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Feb.
3, 2008
Hi
Mitchel,
I've been holed up at work and glued to my work bench all weekend
frantically trying to complete something by Monday. I decided
that while doing that, I could make my time more enjoyable by
listening to several recent installments of your show. I just
wanted to say that I really enjoyed them, especially the two-part
interview with Brian Tokar. While I agree with most of what
was said, there is one point I take issue with. You both said
that the most commonly engineered crops are corn, soy, cotton
(seed), and canola, implying that the "organic" forms
of these crops are healthy. That isn't so. These four foods
are quite new in the human diet. In the case of corn and soy,
it's true that people have been eating them for thousands of
years, but not the oils--no one separated the oils from the
rest of these plants and ate them until about a hundred years
ago. And while soy is a traditional food in the mysterious orient,
it was never consumed to the same degree as today. Canola oil
is one of the newest oils on the market--barely 20 years old.
Here are some of the sources (actually all the same source,
I admit) for my claims. I think you'll find them very interesting.
http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/index.html
http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/oiling.html
http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/conola.html
Mr. Tokar points out correctly that GE crops are found mostly
in processed foods. I think that you and he would agree that
processed foods are not healthy and that no one should eat them,
even if they are made from organic ingredients. They are not
only bad for our health, but the processed food industry is
big and powerful and quite influential in Washington--a very
large part of the "odious machine" that is featured
at the beginning of your show. I truly believe that the world
would be much better off in more ways than one if this industry
went out of business. The only way that will ever happen is
if people stop eating their products.
Regards,
Steve Salchow
Hi
Steve,
Good point you're making, too. Canola oil -- I'd never eat it.
Percy Schmeiser, the Canadian Canola farmer who was sued by
Monsanto for stealing their property rights when their G.E.
proprietary genes were found in some of his Canola, and who
is sueing Monsanto now for trespassing on his land, told me
that he would never eat Canola oil and didn't recommend it to
anyone else.
I'm not sure about the dangers of organic corn oil or organic
soy oil, though I see your point and I don't use those oils
myself.
The latest health fad is coconut oil, which is a reveral of
what they were saying 7 or 8 years ago.
Thanx!
Mitchel:
Aug
14, 2007 7:24 PM
From: Marcey Gayer
To: 'Mitchel Cohen' <mitchelcohen@mindspring.com>
Subject: RE: Ashanti Alston interview on Steal This Radio
Dear Mitch,
Dynamite show. I just love the things you do. I must get in touch with
Ashanti Alston. I'm teaching 7th Grade Soc. Studies in E. Harlem. It would blow my students' minds to hear that when Alston was just a little older than them, he was liberating men from prison with a blow torch. What a far cry from 50 Cent and their other role models.
Thanks again.
Love,
Marcey
July 18, 2007
From: Regina Renke
Subject: Re: The Truth Behind the EPA and the World Trade Center
Hi Mitchel:
Regina here in Vancouver Canada. The radio show is great. [The interview with Joel Kupferman]
I would like you to consider doing an interview with Aresh and the
folks of More Gardens. Thanks,
Regina
July
17, 2007
From: Danny G <dglasner@yahoo.com>
I actually subscribe to your podcasts and i think your show
is great. A
good combination of music and interesting talk...
May 3, 2007
From: "Jerry <javissato@yahoo.com>
Hi
Mitchel,
Nice job on the radio show. I listen every week via podcast.
I am very unhappy about how the debate about the war and other
political issues is going. In order to add some of what's lacking,
I have started a blog. You can view it at:
<http://clapso.wordpress.com>
I hope you'll check it out and join the discussion by adding
your comments.
<http://www.myspace.com/clapsoville>
Jerry
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:18:01 EDT
From: Rap8643@aol.com
Subject: Re: STEAL THIS RADIO:
To: mitchelcohen@mindspring.com
Show sounds great - love the music you're using! Unfortunately,
the speakers on my computer suck, but I will try to listen.
Peg
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