mmmm... orange juice

Running

I love orange juice, in fact, I'm drinking a glass right now. Not only is it oh so very tasty, it also has the good stuff, that being potassium and vitamin C (2 key ingredients for the fuel in my fire). Enough of the health class crap, today was good but kinda boring. Had to run at Stoney Run again cuz the roads really blow right now with the ice and such. But it's all good, even if the footing sucks in the snow.

Life.... "Environmentalists like to lie Pt. 1"

I've been getting back into the political news, opinions, essay etc. Read an article by Michael Crichton the other day about environmentalism (http://www.crichton-official.com/speeches/speeches_quote05.html). My guess is anyone reading this probably won't read the article, cuz gee, God forbid you might take the turn to read something involving an intellectual thought process. Moreover, the article pointed out a number of lies that they have brainwashed us with in school, such as "DDT being a carcinogen and thus having a harmful affect on the environment." Though, many of the points are not backed up in the article, I have done my own research into the issue and thus far those opposed to the ban of DDT have been scientists. Whereas, those for the ban I have found to be mere reporters giving sources such as the book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson; by the way, I've found a review on that book done by a professor at San Jose State pointing out the lies or misconceptions on almost every page of the book. "Why might DDT be such an important issue?" you might ask. I'll tell you why in the form of a question: Why do you think we no longer have maleria in the southern region of the United States? Maybe because DDT was used to wipe out the mosquitoes who carried the disease. Thus, countless numbers of Americans have been saved from sickness or possible death. However, what about those other parts of the world that were not able to use DDT to fully exterminate the disease-carrying mosquitoes before it was banned? Places like Africa and a number of southeast Asian island chains. Well, to this very day, millions, yes, literally millions (!!!!), of people have died from Maleria, a disease that could have been eliminated had DDT been allowed to be used effectively. Just something to think about, if you even care. ~ Rich