of the treaty that set forth requirements for handling the
arrest and booking or detention for more than two hours of a foreign
national pursuant to this section prior to December 31, 2000.
(d) Countries requiring mandatory notification under Article 36 of
the Vienna Convention shall be notified as set forth in this section
without regard to an arrested or detained foreign national's request
to the contrary. Those countries, as identified by the United States
Department of State on July 1, 1999, are as follows:
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Exploring the United Farm Worker's History
California Immigration Laws harsher than Arizona
California's Illegal-Immigration Enforcement Law Is Tougher Than Arizona'sBy Dennis Romero, Thursday, May. 20 2010 @ 3:28PMComments (15) Categories: Immigration, community, crime, economy, politics
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The conservative Washington Times newspaper recently pointed out that California law actually mirror's Arizona's controversial new immigration legislation that encourages police to verify the immigration status of suspects they believe are in the country illegally.
The paper quotes California Penal Code section 834b, which states that Golden State law enforcement officers should "fully cooperate with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding any person who is arrested if he or she is suspected of being present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws."
Proponents of Arizona's law have argued that it simply mirrors federal immigration legislation that's been on the books for 70 years. (Strangely, Arizona's law is supported by some of the same conservatives who decry "big government" yet who don't mind adding this extra layer of bureaucracy when it comes to immigration).
The Times is right on this one. More of the California language:
With respect to any such person who is arrested, and suspected of being present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws, every law enforcement agency shall do the following: (1) Attempt to verify the legal status of such person as a citizen of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted as a permanent resident, an alien lawfully admitted for a temporary period of time or as an alien who is present in the United States in violation of immigration laws. The verification process may include, but shall not be limited to, questioning the person regarding his or her date and place of birth, and entry into the United States, and demanding documentation to indicate his or her legal status.
This sounds a lot like Arizona's law. In fact, in feels stronger than Arizona's law, which doesn't require cops to check illegal status, but rather encourages a "reasonable attempt" (as we noted previously): " ... A reasonable attempt shall be made [by law enforcement], when practicable, to determine the immigration status of the person."
Los Angeles police, however, are forbidden from carrying out this state directive under the department's own policy. Special Order 40, its backers argue, is in place so that residents who are here illegally don't fear calling police or cooperating in investigations. There are so many immigrants in L.A., the policy's backers have argued, that having them fear police, as they often did in their home countries, would make the LAPD's job that much more difficult when it comes to solving crimes.
It's true that Arizona's law mirrors federal legislation and, now, it appears to reflect California's own official policy on immigration enforcement. But that's besides the point. What backers of the Arizona law might not realize is that opposition is more concerned with the sentiment of the legislation, not its actual effect: If federal law already covers this turf, why bother? Police were free to do exactly what the desert state's SB 1070 outlines.
Opponents of the law, many Latino, feel that this unnecessary move was made precisely to fan the flames of anti-immigrant sentiment, particularly within the Republican party's right wing. It's something they've seen time again: When the economy goes south, it's the illegal immigrant's fault (even as they too go south because work here has dried up). Forget the fact that we all benefit from his labor, from the food on our tables to the shine of the chrome on our cars to the cut of our lawns. Forget the fact that nearly one-third of all illegals aren't from Mexico. We need a villain right now, and he's brown.
The point is that laws like Arizona's hurt the feelings of Latinos who for generations have been trying to prove their American-ness only to be told time and again that the way they look could make them suspect.
Tags:
Arizona boycott, Arizona immigration law, California immigration law, California law, immigration, LAPD, Latinos, Special Order 40
Friday, May 14, 2010
Boycott International Targets Walmart
EXCERPT:
Boycott International
a program of
1world communication
1world communication has decided to launch Boycott International in recognition of the power of individuals in situations where governments have chosen to, or are unable to, influence companies that exploit children and/or violate basic human rights of their workers.
Global trade and lending organizations such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund have made it harder for organizations in any one country, or even governments to protect the interests of their citizens from the greed of multinational corporations. The assets of some of the largest corporations exceed those of many nations. Only as a united global community can we stop them from destroying the environment, violating the most basic human rights of their workers, and exploiting children as a source of cheap labor.
The pages of Boycott International (BI) will serve as a clearinghouse of information. Occasionally BI will call for a boycott of a company not yet subject to an actual one but, due to it’s gross violations of human rights, we believe should not be patronized.
We have chosen Walmart as the target of our primary call for a boycott because of the company’s unfair labor practices around the world. Not only does this chain mistreat many employees that work for them, it also sells goods made by suppliers that grossly violate the rights of their workers around the world. Despite protests and a law suit they have refused to correct these problems.
The following articles will give you some examples of how Walmart does business.
EXCERPT:
Boycott International
a program of
1world communication
1world communication has decided to launch Boycott International in recognition of the power of individuals in situations where governments have chosen to, or are unable to, influence companies that exploit children and/or violate basic human rights of their workers.
Global trade and lending organizations such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund have made it harder for organizations in any one country, or even governments to protect the interests of their citizens from the greed of multinational corporations. The assets of some of the largest corporations exceed those of many nations. Only as a united global community can we stop them from destroying the environment, violating the most basic human rights of their workers, and exploiting children as a source of cheap labor.
The pages of Boycott International (BI) will serve as a clearinghouse of information. Occasionally BI will call for a boycott of a company not yet subject to an actual one but, due to it’s gross violations of human rights, we believe should not be patronized.
We have chosen Walmart as the target of our primary call for a boycott because of the company’s unfair labor practices around the world. Not only does this chain mistreat many employees that work for them, it also sells goods made by suppliers that grossly violate the rights of their workers around the world. Despite protests and a law suit they have refused to correct these problems.
The following articles will give you some examples of how Walmart does business.
Leader of 'Minuteman' Group Arrested for Murder
Leader of 'Minuteman' group arrested for Murder
The Gadsen Minute Men & the Federal Nigger Hunting License
Tyson Foods and Illegal Immigration
US Poultry Giant Tyson Foods under fire after Segregation Scandal is Revealed
EXCERPT:
US Poultry Giant Tyson Foods Under Fire After Segregation Scandal is Revealed
From:
Published on Friday, September 16, 2005 by The Independent / UK
US Poultry Giant Under Fire After Segregation Scandal is Revealed
by Andrew Buncombe
A group of black workers is suing the world's largest poultry meat producer, accusing it of tolerating a racist workplace where African Americans were routinely abused and a "whites only" sign was pinned to the lavatory door.
Tyson Foods is accused by 13 workers of maintaining a segregated system in a break area at one of its plants in Ashland, Alabama, that was "reminiscent of the Jim Crow era".
In addition to the posting of the "whites only" sign, the workers allege that the lavatory was padlocked and only white workers were given a key, that workers hung a noose in one of the recreation rooms and annotated a picture of monkeys with the names of black staff. When the workers complained, they say the plant manager told them the facilities had been locked because they were "nasty, dirty [and] behaved like children".
Workers launch mail campaign to boycott Tyson pepperoni at Pizza Hut
06 May 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) is launching a direct mail and e-mail campaign asking about a half-million American families to boycott Tyson Foods by not ordering pepperoni on their Pizza Hut pizzas.
According to a UFCW release, the mailing also asks Pizza Hut customers to contact the chain and request it make its pizzas "Tyson-free."
The group also has a Web site explaining its plight.
The dispute between the company and the workers arose in late February when Tyson demanded workers accept a complete elimination of the pension plan for all future workers, cost increases for health insurance and a wage freeze on top of a wage cut.
According to the release, the Tyson cuts are part of "a national campaign to roll back corporate greed in response to Tyson's effort to rollover striking workers at a highly profitable pepperoni plant in Jefferson, Wis."
The Gadsen Minute Men & the Federal Nigger Hunting License
Tyson Foods and Illegal Immigration
US Poultry Giant Tyson Foods under fire after Segregation Scandal is Revealed
EXCERPT:
US Poultry Giant Tyson Foods Under Fire After Segregation Scandal is Revealed
From:
Published on Friday, September 16, 2005 by The Independent / UK
US Poultry Giant Under Fire After Segregation Scandal is Revealed
by Andrew Buncombe
A group of black workers is suing the world's largest poultry meat producer, accusing it of tolerating a racist workplace where African Americans were routinely abused and a "whites only" sign was pinned to the lavatory door.
Tyson Foods is accused by 13 workers of maintaining a segregated system in a break area at one of its plants in Ashland, Alabama, that was "reminiscent of the Jim Crow era".
In addition to the posting of the "whites only" sign, the workers allege that the lavatory was padlocked and only white workers were given a key, that workers hung a noose in one of the recreation rooms and annotated a picture of monkeys with the names of black staff. When the workers complained, they say the plant manager told them the facilities had been locked because they were "nasty, dirty [and] behaved like children".
Workers launch mail campaign to boycott Tyson pepperoni at Pizza Hut
06 May 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) is launching a direct mail and e-mail campaign asking about a half-million American families to boycott Tyson Foods by not ordering pepperoni on their Pizza Hut pizzas.
According to a UFCW release, the mailing also asks Pizza Hut customers to contact the chain and request it make its pizzas "Tyson-free."
The group also has a Web site explaining its plight.
The dispute between the company and the workers arose in late February when Tyson demanded workers accept a complete elimination of the pension plan for all future workers, cost increases for health insurance and a wage freeze on top of a wage cut.
According to the release, the Tyson cuts are part of "a national campaign to roll back corporate greed in response to Tyson's effort to rollover striking workers at a highly profitable pepperoni plant in Jefferson, Wis."
Illegal Immigration
Coyotes turning to new tactics to thwart law
McDonalds Corp & Illegal Immigration
Boycott Burger King
EXCERPT:
Coyotes turning to new tactics to thwart law
Arizona authorities say other states, feds must help squeeze cash pipeline
by Sean Holstege - Jul. 13, 2008 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic .
Mexican human-smuggling rings are sidestepping Arizona's campaign to choke off their pipeline of illegal cash as they collect billions of dollars for sneaking illegal immigrants into the state.
Arizona investigators crack down, and the smugglers counter, shifting where and how they collect payments from illegal immigrants. The two sides repeat their sparring, like two grand masters mapping out their paths on a chessboard.
The cartels' shifting tactics show how the smuggling of people increasingly has become an organized business. Typically, a Mexican immigrant pays a smuggler $1,500 to $2,000 in fees, paying a portion up front to reach and then cross the Mexico border. Then a coyote takes the immigrant to a drophouse in Phoenix and holds him or her hostage until the final balance is wired from a friend or relative in the U.S.
Read More
McDonalds Corp & Illegal Immigration
Boycott Burger King
EXCERPT:
Coyotes turning to new tactics to thwart law
Arizona authorities say other states, feds must help squeeze cash pipeline
by Sean Holstege - Jul. 13, 2008 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic .
Mexican human-smuggling rings are sidestepping Arizona's campaign to choke off their pipeline of illegal cash as they collect billions of dollars for sneaking illegal immigrants into the state.
Arizona investigators crack down, and the smugglers counter, shifting where and how they collect payments from illegal immigrants. The two sides repeat their sparring, like two grand masters mapping out their paths on a chessboard.
The cartels' shifting tactics show how the smuggling of people increasingly has become an organized business. Typically, a Mexican immigrant pays a smuggler $1,500 to $2,000 in fees, paying a portion up front to reach and then cross the Mexico border. Then a coyote takes the immigrant to a drophouse in Phoenix and holds him or her hostage until the final balance is wired from a friend or relative in the U.S.
Read More
Boycott
Officials slap Arizona with travel boycott
Colorado School on Lock Down-Planned Protest
Morgan Hill, CA Students Rally after Flag Flap
Boycott Arizona Tea
This seems to be a right wing blog but GE is one of military Industrial Complexes biggest players.
Boycott MSNBC and GE
Phoenix Suns Los Soles Jerseys
Boycott Arizona
I Will Not Violate My Constitutional Rights.
I Pledge to Boycott Arizona.
The United States Constitution was established to ensure and "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity." The Declaration of Independence declares, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
As a result of the discriminatory law aimed directly at non-white Mexicans, the state of Arizona is in violation of the democratic rights guaranteed in the Constitution and the revolutionary intent of the Declaration of Independence. My liberties could personally be curtailed by police action in Arizona due to this legislation.
As a result, I pledge to boycott Arizona as a travel destination, and I pledge not to travel through Arizona.
First Name
Email Address
If I belong to any professional organizations, I will also encourage them and other members to boycott Arizona as a convention site, thus depriving the state of untold income and tax revenues.
I urge all supporters of the American Constitution, and supporters of personal freedom and civil liberties to join me in this boycott.
First Name
Email Address
An Advocacy Initiative of BuzzFlash.com
Colorado School on Lock Down-Planned Protest
Morgan Hill, CA Students Rally after Flag Flap
Boycott Arizona Tea
This seems to be a right wing blog but GE is one of military Industrial Complexes biggest players.
Boycott MSNBC and GE
Phoenix Suns Los Soles Jerseys
Boycott Arizona
I Will Not Violate My Constitutional Rights.
I Pledge to Boycott Arizona.
The United States Constitution was established to ensure and "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity." The Declaration of Independence declares, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
As a result of the discriminatory law aimed directly at non-white Mexicans, the state of Arizona is in violation of the democratic rights guaranteed in the Constitution and the revolutionary intent of the Declaration of Independence. My liberties could personally be curtailed by police action in Arizona due to this legislation.
As a result, I pledge to boycott Arizona as a travel destination, and I pledge not to travel through Arizona.
First Name
Email Address
If I belong to any professional organizations, I will also encourage them and other members to boycott Arizona as a convention site, thus depriving the state of untold income and tax revenues.
I urge all supporters of the American Constitution, and supporters of personal freedom and civil liberties to join me in this boycott.
First Name
Email Address
An Advocacy Initiative of BuzzFlash.com
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Fluoride Drug Dangers (Paxil/Prozac and others)
Fluoride Drug Dangers
Dangers & Health Problems from the Drug Fluoride
by Stephanie Relfe B.Sc. (Sydney)
In the movie Conspiracy Theory Mel Gibson says, "You know what they put in the water, don't you? Fluoride! Yeah, fluoride. On the pretext that it strengthens your teeth! That's ridiculous. You know what this stuff does to you? It actually weakens your will, takes away the capacity for free and creative thought. And makes you a slave to the state".
It turns out that that statement is true.
From http://www.sonic.net/kryptox/history/perkins2.htm
The following letter was received by the Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research, Milwaukee Wisconsin, on 2 October 1954, from Mr. Charles Perkins, a chemist:
"I have your letter of September 29 asking for further documentation regarding a statement made in my book, The Truth About Water Fluoridation, to the effect that the idea of water fluoridation was brought to England from Russia by the Russian Communist Kreminoff. "In the 1930`s, Hitler and the German Nazi`s envisioned a world to be dominated and controlled by a Nazi philosophy of pan-Germanism.
The German chemists worked out a very ingenious and far-reaching plan of mass-control which was submitted to and adopted by the German General Staff. This plan was to control the population in any given area through mass medication of drinking water supplies. By this method they could control the population in whole areas, reduce population by water medication that would produce sterility in women, and so on. In this scheme of mass-control, sodium fluoride occupied a prominent place. ...
"Repeated doses of infinitesimal amounts of fluoride will in time reduce an individual`s power to resist domination, by slowly poisoning and narcotizing a certain area of the brain, thus making him submissive to the will of those who wish to govern him.
"The real reason behind water fluoridation is not to benefit children`s teeth. If this were the real reason there are many ways in which it could be done that are much easier, cheaper, and far more effective. The real purpose behind water fluoridation is to reduce the resistance of the masses to domination and control and loss of liberty.
"When the Nazis under Hitler decided to go into Poland, both the German General Staff and the Russian General Staff exchanged scientific and military ideas, plans, and personnel, and the scheme of mass control through water medication was seized upon by the Russian Communists because it fitted ideally into their plan to communize the world. ...
"I was told of this entire scheme by a German chemist who was an official of the great IG Farben chemical industries and was also prominent in the Nazi movement at the time. I say this with all the earnestness and sincerity of a scientist who has spent nearly 20 years` research into the chemistry, biochemistry, physiology and pathology of fluorine--any person who drinks artificially fluorinated water for a period of one year or more will never again be the same person mentally or physically." CHARLES E. PERKINS, Chemist, 2 October 1954.
__________________________
Quoting Einstein`s nephew, Dr. E.H. Bronner (a chemist who had also been a prisoner of war during WWII) in a letter printed in The Catholic Mirror, Springfield, MA, January 1952:
"There is a sinister network of subversive agents, Godless 'intellectual' parasites, working in our country today whose ramifications grow more extensive, more successful and more alarming each new year and whose true objective is to demoralize, paralyze and destroy our great Republic--from within if they can, according to their plan--for their own possession.
"The tragic success they have already attained in their long siege to destroy the moral fiber of American life is now one of their most potent footholds towards their own ultimate victory over us.
"Fluoridation of our community water systems can well become their most subtle weapon for our sure physical and mental deterioration. ..
"As a research chemist of established standing, I built within the past 22 years, 3 American chemical plants and licensed 6 of my 53 patents. Based on my years of practical experience in the health-food and chemical field, let me warn: fluoridation of drinking water is criminal insanity, sure national suicide. Don`t do it.
"Even in small quantities, sodium fluoride is a deadly poison to which no effective antidote has been found. Every exterminator knows that it is the most efficient rat-killer. ... Sodium fluoride is entirely different from organic calcium-fluoro-phosphate needed by our bodies and provided by nature, in God`s great providence and love, to build and strengthen our bones and our teeth. This organic calcium-fluoro-phosphate, derived from proper foods, is an edible organic salt, insoluble in water and assimilable by the human body, whereas the non-organic sodium fluoride used in fluoridating water is instant poison to the body and fully water soluble.
The body refuses to assimilate it. "Careful, bonafide laboratory experimentation by conscientious, patriotic research chemists, and actual medical experience, have both revealed that instead of preserving or promoting `dental health,` fluoridated drinking water destroys teeth, before adulthood and after, by the destructive mottling and other pathological conditions it actually causes in them, and also creates many other very grave pathological conditions in the internal organisms of bodies consuming it. How can it be called a "health" plan? What`s behind it?
"That any so-called "doctors" would persuade a civilized nation to add voluntarily a deadly poison to its drinking water systems is unbelievable. It is the height of criminal insanity. "No wonder Hitler and Stalin fully believed and agreed from 1939 to 1941 that, quoting from both Lenin`s Last Will and Hitler`s Mein Kampf:
"America we shall demoralize, divide, and destroy from within." ...
"Are our Civil Defense organizations and agencies awake to the perils of water poisoning by fluoridation? Its use has been recorded in other countries. Sodium fluoride water solutions are the cheapest and most effective rat killers known to chemists: colorless, odorless, tasteless; no antidote, no remedy, no hope: Instant and complete extermination of rats. ...
"Fluoridation of water systems can be slow national suicide, or quick national liquidation. It is criminal insanity--treason!"
Dr. E.H. Bronner, Mfg. Research Chemist, Los Angeles.
__________________________
No wonder that every person who goes to Boot Camp is given an extra big does of fluoride at the beginning!
__________________________
Fluoride in Drugs Can Cause Planned Violence
From http://www.rense.com/general78/fluo.htm
By Dr. Russell Blaylock, MD
11-3-7
Almost everyone has at least heard the recent news stories citing links between certain antidepressant drugs and suicides and even school shootings. Several surveys have shown that a majority of school shooters were taking SSRI- type antidepressants before they committed their heinous acts. What most people have not heard is that in most cases these were fluorinated drugs (Paxil and Prozac, etc.), the chemical structure of the drug included the toxic element fluorine.
A growing number of studies are showing that fluorine added to drugs and to drinking water can have a profound and prolonged harmful effect on the brain. At present, I am reviewing all the studies done on fluorinated pharmaceutical drugs and their effects on the brain. What I have found is shocking. There is a strong link between the use of many of these drugs and violent behavior, including homicides and suicides....
According to the "Physician's Desk Reference," used by doctors to prescribe medications, the commonly used fluorinated antibiotics Floxin, Levaquin, and Cipro can cause nightmares, psychotic reactions, paranoia, agitation, manic reactions, aggression and hostility, hallucinations, and even depersonalization, all symptoms associated with acts of homicide and suicide.
In fact, in their own clinical trials, pharmaceutical companies found homicides, homicidal acts, homicidal ideation, and aggressive behavior to be a side effect of the fluorinated medications. In addition, it was found that children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) taking the medications experienced hostility episodes 17 times more often than depressed patients.
Of particular concern was the finding that 1.1 percent of healthy, psychiatrically normal people who took an SSRI anti-depressant experienced one or more hostile episodes, while none taking the placebo had such an event. Medications remain in the brain for prolonged periods after discontinuing the medication, more so with fluoxetine (Prozac) than Paxil.
In 1990, about 220 fluorinated pharmaceutical drugs were on the market. Now some 1,500 are under development...
It has been estimated that such side effects with these anti-depressant medications, as well as other fluorinated medications, are grossly underreported to the regulatory agencies. One study estimated only 1 percent to 10 percent of cases are ever reported. Why more people are not affected may be related to the abnormal brain chemistry of depressed and OCD-affected people.
What is unusual about the effect of fluorinated drugs is that they trigger planned violence rather than just violent outburst.
__________________________
FLUORIDE DAMAGES THE BRAIN AND BODY
From http://fluoridedangers.blogspot.com/2006/01/fluoride-harmful.html
It is now an established fact that fluoride ingestion over a period of time can affect the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs and systems resulting in a variety of clinical manifestations," writes Dr. Susheela who researches fluoride extensively
(http://education.vsnl.com/fluorosis/publication.html).
The following symptoms can occur even when fluoride consumption is at the low level added to most US water supplies.
1) aches and pain in the joints, i.e. neck, back, hip, shoulder and knee without visible signs of fluid accumulation
2) non-ulcer dyspepsia such as nausea, vomiting, pain in the stomach, bloated feeling or gas formation in the stomach, constipation followed by diarrhea
3) polyuria (frequent urination) and polydipsia (excessive thirst)
4) muscle weakness, fatigue, anemia with low hemoglobin level
5) complaints of repeated abortions/still birth
6) complaints of male infertility with abnormality in sperm morphology, oligospermia (spermatozoa deficiency in the semen), azoospermia (spermatozoa absence in the semen) and low testosterone levels.” (Web editor's note: Is this why men on average now have a 50% less sperm count than is normal?)
__________________________
From http://fluoridedangers.blogspot.com/2006/01/fluoride-harmful.html
“Americans are unaware that their arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome or other symptoms may be fluoride-related,” says attorney Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation. “This information should be heeded by physicians and members of the medical and scientific communities. Dr. Susheela is a world authority on the health effects of fluoride to the human body,” says Beeber.
__________________________
How To Avoid Fluoride
The two most important things are to buy toothpaste without fluoride and to drink water without flouride.
Generally, only health food stores carry fluoride-free toothpaste. I once bought a tube of toothpaste that said that if toothpaste was accidentally swallowed, to go immediately to the nearest poison center! I wish I had saved that box, because they quickly replaced it with one without that label.
If you water is fluoridated, which it probably is unless you use well-water or rain water, the easiest and cheapest way to get fluoride out of your water is to drink only water that is filtered by reverse osmosis. You can buy a filter on ebay.com for about $80. We use 5 micrometer on the front end and 2 micrometer on the back end. We tried a smaller measurement but there was too much junk in our local water for it to work properly. You may want to also get a water cooler to put your 5 gallon bottles of filtered water into.
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Dangers & Health Problems from the Drug Fluoride
by Stephanie Relfe B.Sc. (Sydney)
In the movie Conspiracy Theory Mel Gibson says, "You know what they put in the water, don't you? Fluoride! Yeah, fluoride. On the pretext that it strengthens your teeth! That's ridiculous. You know what this stuff does to you? It actually weakens your will, takes away the capacity for free and creative thought. And makes you a slave to the state".
It turns out that that statement is true.
From http://www.sonic.net/kryptox/history/perkins2.htm
The following letter was received by the Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research, Milwaukee Wisconsin, on 2 October 1954, from Mr. Charles Perkins, a chemist:
"I have your letter of September 29 asking for further documentation regarding a statement made in my book, The Truth About Water Fluoridation, to the effect that the idea of water fluoridation was brought to England from Russia by the Russian Communist Kreminoff. "In the 1930`s, Hitler and the German Nazi`s envisioned a world to be dominated and controlled by a Nazi philosophy of pan-Germanism.
The German chemists worked out a very ingenious and far-reaching plan of mass-control which was submitted to and adopted by the German General Staff. This plan was to control the population in any given area through mass medication of drinking water supplies. By this method they could control the population in whole areas, reduce population by water medication that would produce sterility in women, and so on. In this scheme of mass-control, sodium fluoride occupied a prominent place. ...
"Repeated doses of infinitesimal amounts of fluoride will in time reduce an individual`s power to resist domination, by slowly poisoning and narcotizing a certain area of the brain, thus making him submissive to the will of those who wish to govern him.
"The real reason behind water fluoridation is not to benefit children`s teeth. If this were the real reason there are many ways in which it could be done that are much easier, cheaper, and far more effective. The real purpose behind water fluoridation is to reduce the resistance of the masses to domination and control and loss of liberty.
"When the Nazis under Hitler decided to go into Poland, both the German General Staff and the Russian General Staff exchanged scientific and military ideas, plans, and personnel, and the scheme of mass control through water medication was seized upon by the Russian Communists because it fitted ideally into their plan to communize the world. ...
"I was told of this entire scheme by a German chemist who was an official of the great IG Farben chemical industries and was also prominent in the Nazi movement at the time. I say this with all the earnestness and sincerity of a scientist who has spent nearly 20 years` research into the chemistry, biochemistry, physiology and pathology of fluorine--any person who drinks artificially fluorinated water for a period of one year or more will never again be the same person mentally or physically." CHARLES E. PERKINS, Chemist, 2 October 1954.
__________________________
Quoting Einstein`s nephew, Dr. E.H. Bronner (a chemist who had also been a prisoner of war during WWII) in a letter printed in The Catholic Mirror, Springfield, MA, January 1952:
"There is a sinister network of subversive agents, Godless 'intellectual' parasites, working in our country today whose ramifications grow more extensive, more successful and more alarming each new year and whose true objective is to demoralize, paralyze and destroy our great Republic--from within if they can, according to their plan--for their own possession.
"The tragic success they have already attained in their long siege to destroy the moral fiber of American life is now one of their most potent footholds towards their own ultimate victory over us.
"Fluoridation of our community water systems can well become their most subtle weapon for our sure physical and mental deterioration. ..
"As a research chemist of established standing, I built within the past 22 years, 3 American chemical plants and licensed 6 of my 53 patents. Based on my years of practical experience in the health-food and chemical field, let me warn: fluoridation of drinking water is criminal insanity, sure national suicide. Don`t do it.
"Even in small quantities, sodium fluoride is a deadly poison to which no effective antidote has been found. Every exterminator knows that it is the most efficient rat-killer. ... Sodium fluoride is entirely different from organic calcium-fluoro-phosphate needed by our bodies and provided by nature, in God`s great providence and love, to build and strengthen our bones and our teeth. This organic calcium-fluoro-phosphate, derived from proper foods, is an edible organic salt, insoluble in water and assimilable by the human body, whereas the non-organic sodium fluoride used in fluoridating water is instant poison to the body and fully water soluble.
The body refuses to assimilate it. "Careful, bonafide laboratory experimentation by conscientious, patriotic research chemists, and actual medical experience, have both revealed that instead of preserving or promoting `dental health,` fluoridated drinking water destroys teeth, before adulthood and after, by the destructive mottling and other pathological conditions it actually causes in them, and also creates many other very grave pathological conditions in the internal organisms of bodies consuming it. How can it be called a "health" plan? What`s behind it?
"That any so-called "doctors" would persuade a civilized nation to add voluntarily a deadly poison to its drinking water systems is unbelievable. It is the height of criminal insanity. "No wonder Hitler and Stalin fully believed and agreed from 1939 to 1941 that, quoting from both Lenin`s Last Will and Hitler`s Mein Kampf:
"America we shall demoralize, divide, and destroy from within." ...
"Are our Civil Defense organizations and agencies awake to the perils of water poisoning by fluoridation? Its use has been recorded in other countries. Sodium fluoride water solutions are the cheapest and most effective rat killers known to chemists: colorless, odorless, tasteless; no antidote, no remedy, no hope: Instant and complete extermination of rats. ...
"Fluoridation of water systems can be slow national suicide, or quick national liquidation. It is criminal insanity--treason!"
Dr. E.H. Bronner, Mfg. Research Chemist, Los Angeles.
__________________________
No wonder that every person who goes to Boot Camp is given an extra big does of fluoride at the beginning!
__________________________
Fluoride in Drugs Can Cause Planned Violence
From http://www.rense.com/general78/fluo.htm
By Dr. Russell Blaylock, MD
11-3-7
Almost everyone has at least heard the recent news stories citing links between certain antidepressant drugs and suicides and even school shootings. Several surveys have shown that a majority of school shooters were taking SSRI- type antidepressants before they committed their heinous acts. What most people have not heard is that in most cases these were fluorinated drugs (Paxil and Prozac, etc.), the chemical structure of the drug included the toxic element fluorine.
A growing number of studies are showing that fluorine added to drugs and to drinking water can have a profound and prolonged harmful effect on the brain. At present, I am reviewing all the studies done on fluorinated pharmaceutical drugs and their effects on the brain. What I have found is shocking. There is a strong link between the use of many of these drugs and violent behavior, including homicides and suicides....
According to the "Physician's Desk Reference," used by doctors to prescribe medications, the commonly used fluorinated antibiotics Floxin, Levaquin, and Cipro can cause nightmares, psychotic reactions, paranoia, agitation, manic reactions, aggression and hostility, hallucinations, and even depersonalization, all symptoms associated with acts of homicide and suicide.
In fact, in their own clinical trials, pharmaceutical companies found homicides, homicidal acts, homicidal ideation, and aggressive behavior to be a side effect of the fluorinated medications. In addition, it was found that children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) taking the medications experienced hostility episodes 17 times more often than depressed patients.
Of particular concern was the finding that 1.1 percent of healthy, psychiatrically normal people who took an SSRI anti-depressant experienced one or more hostile episodes, while none taking the placebo had such an event. Medications remain in the brain for prolonged periods after discontinuing the medication, more so with fluoxetine (Prozac) than Paxil.
In 1990, about 220 fluorinated pharmaceutical drugs were on the market. Now some 1,500 are under development...
It has been estimated that such side effects with these anti-depressant medications, as well as other fluorinated medications, are grossly underreported to the regulatory agencies. One study estimated only 1 percent to 10 percent of cases are ever reported. Why more people are not affected may be related to the abnormal brain chemistry of depressed and OCD-affected people.
What is unusual about the effect of fluorinated drugs is that they trigger planned violence rather than just violent outburst.
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FLUORIDE DAMAGES THE BRAIN AND BODY
From http://fluoridedangers.blogspot.com/2006/01/fluoride-harmful.html
It is now an established fact that fluoride ingestion over a period of time can affect the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs and systems resulting in a variety of clinical manifestations," writes Dr. Susheela who researches fluoride extensively
(http://education.vsnl.com/fluorosis/publication.html).
The following symptoms can occur even when fluoride consumption is at the low level added to most US water supplies.
1) aches and pain in the joints, i.e. neck, back, hip, shoulder and knee without visible signs of fluid accumulation
2) non-ulcer dyspepsia such as nausea, vomiting, pain in the stomach, bloated feeling or gas formation in the stomach, constipation followed by diarrhea
3) polyuria (frequent urination) and polydipsia (excessive thirst)
4) muscle weakness, fatigue, anemia with low hemoglobin level
5) complaints of repeated abortions/still birth
6) complaints of male infertility with abnormality in sperm morphology, oligospermia (spermatozoa deficiency in the semen), azoospermia (spermatozoa absence in the semen) and low testosterone levels.” (Web editor's note: Is this why men on average now have a 50% less sperm count than is normal?)
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From http://fluoridedangers.blogspot.com/2006/01/fluoride-harmful.html
“Americans are unaware that their arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome or other symptoms may be fluoride-related,” says attorney Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation. “This information should be heeded by physicians and members of the medical and scientific communities. Dr. Susheela is a world authority on the health effects of fluoride to the human body,” says Beeber.
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How To Avoid Fluoride
The two most important things are to buy toothpaste without fluoride and to drink water without flouride.
Generally, only health food stores carry fluoride-free toothpaste. I once bought a tube of toothpaste that said that if toothpaste was accidentally swallowed, to go immediately to the nearest poison center! I wish I had saved that box, because they quickly replaced it with one without that label.
If you water is fluoridated, which it probably is unless you use well-water or rain water, the easiest and cheapest way to get fluoride out of your water is to drink only water that is filtered by reverse osmosis. You can buy a filter on ebay.com for about $80. We use 5 micrometer on the front end and 2 micrometer on the back end. We tried a smaller measurement but there was too much junk in our local water for it to work properly. You may want to also get a water cooler to put your 5 gallon bottles of filtered water into.
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Fluoride & the Thyroid
EXCERPT:
Summation - Fluoride & the Thyroid:
According to the US National Research Council, "several lines of information indicate an effect of fluoride exposure on thyroid function."
Fluoride's potential to impair thyroid function is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that -- up until the 1970s -- European doctors used fluoride as a thyroid-suppressing medication for patients with HYPER-thyroidism (over-active thyroid). Fluoride was utilized because it was found to be effective at reducing the activity of the thyroid gland - even at doses as low as 2 mg/day.
Today, many people living in fluoridated communities are ingesting doses of fluoride (1.6-6.6 mg/day) that fall within the range of doses (2 to 10 mg/day) once used by doctors to reduce thyroid activity in hyperthyroid patients.
While it may be that the thyroid in a patient with hyperthyroidism is particularly susceptible to the anti-thyroid actions of fluoride, there is concern that current fluoride exposures may be playing a role in the widespread incidence of HYPO-thyroidism (under-active thyroid) in the U.S.
Hypothyrodisim, most commonly diagnosed in women over 40, is a serious condition with a diverse range of symptoms including: fatigue, depression, weight gain, hair loss, muscle pains, increased levels of "bad" cholesterol (LDL), and heart disease.. The drug (Synthroid) used to treat hypothyroidism is now one of the top five prescribed drugs in the U.S.
As recommended by the US National Research Council: “The effects of fluoride on various aspects of endocrine function should be examined further, particularly with respect to a possible role in the development of several diseases or mental states in the United States.”
Fluoride Toxins
Alex Jones & Luke Rudkowski Cover Water Fluoridation
1 of 3 Professional Perspectives on Water Fluoridation
2 of 3 Professional Perspectives on Water Fluoridation
3 of 3 Professional Perspectives on Water Fluoridation
Ipana commercial I grew up with (I was born in the 40's
Lies and Brainwashing
What type of toothpaste should I use?
As long as your toothpaste contains fluoride, the brand you buy really does not matter, whether or not it is in paste, gel, or even powder form, or containing a certain flavor. All fluoride dentifrices work effectively to fight plaque and cavities and clean and polish tooth enamel.
Your dentifrice brand should also bear the ADA (American Dental Association) seal of approval on the container, which means that adequate evidence of safety and efficacy have been demonstrated in controlled, clinical trials.
Watch TV and ads while in Dentist Chair
Watch TV (and ads) in the dentist chair
October 6, 2008 | 1:02 pm
Here's a way to cheer up those of you whose stock portfolio is in the toilet: At least you're not on your way to the dentist's office. (This is not an effective tactic for people who are actually on their way to the dentist's office). With the sharp metal devices used to poke your gums and the disapproving stares for not flossing enough, a visit to the dentist's chair often isn't much fun.
Matthew Leader wants to make the dentist's office a more entertaining place. His New York company, InChairTV, supplies dentists with DVDs for patients to watch as they recline for a cleaning or filling. Leader has even figured out a way for patients to watch TV without having to look at the sharp tools and whirring brushes dentists wield above their heads: through sunglasses with LCD screens that make it seem as if there's a 44-inch TV screen a few feet away.
The DVDs, now shown in 400 dental offices across the country, feature licensed content from Disney and ABC, including shows such as Ugly Betty and Scrubs. During the commercial breaks, patients watch ads for dental procedures such as teeth whitening, a boon for the dentists who are trying to convince patients to spend on cosmetic procedures.
Today InChairTV said it would allow any interested advertiser to run ads targeting the captive audience stuck in a dentist's chair. The cost for 30- and 60-second spots will be similar to that of ads on broadcast TV, Leader says. He thinks advertisers will rush to get their ads on digital screens that consumers actually enjoy watching.
"Many screens out there are there just because it's possible, not because it's a good idea," he said, referring to the digital screens popping up everywhere from the gas station to the elevator. "But we're actually answering a need rather than just putting out something people are going to see because they're looking in that direction."
Dentists pay $499 for the equipment and get free DVDs through a Netflix-like service; they're required to send the discs back every few months so that InChairTV can update the ads and content. Leader says it's worth it -- according to a Nielsen Media Research study the company commissioned, 82% of patients said they'd use InChairTV again and 87% said they'd tell family and friends about it.
"The distractive element totally eliminates the irrational fear of going to the dentist," said Mal Braverman, a New York dentist who uses InChairTV in his office.
Fair enough -- but the question remains: Will the irrational fear of going to the dentist be replaced by a very rational fear of being stuck in the dentist's chair watching ads for toothpaste?
-- Alana Semuels
Photo by InChairTV
Emeril Lagasse's Crest Commercial
Emeril's Tasty Toothpaste
The celebrity chef hawks cinnamon-flavored Crest.
By Rob Walker
Posted Monday, Sept. 29, 2003, at 2:38 PM ET
For reasons that remain obscure, the chef Emeril Lagasse has a following. Not just his restaurants—Emeril's, Nola, etc.—and his cookbooks, but Emeril himself. As the biography on his Web site puts it, he is a "television personality," largely on the strength of his Food Network show Emeril Live. (Elsewhere on the site you can buy Emeril cookware and Emeril apparel.) He has such a following that NBC thought it would be a good idea to build a sitcom around him, but that show flamed out in a way that suggested perhaps the public had little appetite for Emeril saying anything other than "Bam!" and "Kick it up a notch!" Still, two catchphrases are more than enough to qualify for the role of beloved personality in American consumer culture. And so Emeril is back in prime time lately, in a commercial for a new kind of toothpaste.
The spot begins with Emeril arriving home late at night, climbing out of his vanity-plated car and up the stairs, then peeking in on his sleeping wife before ducking into the bathroom. He squeezes out some red Crest toothpaste—"Bam! Bam! Bam!" he ejaculates, apparently overcome by this intense new tooth-brushing experience. His wife is startled to wakefulness, and car alarms sound in the distance. A lingering product shot is accompanied by the voice-over: "Introducing Crest Whitening Expressions, in kickin' new flavors: Cinammon Rush, Fresh Citrus Breeze, and Extreme Herbal Mint." We cut back to Emeril in the bathroom, where he says, "That really kicks it up a notch."
Well, what else did you expect him to say?
The idea is clear enough: Here is toothpaste so delicious it impresses a celebrity chef, indeed makes him lose his cool. Toothpaste, as you are surely reminded every time you're at the drugstore contemplating the absurd array of dental-care product offerings, is a keenly competitive category. And it is no longer enough to sell the stuff on the basis of dental hygiene or even the vanity power of its whitening capabilities. Crest is betting that there is a demand for paste that does all that and also tastes fantastic. And why not? Maybe it'll even catch on as a condiment. And Heinz will retaliate with fluoride-fighting, tartar control mayonnaise and extra-strength whitening ketchup. Bam!
Given this strategy, the use of Emeril is fairly shrewd. Sure, we've already heard Emeril blurt his little phrases so often than the mere sight of him causes us to start involuntarily muttering "Bam. Kick it up a notch. Bam. Kick it up a notch. …" But so what? Emeril at this point is not so much a man as a signifier, living shorthand for the notion of flavor. His sitcom failed because if you take him out of that simple, one-note context, no one cares. But for Crest's purposes, he's perfect. All that's left is to get the stuff some product placement on Emeril Live: Maybe change Emeril's Beggar Purses Consisting of Seared Scallops, Truffle Mash, and Fried Quail Eggs Wrapped in a Truffle Crepe to Emeril's Beggar Purses Consisting of Seared Scallops, Truffle Mash, Fried Quail Eggs, and Crest Whitening Expressions Extreme Herbal Mint Wrapped in a Truffle Crepe. See? It might just kick—oh, forget it.
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Crest Kids Sesame Street Anticavity Fluoride Toothpaste
$2.98 at Smilox.com SaleCrest Kids Sesame Street Anticavity Fluoride Toothpaste Fun flavor with Neat Squeeze Tube Gentle on tooth enamel yet effective on cavities. The Bubble-Fun flavor with fun filled sparkles is designed just for kids. Comes in an easy to use Neat Squeeze Tube. Description: Features: Sesame Street character design Great tasting bubble gum flavor Anticavity formula with fluoride Safe for kids Crest Sesame St Toothbrush $2.48 Crest Kids SpinBrush Crest Sesame St TP 6oz Crest Sesame St TP 6oz - Product Details:
Fluoride & the Thyroid
EXCERPT:
Summation - Fluoride & the Thyroid:
According to the US National Research Council, "several lines of information indicate an effect of fluoride exposure on thyroid function."
Fluoride's potential to impair thyroid function is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that -- up until the 1970s -- European doctors used fluoride as a thyroid-suppressing medication for patients with HYPER-thyroidism (over-active thyroid). Fluoride was utilized because it was found to be effective at reducing the activity of the thyroid gland - even at doses as low as 2 mg/day.
Today, many people living in fluoridated communities are ingesting doses of fluoride (1.6-6.6 mg/day) that fall within the range of doses (2 to 10 mg/day) once used by doctors to reduce thyroid activity in hyperthyroid patients.
While it may be that the thyroid in a patient with hyperthyroidism is particularly susceptible to the anti-thyroid actions of fluoride, there is concern that current fluoride exposures may be playing a role in the widespread incidence of HYPO-thyroidism (under-active thyroid) in the U.S.
Hypothyrodisim, most commonly diagnosed in women over 40, is a serious condition with a diverse range of symptoms including: fatigue, depression, weight gain, hair loss, muscle pains, increased levels of "bad" cholesterol (LDL), and heart disease.. The drug (Synthroid) used to treat hypothyroidism is now one of the top five prescribed drugs in the U.S.
As recommended by the US National Research Council: “The effects of fluoride on various aspects of endocrine function should be examined further, particularly with respect to a possible role in the development of several diseases or mental states in the United States.”
Fluoride Toxins
Alex Jones & Luke Rudkowski Cover Water Fluoridation
1 of 3 Professional Perspectives on Water Fluoridation
2 of 3 Professional Perspectives on Water Fluoridation
3 of 3 Professional Perspectives on Water Fluoridation
Ipana commercial I grew up with (I was born in the 40's
Lies and Brainwashing
What type of toothpaste should I use?
As long as your toothpaste contains fluoride, the brand you buy really does not matter, whether or not it is in paste, gel, or even powder form, or containing a certain flavor. All fluoride dentifrices work effectively to fight plaque and cavities and clean and polish tooth enamel.
Your dentifrice brand should also bear the ADA (American Dental Association) seal of approval on the container, which means that adequate evidence of safety and efficacy have been demonstrated in controlled, clinical trials.
Watch TV and ads while in Dentist Chair
Watch TV (and ads) in the dentist chair
October 6, 2008 | 1:02 pm
Here's a way to cheer up those of you whose stock portfolio is in the toilet: At least you're not on your way to the dentist's office. (This is not an effective tactic for people who are actually on their way to the dentist's office). With the sharp metal devices used to poke your gums and the disapproving stares for not flossing enough, a visit to the dentist's chair often isn't much fun.
Matthew Leader wants to make the dentist's office a more entertaining place. His New York company, InChairTV, supplies dentists with DVDs for patients to watch as they recline for a cleaning or filling. Leader has even figured out a way for patients to watch TV without having to look at the sharp tools and whirring brushes dentists wield above their heads: through sunglasses with LCD screens that make it seem as if there's a 44-inch TV screen a few feet away.
The DVDs, now shown in 400 dental offices across the country, feature licensed content from Disney and ABC, including shows such as Ugly Betty and Scrubs. During the commercial breaks, patients watch ads for dental procedures such as teeth whitening, a boon for the dentists who are trying to convince patients to spend on cosmetic procedures.
Today InChairTV said it would allow any interested advertiser to run ads targeting the captive audience stuck in a dentist's chair. The cost for 30- and 60-second spots will be similar to that of ads on broadcast TV, Leader says. He thinks advertisers will rush to get their ads on digital screens that consumers actually enjoy watching.
"Many screens out there are there just because it's possible, not because it's a good idea," he said, referring to the digital screens popping up everywhere from the gas station to the elevator. "But we're actually answering a need rather than just putting out something people are going to see because they're looking in that direction."
Dentists pay $499 for the equipment and get free DVDs through a Netflix-like service; they're required to send the discs back every few months so that InChairTV can update the ads and content. Leader says it's worth it -- according to a Nielsen Media Research study the company commissioned, 82% of patients said they'd use InChairTV again and 87% said they'd tell family and friends about it.
"The distractive element totally eliminates the irrational fear of going to the dentist," said Mal Braverman, a New York dentist who uses InChairTV in his office.
Fair enough -- but the question remains: Will the irrational fear of going to the dentist be replaced by a very rational fear of being stuck in the dentist's chair watching ads for toothpaste?
-- Alana Semuels
Photo by InChairTV
Emeril Lagasse's Crest Commercial
Emeril's Tasty Toothpaste
The celebrity chef hawks cinnamon-flavored Crest.
By Rob Walker
Posted Monday, Sept. 29, 2003, at 2:38 PM ET
For reasons that remain obscure, the chef Emeril Lagasse has a following. Not just his restaurants—Emeril's, Nola, etc.—and his cookbooks, but Emeril himself. As the biography on his Web site puts it, he is a "television personality," largely on the strength of his Food Network show Emeril Live. (Elsewhere on the site you can buy Emeril cookware and Emeril apparel.) He has such a following that NBC thought it would be a good idea to build a sitcom around him, but that show flamed out in a way that suggested perhaps the public had little appetite for Emeril saying anything other than "Bam!" and "Kick it up a notch!" Still, two catchphrases are more than enough to qualify for the role of beloved personality in American consumer culture. And so Emeril is back in prime time lately, in a commercial for a new kind of toothpaste.
The spot begins with Emeril arriving home late at night, climbing out of his vanity-plated car and up the stairs, then peeking in on his sleeping wife before ducking into the bathroom. He squeezes out some red Crest toothpaste—"Bam! Bam! Bam!" he ejaculates, apparently overcome by this intense new tooth-brushing experience. His wife is startled to wakefulness, and car alarms sound in the distance. A lingering product shot is accompanied by the voice-over: "Introducing Crest Whitening Expressions, in kickin' new flavors: Cinammon Rush, Fresh Citrus Breeze, and Extreme Herbal Mint." We cut back to Emeril in the bathroom, where he says, "That really kicks it up a notch."
Well, what else did you expect him to say?
The idea is clear enough: Here is toothpaste so delicious it impresses a celebrity chef, indeed makes him lose his cool. Toothpaste, as you are surely reminded every time you're at the drugstore contemplating the absurd array of dental-care product offerings, is a keenly competitive category. And it is no longer enough to sell the stuff on the basis of dental hygiene or even the vanity power of its whitening capabilities. Crest is betting that there is a demand for paste that does all that and also tastes fantastic. And why not? Maybe it'll even catch on as a condiment. And Heinz will retaliate with fluoride-fighting, tartar control mayonnaise and extra-strength whitening ketchup. Bam!
Given this strategy, the use of Emeril is fairly shrewd. Sure, we've already heard Emeril blurt his little phrases so often than the mere sight of him causes us to start involuntarily muttering "Bam. Kick it up a notch. Bam. Kick it up a notch. …" But so what? Emeril at this point is not so much a man as a signifier, living shorthand for the notion of flavor. His sitcom failed because if you take him out of that simple, one-note context, no one cares. But for Crest's purposes, he's perfect. All that's left is to get the stuff some product placement on Emeril Live: Maybe change Emeril's Beggar Purses Consisting of Seared Scallops, Truffle Mash, and Fried Quail Eggs Wrapped in a Truffle Crepe to Emeril's Beggar Purses Consisting of Seared Scallops, Truffle Mash, Fried Quail Eggs, and Crest Whitening Expressions Extreme Herbal Mint Wrapped in a Truffle Crepe. See? It might just kick—oh, forget it.
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