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This is why I detest the pharmaceutical companies and the utterly corrupt FDA.  Take a look at this:

Now, I realize that clinical depression is a rather serious matter and that people suffering from its effects need serious intervention and treatment if they are to survive.

However, it’s also clear that many who are prescribed these brain-scrambling toxic drugs are not clinically depressed. How many people do you know who are taking these poisonous drugs because they have a hectic life and find difficulty in dealing with it? Probably quite a few.

The fine folks over at Brasscheck TV (where I found this video), had this to say on the subject:

Doctors have completely abdicated all responsibility for really understanding the impact of the drugs they prescribe.

They accept pharmaceutical industry representations uncritically along with what in any other industry could only be called bribes.

The FDA, the White House, Congress have demonstrated that they will not do anything to protect the public.

If you’re prescribed a drug, do your own homework. Don’t count on your physician to know what he or she is doing. Most don’t.

According to CNN Money, over 232 million prescriptions for antidepressants — generating over $12 billion in revenues — were dispensed in 2007. 232 million people sucking deadly rubbish into their bodies or forcing it on their children. And that’s in the United States alone.

The FDA has proven itself, time and again, to be as trustable in governing these matters as your dog is in keeping an eye on your cheeseburger. Time and again we read of drugs causing disastrous side effects — side effects that pharmaceutical companies play down dramatically — being part of the accepted medical response to serious problems as well as things that aren’t really problems to begin with (does your foot shake at night?).

It’s profit over human life. Plain and simple. And, until and unless doctors start pushing back against these filthy, greedy, inhumane pharmaceutical companies, it will continue.

Again, recognizing that clinical depression is a very serious matter, I find it difficult to believe that 232 million Americans were diagnosed with the illness in 2007. Something isn’t adding up.

Then again, something is. Profit. Profit over the health, longevity and very life of the individual. And, they keep getting away with it.

Try selling an ounce of grass on your street corner (the most non-addictive, non-toxic substance there is) and let me know how fast the cops were on you like ticks on a hound.

Who are the criminals here? Seriously?

Or not. I found this little bit of viral marketing rather amusing. Still, if I were in charge for a few weeks, there’d be plenty of things I wouldn’t mind turning upside down.

Some people think he’s spot on whilst others will tell you that he’s completely off his rocker. Love him or hate him, Alex Jones is one brave son of a gun.

On July 4, Jones released 9/11 Chronicles: Truth Rising. The film is yet one more critique of the government’s response to the events of September 11, 2001 and a supporting gesture to the 9/11 Truth movement and other civil liberties activists who believe the events of that day served to benefit the government in reducing the freedoms of the average American citizen.

You needn’t be a conspiracy theorist to see how effectively the American people have been put at heel by the current field of elected halfwits. Nor do you need to sympathize with the mourners of those fallen to understand why this type of uprising was simply bound to happen.

Here it is from Google Video. You decide for yourself.

On matters of money and liberty, once again Ron Paul delivers the goods. But, will anyone listen?

The former Presidential candidate, still seated in Congress, has penned a lengthy but very powerful statement to the Congress which he will introduce as a special order next week.

In it, the 10-term representative outlines the reasons for our failing economy and the potential for a disastrous outcome. Paul’s doctrine of sound money, non-intervention foreign policy and settled civil liberties is one he’s supported for over 35 years.

During the campaign process, he was labeled as a crazy man for holding such values.

Well, with Rome burning and our elected officials just fiddling away, I’m not sure Ron Paul can be called the crazy one anymore.

You can read the entire entry by clicking the link below. Get comfortable as it’s a hefty piece of work. When you’re done, send it along to everyone in your address book.

Ron Paul - Something Big is Going On

Anyone who’s been here before knows there used to be a whole lot of content. Now, it’s gone buh-bye and it will take some time for me to replace it. What happened? A web hosting company called iPower happened.

iPower hosted my site for a number of years and provided fairly decent service. So much so that I placed several clients with them. Then, in October of last year, iPower merged with iPowerWeb (yes, they were separate companies) and forced all of their customers onto a new platform which made use of updated vDeck control panel functionality.

It doesn’t sound like a single site moved without drama. I lost a lot of trust from my clients and I can’t say that I blame them a bit.

Well, they never transitioned mine. In fact, I received several emails from them, asking if I wanted to move. To all of them, I replied ‘no’.

So, early this week, they just took it down. No notice. No warning. No migrating the site to the new platform. They just took the entire thing down. After 24 hours of trying to get a reply from their technical support team, I learned that iPower would provide no backup to me, no refund for unused hosting services and — essentially — nothing to correct their cock up.

Now, part of the purpose of this site is to support my freelance creative and PR business. The rest is just me ranting like a madwoman. So, I’m not entirely dependent on it for my livelihood. If I were, I’d be hotter than a two-dollar pistol.

iPower is pretty much the most irresponsible business provider I’ve had to deal with. I feel rather sorry for their corporate customers.

So, the content will come back one day, but not today. Thanks for not pointing at me and laughing hysterically (you’re not, are you?). I’ve learned my lesson.