[APFN] Fw: Citizens for Health Alert: How Are You Marking National "Read Your Labels Day"
- Original Message - Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 8:34 AM Subject: Citizens for Health Alert: How Are You Marking National "Read Your Labels Day" April 11, 2013 Dear Citizen for Health, CFH has declared 4/11 National "Read Your Labels Day". For one day (at least) we want you to investigate - and share - "the 411" on the importance of reading the labels on foods and beverages before you buy them. Observing the claims isn't enough when a product can contain 10 times - or more - as much high fructose corn syrup than fruit juice, but make a big deal about being "made with real lemons". Technically accurate, yes. Informative in any real sense of the word? No. Nor are the nutrition "facts" telling the whole story. Think of them as the main title of a movie. While they give you a very basic idea of what's inside, you really don't know the details until you see the end credits roll. The list of ingredients is the end credits of the movie, and without it you'd have no real idea what it took to create what you’re eating. That’s why we want you to stand up to the food industry and refuse to accept deceptive marketing ploys like references to nonexistent fruit or bogus claims of “no MSG.” What you can do today: --Check our list of the "Top Ten Additives to Avoid" and learn why they made the list - courtesy of FoodIdentityTheft.com blogger and CFH contributor, Linda Bonvie. When you find any of these ingredients - or a favorite offender of your own - take a photo with your phone and share it with the world on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag #ReadYourLabels. --Visit the CFH Facebook page and share your personal pledge to avoid as many of these 10 ingredients as you can. It won't be easy to avoid them all, since manufacturers do their best to disguise or distract you from the worst of them. But it's worth it, and it's a great exercise in staying informed about what you eat and feed to your families. --Sign the petition to label high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) - read more and sign here. --Get creative! Have an idea for how to mark the day, or how to share the "411" with other concerned consumers? Share it with us and other Citizens for Health through Twitter (#ReadYourLabels) or Facebook. We'll be watching eagerly for what you share! As always, thank you for your participation. The Citizens for Health Team Sign the petition! Check out Citizens for Health on YouTube! Like Citizens for Health on Facebook! Follow Citizens for Health on Twitter! Check out Citizens for Health on google+! Check out Citizens for Health on Pinterest! Like FoodIdentityTheft on Facebook! Follow FoodIdentityTheft on Twitter! You are receiving emails from Citizens for Health because you subscribed to updates or because you took action in response to an item on our website or in an alert forwarded by a friend. If you wish to receive no further emails from Citizens for Health, click here and enter any email address you wish to have removed. You will then receive an email to confirm your removal from our list. For our privacy policy, click here. -- -- APFN-1 YahooGroups: Subscribe: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apfn-1/join Unsubscribe: apfn-1-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com APFN MSG BOARD: `In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.' http://disc.yourwebapps.com/Indices/149495.html APFN CONTENTS PAGE: http://www.apfn.org/old/apfncont.htm APFN TWITTER http://twitter.com/signup?follow=APFN1 Find elected officials, including the president, members of Congress, governors, state legislators, local officials, and more. http://congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/ SUPPORT APFN: PMB 206, 7549 W. CACTUS RD. #104, PEORIA, AZ 85381 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "APFN" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to apfn+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[APFN] Fw: Critical vote today on gun control: Your action is needed!
- Original Message - From: Liberty Counsel Action Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 8:06 AM Subject: Critical vote today on gun control: Your action is needed! Mathew Staver, Chairman Liberty Counsel Action Dot, A crucially important vote is taking place in the United States Senate today. At stake is the further subversion of our Second Amendment rights… a dramatic expansion of federal control and power… wholesale invasion of citizens’ privacy… and yet another denigration of law-abiding citizens, all done in the name of adding more “gun control”! Harry Reid’s gun control bill is a totally unnecessary expansion of federal power and will do absolutely nothing to keep criminals from obtaining guns! This bill must be stopped dead in its tracks today! This morning, we are delivering the “Stand Your Ground on the Second Amendment” petitions to Senate leaders ahead of the Senate debate and vote. But we need to do more. Dot, I am calling you and on every friend of Liberty Counsel Action to take immediate action. Please take a moment right now and fax your two Wisconsin senators and your representative today and tell them to protect our Second Amendment rights! Everything you need to fax them – and the entire U.S. Senate if you wish – is just one click away: http://www.lcaction.cc/2672/offer.asp If you need more information on this vital issue, which will dramatically affect every American’s rights, even if you don’t own a gun, please see my message below from last evening. God bless you for standing with us! Mat There is outright tumult today on Capitol Hill with all of the drama, political posturing, and behind-the-scenes deal-making that you would ever hope to find in a Tom Clancy novel. But this drama is real, and it is dangerous! At stake is the further subversion of our Second Amendment rights; a dramatic expansion of federal control and power; wholesale invasion of citizens’ privacy; and yet another denigration of law-abiding citizens – all done in the name of adding more “gun control” in our culture! Here’s our take: This is an unnecessary expansion of federal power and will not do a single thing to keep criminals from obtaining guns! I am calling on every friend of Liberty Counsel Action to take immediate citizen action by faxing your two senators and your representative today and tell them to protect our Second Amendment rights! Everything you need is just one click away: http://www.lcaction.cc/2672/offer.asp Please see my urgent message below – Mat. Dot, The scene in Congress today is all too reminiscent of the passage of ObamaCare under Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Backroom deals, deception, manipulation of facts; name calling; political posturing – all to help President Barrack Obama add another piece of “signature legislation” to his presidential legacy. Here is how the drama is unfolding: Senator Reid has planned the first “cloture” vote on the proposed gun control legislation for tomorrow. A dozen or more Senate Republicans are threatening to filibuster the “gun control” vote. Senator Reid says he has enough votes to invoke “cloture” and override a filibuster. Two leading senators, Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey announced today that they’ve reached a bipartisan “compromise” on the background check legislation, which is a key part of the bill being hotly debated in the Senate. The fate of that compromise has yet to be determined. But there’s a major problem. We don’t need ANOTHER background check law! On the books right now is a federal law created under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. Under the Brady law, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System mandates that licensed gun sellers check with the FBI database before making a sale. ++This unnecessary law is the proverbial camel’s nose in the tent for outright federal control of gun ownership in America! These proposed “expanded” background checks place the government squarely in the middle of EVERY gun purchase, including private transactions. You can’t even hand your firearm to a friend at a shooting range without breaking the law! Under Harry Reid’s proposed new system, private sellers and buyers would be required to meet in person with a licensed dealer. There, the dealer would check the buyer against the federal database. As with dealer purchases, a record of the sale would be retained by the licensed dealer and the dealer would charge a fee for the recording service. Many opponents of the bill believe it will ultimately result in the universal registration of all firearms and gun owners. At a minimum, it will lead to expanded monitoring by the ATF wh
