Chelation Therapy for Autism

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Mon, 06 Jun 2005 12:00:00 GMT

From jomama:

"The plans differ; the planners are all alike..." -- Frederic Bastiat

From muth:

"This war in Iraq, in my opinion, is worse than anything Nixon did." -- George McGovern

# John Wiltbank at The Libertarian Enterprise - Adventures in Draft Dodging - Mr. Wiltbank sent a letter to the Selective Service (SS) five years ago, signing the draft registration form, but stating that he wanted to be unregistered, as he didn't agree to be enslaved. He's still a free man along with some 3 million other people who never registered. [tle]

I hope this will strongly encourage all you young readers to not register. Come on, even the common sheeple ignore this nonsense; what kind of libertarian are you if you docilely comply? The chances of bad consequences are extremely low. To put things in perspective, driving a car carries an exponentially greater risk of jail time or other violations of your freedom. Look at me: I made an unwise, grandstanding gesture that could only have drawn attention to myself and got me put on some list. Despite this, the fodder-herders still have not come out to arrest me.

# Vin Suprynowicz at The Las Vegas Review-Journal - Success in treating autism? - Chelation therapy takes mercury out of the bodies of people who genetically can't do it themselves. Apparently, it sometimes cures autism. Far out! I won't hold my breath for the f.d.a. to approve it. But I'll recommend Generation Rescue to any parents of autistic kids I meet.

In Royal Palm, Fla., Charlie Hoover's 7-year-old son, Lenny, suffered classic symptoms of autism: spinning in circles, repetitive behaviors and tantrums. "After Lenny's diagnosis, the more I read, the more the knot in my stomach tightened," Hoover explains. "It was as if our son had died."

But after chelation therapy rid Lenny's body of mercury, his father contends his symptoms disappeared. Lenny, who loves to play T-ball, is now enrolled in regular kindergarten.

"If your child got lead poisoning from eating paint chips, you would certainly do something about that," Hoover says. "What's the difference between mercury and lead?"

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate of more than 1 in 166 children diagnosed with autism is up from 1 in 2,500 since the 1970s -- a time frame that parallels an enormous increase in the number of childhood vaccinations recommended here in America, vaccines which to this day can contain mercury-based thimerosal preservative (though the stuff has been removed from veterinary vaccines, having been judged unsafe for pets).

But the CDC -- which has actually terminated research into any links between autism and heavy metal poisoning (see my columns of Sept. 12 through Sept. 26, 2004) -- still contends autism is an untreatable, lifelong disorder.

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-- Bill St. Clair

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Every man, woman, and responsible child has an unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon -- rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- any time, any place, without asking anyone's permission.

-- L. Neil Smith

Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says is that infringing the right of the people to keep and bear arms is treason. What else do you call an act that endangers "the security of a free state"? And if it's treason, then it's punishable by death. I suggest due process, speedy trials, and public hangings.

-- L. Neil Smith

A Penalty Clause for the Bill of Rights

Any official, appointed or elected, at any level of government, who attempts, through legislative act or other means, to nullify, evade, or avoid the provisions of the first ten amendments to this Constitution, or of the Thirteenth Amendment, shall be summarily removed from office, and, upon conviction, deprived of all pay and benefits including pension, and sentenced to imprisonment for life.

-- L. Neil Smith

Based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, and some of its own empirical work, the panel couldn't identify a single gun control regulation that reduced violent crime, suicide or accidents.

-- John Lott, commenting on the National Academy of Sciences report on gun control laws.

Who is a libertarian?

Zero Aggression Principle ("Zap")

"A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to advocate or delegate its initiation. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim."

-- L. Neil Smith

(Formerly called the "Non-Aggression Principle", or "NAP")

Why Did It Have to be... Guns?

Make no mistake: all politicians -- even those ostensibly on the side of guns and gun ownership -- hate the issue and anyone, like me, who insists on bringing it up. They hate it because it's an X-ray machine. It's a Vulcan mind-meld. It's the ultimate test to which any politician -- or political philosophy -- can be put.

If a politician isn't perfectly comfortable with the idea of his average constituent, any man, woman, or responsible child, walking into a hardware store and paying cash -- for any rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- without producing ID or signing one scrap of paper, he isn't your friend no matter what he tells you.

If he isn't genuinely enthusiastic about his average constituent stuffing that weapon into a purse or pocket or tucking it under a coat and walking home without asking anybody's permission, he's a four-flusher, no matter what he claims.

What his attitude -- toward your ownership and use of weapons -- conveys is his real attitude about you. And if he doesn't trust you, then why in the name of John Moses Browning should you trust him?

-- L. Neil Smith

Concise

"Tell me," I was once asked, "What do you think about gun control? Give me the short answer." To which I replied, "If you try to take our firearms we will kill you."

-- Mike Vanderboegh

Also from The Atlanta Declaration:

... like going to the bathroom, breathing, eating, sleeping, or making love, it turns out that self-defense is a bodily function one cannot safely or effectively delegate to a second party.

-- L. Neil Smith

This does not mean that "Marijuana should be available by prescription." It means that morphine sulfate should be available in five pound bags at the supermarket for a couple of bucks, like sugar... but probably in a different aisle, to avoid confusion.

-- Vin Suprynowicz

If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.

-- Edward Abbey

The state can only survive as long as a majority is programmed to believe that theft isn't wrong if it's called taxation or asset forfeiture or eminent domain, that assault and kidnapping isn't wrong if it's called arrest, that mass murder isn't wrong if it's called war.

-- Bill St. Clair