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		<title>What Are The Drug Companies Doing To Us?</title>
		<link>http://josephratliff.net/2012/02/25/what-are-the-drug-companies-doing-to-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Ratliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re not asking yourself and your family this question&#8230; you need to. But more importantly, you need to do something with the answer. Folks, the drug companies are NOT in the business of &#8220;helping you&#8221;, they are in the business of making profit for their shareholders&#8230; period. That&#8217;s why they are in business. Our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=josephratliff.net&amp;blog=9838098&amp;post=294&amp;subd=josephratliff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re not asking yourself and your family this question&#8230; you need to.</p>
<p>But more importantly, you need to <strong>do something</strong> with the answer.</p>
<p>Folks, the <strong>drug companies</strong> are NOT in the business of &#8220;helping you&#8221;, they are in the business of making profit for their shareholders&#8230; period.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s why they are in business.</p>
<p>Our children depend on <strong>your</strong> study and action on the answer to the question.</p>
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		<title>Snake Oil?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Ratliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to ask a few questions (which I&#8217;ve already formed opinions on)&#8230; If vaccines were so effective, and SO good for us&#8230; why do they get marketed via fear based tactics?  Why don&#8217;t the vaccine manufacturers have the balls to put them on the open market, and accept ALL liability for their results (good [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=josephratliff.net&amp;blog=9838098&amp;post=292&amp;subd=josephratliff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have to ask a few questions (which I&#8217;ve already formed opinions on)&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>If vaccines were so effective, and SO good for us&#8230;</strong> why do they get marketed via fear based tactics?  Why don&#8217;t the vaccine manufacturers have the balls to put them on the open market, and accept ALL liability for their results (good or bad)?</p>
<p><strong>Why on earth is Monsanto allowed to conduct business? </strong> If their product is SOOOO good for us to consume, why can&#8217;t we put the GMO label on it?  Why are they lobbying so hard to avoid putting that label on their product?  If it was so good, it could be a useful marketing device instead.</p>
<p><strong>When on earth does the economy <span style="text-decoration:underline;">quit</span> being the excuse for failure?</strong>  What if financial companies and the news media are spinning and hyping it to create some sort of change?  Why do we even listen to the news anymore?  Do we really need more negative bullshit swimming in our heads to talk about?</p>
<p>Seems like a bunch of snake oil to me.</p>
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		<title>So What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?</title>
		<link>http://josephratliff.net/2012/01/04/so-what-are-you-going-to-do-with-your-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Ratliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanna rock. No seriously, I wanna rock my life in 2012. Serious changes and action are going to take place. What about you? Filed under: life Tagged: 2012<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=josephratliff.net&amp;blog=9838098&amp;post=268&amp;subd=josephratliff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wanna rock.</p>
<p>No seriously, I wanna rock my life in 2012.</p>
<p>Serious changes and action are going to take place.</p>
<p><strong>What about you?</strong></p>
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		<title>Live More And You Can &#8220;Need&#8221; Less</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Ratliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reprinted with permission from mnmlist.com: The more I focus on living, the less it seems I need. What does it mean to focus on living? It’s a shift from caring about possessions and status and goals and beautiful things … to caring about actual life. Life includes: taking long walks, creating things, having conversations with friends, snuggling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=josephratliff.net&amp;blog=9838098&amp;post=266&amp;subd=josephratliff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reprinted with permission from <a href="mnmlist.com" target="_blank">mnmlist.com</a>:</p>
<h2>The more I focus on living, the less it seems I need.</h2>
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<p>What does it mean to focus on living? It’s a shift from caring about possessions and status and goals and beautiful <strong>things</strong> … to caring about actual life. Life includes: taking long walks, creating things, having conversations with friends, snuggling with my wife, playing with my kids, eating simple food, going outside and getting active.</p>
<p>That’s living. Not shopping, or watching TV, or eating loads of greasy and sweet food not for sustenance but pleasure, or being on the Internet, or ordering things online, or trying to get popular. Those things aren’t living – they’re consumerist pastimes that tend to get us caught up in overconsumption and mindlessness.</p>
<p>When I focus on living, all those other fake needs become less important. Why do I need television when I can go outside and explore, or get active, or take a walk with a friend? Why do I need to shop when I already have everything I need – I can spend time with someone or create, and I need very little to do that.</p>
<p>These things I do now — they require almost nothing. I can live, and need little.</p>
<p>And needing little but getting lots of satisfaction … that’s immensely rewarding. It’s an economy of resources that I’ve never experienced before.</p>
<p>These days, I need nothing but my loved ones, a text editor, a way to post what I create, a good book, simple plant-based food, a few clothes for warmth, and the outdoors.</p>
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		<title>Life Is Too Short</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Ratliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life is too short to let other people run it for you. Create your own life now, whatever it takes. Filed under: life Tagged: life<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=josephratliff.net&amp;blog=9838098&amp;post=264&amp;subd=josephratliff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Life is too short to let other people run it for you.</p>
<p>Create your own life now, whatever it takes.</p>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Liking This Tumblr Thing&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://josephratliff.net/2011/09/14/im-liking-this-tumblr-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Ratliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I might just be switching my personal notes, blogs, opinions and such over to Tumblr&#8230; where I write and share whatever the hell I want. I like the platform over there. Still thinking about it. Filed under: rants Tagged: Tumblr<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=josephratliff.net&amp;blog=9838098&amp;post=260&amp;subd=josephratliff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I might just be switching my personal notes, blogs, opinions and such over to <a href="http://josephratliff.me" target="_blank">Tumblr</a>&#8230; where I write and share whatever the hell I want.</p>
<p>I like the platform over there.</p>
<p>Still thinking about it.</p>
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		<title>An Open Challenge To Vaccine Manufacturers And Drug Companies That Produce Them</title>
		<link>http://josephratliff.net/2011/08/29/an-open-challenge-to-vaccine-manufacturers-and-drug-companies-that-produce-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Ratliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, if vaccines in general are supposed to be so good for us&#8230;why not remove that barrier to liability and litigation we have in place in the U.S. (you know which one I&#8217;m speaking of) and accept FULL liability for whatever you put into our bodies? I mean FULL liability and accountability if something you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=josephratliff.net&amp;blog=9838098&amp;post=258&amp;subd=josephratliff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, if vaccines in general are supposed to be so good for us&#8230;why not remove that barrier to liability and litigation we have in place in the U.S. (you know which one I&#8217;m speaking of) and accept FULL liability for whatever you put into our bodies?</p>
<p>I mean FULL liability and accountability if something you make hurts <strong>any</strong> member of our human race and can be proven so in a court of law.</p>
<p>Then, with <strong>full</strong> accountability on your end in place, will the end product be the same?</p>
<p>Hmmm&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Hurricane Irene 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Ratliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The projected wind damage as of 08/25/2011 (image below) &#8212; we&#8217;ll see how well it holds up&#8230;but if you live in these areas, pay close attention to authorities and sources like The Weather Channel to keep on top of the latest. Here&#8217;s another handy tracking tool from The Weather Channel: http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/ And the wind damage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=josephratliff.net&amp;blog=9838098&amp;post=254&amp;subd=josephratliff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The projected wind damage as of 08/25/2011 (image below) &#8212; we&#8217;ll see how well it holds up&#8230;but if you live in these areas, pay close attention to authorities and sources like <a href="http://www.weather.com">The Weather Channel</a> to keep on top of the latest.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s another handy tracking tool from The Weather Channel:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/" target="_blank">http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/</a></p>
<p>And the wind damage image:</p>
<div id="attachment_255" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.weather.com"><img class="size-medium wp-image-255" title="Wind damage forecast from The Weather Channel" src="http://josephratliff.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/map_specnews12_ltst_4namus_enus_600x338.jpg?w=300&#038;h=169" alt="Irene Wind Damage Forecast" width="300" height="169" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">From The Weather Channel</p></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Some Of Our Multivitamins Suck</title>
		<link>http://josephratliff.net/2011/08/22/some-of-our-multivitamins-suck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Ratliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If a multivitamin says it&#8217;s safe&#8230;it&#8217;s safe right? Wrong. In fact, one of the elements that the EPA banned from our tap water might just be located in the multivitamin you&#8217;re taking right now: Read about it here Great Government right?  How about that CDC informing us before a blogger did? Man I love the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=josephratliff.net&amp;blog=9838098&amp;post=252&amp;subd=josephratliff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If a multivitamin says it&#8217;s safe&#8230;it&#8217;s safe right?</p>
<p>Wrong.</p>
<p>In fact, one of the elements that the EPA banned from our tap water might just be located in the multivitamin you&#8217;re taking right now:</p>
<p><a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/08/22/is-your-multivitamin-toxic.aspx" target="_blank">Read about it here</a></p>
<p>Great Government right?  How about that CDC informing us before a blogger did?</p>
<p>Man I love the fact our tax dollars are working so hard for us (not).</p>
<p>What are we going to do about this America?</p>
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		<title>Vaccines Do Not &#8220;Make&#8221; You Healthy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://josephratliff.net/2011/08/18/vaccines-do-not-make-you-healthy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Ratliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A four-year old girl actually asked a thoughtful question about vaccines: &#8220;Why I got to get shots to make me healthy?&#8221; And therein lies a very powerful question … answered in this article written by Dr. Joe Mercola on Mercola.com today&#8230; Click here to read the article. The effectiveness of herd immunization has been disputed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=josephratliff.net&amp;blog=9838098&amp;post=249&amp;subd=josephratliff&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A four-year old girl actually asked a thoughtful question about vaccines:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Why I got to get shots to make me healthy?&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>And therein lies a <strong>very</strong> powerful question … answered in this article written by Dr. Joe Mercola on Mercola.com today&#8230; <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/08/18/should-pediatricians-fire-patients-whose-parents-dont-vaccinate.aspx" target="_blank">Click here to read the article.</a></p>
<p>The effectiveness of herd immunization has been disputed many times, and many of the other reason &#8220;to get vaccinated&#8221; are beginning to get laid by the wayside because people are thinking for themselves in large numbers.  Couple this with the fact that NO vaccine is 100% effective (in most cases, not even close)&#8230;and you have a case to at least make a choice one way or the other.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t let ANYONE tell you what to do when it comes to YOUR body&#8230;and don&#8217;t let ANYONE guilt you into &#8220;joining the crowd&#8221; whether you choose to vaccinate yourself and your family or not.</p>
<p><strong>It&#8217;s YOUR choice&#8230;period&#8230;end of story.</strong>  Protect that choice.</p>
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