Unless We The People choose the Oedipus route and then get on all fours to our betters, we must open our eyes and use them. When we do, we just might see through this dark glass. We just might see the Democrat Party as it is rather than what is hidden behind the dancing mists of Maya. Here is the Democrat Party as it was and as it is.

It is the party of slavery.

The Democrat Party is the party of infanticide.

The Democrat Party is the party of sexual perversion.

The Democrat Party is the party of treason and an ally to tyrants.

The Democrat Party is the party of lawlessness.

The Democrat Party is the party of national dissolution.

The Democrat Party is the party of Christ hatred.

Each point above is expanded upon in a must-read post published yesterday at The Return of Scipio blog.

Hat tip: Doug Ross

If you agree with “Give ‘Em Hell” Harry Alford, let him know by sending a note to him at the address below:

Harry C. Alford, President & CEO
National Black Chamber of Commerce
1350 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 405
Washington DC, 20036

It appears the heat is being turned up on the man known to the world as President Barack Obama.  Yesterday, World Net Daily ran an article about a U.S. Army Reserve major from Florida having his orders for deployment to Afghanistan revoked within days after he argued that he should not be required to serve under a president who has not proven his eligibility for office by producing a long-form copy (a.k.a., “vault copy”) of his birth certificate that would prove he is a natural-born citizen of the United States.

During the past year, I’ve published some two-dozen posts on the subject of Obama’s refusal to produce a long-form copy (a.k.a., “vault copy”) of his birth certificate that would prove he is a natural-born citizen of the United States.  Unfortunately, he continues to refuse to produce — or simply cannot produce — that document, leading many to conclude that he is illegitimately occupying the office of president of the United States.

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Yesterday, House Democrats introduced a costly, burdensome and bureaucracy-laden plan for health care reform outlined in the graphic at right.  It stands in stark contrast to the health care reform alternative introduced by House Republicans last month.

The GOP health care reform plan would:

• Make quality health care coverage affordable and accessible for every American, regardless of pre-existing health conditions;

• Protect Americans from being forced into a new government-run health care plan that would eliminate the health care coverage that more than 100 million Americans currently receive through their job;

• Let Americans who like their health care coverage keep it, and give all Americans the freedom to choose the health plan that best meets their needs;

• Ensure that medical decisions are made by patients and their doctors, not government bureaucrats; and

• Improve Americans’ lives through effective prevention, wellness, and disease management programs, while developing new treatments and cures for life-threatening diseases.

If you don’t want a government-run health care system ACT NOW! CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS in Washington, D.C., and demand they oppose this dangerous and costly legislation.

Why?  Because, when applied per instructions, the ethyl alcohol contained in the vast majority of alcohol-based hand sanitizer products removes the body’s natural oils from the surface of the skin and, within only a few hours, fosters an environment within which bacteria actually returns in quantities larger than originally present.  With repeated use, it actually damages the skin.  So who wants to apply it to babies and other small children?

Most people — including mothers of young children — appear not to realize is that the leading brands of alcohol-based hand sanitizer (i.e., Purell®, Germ-X® et al) contain a minimum of 62 percent and as much as 95 percent ethyl alcohol. I use the caveat, “appear not to realize”, due to the fact two facts:

(1) Manufacturers of those products combine to sell tens of millions of dollars worth of product every year after more than 20 years on the market, and

(2) Many of those products are sold to mothers of young children.

One would think government agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control would pursue aggressively — or, at a minimum, promote — the development of alcohol-free hand sanitizer solutions.  But, alas, they do not.  Instead, they recommend alcohol-based hand sanitizer products be used when washing with soap and water is not possible.

Their confusion is evident in the e-mail below which came in response to my questions about the CDC’s apparent love affair with alcohol:

The FDA in their Tentative Final Monograph (TFM) judged there were adequate clinical trials data to prove alcohol-based (hand sanitizers) are effective in interrupting the transmission of bacteria in healthcare settings.

The FDA judged there were inadequate clinical trials data to prove AB-HS are effective in interrupting transmission of viruses  (note: it is not that there are any clinical data to suggest AB-HS won’t be effective, just a lack of data).

However, there are laboratory data that show AB-HS are effective in killing viruses, especially enveloped viruses such as influenza, to a degree similar to which they kill bacteria.  It is on the basis of such laboratory data that CDC recommends AB-HS for controlling transmission of viruses as well as bacteria in healthcare settings.

According to the FDA in their TFM, the available clinical and laboratory data were inadequate to prove non-alcohol based HS are effective in interrupting transmission of bacteria or viruses.

The CDC guidance recommending AB-HS is focused on the needs of healthcare workers.  The benefits of AB-HS in community settings have been extrapolated from this guidance.

L. Clifford McDonald, MD, FACP
Chief, Prevention and Response Branch
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Most manufacturers of alcohol-based hand sanitizer products boast that their products offer Log 4 efficacy, a standard represented 99.99 percent effective against germs.  Some claim their products meet only Log 3 efficacy (99.9 percent).  Still others tout Log 6 efficacy (99.9999 percent) and higher, though I suspect many of the latter claims are exaggerated.

Are better, safer alternatives available?  Indeed they are.

A simple Google Search of the phrase, “alcohol-free hand sanitizer”, yielded nearly 2.5 million results this afternoon.  Among those results, at least a handful — perhaps hundreds — must hold some promise.

If only the “experts” at the CDC and FDA would exercise a bit more due diligence.  Instead, it appears they promote hand washing and alcohol as “solutions” to promote hand hygiene.  In turn, members of the mainstream news media parrot their guidance when reporting on efforts to combat bacteria, germs and viruses, including the much-feared H1N1 virus (a.k.a., “Swine Flu”), Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Norovirus.  Then the public buys products based upon what they see, hear and read in the news media.

Stories like this one show up as “bogies” on my follow-the-money radar screen.  In other words, they make me wonder whether or not much the big manufacturers of alcohol-based hand sanitizers are funneling to policy makers in Washington, D.C., to ensure government agencies continue to recommend only their products.  Hmmm?

Hat tip:  Today’s Big Thing

“In other words, stop thinking of the Democratic Party as merely a political party, because it’s much more than that. We’re not just the party of slavery, segregation, secularism, and sedition. Not just the party of Aaron Burr, Boss Tweed, Richard J. Croker, Bull Connor, Chris Dodd, Richard Daley, Bill Ayers, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, and Emperor Barack Hussein Obama II. Not just the party of Kendall “Agent 202” Myers, the State Department official recruited as a Cuban spy along with his wife during the Carter administration. Rather, think of the Democratic Party as what it really is: a criminal organization masquerading as a political party.”

Thanks for sharing, Doug.