Thursday: The Threat of DHMO

I ran across this in my ponderings:

Did you know how dangerous DHMO (dihydrogen monoxide) is?

Dihydrogen monoxide:

• is called “hydroxyl acid“, the substance is the major component of acid rain.
• contributes to the “greenhouse effect“.
• may cause severe burns.
• contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape.
• accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals.
• may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes.
• has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.

Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:

• as an industrial solvent and coolant.
• in nuclear power plants.
• in the production of styrofoam.
• as a fire retardant.
• in many forms of cruel animal research.
• in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce remains contaminated by this chemical.
• as an additive in certain “junk-foods” and other food products.

The above was part of a hoax put together by a 14 year old in 1997. The substance he is describing? Water. I think he left out that it is lethal when inhaled. Well, I want a superfund commission to study it. I won’t have any of that stuff in MY backyard.

Hey, do any of you remember the honeybee crisis from last year? Oh, it’s a real problem but I couldn’t believe the number of people who were convinced that it was caused by genetically modified corn. There must be a lot of money in creating fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) about the GM crops business.

But what about presidential primaries? Can FUD be used to promote one candidate over another? Like, what if you call her a corporatist over and over again. Oh, she may look honest, but she’s lying to you. She’s dishonest. You can’t trust anything she says. She’ll do anything to win. She’s comparing herself to Obama again? See, I *told* you she’d do anything to win. And that’s because she takes lobbyist money. She’s only doing it for the special interests. She’ll send your 8 year old to war. She’s a hawk. She wants to bomb Iran. She told you she wanted to try diplomacy first? Yeah, her type will tell you anything to win. Liar.

Well, we all want to know how it was done. That marketing strategy was only part of it. The other was using conversion testimonials. How many Kossacks did we read had conversion experiences? It was like a wave of Kossacks going “down to the river to pray”, studying about Obama’s way. And who wants to be left out of that? Um, having been subject to that kind of indoctrination for 4 decades, I didn’t. Anyone else here from a fundy family who resisted? It is kind of strange though to be an outsider to an outsider group.

I guess it is our task to try and deprogram them, though this will not be easy.

In the meantime, we have to focus on Denver. We want a fair, open and transparent convention. We want Hillary to be able to make her case to the superdelegates. We want to the voters in the biggest and swing states to be honored and their primary results to be heard. And here’s an idea that my fevered imagination came up with yesterday: is it possible to take all of the donations we might have given to the DNC, if they had been honest, and put them into an escrow account? We could see how fat it gets before August. All that money just sitting there, money that could be put to good use paying off the balloon and confetti vendors, funding downticket candidates, running ads, if only the DNC would do the right thing…

One more thing: BostonBoomer alluded to this earlier. Senator Clinton went back to her day job. One of her first stops was Syracuse, New York, to kick off an initiative to turn the city green. Hundreds of people came to see her, just like a campaign rally. The initiative is expected to generate thousands of new jobs for the upstate economy. And what about Barack Obama, our presumptuous nominee? Our Dauphin of Democracy? Our Infante of Inspiration? Dunno. He hasn’t been in office long enough to do anything but Just Words.

One MORE more thing:  The blogtalkradio show, NO WE WON’T has been enormously successful.  Last night, Cynthia Ruccia from Womenforfairpolitics was on and our own SM had a nice long conversation with her.  Tonight, the schedule for NO WE WON’T will be expanded from 2 shows a week to three.  Tonight’s guest will be Darragh Murphy of PUMAPac.  I’ve found these broadcasts to be really entertaining, the guests are interesting and there seems to be an growing, national audience.  So, set your tin foil antennas for another broadcast tonight for NO WE WON’T with Darragh Murphy.