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The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent anyone else's view in any way, including those of my employer.
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The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent anyone else's view in any way, including those of my employer.
© Copyright 2007
 The favored locations for Internet fraudsters? Try Ebay as the number one target. Are you a buyer or seller? Then I should suggest watching the ‘impulse buys’ and making sure you know who you’re dealing with, and what you’re getting.
Also for sellers – Ebay offers to the option to sell your items outside of your country. Do you realize that Paypal (which is one of the most widely used, un-insured electronic funds transfer service) will not cover you if someone takes the product and then does a chargeback on your credit card? That means they now have the item that you sold them, and your money!!
So while Ebay and Paypal are tied at the hip, they do not incorporate the same techniques to protect their buyers. This is prime breeding ground for fraud. Frequently it will be the honest person who pays in the end. I know this because I’m one of them.
Don’t get me wrong – I like Ebay, and I would like Paypal if they were insured and didn’t already try to help steal $2,000 from me (now they are having some lawyers hound me, you can read all about that elsewhere on this site). Ultimately all I’m saying is that no one is doing anything to protect the buyer, so you need to watch out for yourself.
Mr. President, you are now proclaiming that Iran is supplying Iraqi militants with weapons to be used against Iraqis and Americans. You are beefing up the armed forces in the area. In the process you are helping to increase the national debt and taking money away from programs that can better funded here in the states.
With this further military build-up, based on intelligence that has yet to be put on record to the citizens of the United States, it has the uncanny resemblance of what took place back in 2003, before the invasion of Iraq, which we are still involved in, as well as Afganistan. Yet you manage to try to put the blame on others for the lack of cedible intel, and you still squander what goodwill the international community has extended to us, mudding up our good name. As you have stated, you are the Commander in Chief, and the responsibility to verify any information rests on your sholders when it comes to such decisions that will cost so many lives.
So, Mr. President, it’s time you let the people decide for themselves whether we believe your intelligence, and whether it is worthy of smearing us further. In other words, before bringing us into a third conflict prove that there is a legitimate reason for more spilled blood.
The state of Texas is mandating by law that teen and pre-teen girls receive Gardasil, a series of shots provided by Merck. It is used as a preventative measure against cervical cancer.
This, in my opinion, should be left entirely up to the parents and the child. As a parent, I believe that it will be up to my child. As an individual, I also believe that we are over-using medications, and that the reason for this has everything to do with the pharmaceutical pushing the medications for profit.
The case with Gardasil is a very good example of the profitability of a medication. Merck, with this medication, stands to make billions of dollars, while so many families suffer from lack of insurance. And the long-term effects are truly unknown, as with so many new medications.
Perhaps I would change my mind if there were an epidemic, or if there were cases of such cancer in my family. The fact of the matter is that neither is the case. No drug company should be pushing their product, let alone line the pockets of politicians to get those in power to push these meds.
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