people run for a treatment which then may disappoint them badly. I have to see a lot of research first, before I write it as good for you my dearest friends. But now we have seen enough research and more proof that it is worth quoting - at least in excerpts - this

oncologist medical doctor Mark Sircus. Especially after reading enough about Dr. Simoncini M.D. in Italy who proved his theory with enough research and healings

that these facts stood for themselves. Quote: “Tonight we are going back to medical basics with the application of the least expensive, safest and perhaps most effective cancer medicine there is. Sodium bicarbonate has been on many cancer patients’ minds

this past year. It has not been easy though to get to Rome or even contact Dr. Tullio Simoncini for treatment. And doctors willing to give bicarbonate IV’s are not on

every corner so it’s been somewhat frustrating to have something so simple and effective remain elusive. If doctors doing such treatments want to be listed by the IMVA for referral please contact us.” (International Medical Veritas Association at www.winningcancer.

com/about-the-book/author/

) Though we have known that oral intake of sodium

bicarbonate will have the ‘Simonicini’ effect on oral, esophagus and stomach cancer we have not focused at all on the systemic effect of bicarbonate taken orally. Every cancer patient and every health care practitioner should know that oral intake of sodium bicarbonate offers an instant and strong shift of blood pH into the alkaline. So strong is the effect that athletes can notice he difference in their breathing as more oxygen

is carried throughout the system and as more acids are neutralized. The difference can

be stunning for those whose respiration is labored under intensive

exercise loading. This tells us to take very seriously the oral use of bicarbonate for cancer

treatment no matter what other treatment is used. …If the amount of H+ and CO2 exceed the capacity of hemoglobin, they affect the carbonic acid equilibrium….As a result, the pH of the blood is lowered, causing acidosis. The

lungs and kidneys respond to pH changes by removing CO@,HCO3-, and H+ from the blood. When one reads about these, on different medicine substances, one has to always remember that I am a protocol man who does not support single shot cures for anything. With the publication of today’s

chapter on sodium bicarbonate and maple syrup sodium bicarbonate, slips securely into the number three spot right behind magnesium chloride and iodine. Each of

these three substances effects directly onto basic human physiology in a way most pharmaceutical drugs do not. When used together we have a super threesome that will

inexpensively go far to resolving many of the physical and even some of the emotional problems we, and our children face. And if you have not made the connection please note that all three of these substances are used in emergency rooms and intensive care wards and they do commonly save lives every day with their inherent healing powers. See my chapter on emergency room medicine and cancer treatment. All cancer sufferers and in fact every chronic disease

patient should hold clearly in mind that pH is the regulatory authority that controls most cellular processes. The pH balance of the human bloodstream is recognized by medical physiology texts as one of the most important biochemical balances in all of human body chemistry pH is the acronym for “Potential Hydrogen”. …The following excerpts are of the text in the Yeast and Fungi Invaders section of the Winning the War on Cancer book. Please note that sodium bicarbonate taken in water alone will have a powerful effect on entire body physiology because of the instant shift into alkaline ph

levels. Bicarbonate can be taken frequently throughout the day with half teaspoons amounts though for long term use lower doses are safer. For cancer patient initial

use should be heavy and frequent to force a greater shift because smaller pH shifts can actually stimulate cancer growth. …..Though this cancer treatment is very inexpensive,

do NOT ASSUME it is not effective. The bicarbonate maple syrup cancer treatment is a very significant cancer treatment every cancer patient should be familiar with and it can easily be combined with other safe and effective natural treatments. This cancer treatment is similar in principle to Insulin Potentiation Therapy (IPT). IPT treatment consists of

giving doses of insulin to a fasting patient sufficient to lower blood sugar into the 50mt/dl. In a normal person when you take in sugar the insulin levels go up to meet the need of getting that sugar into the cells. In IPT they are artificially injecting insulin to deplete the blood of all sugar then injecting the lower doses of toxic chemo drugs when the blood sugar is driven down the lowest possible value. During the low peak, it is said that the receptors are more sensitive and take on medications more rapidly and in higher amounts.

The bicarbonate maple syrup treatment works in reverse to IPT. Dr. Tullio Simoncini acknowledges that cancer cells gobble up sugar so when you encourage the intake of sugar it’s like sending in a Trojan horse. The sugar is not going to end up encouraging the further

growth of the cancer colonies because the baking soda is going to kill the cells before they have a chance to grow. Instead of artificially manipulating insulin and thus forcefully driving down blood sugar levels to then inject toxic chemo agents we combine the sugar with the bicarbonate and present it to the cancer cells, which at first are going to love the present. BUT NOT FOR LONG! When mixed and heated together the maple syrup

and baking soda bind together. The maple syrup targets cancer cells (which consume 15 times more glucose than normal cells) and the baking soda, which is dragged into the cancer cells by the maple syrup, being very alkaline forces a rapid shift in pH killing the cell. The actual formula is to mix on part baking soda with three parts (pure 100%) maple syrup in a small saucepan. Stir briskly and heat the mixture for 5 minutes. Take 1 tspn

daily is what is suggested by Cancer Tutor but one could probably do this several times a day. “There is not a tumor on God’s green earth that cannot be licked with a little baking soda and maple syrup.” That is the astonishing claim of controversial folk healer

Jim Kelmun who says that this simple home remedy can stop and reverse the deadly growth of cancers. His loyal patients swear by the man they fondly call Dr. Jim and say he is a miracle worker. “Dr. Jim cured me of lung cancer,” said farmer Ian Roadhouse. “Those other doctors gold me that I was goner and had less than sick months to live. But the doc put me on his mixture and in a couple of months the cancer was gone. It did not even

show up on the x-rays.” Dr. Jim discovered this treatment accidentally somewhere in the middle of the last century when he was treating a family plagued by breast cancer. There

were five sisters in the family and four of them had died of breast cancer. He asked the remaining sister if there was anything different in her diet an she told him that she was partial to sipping maple syrup and baking soda. Since then, reported by a newspaper in Ashville, North Carolina, Dr. Jim dispensed this remedy to over 200 people diagnose with terminal cancer and amazingly he claims of that number 185 lived at least 15 more years

and nearly half enjoyed a complete remission of their disease. When combined with other safe and effective treatments like transdermal magnesium therapy, iodine, vitamin C, probiotics and other items like plenty of good sun exposure, pure water and clay treatments we should expect even higher remission rates. It’s very important not to use baking soda which has had aluminum added to it. The Cancer Tutor site reports that Arm & Hammer does have aluminum but the company insists that is not true. One can buy a product which specifically states it does not include aluminum or other chemicals. (ex; Bob’s Red Mill, Aluminum Free, Baking Soda). Sodium bicarbonate is safe, extremely

inexpensive and unstoppably effective when it comes to cancer tissues. It’s an irresistible chemical, cyanide to cancer cells for it hits the cancer cells with a shock

wave of alkalinity, which allows much more oxygen into the cancer cells than they can tolerate. Cancer cells cannot survive in the presence of high levels of oxygen.

Studies have already shown how manipulation of tumor pH with sodium bicarbonate enhances some form of chemotherapy. The therapeutic treatment of bicarbonate salts can be administered orally, through aerosol, intravenously and through catheter for direct targeting of tumors,” says oncologist Dr. Tullio Simonicini. “Sodium bicarbonate

administered orally, via aerosol or intravenously can achieve positive results only in some tumors, while others – such as the serious ones of the brain or the bones – remain unaffected by the treatment.” The maple syrup apparently enables and increases penetration of bicarbonate into all compartments of body, even those which are difficult or impossible to penetrate by other means. These compartment include the central nervous

system (CNS), through the blood-brain-barrier, joints, solid tumors, and perhaps even the eyes. IPT make cell membranes more permeable, and increases uptake of drugs into cells. The maple syrup will make tissues morepermeable, too. It will transport the bicarbonate across the bloodbrain-barrier, and every other barrier in the body for

sugar is universally needed by all cells in the body.… Both IPT and bicarbonate maple syrup treatments use the rapid growth mechanism of the cancer cells against them…. With the discovery of Dr. Jim’s work bicarbonate comes back into the number three spot

behind magnesium chloride and iodine….Dr. Simoncini says that, …“Fungus, which is the most powerful and the most organized micro-organism known, seems to be an extremely logical candidate as a cause of neoplastic proliferation.” …“Sodium bicarbonate therapy is

harmless, fast and effective because it is extremely diffusible. A therapy with bicarbonate for cancer should proceed from the beginning to the end without interruption for at least 7-8 days. In general a mass of 2-3-4 centimeters will begin to consistently regress from the third to the fourth day, and collapses from the fourth to the fifth,” Says Dr. Simoncini. These are the most important excerpts of the article by Mark Sircus Ac.OMD Director

International Medical Veritas Association (Nov. ‘08) Update Concerning the use of Sodium Bicarbonate in the Treatment of Cancer Oral Bicarbonate options. You can go to

www.winningcancer.com site to download and purchase this very important 274 page book... The information in this book is absolutely essential for all of us. The great question when considering the oral intake of bicarbonate is whether or not to take it with maple

syrup, molasses, honey or even with lemon. (My personal choice would be with Molasses, as you can see from the book

Crude Black Molasses by Cyril Scott, Molasses is used as a sole therapeutic agent been successful with some individuals in resolving their tumors. We also know that molasses has such a concentration of all the

minerals and trace elements, that it will provide a broadspectrum of mineral/alkalizing support to work well with the sodium rich bicarbonate ed.)

Bill Henderson, author of Cancer Free, Your Guide to Gentle, Non Toxic Healing, mixes 3 parts, grade 3maple syrup with one part baking soda and heats the

mixture for a couple of minutes on the stove. As soon as the baking soda foams up, he takes it off. He keeps it in the fridge and twice a day stirs it up (it settles) and eats one teaspoon. There follows an extract from the same chapter giving

an example of how sodium bicarbonate can be combined with molasses in the treatment of

BONE cancer. (Note: some of this text has been edited for space and clarity) My first PSA test registered 22.3 and my doctors made appointments for a biopsy. The biopsy report indicated that I did indeed have prostate cancer. This called for the next step; a bone scan. The report from this scan as well as a pelvic Cat scan is where the doctors decided I was afflicted with aggressive prostate cancer dated March 17, 2008 reviewed CT and Bone scan. Bone scan showed metastatic disease at R sacrum and L illiac wing. So they patted me on the back and told me I had aggressive prostate cancer that had spread to the bone. ….The radio nuclide bone scan and plain films confirm the presence of skeletal metastasis, in the sacrum and left illium. In addition, on review of the CT scan of

the pelvis, a number of other small sclerotic lesions are noted within the pelvis. …I was becoming used to the fact that I was a walking dead man. I was anxious to try Caesium Chloride treatment but my order got lost in the mail. That is when I decided to do baking soda therapy except that I decided to add blackstrap molasses as the carrier. I started June 2, 2008 and quit June 12, 2008. I

was nervous and didn’t want to open it. As a matter of fact I am crying right now just thinking about it. I finally opened it to the words: “No convincing evidence of an osseous metastatic process” I bawled like a baby. Two days later I got another report in the mail about my blood test: PSA is now

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***The LEED green building rating system is designed to promote design and construction practices that increase profitability while reducing the negative environmental impacts of buildings and improving occupant health and well-being. ***

What we had to rush through on today's episode were the 5 criteria that make up LEED rating system (certified, silver, gold and platinum): Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources and Indoor Environmental Quality.  LEED standards cover new commercial construction and major renovation projects, interior projects and existing building operations.  Currently NOT covered commercial “core and shell” construction, new home construction and neighborhood developments.

Sustainable Sites:

Sites should be selected based on site selection, developmental density and alternative transportation.  You want to have public transportation available (bike, walk, carpool, mass transit) to discourage driving.  You also want to look at/for sites that reduce manage rainwater efficiently and minimize water pollution.  Roof gardens and permeable pavement (gravel/brick are good, concrete/asphalt are bad) are BIG pluses to look for or to incorporate.  Buildings that have streets, sidewalks, parking lots and other buildings are also preferable to rural locations (again, think of accessibility).  Shade, vegetation and light colored, reflective surfaces surrounding buildings and on roofs all help to keep the space cool-look for this as well as it will help reduce energy costs.  Lighting s/b designed to eliminate glare, discomfort and annoyance for neighbors, avoid disruption of nocturnal habitats and preserve visual access to the night-sky.  (this is called “Light Pollution Reduction”).  Lastly, as clean drinking water is an issue, limit the use of potable water.  Utilize rainwater and/or recycled site water, highly efficient fixture, dual or low flow toilets, urinals, showerheads and faucets with sensors.

Water Efficiency:

Conserving water is important-LEED emphasizes the importance of water efficiency AND will give extra points for this in high-drought areas.  Use dual-flush or low-flow toilets, low-flow or waterless urinals, faucets that work on sensors, low-flow showerheads and front-loading washers.  Reuse waste water from sinks for flushing toilets and garden irrigation. 

***LEED emphasizes modifying occupant behavior and how buildings work.  They emphasize shorter showers, not letting water run while brushing teeth or washing dishes and waiting until there’s a full load before running dishwasher or washing machine.***

Energy and Atmosphere:

This is the area that gets the most attention since it directly relates to saving energy and reduces emissions of CO2 and CFCs.  Lighting design is key in this area.  Choice and placement of fixtures, control systems and use of natural daylight all play a role.  Use energy efficient electronics and appliances.  Look for those Energy Star rated (there’s also a tax break!). 

***Make sure to turn off all electronics/appliance when not in use.  Utilize power strips to plug items into, as even if an item is turned OFF but plugged in, it is still utilizing power.  At night you can just turn off the power strip!***

Material and Resources:

Remember that less is more!  Utilize the 4 Rs in this area: Recycle, Reuse, Regional and Renewable.  Use local vendors, supplies and manufacturers whenever possible to cut down on transportation costs.  Try to utilize GREEN de-construction principles.  If an item can be salvaged, donate to a consignment or Habitat for Humanity shop so someone else can use.  Look for and use eco-friendly, closed-loop and/or sustainable products in your project. 

Indoor Environmental Quality:

Americans spend an average of 80-90% of their time INDOORS where pollution exceeds levels found outdoors.  Doesn’t it behoove us to reduce this and create as healthy an indoor air quality as possible?  (We will look at this issue-BauBiology- on the May 30^th episode!).  For a building to get LEED certification it must be “non smoking” inside and out.  There must be increased ventilation to promote FREASH air flow throughout the space with Outdoor Air-Delivery Monitoring.  Look at HEPA HVAC systems.  Monitor any mold/mildew build-up and if it occurs-clean it up ASAP.  Use NO or LOW VOC paints, adhesives, sealants, carpet systems, composite wood and laminate adhesives (i.e. NO MDF) and furniture systems.

LEED encourages isolating sources of potentially hazardous materials (this includes: copiers, printer, computers, TV, housekeeping and laundry rooms).  Use only green, eco-friendly cleaning products.  LEED also encourages that users can control the amount and position of any lighting-make sure this is included in your lighting design.

***People feel more comfortable when they have a connection to Mother Nature.  LEED encourages designs that utilize as much natural light as possible and access to outside views.***

Innovation and Design Process:

This area encourages innovation by giving credit for exceptional performance above the requirements for existing LEED categories and/or for innovations in sustainable performance not specifically address by LEED. 

Wheww….I encourage all of you to peruse the USGBC site for more info.  You can also do a Google search of LEED projects going on in your area to do more investigation.

Until next time…Happy Designing…

Solar storms could have devastating consequences on Earth, scientists warn.

(ABC News Photo Illustration)

Hurricanes, blizzards and other earthly tempests aren't the only natural forces with the potential to sow catastrophe.

Severe weather in the sun's outer atmosphere could knock out much of the country's power grid, incapacitate navigational systems and jeopardize spacecraft, scientists say.

While the odds of a solar disaster are relatively small, scientists warn that we need to ramp up our defenses against solar storms, especially given our increasing dependence on technology that is so susceptible to radiation from the sun.

"It's one of those events that is of low probability but high consequence," Dr. Roberta Balstad, a research scientist with Columbia University's Center for Research on Environmental Decisions. "The consequences could be extreme."

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And Balstad and her colleagues emphasize that we've seen those extreme consequences before.

Solar Storms Cause Blackouts, Impair Communications

In 1859, a solar storm, also known as the Carrington event (after the astronomer Richard Carrington, who first recognized the cause) fried the telegraph system.

Another powerful space weather event in 1989 caused a blackout in Quebec, Canada. Other storms have led to diverted airplanes and impaired telecommunications satellites.

Earlier this year, a group of experts from around the country, including Balstad, issued a report to the National Academies of Sciences on the economic and social impacts of solar storms.

The point of the report was to raise awareness and encourage the government and private businesses to prepare for the long-term consequences of a major event.

"We tend to think that we're in control of nature, but we're not," she said. "What we need to pay attention to is our total dependence in all parts of lives on the electric grid, which is vulnerable. ... If there is some kind of disruption, we need to be ready to deal with it."

In the face of a "space weather" Katrina, she said we wouldn't be prepared.

The direct result of a space storm would be the breakdown of the electrical grid, the report warned.

John Kappenman, an analyst with Metatech Corporation, a company that studies the effect of electromagnetic interference on power systems, said in the report that damaged transformers take a long time to repair.

Posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 6:33:59 PM by soozla

Abortion & Traditional Values

1. Banned Partial Birth Abortion — by far the most significant roll-back of abortion on demand since Roe v. Wade.

2. Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy.

3. By Executive Order (EO), reversed Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act.

4. By EO, prohibited federal funds for international family planning groups that provide abortions and related services.

5. Upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals.

6. Made $33 million available for abstinence education programs in 2004.

7. Supports the Defense of Marriage Act — and a Constitutional amendment saying marriage is between one man and one woman.

8. Requires states to conduct criminal background checks on prospective foster and adoptive parents.

9. Requires districts to let students transfer out of dangerous schools.

10. Requires schools to have a zero-tolerance policy for classroom disruption (reintroducing discipline into classrooms).

11. Signed the Teacher Protection Act, which protects teachers from lawsuits related to student discipline.

12. Expanded the role of faith-based and community organizations in after-school programs.

Budget, Taxes & Economy

1. Signed two income tax cuts, one of which was the largest dollar-value tax cut in world history.

2. Supports permanent elimination of the death tax.

3. Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession, and deeply shocked as a result of the 9/11 attacks.

4. Is seeking legislation to amend the Constitution to give the president line-item veto authority.

5. In process of permanently eliminating IRS marriage penalty.

6. Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people.

7. Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts.

8. Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules would have shut down every home business in America.

9. Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals.

10. Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains.

11. Signed trade promotion authority.

12. Reduced and is working to ultimately eliminate the estate tax for family farms and ranches.

13. Fight Europe's ban on importing biotech crops from the United States.

14. Exempt food from unilateral trade sanctions and embargoes.

15. Provided $20 million to states to help people with disabilities work from home.

16. Created a fund to encourage technologies that help the disabled.

17. Increased the annual contribution limit on Education IRA's from $500 to $2,000 per child.

18. Make permanent the $5,000 adoption tax credit and provide $1 billion over five years to increase the credit to $10,000.

19. Grant a complete tax exemption for prepaid or college tuition savings plans.

20. Reduced H1B visas from a high of 195,000 per year to 66,000 per year.

Character & Conduct as President

1. Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the presidency.

2. Has reintroduced the mention of God and faith into public discourse.

3. Handled himself with enormous courage, dignity, grace, determination, and leadership in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 hijackings and anthrax attacks. He almost single-handedly held this country together during those searing days:

Just three days after the attacks, in his address at the National Cathedral, the President reassured the nation when he said: "War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others. It will end in a way, and at an hour, of our choosing."

On Friday, September 14, 2001, President Bush visited Ground Zero. Standing on a crushed and burned fire engine atop the smoldering pile at Ground Zero, he put his arm around a retired firefighter who had volunteered to help, and began speaking to the crowd. Rescue workers shouted that they could not hear him. Someone handed him a small American flag and bullhorn. The President spontaneously shouted: "I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon." The crowd roared with cheers and chants of "USA! USA! USA!" Then he raised that American flag and rallied a nation.

Education & Employment Training

1. Signed the No Child Left Behind Act, delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations). The very liberal California Teachers union is currently running radio ads against the accountability provisions of this Act.

2. Announced "Jobs for the 21st Century," a comprehensive plan to better prepare workers for jobs in the new millennium by strengthening post-secondary education and job training, and by improving high school education.

3. Is working to provide vouchers to low-income students in persistently failing schools to help with costs of attending private schools. (Blocked in the Senate.)

4. Requires annual reading and math tests in grades three through eight.

5. Requires states to participate in the National Assessment of Education Progress, or an equivalent program, to establish a national benchmark for academic performance.

6. Requires school-by-school accountability report cards.

7. Established a $2.4 billion fund to help states implement teacher accountability systems.

8. Increased funding for the Troops-to-Teachers program, which recruits former military personnel to become teachers.

Environment & Energy

1. Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty.

2. Submitted a comprehensive Energy Plan (awaits Congressional action). The plan works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve national grid, etc.

3. Established a $10 million grant program to promote private conservation initiatives.

4. Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.

5. Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary cleanup of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger.

6. Part of national forests cleanup: Restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges), and removed the need for an Environmental Impact Statement before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger.

7. Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California.

8. Provided matching grants for state programs that help private landowners protect rare species.

Defense & Foreign Policy

1. Successfully executed two wars in the aftermath of 9/11/01: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50 million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom.

2. Saddam Hussein is now in prison. His two murderous sons are dead. All but a handful of the regime's senior members were killed or captured.

3. Leader by leader and member by member, al Maida is being hunted down in dozens of countries around the world. Of the senior al Qaeda leaders, operational managers, and key facilitators the U.S. Government has been tracking, nearly two-thirds have been taken into custody or killed. The detentions or deaths of senior al Qaeda leaders, including Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, the mastermind of 9/11, and Muhammad Atef, Osama bin Laden's second-in-command until his death in late 2001, have been important in the War on Terror.

4. Disarmed Libya of its chemical, nuclear and biological WMD's without bribes or bloodshed.

5. Continues to execute the War On Terror, getting worldwide cooperation to track funds/terrorists. Has cut off much of the terrorists' funding, and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network.

6. Initiated a comprehensive review of our military, which was completed just prior to 9/11/01, and which accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE capabilities were critical in the 21st Century.

7. Killed the old US/Soviet Union ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses.

8. Has been one of the strongest, if not THE strongest friend Israel has ever hand in the U.S. presidency.

9. Part of the coalition for an Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace," along with Great Britain, Russia and the EU.

10. Pushed through THREE raises for our military. Increased military pay by more than $1 billion a year.

11. Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with Russia.

12. Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia, and has announced withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ.

13. Prohibited putting U.S. troops under U.N. command.

14. Paid back UN dues only in return for reforms and reduction of U.S. share of the costs.

15. Earmarked at least 20 percent of the Defense procurement budget for next-generation weaponry.

16. Increased defense research and development spending by at least $20 billion from fiscal 2002 to 2006.

17. Ordered a comprehensive review of military weapons and strategy.

18. Ordered a review of overseas deployments.

19. Ordered renovation of military housing. The military has already upgraded about 10 percent of its inventory and expects to modernize 76,000 additional homes this year.

20. Is working to tighten restrictions on military-technology exports.

21. Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed.

Globalization & Internationalism

1. Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become another League of Nations (in other words, showed the UN to be completely irrelevant).

2. Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court.

3. Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e., the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty).

4. The only President since the founding of the UN to essentially tell that organization it is irrelevant. He said: "The conduct of the Iraqi regime is a threat to the authority of the United Nations, and a threat to peace. Iraq has answered a decade of UN demands with a decade of defiance. All the world now faces a test, and the United Nations a difficult and defining moment. Are Security Council resolutions to be honored and enforced, or cast aside without consequence? Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant?" We all know the outcome and the answer.

5. Told the Congress and the world, "America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country."

Government Reform

1. Improved government efficiency by putting hundreds of thousands of jobs put up for bid. This weakens public-sector unions and cuts undeserved pay raises.

2. Initiated review of all federal agencies with the goal of eliminating federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of the federal government while increasing private sector jobs.

3. Led the most extensive reorganization the Federal bureaucracy in over 50 years: After 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency, the Department of Homeland Security.

4. Ordered each agency to draft a five-year plan to restructure itself, with fewer managers.

5. Converted federal service contracts to performance-based contracts wherever possible so that the contractor has measurable performance goals.

Health

1. Strengthen the National Health Service Corps to put more physicians in the neediest areas, and make its scholarship funds tax-free.

2. Double the research budget of the National Institutes of Health.

3. Signed Medicare Reform, which includes:

A 10-year privatization option.

Prescription drug benefits: Prior to this reform, Medicare paid for extended hospital stays for ulcer surgery, for example, at a cost of about $28,000 per patient. Yet Medicare would not pay for the drugs that eliminate the cause of most ulcers, drugs that cost about $500 a year. Now, drug coverage under Medicare will allow seniors to replace more expensive surgeries and hospitalizations with less expensive prescription medicine.

More health care choices: As President Bush stated, "…when seniors have the ability to make choices, health care plans within Medicare will have to compete for their business by offering higher quality service [at lower cost]. For the seniors of America, more choices and more control will mean better health care. These are the kinds of health care options we give to the members of Congress and federal employees. What's good for members of Congress is also good for seniors.

New Health Savings Accounts: Effective January 1, 2004, Americans can set aside up to $4,500 every year, tax free, to save for medical expenses. Depending on your tax bracket, that means you'll save between 10 to 35 percent on any costs covered by money in your account. Every year, the money not spent would stay in the account and gain interest tax-free, just like an IRA. These accounts will be good for small business owners, and employees. More businesses can focus on covering workers for major medical problems, such as hospitalization for an injury or illness. At the same time, employees and their families will use these accounts to cover doctors visits, or lab tests, or other smaller costs. Some employers will contribute to employee health accounts. This will help more American families get the health care they need at the price they can afford.

Homeland Security, Border Enforcement & Immigration

1. *See Government Reform above. Under President Bush's leadership, America has made an unprecedented commitment to homeland security.

2. Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first 10 ABM silos in Alaska so that America will have a defense against North Korean nukes. Has ordered national and theater ballistic missile defenses to be deployed by 2004.

3. Announced a 9.7% increase in government-wide homeland security funding in his FY 2005 budget, nearly tripling the FY 2001 levels (excluding the Department of Defense and Project BioShield).

4. Before DHS was created, there were inspectors from three different agencies of the Federal Government and Border Patrol officers protecting our borders. Through DHS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) now consolidates all border activities into a single agency to create "one face at the border." This not only better secures the borders of the United States, but it also eliminates many of the inefficiencies that occurred under the old system. With over 18,000 CBP inspectors and 11,000 Border Patrol agents, CBP has 29,000 uniformed officers on our borders.

5. The Border Patrol is continuing installation of monitoring devices along the borders to detect illegal activity.

6. Launched Operation Tarmac to investigate businesses and workers in the secure areas of domestic airports and ensure immigration law compliance. Since 9/11, DHS has audited 3,640 businesses, examined 259,037 employee records, arrested 1,030 unauthorized workers, and participated in the criminal indictment of 774 individuals.

7. Since September 11, 2001, the Coast Guard has conducted more than 124,000 port security patrols, 13,000 air patrols, boarded more than 92,000 vessels, interdicted over 14,000 individuals attempting to enter the United States illegally, and created and maintained more than 90 Maritime Security Zones.

8. Announced the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), an internet-based system that is improving America's ability to track and monitor foreign students and exchange visitors. Over 870,000 students are registered in SEVIS. Of 285 completed field investigations, 71 aliens were arrested.

9. This week, the US-VISIT program began to digitally collect biometric identifiers to record the entry and exit of aliens who travel into the U.S on a visa. Together with the standard information, this new program will confirm compliance with visa and immigration policies.

10. Eliminated INS bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability.

11. Split the Immigration and Naturalization Service into two agencies: one to protect the border and interior, the other to deal with naturalization.

12. Signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal aliens.

13. Established a six-month deadline for processing immigration applications.

14. Information regarding nearly 100% of all containerized cargo is carefully screened by DHS before it arrives in the United States. Higher risk shipments are physically inspected for terrorist weapons and contraband prior to being released from the port of entry. Advanced technologies are being deployed to identify warning signs of chemical, biological, or radiological attacks. Since September 11, 2001, hundreds of thousands of first responders across America have been trained to recognize and respond to the effects of a WMD attack.

Judiciary & Tort Reform

1. Is urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits.

2. Killed the liberal ABA's unconstitutional role in vetting federal judges. The Senate is supposed to advise and consent, not the ABA.

3. Is nominating strong, conservative judges to the judiciary.

4. Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that more settlement money goes to victims.

Politics

1. His leadership resulted in Republican gains in the House and Senate, solidifying Republican control of both houses of Congress and the presidency.

2. Signed an EO enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck decision regarding union dues being used for political campaigns against individual's wishes.

Second Amendment

1. Ordered Attorney General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, and is NOT a Leftist-imagined "collective" right.

2. Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit.

3. Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers.

4. *See Globalization & Internationalism.

Traditional Values, Compassion & Volunteerism

1. Endorses and promotes "The Responsibility Era." President Bush often speaks of the necessity of personal responsibility and civic volunteerism. He said, "In a compassionate society, people respect one another and take responsibility for the decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the culture from one that has said, if it feels good, do it; if you've got a problem, blame somebody else — to one in which every single American understands that he or she is responsible for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for loving your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're responsible for being involved with the quality of the education of your children; you're responsible for making sure the community in which you live is safe; you're responsible for loving your neighbor, just like you would like to be loved yourself."

2. Started the USA Freedom Corps, the most comprehensive clearinghouse of volunteer opportunities ever offered. For the first time in history, Americans can enter geographic information about where they want to get involved, such as state or zip code, as well as areas of interest ranging from education to the environment, and they can access volunteer opportunities offered by more than 50,000 organizations across the country and around the world.

3. Established the The White House Office and the Centers for the Faith-Based and Community Initiative — located in seven Federal agencies. The faith-based initiative supports the essential work of these important organizations. The goal is to make sure that grassroots leaders can compete on an equal footing for federal dollars, receive greater private support, and face fewer bureaucratic barriers. Work focuses on at-risk youth, ex-offenders, the homeless and hungry, substance abusers, those with HIV/AIDS, and welfare-to-work families.

4. The White House released a guidebook fully describing the Administration's belief that faith-based groups have a Constitutionally-protected right to maintain their religious identity through hiring — even when Federal funds are involved.

5. Issued an EO implementing the Supreme Court's Olmstead ruling, which requires moving disabled people from institutions to community-based facilities when possible.

6.Increased funding for low-interest loan programs to help people with disabilities purchase devices to assist them.

7. Revised the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 8 rent subsidies to disabled people, permitting them to use up to a year's worth of vouchers to finance down payments on homes. HUD has started pilot programs in 11 states.

8. Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men, women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa.

9. Heeding the words of our own Declaration of Independence, the president laid out the non-negotiable demands of human dignity for all people everywhere. On January 29, 2002, he said, "No nation owns these aspirations, and no nation is exempt from them. We have no intention of imposing our culture. But America will always stand firm for the non-negotiable demands of human dignity." As stated by the President, they are a virtual manifesto of conservative principles:

Equal Justice Freedom of Speech Limited Government Power Private Property Rights Religious Tolerance Respect for Women Rule of Law