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Here is an article you won't find in any United States Newspapers and would you like to know why? Because in our great country the press is told by the government what they can and can not print; how much of the truth they are permitted to tell.  Read on and enjoy.

Bone marrow 'cures HIV patient'

HIV particle
About one in 1,000 Europeans and Americans have a resistance to HIV

Doctors in Germany say a patient appears to have been cured of HIV by a bone marrow transplant from a donor who had a genetic resistance to the virus.

The researchers in Berlin said the man, who suffered from leukaemia and HIV, had shown no sign of either disease since the transplant two years ago.

But they stressed it was an unusual case which needed further investigation.

Experts said the result may boost interest in gene therapy for HIV.

Berlin's Charite clinic said the 42-year-old patient was an American living in Berlin, but the man has not been identified.

Genetic mutation

He had been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, that causes Aids, for more than a decade and also had leukaemia.

The clinic said since the transplant was carried out 20 months ago, tests on the patient's bone marrow, blood and other organ tissues have all been clear.


To promise to millions of people infected with HIV that there is hope of a cure would not be right

Professor Rodolf Tauber, Berlin's Charite clinic

In a statement, Professor Rodolf Tauber from the Charite clinic said: "This is an interesting case for research.

"But to promise to millions of people infected with HIV that there is hope of a cure would not be right."

Roughly one in 1,000 Europeans and Americans have an inherited genetic mutation, which prevents HIV from attaching itself to cells.

Two million people die of Aids every year and HIV is estimated to have infected 33 million people worldwide.

Option 'for a few'

Professor Andrew Sewell, from the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Immunology at the University of Cardiff said in theory a bone marrow transplant such as this one "should work" and it was surprising that no one had tried it before.

Most people with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa and this is hugely expensive
Professor Andrew Sewell, University of Cardiff

"The problem is most people with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa and this is hugely expensive, you have to find a matched donor, and it's a pretty severe and painful operation.

"So it's going to be an option for very few people."

He added that gene therapy to knock out the mutation of the key CCR5 receptor was a possibility for future treatment.

Professor Philip Goulder, an immunologist at the University of Oxford said: "It's a really interesting case which looks at a treatment which really hasn't been thought about before.

"But without having that much information about the specific case you would want to be very cautious about getting too excited and you wouldn't be able to replicate that treatment for a lot of people with HIV."

Paul Ward, deputy chief executive at the Terrence Higgins Trust said: "This case gives us something to explore in future studies but it's certainly not a quick fix as gene therapy is complex and expensive.

"With no cure in sight, prevention should be our number one priority."

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$700 BILLION DOLLAR BAIL OUT
 
I think there are a lot of issues here that people aren't getting.

It's called Capitol Flow.

MANY THANKS PRESIDENT BUSH FOR LOVING OUR COUNTRY THE WAY A PRESIDENT SHOULD!

 


 "A BILLION DOLLARS"

The next time you hear a politician use the
word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about

whether you want the politicians spending

YOUR tax money.

 


A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
but one advertising agency did a good job of


putting that figure into some perspective in

one of it's releases.



A.

A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B.

A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

C.

A billion hours ago our ancestors were
living in the Stone Age.

 

D.

A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

E.

A billion dollars ago was only

8 hours and 20 minutes,

at the rate our government

is spending it.

 

While this thought is still fresh in our brain...

let's take a look at New Orleans ..

It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.

 


Louisiana Senator,

Mary Landrieu (D)

is presently asking Congress for

250  BILLION DOLLARS

to rebuild New Orleans .  Interesting number...

what does it mean?

 

A.

Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of  New Orleans

(every man, woman, and child)

you each get $516,528.

 

B.

Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in
New Orleans , your home gets  $1,329,787.


C.

Or... if you are a family of four...

 your family gets  $2,066,012.

 


Washington, D.

C.

< HELLO! >

Are all your calculators broken??

 

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax

Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting Licen se Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fe e Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Su rcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone Sta te and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

  

 

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...
and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.

 


We had absolutely no national debt...

We had the largest middle class in the world...

and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What happened?

 

THE EDITORS TAKE
 

I have never been, nor do I claim to have ever been “politically correct”.  In fact, I have little to no respect for those who are politically correct, including the news and media.

Oil prices and cost of living are at a record all time high, yet there are those who say we are not in a recession.  I think the only thing that we are missing is the bread line of yesteryear.  

OPEC, AKA The Devil Incarnate, has warned  on Thursday that oil prices would experience an “unlimited” increase in the event of a military conflict involving Iran because the group’s members would be unable to make up the lost production.  What a bunch of shit coming out of Abdalla Salem el-Badri mouth.  And since were on the subject, even if we did start drilling in our country it would be an easy 10 years, yes TEN years before we would ever see any relief.  This Is something that should have been done back in the Clinton Administration, but all the freaking tree huggers from the 60’s and 70’s had to get their panties in a bunch over it. 

Again, since we’re on the subject let me just say that I am so tired of people, whose names I can’t pronounce, having a definitive effect on my country. I’m tired of worrying about what I say and who it will offend (really though I’m so outspoken that I don’t care who I offend, if you don’t like it pack it up and get the hell out of my country).  I’m tired of aiding other countries and I’m tired of paying for it out of pocket.  Shit people, you get a 1,400 dollar pay check and $500.00 of it goes away to unknown origins, namely the war.

And since were on the subject of the war, GET IT OVER WITH ALREADY.  We’ve spent enough time and energy over there and what have we accomplished?  It is a vicious circle of, “Today we are in control, tomorrow we’re not”.  I have run out of compassion for this war, I am at the end, I could care less about funding the rebuild of another country, changing their lives, because in the process of this MR. BUSH WE ARE BECOMING A THRID WORLD COUNTRY OURSELVES, SO FUCK THE REST AND START TAKING CARE OF THE BEST------------------US.  This war has turned into ANOTHER VIETNAM----YES IT HAS.  Going the long run MR. BUSH doesn’t mean turning our country into a third world starving nation.  For shit’s sake, they have more jobs and opportunity over there then we do.  Their kids get to go to college or they can come over here for free and go to college for free.  YOU ARE WRONG MR. BUSH and nothing you say has changed our minds about the mess YOU GOT US INTO.

Our great country is headed for the same fate that befell Rome.  We can not be the “World Police”.  If people want to act like barbarians and fight over land, religion, sex or creed; so be it.  It is not for us to interfere, in fact, it directly states in our Constitution that we are not to fight on or for foreign soil.  THIS WAR IS YOUR WAR, YOU WANTED TO GET BACK AT SADDAM FOR PUTTING A HIT OUT ON YOUR DAD.  WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE SEARCH FOR BIN LAUDEN?

DAILY FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Oil Prices and the Oil Whore Mongers

 

Today Saudi Arabia “dismissed” President Bush’s request to produce more oil.  They gave the United States every reason under the sun except for the real reason even saying they won’t produce more oil unless the oil companies demanded more.

 

It is what it is plain and simple; why would the oil whores of the east do anything to help us in the West? As far as they are concerned the “west” is the devil, we are lower than pond scum.  THIS IS VERY TRUE my ex-husband had a very good friend from that part of the world and that part of the world hates us.  Furthermore, why would the big oil company whores and the Middle East Oil Whores want to do anything to lower their prices?  We are lining their pockets; in fact, we are lining the pockets of ANYONE who has stocks in the oil industry or owns their own oil fields.

 

Once again, I say PA-LEEEEEASE come up with a better excuse then what you have.  The Saudi Government is playing a game with the United States; you see they hold the reigns.  I wonder what would happen if everyone quit buying gas for a day, or started riding the local transits, or now that the weather is nice rode their bikes to work to play, or walked to the corner store instead of getting in the car and going.  NOT ONLY WOULD THE DEMAND FOR OIL FALL QUITE DRAMATICALLY, but our health as a nation would improve dramatically, and we would put them in their place instead of Saudi and our own government putting us in our place.

 

The solution lies not with the Saudi’s or our government; the solution lies within each one of us.  This summer, we should all learn to be less dependent driving our vehicles, no matter how good they are on gas, and learn to take the bus or ride a bike.  The whole idea is to lessen the supply and demand for their damn oil and tell them to shove it up their ass.

 

 

President Bush’s attitude has an “Oh Well” tone to it.  I say rise up, fight back by walking, parking your car, riding your bike or using your city transit.  Screw them all right where it counts--------------IN THEIR WALLET

 

 

 

 

Gas Prices Soar and the Price of Living Becomes Unlivable

 

While countries like Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia enjoy gas prices of .17 cents and .19 cents a gallon, you Mr. Bush are allowing us to get raped at the pump. You are actually raping the American people of their dreams and hopes.

Senator McCain isn’t much better; he wants us in Iraq for the next 100 years.

I’M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE WON’T HAVE ANOTHER 100 YEARS IF MCCAIN OR OBAMA ARE ELECTED.

Ok, I’m no investment banker, and I don’t play the stock market and I’m no expert on the economy, but I’m not stupid either.  Let’s face it, since Republican President Bush has been in office our country has been in an economic spiral into the very pits of hell.

Staunch Republicans are going to give you every excuse in the book why it’s not Presidents Bush’s fault, and then there are the facts.  Really, do you know that Bush borrowed trillions and trillions of dollars from the Arabs? Did you know that it is costing our country about 3 trillion dollars a month to “run the war” in Iraq?

GOOD CITIZENS that is why we are in an economic slide into hell, but the government is trying to blame the banks and lenders.  Sure, there were very bad loans made, but not enough to cause this kind of damage to our economy.  We are talking ‘GLOBAL DAMAGE’, and it would be pompous and arrogant to think that our “lending market” brought down the world. President Bush’s ‘vendetta war’ is what has brought our country short of being on its knees.

Furthermore, the current administration knew about these loans and did nothing to stop the predatory lenders that are guilty of robbing America.  What that tells me is that the Administration is not concerned with its own country, only the war in Iraq.

Harsh as it sounds, I just don’t care anymore about this war in Iraq, I care about the Soldiers, but not the war.  I am completely against my country fighting someone else’s Civil War.  READ MY LIPS, “NOT OUR JOB”.  I’m sick of the price of gas soaring so high that it cost $50.00 dollars to fill up an economy car.  What kind of bullshit is that? I don’t know about you people but I’m tired of funding the war. Bush knew this was going to happen every time he said, “sometimes we have to sacrifice”. WELL MR. BUSH I THINK I SPEAK FOR THE NATION WHEN I SAY, “I’M TIRED OF SACRIFICING I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING”.  I use to care about the people of Iraq, now I’m just very bitter and I don’t care, it’s not my war, not my battle, it is your war, your battle your reputation that has been ruined.  It’s sad that an American can feel this way but it’s your fault that millions and millions of people feel this way.  We’re exhausted.   

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WILLIAM DESVARI  
CITY OF LORAIN BUILDING DEPARTMENT
 

I find it hard to believe that the allegations against William Desvari are just now coming to light.  All you have to do is Google his name and his residence in Grafton shows up, Desvar Electric comes up, which by the way is listed as a big NO NO if you're Chief Building Inspector in Lorain.  Check out the bogus residence he gave in Lorain and you'll find it wasn't occupied by Desvari or his family ever.    Please don't treat the citizens of Lorain, OH like morons.

 

If I found out this information 3 years ago, how could the City completely miss it?  The following is what he was convicted of:

"In 1987, Desvari was convicted of theft and forgery charges.  Then, just before three years of probation ended, Desvari was convicted of passing bad checks, theft and attempted theft.  None of the convictions were expunged, though Desvari said he thought they had been.  Desvari was building inspector for Westlake and Brecksville, then East Cleveland's building commissioner for a year before coming to Lorain in 2003"

 

There are three scenario's here:

 

1) They didn't run a criminal background check on him

2) They ran a criminal background check and just ignored         what they found or

3) The people who were running the City of Lorain at the time were complet idiots.

 

You can take your pick but I would bet they knew.

 

What is this about his "diploma from Ireland"?  If you look in the archives of the Morning Journal I bet you'll find an article about it because it was an issue some years back. So, that is nothing new.

 

The City of Lorain is in desperate need of having their whole political force revamped.  Clean it out and start over or as I like to say, "Take the garbage to the curb".  Maybe the State really does need to step in and take control of Lorain because it's obvious by all the controversy that Lorain can't take care of itself with its current officials.  Lorain looks and smells like a giant toilet....How disappointing.

 

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President Bush; It's Time To End This Debacle.

HOW MUCH OF THIS ARE WE AS AMERICANS GOING TO TAKE-----GAS IS OUTRAGOUES AND THEY ARE ALL LINING THEIR POCKETS AND LAUGHING THEIR WAY TO THE BANK, AT OUR EXPENSE.......PRESIDENT BUSH, WHY DON'T YOU LIVE ON THE AVERAGE SALARY AND SEE HOW YOU DO AT THE GAS PUMP, SEE HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE LEFT AFTER YOU PAY YOUR BILLS AND TRY TO KEEP GAS IN YOUR VEHICLE.  HUH, YOU COULDN'T DO IT, YET YOU EXPECT THE VERY PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO MAKE "A BETTER PLACE TO BE" DO IT. WHAT A JOKE.
 
MR. BUSH FIX YOUR MESS PLEASE. YOU HAVE FUCKED OUR COUNTRY UP ENOUGH--TOO MANY PEOPLE ON ALL SIDES HAVE DIED ALREADY. LIVE AND LET LIVE, FIND BIN LADEN AS YOU PROMISED AND END THIS DEBACLE.

By SAMANTHA GROSS - Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK(AP)
 
Dan Rather said Thursday that the undue influence of the government and large corporations over newsrooms spurred his decision to file a $70 million lawsuit against CBS and its former parent company.
"Somebody, sometime has got to take a stand and say democracy cannot survive, much less thrive with the level of big corporate and big government interference and intimidation in news," he said on CNN's "Larry King Live."
In the suit, filed a day earlier in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, Rather claimed CBS and Viacom Inc. used him as a "scapegoat" and intentionally botched the aftermath of a discredited story about President Bush's military service to curry favor with the White House. He was removed from his "CBS Evening News" post in March 2005.

War in Iraq

I never agreed with the way that it was done.  I always believed that as the Twin Towers were burning we should have been sending fighter jets over to do their damage.  President Bush and the rest of the "secret government" knew who was responsable for that disaster.  He was actually the FIRST person (if you want to refer to bin lauden as a person) to call and send his symphathy and assure us he didn't do it.

They were warned more then a month before that the there was an impending attack. Citizens I believe that, because there's always some kind of truth when that kind of scandal appears.  I can't believe that we had to wait 3 months to attack Iraq, and why attack Iraq anyway? Bin Lauden was in freaking Afganastan......Hello Mr. President.  Weapons of "mass destruction" didn't come into play until later on.  I want to know how this whole war switched from finding Bin Lauden to a war in Iraq.  If you have the answer PA-LEEEEASE tell me.

I did some research and found out that they use the same propaganda over and over, through each war, "We have to stop communisim before it comes to America." "We have to protect ourselves before it comes to America", now it's "BETTER OVER HERE THEN ON OUR OWN SOIL" Damn, if the Government paid attention to the warnings perhaps this wouldn't be going on.

My only son has joined the Military, and I like hundreds of thousands of parents, don't want him to come back in a body bag; I don't want to bury my only son Mr. President, especially for something I have no faith in.  How would you feel if it were your daughters?  Would you let them join the Military right now?  I'm sure you're very sorry for all of the deaths and injuries caused by this war, but the bottom line is those Soldiers were someone's baby, their child that they nurtured and loved and wiped away their tears when they were hurt.  They weren't your babies though and I guess your grateful for that.

I am Pro Soldiar but Anti-War, this war.  You are not going to change those people, they are set in their ways.  You got what you REALLY went after---Sadam, all the while losing focus on Bin Lauden.  He needs to pay for what he did and it looks like he never will. 

One more question for you Mr. President.  Who fills up your tank? me, and millions of other's like me who pay outragous taxes and can't even fill up our own gas tank.  You know what? Hard as this sounds those people owe us and they could lower their gas prices, after all OUR MILITARY is dying for your cause.

I'm voting Democratic this election, if a freaking monkey was on that ticket I would vote for the monkey before I put another Republican back in office to finish destroying my Country.

This has nothing to do with "resolve" and "resillance"....but it does have everything to do with a load of bullshit.

 

GIVE PEACe A CHANCE.................................................GET OUR KIDS OUT OF IRAQ. 

 

 

 

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THOSE OPPOSING GAMBLING, JOBS AND REVENUE FOR YOUR CITY IN OHIO

CONTACT GOV. TAFT

Send an Inquiry to the Attorney General's Office
 
I understand that Taft is initiating the help of Gale Norton to stop gambling from coming to Lorain.  He has enlisted the "help" of the Bush administration to keep it out.
Well Citizens, here is another person to contact to help out Mayor Foltin.
 
Gale A. Norton - Secretary of the Interior

E-mail Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell and tell him you want gaming in your city/state
Email guide@sos.state.oh.us

To contact Betty Montgomery's office
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LORAIN CITY AND ERIE COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES UNCONSTITUTIONAL
By Christina Tassone
 
I beleive that most of my readers from the Lorain County/Erie County area have suffered the wrath of both cities increasing our income tax to fund their school system.
 
I did research on this subject and indeed it is unconstitutional to charge propety taxes on our homes to fund the school system. 
If you look at your tax bill and figure it out you'll find that 90% of your homeonwers taxes are going towards the school taxes.  This subject has been ruled on 4 times in the Ohio alone in the Ohio Supreme Court, and each time it was ruled "UNCONSTITUTIONAL."  Ohio was told to find another way to "fix" the school system and was given ONE year to do so.  It was not done. Instead they taxed property owners. 
 
The school system in our counties are important, however, they need to find another way.  Ohio citizens have suffered great job loss, we have lost our homes, family's have split and have been left homeless and broken.
 
I am here to tell you that it is Unconstitutional and provide you with links that will verify this.  CNN even did a story on this subject
 
Here is an excerpt from "The Lantern - Campus"

Court firm on school funding

Ohio legislature must still come up with 'complete and systematic overhaul'

Ohio's system of school funding still can't be unconstitutional, can it?

Well, it is - and it might not become constitutional anytime soon.

Friday's decision and the Dec. 12 school funding ruling - that any further litigation has been blocked - were nothing groundbreaking. Instead, these were an affirmation of three other similar rulings in a span of five years. The court's latest decision effectively ended the 11-year-old DeRolph case by declaring Ohio's heavy reliance on property taxes unconstitutional. After the decisions were made, both times Gov. Bob Taft declared "The DeRolph case is over."

Or was it?

The Supreme Court's past decisions were supposed to precipitate a "complete and systematic overhaul" of Ohio's school funding system. Since these decisions, the degree of "overhaul" has been thoroughly debated.

Bill Phillis, executive director of the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding, is far from content with the lawmakers and their attempts at a new system.

"I am concerned that the governor and legislature are not being held accountable for not complying with the court orders," Phillis said. "The economical distance between the poor and affluent school districts in this state is incredulous."

In the court's December-decision, it surrendered its jurisdiction - allowing the plaintiffs (DeRolph and a consortium of Ohio school districts) to re-open litigation in their original county of filing.

History

On May 9, 1991, lead plaintiff Nathan DeRolph filed a lawsuit in Perry County on behalf of five other school districts. Three years later, Judge Linton D. Lewis ruled Ohio's school funding system unconstitutional. After mountains of appeals between the state and the local courts, Lewis' decision was overturned on the grounds the legislature, not the courts, should determine the degree of school assistance.

In 1995, Phillis and his group, the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding, became involved. The coalition was then made up of more than 500 Ohio school districts. The case came to a temporary conclusion in March of 1997, when the Ohio Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the General Assembly had a year to fix the method of school funding

Visit The Lantern-Campus at   www.thelantern.com/  to view the full article.
 
http://ohioroundtable.org/issues/sfund/timeline.html
 
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/EDUCATION/12/11/school.funding.ap/
 
http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:63844450&refid=ink_puballmags&skeyword=&teaser=
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A42845-2002Dec11?language=printer
 
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=TO&Date=20021212&Category=NEWS24&ArtNo=112120085&Ref=AR&SectionCat=ARCHIVES30
 
EXCERPT  "COLUMBUS - For the third time since 1997, a 4-3 majority of the Ohio Supreme Court has declared that the state's system to pay for public schools is unconstitutional."

Citizens, I urge you not to turn a blind eye on this.  Protect your rights before you have nothing left to protect.

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