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WANTS US TO CHANGE ADDRESS
Can't you change E. Republican Street [of the Free Press mailboxaddress] to Nader Avenue or at least W. Democrat Boulevard?--Styx Mundstock, Lummi Island
If that were only possible! By the way, how come there seems to be aRepublican Street in most towns, but hardly ever a Democrat Street,Environmental Circle, Labor Lane, or Progressive Parkway? --Ed
HOPES TO SEE FREE PRESS ON STANDS
I read your announcement [last issue] that WFP would no longer beavailable free in Seattle. Understandable. However, I deeply hope itwill still be available at news stands (Bulldog, J&S Broadway News,etc) at a reasonable price. Your paper is valuable and not all inSeattle can afford a subscription, but many can afford individualissues. Hoping to see WFP on the news stands.--Maria Abdin, Seattle
Ms Abdin, that's a good idea. Readers, when you are in a newstand,please ask the store manager to carry the Washington Free Press, andgive them our address and email. Appreciate it! --Ed.
DANGER TO PETS FROM VACCINATIONS
Bravo on publicizing the dangers of vaccinations ["Vaccines: ThinkAgain" Nov '02]. Companion animals are also victims of overvaccination, which creates huge revenues for veterinarians. Mostallopathic vets usually fail to discuss the dangers of vaccinating.Modified live vaccines can infect other animals with the disease. Theleukemia vaccine has been linked to FIP, an often fatal disease incats. Many homeopathic veterinarians believe that almost all chronicillnesses, such as skin problems, asthma, ear infections andauto-immune disorders are entirely caused by vaccinosis. Immediatereactions to vaccines can include, bloat, ulcers, gastrointestinalailments, lethargy and fatal seizures. Sarcomas are so common atvaccine sites that veterinarian literature is recommending injectionson animals' limbs so that the cancerous areas can be amputated becausecancer around the inner-scapular space is virtually incurable. Labelson vaccines say to vaccinate only healthy animals, yet most sheltersand vets routinely inject all incoming animals. Guardians who don'teven allow their cats outside are led to believe that annual shots arenecessary. Meanwhile, obesity, thyroid dysfunction, diabetes andcancer are more and more common in our beloved companion animals. --D.V., Seattle
Thanks for alerting everyone about animal vaccinations. Also noticedan article in Readers Digest (Dec 2002) about recent studies thatassociate pet vaccines with a range of problems, including asthma andcancer. In response, many vets are already cutting back petvaccinations to once every three years rather than once every year.The irony of this is that Readers Digest and other mainstream sourcesseem unwilling to publish much if any news of the human studiesshowing many of the same sorts of ill effects from vaccines, and don'tpublicize the fact that human vaccines are typically not evenevaluated for long-term risk of cancer. Are pets worthy of betterhealth research than people? See page 9 for futher info on humanvaccines. --Ed
NOT VOLUNTEERING FOR "PEDIATRIX" TEST
The new vaccine Pediatrix is designed to reduce by six the number ofhurtful pokes a baby gets. There are at least two major problems:
(1) As noted in chapter 6 of the Infant Survival Guide "Some virusesuse a 'team approach.' One by itself may be relatively benign butcombination with other viruses 'helps' the first one cause, e.g.,cancer." Two herpes simplex viruses injected at different times intomice, were harmless. But when both were given together, 70 percent ofthe mice died. Their bodies contained 11 new viruses, of which eightwere neurotoxic (Maibach H, Hildrick-Smith G. Skin Bacteria and TheirRole in Infection. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1965, p. 121). There is no way topredict what viral combinations may result from the many vaccinesinjected into children and what is in the final 'soup' (Moreau-HorwinR, Horwin M. Patient report: Link between rate of pediatric cancersand childhood vaccines. Townsend Ltr Doc/Patients Dec 1999/Jan2000:72-79)."
(2) Nurses and doctors will start injecting this potentially dangerousmixture into children early in 2003. FDA reported short-term testsamong thousands of babies. But where are the long-term tests forsafety and efficacy?--Joseph G. Hattersley, MA
[Joseph Hattersley, along with Lendon H Smith, MD, is co-author of TheInfant Survival Guide, Chapter 6 of which deals with vaccinations]
PREFERS RUSH
Go to hell! Your "fish wrapper" is another Socialist rag, just likethe P-I and Times. I will tune in to Rush Limbaugh.--anonymous
I'll forward your complaint to the Blethen family and the HearstCorporation, who together form the propaganda bureau of the localchapter of the Communist Party. --Ed.
WOULD LIKE PEN PALS
[From a subscriber in prison.] Please know I enjoy the Washington FreePress. I wish to extend my subscription, but also want to pledge myongoing interest and I promise that I will eventually be a contributorin donations, perhaps even an article here and there, as I will befree on January 9, 2004. I'm an artist and traveler. I'm 46 andstarting life all over again come that date. My very deepest wishes goout to yours and your families, that the holidays be safe and the NewYear prosperous. Remember, peace, love and family is what life is allabout. It's a short journey; smell all the roses you can. I would not mind new friends should anyone wish to write me. I havemuch to share.
--William Ethridge #863335
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Huntsville, TX 77343
ANTIWAR RESOURCES FROM NACC
While Congress has shamefully caved in to Bush's war plans, and the UNwill in all likelihood eventually do the same, we should still keepputting pressure on the White House. To send postcards to the WhiteHouse, check our Nonviolent Action Community of Cascadia (NACC)website at http://nacc.info/postcards.htm and see the instructions todownload print and copy a template for a very simple (yet stronglyworded) card. Also check out the Peacelinks and Talking Points pages:http://nacc.info/peacelinks.htm and http://nacc.info/talkingpoints.htmrespectively. See y'all in the streets!--NACC staff
BABAWAWA NO COMPRENDE CUBA
I watched Barbara Walters' interview with Cuban leader Fidel Castro onABC's 20/20 recently, and one of her questions was so offensive, Iturned it off. The US has for 40 years attempted to destroy this tinycountry. We have been involved in a military invasion, planned toassassinate Castro, supported terrorists who have carried out moreattacks on innocent Cubans (including bombing a Cuban airliner) thanall those committed by "Muslim terrorists" against the US, employedchemical and/or bacteriological weapons to kill livestock, put anembargo on Cuba to strangle their economy, refusing to allow companiesto deal with Cuba, or US citizens to visit, and preventing Cuba fromgetting the aid that most developing nations need and receive.What did Barbara Walters ask Fidel Castro that was so offensive? Ifsocialism works. How dare she! Walters should have asked what it isabout socialism that has enabled it to survive this onslaught by thegreatest military and economic power in the history of the world. Thisquestion was not merely offensive, but also arrogant and disingenuous.During the four decades, while opposing the Castro regime because ofits supposed lack of human rights, we have armed and supported farmore corrupt, offensive, and bloody regimes in Guatemala (military),Nicaragua (Somoza), Iran (Shah), Iraq (including Saddam Hussein),South Africa (apartheid regime), Indonesia (military). Barbara Waltersand ABC should be ashamed of themselves.--R.C., Seattle
