What is the truth on GMO's..?" 'James "Kimo" Rosen

Obama Da Dog and her master James "Kimo" Rosen recently listened to panel of Pro-GMO scientists talk story about farming food and our future at the Kapa'a Elementary school cafeteria. Our conclusion was GMO's are not the anti-Christ although many seem to differ.

Scientists  talk story about the scientific value of GMO's at a talk story session on 07-30-13 at Kapa'a elementary school cafeteria. People are believing propaganda that is hearsay. Rat's getting cancer from eating GMO food is a common scare tactic, come to learn the rats in the study that ate non GMO food also contacted cancer. The rats used in the study are the variety prone to cancer. This is one of many examples that needs to be heard.

Airfares are out of sight, Kaua'i could go Bankrupt 
What is the Truth on GMO's?

Councilman Gary Hooser the co-author of controversial bill 2491  did not show up at either talk story session about GMO farming,food and our future  on the west side or east side to learn about the scientific  realities of GMO's.  

Kauai county councilman and former State Senator Gary
Hooser addressing a crowd at Kapa'a public library.
Check out my opinion article in the (08-05-13) edition of the  Kaua'i Garden Island news; 
" Kaua'i could Go bankrupt."
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-monday-august/article_92da6dbe-fd98-11e2-a340-0019bb2963f4.html

Mr. Hooser and others are believing propaganda that is hearsay.  Rat's getting cancer from eating GMO food is a common scare tactic, come to learn from the talk story session with 5 prominent scientists that  the rats in the study that ate non GMO food also contacted cancer. The rats used in the study are the variety prone to cancer. This is one of many scarred rumors that need to be heard.

In the interim I am afraid that the   contrarians (  SouthPark calls  the ones whose parents came to Kauai on cruise ships ) the same people behind the demise of the super-ferry are back.

Councilman Hooser was instrumental in the demise of the Superferry which in turn caused the airlines to have a monopoly on inter island travel and now  charge outrageous prices. Many times you can fly from Honolulu to Las Vegas round-trip cheaper than a round-trip from Kauai to Oahu.

   Now if  bill 2491 passes it would add drastically to unemployment on Kauai, possibly leading Kaua'i to do what Detroit just did, file bankruptcy.

It's time to stand up to Hooser and  listen to facts not hearsay. Be careful of Hooser as we do not want to become losers.


Check out my opinion article in the (08-05-13) edition of the  Kaua'i Garden Island news; 
" Kaua'i could Go bankrupt."

http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-monday-august/article_92da6dbe-fd98-11e2-a340-0019bb2963f4.html

A talk story session on GMO  farming food and our future
was attended by approximately 200 people

The audience listens intently to the scientists discuss the facts of GMO science.

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"Obesity..." 'Bettyjo Dux' ( Classic Wednesday)

Bettejo Dux has lived on the cosmic garden island
of Kaua'i over 30 years. She is an animal lover, people lover and lover of life.

Today Bettejo blogs about obesity and how  you can control it...Enjoy!

She will be 83 years young next  week and is still active in life and community.

You can order a copy of her Novella "The Scam "below.www.bettejodux.com

Obesity

Fat’s s all over the news. It’s all over the place. Even Michelle speaks about it. Walk through any American city, any town, any street, and you’ll see them, the waddlers. Not just adults. Kids. This is not normal body fat, this is, sick American fat.

On our discussion site on Kauai we have one very cranky gentleman who is overweight and suffers from hypoglycemia. Why is that?  is it a disease? We know the his grumpy attitude is a symptom of the dysfunction. What is he doing wrong? What does his doctor say?

I have a theory . Many, if not most, of these poor people are starving to death. What? Starving? Look how fat they are. Starving people are skin and bones, we’ve seen them in third world countries; and  that’s a bit like saying, “What global warming? Look how cold it is. See the snow.”

The kind of fat/starvation I’m talking about is often caused by a lack of money, just as in third world countries, but here, with some paper in their pockets, people buy cheap, fast foods. Fill the belly. Stuff the junk in the  mouth. Chew. Swallow. Go to McWhoever’s and buy a cheap hamburger-with a bite of lettuce-for a couple of those long green paper things. Bread and beef fills their bellys- that’s for sure, look at them- and they’re starving. Their bodies are screaming for food. More food. Feed me. Buy a Twinkie. Grab a soft drink. Ease the pain of starvation.

Every body has nutritional needs. Not just a need to fill the belly, and, if these nutritional needs are not met, the body screams for it. But it doesn’t say to the poor suffering victim of fat/starvation, “I need some B vitamins. I need some A. I need some C.” Well it does, actually, but the poor starving fellow doesn’t get it. Doesn’t hear it. He just stuffs some more stuff in his mouth, chews and swallows, and goes back for more.

How many of you eat microwave dinners?  Some quite delicious. Some quite expensive. Some even organic, so the label says. The label on the box lists all the vitamins, all the good stuff, but did you ever stop to read the fat content? Some of those ‘healthy choice’ boxes of stuff contain 30% saturated fat! Saturated fat! About the unhealthiest stuff you can stuff in your mouth, chew, stuff in your belly and-boy oh boy-watch that part of your anatomy bulge up a storm of sickness.

The answer? Find out what your body needs. In Adelle’s book, LET’S GET WELL,  in many books about nutrition, in the index you will find many obvious physical and emotional symptoms of vitamin deficiencies. Your body’s telling you something. Listen. Learn.  Don’t fall for fads. Or pills. If you fill your nutritional needs you won’t feel hunger. You can eat less. Be well fed and grow thin. Honest.

P.S. The most original Bar Mitzvah invitation ever!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KulHKziEeMc#at=114

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An Underground Lotto In Hawai'i... "James "Kimo" Rosen'

Buy a Big Mac at any McDonald's starting July 16th
 for your chance at becoming a millionaire.
It's like buying a lotto ticket with a free meal!

An Underground Lotto in Hawai'i

Hawai'i is one of eight  states without a lottery, The States that currently do not have lotteries are: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.

Nevada offers  just about every form of gambling except a lottery;
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/apr/03/why-nevada-offers-just-about-every-gambling-option/

 Hawai'i Lawmakers believe the poor will spend whatever money they may have on lotto tickets, the irony being is Las Vegas is known as the 9th island and is  the number one vacation destination for Hawai'i people. Although Nevada is one of the states without a lottery it offers almost every other form of gaming known to man and woman kind.

There is a way people in Hawai'i and the 7 other states without a lottery can at least spend money in hopes of a lucrative financial dream come true... Just buy a Big Mac at any McDonald's and some lucky winner will win one million dollars.

You, me or some  lucky person somewhere in America will buy a Big Mac and there will be a sticker on it that  says, "you just won one million buckaroos.

For all my  friends on the Hawai'ian islands who can only dream of a lottery,  now is your time to  not only play a lotto with purchasing a Big Mac but having a meal to boot.

Now if only we could get  the State to legalize Bingo in churches. That's right America, even bingo is considered gambling and  is illegal in Hawai'i.

Promise not to tell anyone,looks like I'm going to gamble at Micky D's today! Whose in?

Epilogue, my father always told me if you want the word to get out tell 10 people, "promise not to tell anyone!"

Read, "What  8 States are without a lottery and why?"
http://www.streetdirectory.com/etoday/what-8-states-are-without-lotteries-and-why-wcjlow.html


P.S.  For all you anti-GMO'ers, an important and informative  article in the New York Times about the majority of oranges being GMO's;
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/science/a-race-to-save-the-orange-by-altering-its-dna.html

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"Kaua'i's First Day Without Sears..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen'

The Revelation of Sears Kukui Grove center ,Kaua'i, A Hui Hou Sears...

A sad day indeed as Sears is no longer doing retail business on the Garden Island.

Kaua'i's First Day Without Sears

Sears has just closed it's only store on Kaua'i. Today is the first day the Garden island has been without a Sears retail outlet in over 30 years.  Sears has been an American Institution since 1886. 

It is a true sign of the times as many Department stores around the country begin to close shop.  Retail history is changing and with so many people purchasing nearly everything online it won't be long until other Department stores take Sear's lead.

It has been reported that many Department stores are going to start charging a cover charge similar to bars just to get  in and browse, since so  many people go to the retail outlets  then go home and purchase online  what they tried on at lower prices. The cover charge would be applied towards any purchases should you  purchase  anything. If you do not buy it will cost you your cover charge, somewhere in and around  the likes of $5.00-$10.00

Sears  Kaua'i , which was one of the first retailers to open at the local shopping mall, "Kukui Grove Center" in 1982,

 The closure will leave will leave 41 associates  out of work. This all  happening after the largest Hawaii Sears store at Ala Moana Center in Honolulu  closed it's doors  last month.

So sad, definitely a sign of the times. Don't be fooled, the recession  is not over as reported in the news but rather another is on the horizon...

A Hui Hou (until we meet again) Sears

I cannot say it better, so enclosed is a brief history of the nostalgic Department store as outlined in the online encyclopedia  Britannica

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/531000/Sears-Roebuck-and-Company

In 1886 Richard W. Sears founded the R.W. Sears Watch Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to sell watches by mail order. He relocated his business to Chicago in 1887, hired Alvah C. Roebuck to repair watches, and established a mail-order business for watches and jewelry. The company’s first catalog was offered the same year. In 1889 Sears sold his business but a few years later founded, with Roebuck, another mail-order operation, which in 1893 came to be known as Sears, Roebuck and Company. In 1895 Julius Rosenwald, a wealthy clothing manufacturer, bought out Roebuck’s interest, and he reorganized the mail-order business. Sears meanwhile wrote the company’s soon-to-be-famous catalogs. The company grew phenomenally by selling a range of merchandise at low prices to farms and villages that had no other convenient access to retail outlets. The initiation of rural free delivery (1896) and of parcel post (1913) by the U.S. postal service enabled Sears to send its merchandise to even the most isolated customers. Rosenwald succeeded Sears as president of the company in 1909.

Between 1920 and 1943 Sears owned Encyclopædia Britannica, which it sold through the catalog. In 1924 General Robert E. Wood joined the company and became its guiding genius for the next 30 years. Wood noted that the automobile was making retail outlets in urban centres more accessible to consumers in outlying suburbs and rural areas. To exploit this opportunity, he opened the first Sears retail store (in Chicago) in 1925, and the number of stores increased so rapidly that by 1931 retail sales had topped mail-order sales. The company flourished in the economic boom after World War II and was not seriously challenged as America’s largest retailer until the 1980s, when the Kmart Corporation surpassed it in total sales. Wal-Mart eventually surpassed both and became, before the end of the 20th century, the largest retailer in the world.

In the 1980s Sears diversified into such businesses as real estate and financial services, but by 1992 Sears began selling off some subsidiaries in order to concentrate on its lagging core retail operations. It discontinued its general catalog in 1993 and in 1995 spun off its largest subsidiary, the Allstate Corporation, an insurance company founded by Sears in 1931. In addition to selling household goods, hardware, and clothing, Sears provides repair services for automobiles and for household items such as appliances, electronic equipment, and home heating and cooling systems. Sears merged with Kmart in 2005.


YouTube, 2 minute history of sears;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7byMUCmtUn4

Check out my photo on page A-2 of the 07-26-13 edition of the Kauai Garden Island News,"Sears Final days: The revelation of Sears Kukui Grove, A Hui Hou Sears...
http://thegardenisland.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

P.S.
My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend.
..................................... Rodney Dangerfield

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"One restaurant at a time.." 'Judith Whitehead' (Inspiration Sunday)

"Guest-blogger Judith Whitehead lives in Amherst N.Y. and has worked in the ophthalmology field of medicine for over 30 years... Today she talks about one of  her favorite ways to escape... !Enjoy! ;D)

Going through Life…One restaurant at a time

Working full long days can become stressful in the medical field; my husband and I have found a way to break up the week and de stress from the day.  We often like to try new restaurants in the area; during the week we try and keep it economical and frequent mid-range prices.  It’s our little get a way from the hustle of the day even if only for an hour or so.  We try and keep it simple, usually eating  at establishments that have gotten to know us.  

Some restaurants even have gotten to know what we are going to order…It’s comforting to eat in a place where you are recognized; kind of like an extended family.  So if you are unable to take a well needed vacation…just think of a few establishments that you have not tried before and take a little breath from the bustle of the day and chillax.

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"Travel ain't what it used to be..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen'

 Who needs to vacation when riding my bicycle with my dog running alongside with friends
is more relaxing than hopping on an airplane and going away...

Travel ain't what it used to be

Is it just me?

Travel sure ain't what it used to be.

The airlines are always packed to capacity, the seats are closer together and they pack you in like cattle. 

Families are  traveling with out of control kids.

If you happen to get seated next to an Obese person or someone who wants to drink and talk this can be a very unpleasant experience,factor all this in with with the perverts at  airport security and  getting nickle and dimed for every pound of luggage.

You can no longer meet people like a potential life mate since  everyone is in their own narcissistic world with their cell phones, i-phones i-pads and laptops in constant use.

Traveling by air is what bus travel was years ago. Air travel used to be special, people wore their finest clothing and practiced proper manners, now it's like trailer park  trash people flying the airwaves.

Restaurants are not much better, tables seem closer together and everyone is so sensitive. What ever happened to being able to send your food back if it wasn't cooked right? Now it seems cooks and  wait staff have become too sensitive and what was the customer is always right has turned into be careful you don't offend the employees.

Call me an agoraphobic,  the best  vacation is just  staying home.   There you will not  have any brat kicking your seat or some cab-driver giving you  stink eye because your tip did not meet their expectations.

I chose to stay home and  enjoy the vacation I call life. Riding my bicycle to the grocery store with my dog running alongside me is all I need.

P.S.
The Royal couple actually named their baby after George, the character played by Jason Alexander on the Seinfeld show; http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/07/royal_baby.html

P.S.S.

My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met.
..................................... Rodney Dangerfield

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What is Happening in America..?" 'Deborah Morel' (Reporting from Australia!)

Guest blogger and friend Deborah Morel recently moved to Australia  from Honolulu Hawaii to work in law enforcement. This employment in Australia follows three years previously employed with the New Zealand Ministry of Education, as an Education Advisor and member of a trauma team responding to threats of suicide and possible sexual assault.
One of Deborah's  favorite quotes close to heart is, "The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do this for them." Lois McMaster Bujold
Today Deborah talks about Australians  trying to understand America...Enjoy!

What is Happening in America?

My family has recently arrived to Australia to work, attend University, and live; I have resumed my professional status in law enforcement/social work. I am delighted to finally return to this part of the world of Australia and New Zealand, and being given the opportunity to work along side some highly qualified and ethical lawmakers and professionals--my family beginning a new chapter.

It is somewhat like coming home. Memories of comfort, sensibility, and fond memories, are all around my family. I am considered by the Aussies to be "dyed in the wool." In American terms the saying " as honest as the day is long,"  is an equivalent. Year after year, Australia and New Zealand--by reliable global research, meters and gauges, rank top as two of the 5 most ethical, and happy, countries in which to live. The attitudes, and conduct, of Australians, and New Zealanders, demonstrate these rankings.

Several days ago, a story was published by Australian news. The title of the story is "Tampons banned, guns allowed at Texas senate vote." There has been more than one Australian ask some honest questions of me about why the US government is not getting the gun violence crisis, in the US, under control.

Australians, honestly, want to try and understand, because no matter how they search their minds or reason, it just doesn't make sense. These questions to me, as an American, are in hopes of a better understanding to what is actually happening in the USA regarding the outbreak of violence in America.  I would be the one who might have the answers. These Aussies are hoping that I can provide answers that will help them to stop searching their minds. They truly want to understand with an open mind, give every benefit of the doubt, and their concern is felt.

The most common response by Aussies is similar to, "I just can't make sense of why something isn't being done. There are rights to bear arms, but this seems crazy."  I will add that Australians tend to be especially polite, open minded, worldly, and keep their opinions to themselves when speaking to strangers. I will, also, add that the Australian news, and media, publish only a very, very short order of the daily incidents of gun violence occurring in the US; however, Australians are apparently getting enough of a hint to know that gun violence is out of control in the US. I believe that they don't know the half of it.

Sadly, and with my own sense of embarrassment as an American, the honest answer that stops the intellectual searching as to why little is being done to stump American gun violence is because the issue is political--not that of a government driven social or safety campaign as one would expect. Our US political leaders have thrown US citizens under the bus. The National Rifle Association has been lining high powered politicians' pockets for years. The issue is about power, favour, and greed.

In the end, innocent US citizens become the victims of these political plays--citizens such as the 20 children, and 6 adults, whose lives were taken in Newtown, CT, Sandy Hook Elementary School gun violence. The children killed accounted for more than 2 percent of Sandy Hook Elementary student enrollment. 

In April 1996, Australia had its own gun violence tragedy in Port Arthur. What was different from that of our own gun violence tragedies in the USA? As Australian writer John Cook is quoted, "This tragedy set a new dimension for the heartache and national despair through Australia...In a remarkable turnaround, the Liberal and National parties lead the way towards much stricter gun laws."  All Australian states and territories pulled together in an "Amnesty Gun Buy Back" campaign. The campaign was successful. About 640,000 guns (many prohibited) were taken under this scheme.  The Australian government immediate Gun Buy Back scheme, and rapidly crafted legislature by, both, the National and Liberal Parties in unison for stricter gun laws, have saved lives.

In our own country, in childish acts of defiance, Speaker of the House, John Boehner, and US President Barack Obama, cannot even get past being in the presence of the other in the same room while in the capacity of public servants. This, while according to researchers, Chris Kirk and Dan Kois, as of 07/14/2013, there have been roughly 8,085 people die from guns in the United States since Newtown CT, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Every day, about 75 American children are shot.  "Most recover — 15 do not. Gunshot wounds are now the leading cause of death for teenage boys in America (white, African-American, urban, and suburban)."  The data and facts are startling enough, and the blatant lack of action on the part of the US government to remedy the gun violence crisis clear enough, that I am concerned for my family, friends, children, and all citizens of the USA. What will the future hold for our children, families and the Nation?

P.S. as I was posting Deborah's blog I received an email and Facebook update. Today is the day she relocated from

from Brisbane to Perth,  it is like going from New York to California and further. Here's whats currently happening almost this very second in Debora's life. God Bless you my friend!

I have always said, Never get behind me in a grocery line because no matter what, this line will end up with the longest wait. This evacuation at Brisbane Australia Airport was at the time I was flying from Brisbane to Perth. Merry Christmas to me. I ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS travel light, but in this case, I had more heavy suitcases, packages, than I have ever travelled with in all of my life--literally. This was one leg in my "relocation" from the US to Autralia, so by these terms, I didn't have much at all. But, by terms of traveling by air, I had much too many items. Top it off with 2 personal computers as well. As I was dragging all this "stuff" thu security check point, a security officer ran to a ringing phone, and then with a tone of urgency stated to other security officers that there had bee a security breach at Qantas. After hearing this news, I wondered how far I would get with all my stuff. I was stopped before leaving the secured area, and my suitcases/computers/bags gone through and scanned for possible explosive material. I can't blame any officer for stopping me with all the stuff I was hauling. Made it to the other end of the terminal, onto the aircraft, belongings stowed, sat down, made phone calls, "I've boarded,"...then, the announcement, "Breached security point, evacuate terminal." Hauled all this stuff back to the start, waited...and waited, while some people climbing over other people. Called to go thru security check point, again. Line wrapped around building. Some people pushing in the line, and stepping all over others. In the mayhem , I lost a brand new all weather coat, and contact lenses. Drag my stuff back to the gate, stowed the stuff, got in my seat...and away we went. Aloha, Deborah Morel

Read ABC's News account of the Details;

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-24/brisbane-airport-evacuated-over-security-scare/4841480

P.S.S

Democrats and Republicans aside, America should be proud of Bush 41!
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/07/24/george-hw-bush-cancer-secret-service/2584467/

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