Bobby Kennedy Jr. in Oprah Magazine

I was yet again at the Dr.'s office when I picked up a copy of Oprah Magazine. I noticed on the cover that there was an interview with Bobby Kennedy Jr. After reading it I asked the receptionist to photocopy it so that I could share it on my blog. The part that got my attention the most is as below:

"When I was a boy, my father took me to Europe-Greece, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Italy, Germany, England, France. Everywhere we went, we were met by huge crowds, sometimes hundreds of thousands of people who came out because they loved our country. They were starved for our leadership. They looked to us for moral authority. They proudly named their streets after our presidents. And I remember after 9/11, the headline in the French newspaper lea Monet was WE ARE ALL AMERICANS. For two weeks after 9/11, there were spontaneous candlelight vidils in Tehran, initiated by Muslims who loved our country. It took more than 200 years of disciplined, visioniary leadership by Republican and Democratic presidents to build these huge reservoirs of public love. We were the most beloved nation on the face of the earth. And today-in six short years, through monumental incompetence and arrogance, this White House has absolutley drained that reservoir dry. America has become the most hated nation on earth. There are five billion people who either fear or just don't know what to think about the US. For me that's the most bitter pill to swallow.

You can read the rest of this interview in the January 2007 edition of Oprah Magazine. It is by far the most eloquently worded analysis of what this administrations legacy will have cost our country.

Sick of Being Sick

On Friday, after an entire week of fevers, ear aches and severe sinus pain I went to Urgent Care. I sat in a waiting room with many people who apparently had the same symptoms that I did and I felt myself attempting to breath through my nose.
In a few minutes I would learn that I had a sinus infection, Bronchitis and infections in both ears. I was a bit surprised because, as I said, I had all of these symptoms for an entire week and the verdict was grave indeed. So I asked the Dr., who was at the time filling out a prescription for antibiotics, why I had never had a cold that lasted 7 days to find out that I was not getting better but getting worse. He explained to me that because of flu shots and antibiotics the cold virus was getting stronger and it was probable that I had two colds, back to back. He called it piggy backing. I could not mention the irony as he handed me the prescription and in an effort to get back to work, since I missed the good part of a week, I am taking them. The severity is lessoning, I can be assured of that but I am not better yet. This is day 10.
I am asking myself now, if the medical establishment knows that colds that were once simple sniffles are turning into Bronchitis, pneumonia, Whooping Cough because of the treatments, are these treatments really safe anymore? I contacted one of my good friends who is a Chinese Herbalist and she told me some pretty interesting stuff. Of course antibiotics will kill the infectious bacteria but it will also kill the good bacterias in my system. For this she recommends Acidopholis to add the healthy bacteria back in. As far as the flu shot she says don't do it. Your body makes itself healthier by having a strong immune system. A strong immune system will do the work for you. So, feeling a little better I go back out into cold season with 1000 mgs of Vitamin C a day, 2 tblsp. acidopholis, washed hands, plenty of water and hope that I will not catch another killer cold or two. Be well, stay healthy.