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March 23, 2010

Health care bill passes as law and Ron Paul menstruates

Filed under: Dishonest Dude Finder,Dishonest K,Funny Stories,General,Humor,Serious Stories — Tags: biden, bill, care, health, house, obama, pass, senate — admin @ 9:03 pm

March 23rd 2010 a landmark bill passed today and the controversy begins. Ron Paul laid an egg and I did too!

“If costs were lowered, more people could simply pay for what they need out of pocket, as they were able to do before government got so involved. Instead, in the name of going after greedy insurance companies, the federal government is going to make people even more beholden to them by mandating that everyone buy their product!” – Ron Paul March 23, 2010

He goes on to implicate the media, not just in this instance, as fooling the public for payoffs and benefits from corporations. Although this stance seems a tad radical, he may not be far off. 1984 by George Orwell and V for Vendetta are great mediums depicting Big Brother’s manipulation on the masses. With growing government control we may find an increase in doctors like the one below, seemingly trustworthy and handsome yet, underpaid and deviant.

I found this interpreted version of the Health Care Bill from a U.S. military officer here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2300451/posts

This is the House interpretation here:

http://edlabor.house.gov/blog/2009/10/affordable-health-care.shtml

There seems to be many different interpretations. So who is telling the truth? It is very difficult for the lay person to interpret the actual 1,017 page bill with factual results. So who can you trust to give you the facts and make a decision, or do we even have a say anyway? What it really comes down to is money, as long as you can overlook the infringement of one’s Constitutional Right of Liberty.

Back to money, what will I have to pay for medical care (hospital, dental, vision, surgery, etc.) based on my AGI from my yearly return? Let’s use our current social form of health care Medicaid, as an example:

Your husband is out of work and your wife grosses $24,000 per year, which puts you $100 giveth or taketh over to qualify however, your children “may” still be covered. This is why most college grads, uneducated adults, and unemployed or underemployed people lack health insurance, because they simply cannot afford it. Yet, do not qualify for Medicaid because of their ridiculous income cutoffs. Even New York Health Care Plus plans are expensive, not $600 per month, but $200-400 depending on which plan you have.

The big question is how will the cutoffs change in favor of the underpaid, unemployed, and underemployed demographic and what exactly will it cost, especially since we will have to purchase the product or be fined heavily? Then there is the demographic that can afford private quality health insurance who are seriously concerned about the future quality of health care if the government is now in control.

Lastly, t-shirts and health care go together like the media in bed with corporations and government. Rock this DHT tee shirt at dishonestees.com. Fuel the Revolution!

- Dishonest K

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March 19, 2010

Monsanto kills the Sacred cow and controls U.S. food supply – Dishonest or White Collar Genocide?

Filed under: Dishonest Dude Finder,Dishonest K,General,Serious Stories,T-Shirt News — Tags: corn, food, GMO, Monsanto, seed, soy — admin @ 8:30 pm

Follow the poison trail:

Our tax dollars subsidize the growing of corn on a massive scale.
Genetically and chemically modified corn is created by Monsanto.
It’s sold and in many cases forced on farmers to grow and harvest vs. naturally.
The plants are saturated with Roundup and fertilizers.
60% of the corn goes to feeding 80% of the livestock we eat.
The rest is sold as produce, modified for packaged processed foods and products, and plenty is exported as well.
We pay for and eat these poisonous produce, products, and foods.
We get sick, from depression and anxiety to cancer and diabetes.
Yet again we pay for the medical care needed to treat the illnesses.

For movie lovers:

1. Food Inc. – documentary
2. Fast Food Nation - not documentary but based on truth
3. The Corporation – excellent insight into Capitalism and it’s corruption in America
4. Soylent Green – oldy but goody! Charlton Heston. “Soylent Green is People.”
5. Super Size Me ….. is a descent one to watch with respect to how fast food affects your health.

Monsanto MOHX, MLSX, MON, MCPX and MONX. Why are these letter combinations linked to the Monsanto company? Anyway the business name even sounds Dishonest.

Genetically Modified Organism manufacturer/designer

Presently, Monsanto sells 90% of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in the world. They own patents on their Genetically and chemically altered seeds, regular seeds (seeds found in nature!), and they are in the process of cloning and patenting GM animals and soon GM humans.

90% of soy beans and 80% corn seeds grown in the U.S. are GMOs purchased from Monsanto. They were modified to grow fast, big, and strong while being treated heavily with Monsanto’s famous product, Roundup weed killer and herbicide. They also produce insecticides, pesticides, and fertilizers. All proven to kill lab animals, cause cancer, liver failure, and they are personally responsible for the suffering and death of people in nearby communities because of toxic dumping from their facilities. Something they and the state knew and kept quiet while people, mostly African Americans died from their exposure.

Monsanto has placed former lobbyists and lawyers of Monsanto company in the White House, specifically with the FDA. This enabled them to patent life (GM seeds, regulare seed, animals, and soon humans) and force farmers to use their seeds and theirs only. And, the farmers cannot use seeds from the crop for the following season. As mentioned above, they own the patent for a GM soy bean, now dominating 90% of farms in the U.S. and the same in many other countries.

SILK is not organic - Monsanto GM soy beans - poison

SILK, the top brand of SOY MILK in high demand now, is made from these very same Monsanto GM soy beans and Chinese GM soy beans. Dean Foods bought SILK recently, kept the old packaging and just removed the little “Organic” stamp, but did not tell their customers.

80% of corn grown in the U.S. are GM from Monsanto. 60% of all corn grown in America is used to feed livestock. Billions of tax payer money is used to subsidize the growing of this corn. Then much of the corn is modified into forms like High fructose corn syrup and all of these:

Cellulose, Xylitol,Maltodextrin, Ethylene, Gluten, Fibersol-2, Citrus Cloud Emulsion, Inosital,Fructose, Calcium Stearate, Saccharin, Sucrose, Sorbital, Citric Acid, Di-glycerides, Semolina, Sorbic Acid, AlphaTocopherol, Ethyl Lactate, Polydextrose, Xantham Gum, White Vinegar,Ethel Acetate, Fumaric Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Baking Powder, Zein, VanillaExtract, Margarine, and Starch.

Next time you visit the grocery store look at the ingredients of almost every packaged product from Windex to Peanut butter, they have at least one or more of these poisonous ingredients. Studies have proven that these ingredients are a major factor with obesity and diabetes in children and adults. Not to mention it’s contribution to various Cancers and other mystery diseases and illnesses.

They are essentially committing a slow, white collar, and technological Genocide on the entire human race. They will squeeze every last cent of profit from each one of us, using the food supply, the material marketplace, the health and pharmaceutical industries, and last but not least, the media!

Monsanto was founded in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1901, by John Francis Queeny, a 30-year veteran of the pharmaceutical industry. He funded the start-up with his own money and capital from a soft drink distributor, and gave the company his wife’s maiden name. His father in law was Emmanuel Mendes de Monsanto a wealthy sugar factor active in Vieques, Puerto Rico and based in St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies. The company’s first product was the artificial sweetener saccharin, which it sold to the Coca-Cola Company. It also introduced caffeine and vanillin to Coca-Cola, and became one of that company’s main suppliers.[citation needed]

In 1919, Monsanto established its presence in Europe by entering into a partnership with Graesser’s Chemical Works at Cefn Mawr near Ruabon, Wales to produce vanillin, salicylic acid, aspirin and later rubber.

In its third decade, the 1920s, Monsanto expanded into basic industrial chemicals like sulfuric acid, and the decade ended with Queeny’s son Edgar Monsanto Queeny taking over the company in 1928.

The 1940s saw Monsanto become a leading manufacturer of plastics, including polystyrene, and synthetic fibers. Since then, it has remained one of the top 10 US chemical companies. Other major products have included the herbicides 2,4,5-T, DDT, and Agent Orange used primarily during the Vietnam War as a defoliant agent (later proven to be highly carcinogenic to any who come into contact with the solution), the excitotoxin[dubious – discuss] aspartame (NutraSweet), bovine somatotropin (bovine growth hormone (BST)), and PCBs[3]. Also in this decade, Monsanto operated the Dayton Project, and later Mound Laboratories in Miamisburg, Ohio, for the Manhattan Project, the development of the first nuclear weapons and, after 1947, the Atomic Energy Commission.

Monsanto began manufacturing DDT in 1944, along with some 15 other companies.[4] The use of DDT in the U.S. was banned by Congress in 1972, due in large efforts to environmentalists, who persisted in the challenge put forth by Rachel Carson and her book Silent Spring in 1962, which sought to inform the public of the side effects associated with the insecticide. As the decade ended, Monsanto acquired American Viscose from England’s Courtauld family in 1949. – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto

If we, the uninformed masses stop buying these products, shop at Trader Joe’s, stop using Scotts and other fertilizers on our lawns, Windex and other toxic cleaners in our home, and support local Organic farming, we may save the natural world as we know it, and reverse the damage, legislation, and domination of money hungry, powerful, and intelligent corporations.

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- Dishonest K

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March 10, 2010

Car free cities and communities in the United States – Toyota would rather see their customers die!

Filed under: Dishonest K,General,Serious Stories — Tags: car, city, community, free, freiburg, germany, vauban — admin @ 5:04 pm

American traditions resonate throughout the world. The freedom of the open road became a mainstay long ago when the automobile was made available to the masses. It has changed communities on every continent the past century and with complex environmental and political affects.

Along with cable TV, mobile phones, electricity, gas and oil heating, the automobile has become a necessity for almost every human on earth, obviously there are millions without, but don’t you worry the greedy oil tycoons are working on it. For now the gun suppliers have the market. This all seems great, but what are the consequences as a result of depleting these natural resources and burning them into the atmosphere? Plenty, but let’s stick with autos for this post.

Driving is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., the first for children, and the most dangerous activity humans do, and most do out of necessity.

Worldwide it was estimated in 2004 that 1.2 million people were killed (2.2% of all deaths) and 50 million more were injured in motor vehicle collisions.[1][43] This makes motor vehicle collisions the leading cause of death among children worldwide 10 – 19 years old (260,000 children die a year, 10 million are injured)[44] and the sixth leading preventable cause of death in the United States[45] (45,800 people died and 2.4 million were injured in 2005).[46] In Canada they are the cause of 48% of severe injuries.[47] – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_collision

If driving does not kill you than the fumes cars exhaust could. Regular exposure is proven to cause asthma in adults, and more so in children. If it weren’t enough that 57% of all auto fatalities were attributed to driver negligence, the vehicles themselves are now contributing due to malfunctions and poorly designed equipment. Toyota being the most recent, with millions of cars of various models having accelerator pedal and brake malfunctions. Many causing accidents and a significant number of deaths.

What are we to do when communities, towns, villages, and cities were designed for the dominance of automobile transportation? How do we transform existing places into car free ones and convince people to give up the tradition of the open road? Most importantly, where the hell will everyone work?

It’s probably impossible in the near future, unless forced because people are dying in the streets due to pollution. Until then people will suffer because the auto manufacturers and the oil men lobby our government and dominate our media. What we can do is build new communities, towns, villages, etc with a car free plan and infrastructure to support it, and show the world that they do in fact work. Freiburg, Germany received tremendous attention for their sustainable “green” and car free community.

The Vauban is a former French military base, currently housing 3,600, and ultimately designed to house 5,000, while creating 600 permanent jobs. In phases, student housing, co-housing, front garage and parking-free houses, and later, 210 plus-energy houses that produce more electricity than they consume have been developed. – Interview with Torsten Perner, Transportation Planner, Interview with Roland Veith, Project Director of the Vauban development on the city planning staff. City of Freiburg, F.R.G. (July 14, 2004).

This community was completed four years ago, this is a great example for the United States to follow suite. We need to get the ball rolling so Urban planners, architects, builders, and towns learn of these possibilities and begin to troubleshoot the potential for this in their communities. 90% of the residents have given up car ownership as a result of moving to this community in Germany, up from 48% initially. If you feel it would be impossible to do this, do you feel the same way about texting? Call up your provider and have text disabled, and you will see that you did not have it before and you do not need it now.

What’s great about this community in particular is, is that there is a parking area for residents just outside of the community, if they desire to keep a vehicle. Further, there is a rail line close by and rental service as well. So if you have the need to hop in the car and hit the road you can, but the benefit of limiting car use, is the drastic reduction in your carbon footprint. If millions of people around the world did the same, it may eliminate the major issue of excessive vehicle pollution.

Of course, the number one benefit, there would be no need to “Pull Out!” Fuel the Revolution and rock DHT threads at dishonestees.com

- Dishonest K

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March 9, 2010

IRON MAN 2 Movie – Dishonesty runs Rampant! A Bust or Must?

Filed under: Dishonest Dude Finder — admin @ 3:18 pm

IRON MAN boasts some of the most Dishonest and Evil dudes in cartoon turned cinema. Jeff Bridges dominating the role of Obadiah Stane and now Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko may steal the show for IRON MAN 2! Type cast “the bad guy” of course, but Rourkeyboy nails the Dishonest Dude role perfectly, every time!

Fortunately, we don’t stop there, we go backstage to the shenanigans of Terrance Howard. After reading an article on ew.com By Nicole Sperling, apparently Howard was paid more than any other cast member including Downey. Further, that Jon Favreau, the director and the producers were not pleased with his performance and behavior, and I myself have heard from direct sources that Terrence is strange and difficult to manage on set, so they minimized his role for IM2; and Marvel effectively proposed a large reduction in his compensation. Needless to say his agency was appalled and Don Cheadle was scooped up to replace the silly and Dishonest Howard as a result of the proposal.

Now, we cannot forget Robert Downey Jr. if we are discussing Dishonest behavior, and more importantly IRON MAN! Robert an unlikely actor, in my opinion, to play the role of Tony Stark however, he has taken ownership of the character beautifully. Downey a Dishonest fellow in true form, hardly a care in the world and seemingly doing whatever the hell he wants regardless of what the public may think, and gets effortless respect in return. His character Stark, an inventor turned Superhero has unveiled himself to the public for IM2, unlike Batman, and of course the government has intervened and wants a piece of his new technology. Come on Tony, don’t take the Mask off and build a cave, it’s that bloody simple.

My last words and advice, never take the Mask off and fuel the Dishonest Revolution, be so Honest it’s Dishonest! And check out our new Serie Italiana t-shirts by Dishonest Apparel at dishonetapparel.com. Soon available at Lord & Taylor.

- Dishonest K

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March 4, 2010

Hilarious New Health Care Bill, what’s so funny? Not much it’s mostly BS!

Filed under: Dishonest Dude Finder,Dishonest K,Funny Stories,General,Humor,Serious Stories — Tags: bill, care, easter, health, new, obama — admin @ 1:31 pm

Obama and House Democratic leaders are pushing to pass this new Health Bill for Easter, which is planned to extend coverage to millions of uninsured Americans and crack down on greedy insurance companies, especially ones that deny coverage for those with pre-existing conditions.

Much of the cost of the legislation, nearly $1 trillion over a decade, would be financed by cuts in future Medicare payments and higher payroll taxes on individuals earning more than $200,000 and couples more than $250,000. – ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer.

Who makes over $250,000 every year anyway? Well 2% of the population does. The median household income is $50,000, so the masses will benefit greatly from this Bill. Conversely, if you are a couple living in New York making a total of $250,000 per year, would you be happy about being taxed considerably more? You probably are paying 2 or 3 college tuitions, or will be, premium health insurance coverage for your entire family, a mortgage in a safe and stable area, high taxes of course, car payments, and the list goes on for any breathing human?

At the same time I cannot feel sorry for any family making $250,000 because I make less than $12,000. If wages increased fairly along with the cost of real estate then this health crisis would not exist, but due to large scale corruption with various financial institutions, super high living expenses, current taxation, enormous tuition fees, the cost of housing, and the decrease in wages earned in comparison to the cost of real estate, it makes this new “Hilarious Health Bill” utterly absurd and not funny at all!

The government in cahoots with the insurance and drug companies have orchestrated another giant rip off, “masked” by an ethnic President in office; a perfect distraction! I say ethnic because that’s who best represents the demographic of an American in the 21st century. Here is a snippet of info to further increase the complexity of this debate:

Recent history contradicts the claim that raising taxes on high-income households weakens small-business job growth. Critics of proposals to increase taxes on upper-income households often argue that they would harm middle-income households by placing their jobs at risk. Critics of President Clinton’s economic plan made this argument in the early 1990s. Subsequent history, however, contradicted this claim: small-business job growth was more than twice as strong during the Clinton years, when Congress raised taxes on high-income households, than during the George W. Bush years, when Congress cut them. This experience shows that many factors affect job growth besides tax rates on high income individuals.^{^[13]}By Chuck Marr Revised July 30, 2009

So there you have it, the poor who used to make up most of the middle class and still called the middle class, will finally get health insurance, but we’re still not certain how affordable or free it will actually be, and we will now be forced to purchase health insurance or otherwise heavily fined, “ and the new middle class and Medicaid will pay for it, supposedly” Pure genius, as all government and corporate scams are! History repeating itself and the ignorant and overworked just endure, or better yet adapt!

If only we had a Private Investigator to squash these ridiculous government orchestrations, the best thing to do is wear this Serie Italiana t-shirt by Dishonest Apparel at dishonestapparel.com. Fuel the Revolution! This is my opinion, feel free to contradict and stand up for yours!

- Dishonest K

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March 3, 2010

What do the OSCARS, ABC Channel 7, Cablevision, and Nicolas Chartier of “The Hurt Locker” have in common?

Filed under: Apparel News,Celebrity,Dishonest Dude Finder,Dishonest K,General,Humor,Serious Stories — Tags: abc, cablevision, nicolas chartier, oscar — admin @ 11:40 am

Stupidity Dishonesty & Poopy.

Oscar night, one of the sexiest and most widely viewed events every year. An audience filled with who you assume to be some of the most talented, well rounded, and gifted people on this planet. Disappointment is upon us once again, I read on yahoo.com that producer Nicolas Chartier of “The Hurt Locker” movie sent emails to the Academy members to vote for his movie and actually bashed AVATAR? That could be one of the most childish, teeny-bopper moves I have not seen since first year of college or George Bush’s recent presidency, down right “Dishonest” in my opinion. AVATAR was phenomenal, it’s a fact. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences banned Chartier from the 2010 Oscars, great move!

Then comes the ransoming between ABC and Cablevision, arguing like preschool babies, yet apparently are a part of the highly educated upper class. Cablevision is by far one of the most “Dishonest” and low class companies, along with Verizon, Bank of America, and AT&T. They steal money from the masses, millions, by deliberately over charging and sneaking in fees and optional services that 9 out of 10 people have no use for. Cablevision I guess added to their Dishonest repertoire by withholding money, over 40 million dollars from ABC, money ABC rightfully deserved/deserves because of the hard work that goes into their programming so basic cable subscribers can enjoy quality entertainment and news. This is all like a divorce, the somewhat lazy and cheating husband (Cablevision) in a divorce with the over worked nagging wife (ABC), and we, the kids, are being toyed with to take sides.

Regardless, if you upgrade and side with Daddy or go to your rich neighbors to watch the Oscars be certain that doing the right thing by your customers is probably your best move. We each have the choice to be honest and do right by our fellow woman and man. Come on people wake up and rock this Serie Italiana t-shirt by Dishonest Apparel at dishonestapparel.com

- Dishonest K

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