Where to begin? Without a doubt, some government officials have gone mad with power. And, it's not a left/right issue. Both major parties have accelerated their pace toward full socialism. Scary.
One can only imagine how Texas Governor Rick Perry views himself. I'm certain his Nero-complex is hidden to him, yet widely visible to the rest of us.
Think that this won't happen in your neck of the woods. Think again. Nero's minions are everywhere, waiting for the appropriate time to strike.
As a Christian, I am saddened by this political action in Texas. Shocked, but not surprised.
It wasn't that long ago that we had a constitution to protect us from government intrusions, it appears as if that document, like our dollars, isn't worth the paper it was written on.
But, it's not too late. The political class fears rumblings from the masses. Rumble, and they shall fear. Shout, and they shall bend. Scream, and they shall wither.
The ilk such as Governor Perry are most concerned about keeping their power and status. These are not men and women of principles. They are simply powerseekers. They will wither and do as told once this great nation says, "Stop! Respect the Constitution." They would rather flip and flop than risk the next election.
"Issues and Action in Education"
February 3, 2007
"Issues and Action in Education" is an e-letter produced by EdWatch, a nonprofit organization.
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[Also see, "Vaccine Center Issues Warning," Washington Times, Feb 3, 2007: " The National Vaccine Information Center yesterday warned state officials to investigate the safety of a breakthrough cancer vaccine as Texas became the first state to make the vaccine mandatory for school-age girls. Negative side effects of Gardasil, a new Merck vaccine to prevent the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, are being reported in the District of Columbia and 20 states, including Virginia. The reactions range from loss of consciousness to seizures."]
Merck Payola Pays Off:
Texas Governor Orders STD Vaccine for ALL girls
From: Alliance for Human Research Protection
This morning's news from America provides a vivid example of government corruption involving pharmaceutical lobbying, bribing and manipulating health care policy decisions.
Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, has issued an order to vaccinate ALL Texas girls with Merck's STD vaccine without a thought about the possible adverse side effects that may pose serious risks to these girls--especially their reproductive function.
Not so long ago, hormone replacement therapy was widely prescribed on the basis of CLAIMS that turned out to be false. HRT was supposed to reduce breast cancer, stroke, and heart attacks--not only did it fail to deliver on these promises, HRT increased ovarian cancer.
A science teacher who learned about the order wrote to us this morning: "I am so bothered by the speed by which adults are ready to put chemicals into little girls bodies without a full understanding of what harm those chemicals could cause in the short and long term. Is there any kind of campaign against this being waged?" The Governor of Texas clearly has given no consideration for the potential harm that his order might cause the girls.
Noteworthy are the ties that bind the Governor to Merck and to Women in Government, the group that Merck paid to lobby for this mind-boggling order. The Associated Press reports that one of Merck's three lobbyists in Texas is Mike Toomey, Perry's former chief of staff. His current chief of staff's mother-in-law, Texas Republican state Rep. Dianne White Delisi, is a state director for Women in Government.
The governor also received $6,000 from Merck's political action committee during his re-election campaign.
Also noteworthy is that under then governor George W. Bush, TMAP, the pharmaceutical manufacturers' cash cow to mega-billion dollar cash transference from the public purse to Big Pharma, was launched. TMAP (Texas medication algorithm project) is the vehicle that catapulted psychotropic drugs--in particular patent protected antidepressants and antipsychotics--to blockbuster status despite lack of scientific evidence that the drugs work to improve mental health, and despite evidence that these drugs wreak havoc on both the mental and physical health of consumers.
Health care policy under the influence of Big Pharma is illustrated by 13 year old Aliah Gleason of Texas who was prescribed 12 psychotropic drugs --many simultaneously--without her parents' consent. See: Waters, R. Medicating Aliah, Mother Jones, May/June 2005. [See here for complete story.]
Governor Perry, does your order to vaccinate all 11 year old girls mean that you are eliminating parental rights? What if parents refuse to give consent to vaccinate their daughter?
Vera Hassner Sharav
212-595-8974
veracare@ahrp.org
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