Musings and What-not

It's pretty obvious my pogo stick is fixed tonight because I found this one when I ventured over to WorldNetDaily . I'm not going to say much because you already know where I stand.  I just found this article interesting... and I think you will too. Here's a little teaser for you. For some reason, however, otherwise rational human beings seem to suspend their better judgment where medical technology is concerned. I refer specifically to the growing movement whose members are today spreading the false notion that getting your children vaccinated will somehow give them autism . Some frightened parents are reacting by applying lengthened vaccination schedules – or skipping certain vaccinations completely. Is it me, or does the author, Phil Elmore, look a little like Savage? Sans glasses? Never mind... I found Savage's twin.  Sorry about that, Phil.

According to Jenny, autism is caused by vaccines. But she's not just suggesting that vaccines may have an unintended impact on some children. In Jenny's mind, it seems, vaccines are quite literally a thief of souls (which, of course, suggests that people with autism are soulless). Here's what she said to Oprah, in describing her son's autism: “The nurse gave (Evan) the shot... and soon thereafter—boom—the soul’s gone from his eyes.” Read the rest of what Lisa had to say... and don't forget to read the comments.  They're particularly interesting.

Until two days ago, I had never heard of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).  Wanting to know more about it, I decided to do some light research. Here's a little something that offers a brief explanation for what MCS is. MCS means an unusually severe sensitivity or allergy-like reaction to many different kinds of pollutants including solvents, VOCs, perfumes, petrol, diesel, smoke, "chemicals" in general regarded and often encompasses problems with regard to pollen, house dust mites, and pet fur & dander. MCS unlike "true" allergies - where the underlying mechanisms of the problem are relatively well understood & widely accepted - is generally regarded as "idiopathic" - meaning that it has no known mechanism of causation & its processes are not fully understood. {Source: www.multiplechemicalsensitivity.org} This brings me back to a previous post where I mentioned Karen Slimak and a study of VOCs and their effects on humans (It appears ...

I personally think that Sen. Barack Obama may be wavering on this issue of “vaccines cause autism” because he’s already in hot water over comments by his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and the autism and vaccines thing is somewhat of a “controversial” issue for some people (for those who know better, it’s not………it’s just plain false, that vaccines cause autism.) What is interesting about the portion of the quote in parentheses is the fact that it's coming from a person living on the spectrum.  Someone who has firsthand knowledge of what being autistic is all about. What's even more interesting is the fact that I've never heard or read a statement like this from someone on the autistic side of the vaccination "debate". It's late, and I'm a bit tired.  Maybe I didn't read it correctly, but it sure does look pretty cut-n-dry to me, "it's just plain false... that vaccines cause autism." I consider myself to be a very open-minded person,...