tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post1914860223386020493..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Learn a LittleJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-77864666484576341202016-12-15T20:53:08.719-10:002016-12-15T20:53:08.719-10:00Wow Bradley!!! Not only do you have "big corn...Wow Bradley!!! Not only do you have "big corn" but genius soy, your truly amazing. One would think with results like that the Unired States would be serving soy milk in every school. Surely, you shared the amazing results with your community and your local school district has begun serving it? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-83584813896305079862016-12-15T09:04:51.966-10:002016-12-15T09:04:51.966-10:00To Anonymous Anonymous @ December 14, 2016 at 5:03...To Anonymous Anonymous @ December 14, 2016 at 5:03 AM who said...<br /><br />"I hope somebody documents and records the poor people that are losing their lively hoods on Maui sugar plantations. The heartache and misery that the GMO activist are causing needs to be exposed and shown to the world."<br /><br />I hope that too. The selfish anti-GMO, anti-everything people who did their best to put 700 people out of work here on Maui are bragging and congratulating themselves and insisting that all their illnesses will now be over. Not gonna happen. They will probably find that the persistent vog was the cause of their asthma, not the once every 2 year cane burning of fields (25-30 minutes).<br /><br />And even though they are also audaciously and mindlessly bragging that now, all those unemployed workers will get new and better jobs, we all know that there are few good jobs on Maui and this is very unlikely. Just over 100 workers have succeeded in finding jobs and most are not comparable in wages or benefits.<br /><br />It is well-established that the loss of employment has serious ramifications on health. Perhaps even THE most serious impacts to health. Unfortunately, as in other Hawaii locations where the plantations have closed, Maui can expect an increase both physical and psychological problems.<br /><br />Yes, the plantation was losing money, as it has in other years. But even the heads of the company have acknowledged that incessant activism helped bring about the sudden decision to close. This would not have happened so soon, or the way it did, but for the lies, exaggerations, and constant pressure and manipulation of the government and the public. With blind help from the media.<br /><br />The activists are proud of themselves. They have been empowered by their successes. They think they are saving the world. They will never be satisfied until the destroy every bit of aloha in Hawaii.<br /><br />We were a family at HC&S. These people have destroyed that. We are scattered to the wind.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-87877404193350085062016-12-15T04:19:36.593-10:002016-12-15T04:19:36.593-10:00I should clarify, the study in Mexico is on teenag...I should clarify, the study in Mexico is on teenage girls in poor rural part of the county. They have developmental issues from years of a low protein diet. The twins feed soy milk started growing taller faster too. Now the entire village drinks soy milk and they have seen remarkable improvement is both health, and academics. The researchers are working on trying to repeat those results in three other communities prior to publishing the study....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11553534513992452534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-21251219446506267042016-12-15T04:08:08.679-10:002016-12-15T04:08:08.679-10:00@ 8:02 ummm your her parent, so what you feed you...@ 8:02 ummm your her parent, so what you feed your kids is your deal more than mine. However, a diet rich in meat would have contributed to the same symptoms. As a nation, and a world, kids are reaching pubescence earlier. Also, they are developing longer. Women, on average, are a full cup size larger than a generation ago. Yes, to a certain degree, <br /><a href="https://www.drmcdougall.com/newsletter/nov_dec97.html" rel="nofollow">farmers</a> providing a protein rich diet is contributing to that. Rice milk is very low in protein compared to <a href="http://www.healthline.com/health/milk-almond-cow-soy-rice#5" rel="nofollow">soy</a> milk (soy milk has way more protein than cow's milk), so only time will tell how she develops intellectually. If she is getting protein from other sources, I doubt it'll be an issue. In Mexico, their diet is very, very low in protein. That's where we are seeing development issues. Those kids are not reaching pubescence earlier.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11553534513992452534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-34474403677428245942016-12-14T22:09:18.509-10:002016-12-14T22:09:18.509-10:00Hopefully, your doctor has now reviewed the medica...Hopefully, your doctor has now reviewed the medical literature on phytoestrogens, which are weaker than human estrogen. When phytoestrogens occupy the cell, normal estrogens can't. The plant estrogens minimize normal estrogen. In other words, soy products reduce estrogen activity. Think about it - cultures with more soy consumption than the US don't have an epidemic of early female puberty.<br /><br />Menarche usually occurs between age 10 and 15, with the average age being about 12.5. That age range has been stable for decades. There is nothing unusual about commencement at 11.<br /><br />Precocious puberty occurs before age 8 and has a long list of possible causes, none of which involve soy beans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-33385961025682616472016-12-14T20:02:33.500-10:002016-12-14T20:02:33.500-10:00When my daughter was done breast feeding, she only...When my daughter was done breast feeding, she only drank soy milk. She gets straight A''s too. She also started experiencing premature puberty at the age of 6 and got her period by 11. Her doctor said it was because she drank soy milk. Are you gonna take credit for that too Bradley? My other daughter is 6. She only drinks organic rice milk. So far no premature puberty. They don't give A's anymore in 1st grade but I'm sure she'lll get them when her time comes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-25376507364828304332016-12-14T19:56:24.033-10:002016-12-14T19:56:24.033-10:00@5:05 pm I am very well read. Please provide one ...@5:05 pm I am very well read. Please provide one example of a credible scientific study that shows GE is harmful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-79949364194186847672016-12-14T17:55:37.262-10:002016-12-14T17:55:37.262-10:00@ 6:39 the starving people of Africa benefit from ...@ 6:39 the starving people of Africa benefit from buying my cheaper than organic food grade white corn. They did a study in Mexico with twins. Half were given soy milk and the other half wasn't. Protien is very important for brian development. The twins given soy milk started getting better grades. After 6 months, they started pulling A's. Then something interesting happened, the other twins started getting better grades too. Turns out, the moms started giving the other twins soy milk too. That's why the study ended early. Therefore, I'm VERY PROUD to grow affordable soybeans to help the impoverished people of the world get a better education. People with better grades are more likely to goto college and succeed in the world. That is truly the key to ending poverty (and starvation) in the world. That cause benefits all of humanity more than it benefits me... I would rather feed 4 starving people with conventional grains then one person with organic. Conversely, a starving family given the choice between organic food for one person, or conventional food for the whole family would make the same choice as well. You make your choice (and that choice is fine), but I don't cast unfair aspersion on your character based on that....I'll kindly ask you to return the favor. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11553534513992452534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-84061739519212435092016-12-14T17:05:12.518-10:002016-12-14T17:05:12.518-10:00Then you haven't read very much @1:54Then you haven't read very much @1:54Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-14762057657210549452016-12-14T13:54:07.849-10:002016-12-14T13:54:07.849-10:0012/14/@ 11:26 AM there are plenty of people who ar...12/14/@ 11:26 AM there are plenty of people who are not opposed to GE (what you are calling GMO) who have no financial stake in the matter. These people are educated and trained scientists. To date I have not read one properly designed, properly peer reviewed study published in a credible scientific journal that shows that GE is harmful. If I ever do, I will consider the evidence and adjust my position accordingly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-3425616380398515242016-12-14T11:45:10.775-10:002016-12-14T11:45:10.775-10:00Theory is not FACT so essentially Science is not F...Theory is not FACT so essentially Science is not FACT. Theories become "Theory" through extensive peer review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-85238967279199199772016-12-14T11:26:57.432-10:002016-12-14T11:26:57.432-10:00There is siene on both sides of the argument. Seem...There is siene on both sides of the argument. Seems like the only people for GMO are the people that have some kind of financial reason to do so and those opposed can afford to buy organic. There is a whole bunch of people that don't fit into either category that deserve to know the truth. You would think either side would conduct an all inclusive test without bias that definitely proves their case. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-3686772690105847212016-12-14T09:47:02.562-10:002016-12-14T09:47:02.562-10:00NO NO NO!!!! @ 7:11 AM today.
We on Maui do not w...NO NO NO!!!! @ 7:11 AM today.<br /><br />We on Maui do not want or need Hooser on this island. Get enough self-centered, out-of-touch-with-reality loosers here already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-46409062214168549622016-12-14T09:40:09.756-10:002016-12-14T09:40:09.756-10:00I believe in science. Therefore, I believe in glo...I believe in science. Therefore, I believe in global warming, that sea levels are rising, and GMO and pesticides make it possible to feed the world. Those who think organically grown food is somehow healthier than GMO crops with pesticides applied in regulated quantities are gravely mistaken. Science is fact, whereas the anti-GMO theology is just a cult religion that chooses to believe what they do and simply ignores fact and proven science.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-41045191247785708662016-12-14T07:11:42.880-10:002016-12-14T07:11:42.880-10:00Hooser is pleading for island residents to speak u...Hooser is pleading for island residents to speak up at Council with respect to the repeal of ordinance 960. In his Garden Island commentary, he again uses unsubstantiated statistics on westside health issues and points to the highly slanted Joint Fact Finding report which was written by the anti's as his source. Gary just doesn't know when to quit. I remember when I had a hard time letting go that Santa Claus wasn't real ... but that's when I was 6. Time to Hooser to move on; maybe to Maui where they still seem to believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Unicorns, and that GMO kills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-68516417352998962892016-12-14T06:39:38.389-10:002016-12-14T06:39:38.389-10:00Bradley using the end justifies the means argument...Bradley using the end justifies the means argument. It never really works unless you are the one benefiting in the end, which in this situaltion you have a financial stake in the claim so of course you would absolve yourself from any moral responsibility. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-3247627297873887362016-12-14T05:03:15.337-10:002016-12-14T05:03:15.337-10:00I hope somebody documents and records the poor peo...I hope somebody documents and records the poor people that are losing their lively hoods on Maui sugar plantations. The heartache and misery that the GMO activist are causing needs to be exposed and shown to the world. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-49480268995870205752016-12-13T19:06:39.769-10:002016-12-13T19:06:39.769-10:00I'm guessing you never heard of corn syrup @ 9...I'm guessing you never heard of corn syrup @ 9:47. Its what your addicted to and millions of Americans. The food industry knows that and other special ingrediants that keep you coming back for more. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-50413667265536187412016-12-13T12:43:31.972-10:002016-12-13T12:43:31.972-10:008:08 My attitude has noting to do with other peop...8:08 My attitude has noting to do with other people's eating habits. Consumer's eating habits are a product of supply and demand. Farmers supply what consumers demand, not the other way around. Not everyone wants to live solely on an expensive organic vegetable based diet.<br /><br /> Our farmers market venture tried that market and found conventional methods are more profitable. (Nobody would buy tomatoes with bug spots, while expecting organic food to be cheaper, and the yields where half as much as our fertilized conventional tomatoes.) I'm happy you're able to feed your family healthy food, but I doubt you're going to let expensive Hawaiian house be eaten by Termites. Further, mosquitos spraying (while unpleasant) serves the public wellbeing. Finally, I can't find any health benefit to organic food over conventionally grown food. <br /><br />Diseases like diabetes (and heart disease) have other contributing factors like genetics, and life style habits (such as lack of exercise), that contribute to increased numbers as much as people's diet does. Putting people's health problems on farmer's is unfair because most of the factors that contribute to those problems are beyond our control. When you change people's eating habits, farmers will adapt our cropping rotations to meet those needs. That's business 101...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11553534513992452534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-57564131022109139752016-12-13T09:47:33.852-10:002016-12-13T09:47:33.852-10:00Ahhh...so eating conventionally-grown vegetables l...Ahhh...so eating conventionally-grown vegetables leads to obesity. Thank you Anon 8:08 for this entirely believable factoid. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-53612846921910118902016-12-13T07:02:40.368-10:002016-12-13T07:02:40.368-10:00"Poison" was developed a really long tim..."Poison" was developed a really long time ago. I was watching some Korean Dramas and the King and Queen were the ultimate rulers. They could have a person tortured, drink poison, or beheaded, and or exiled and drink poison on an island. Even those days had good guys and bad guys. Things really don't change as we still have good guys and bad guys. The thing is that all bad guys think they are good guys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-39092081335235148972016-12-13T05:50:32.434-10:002016-12-13T05:50:32.434-10:00Joan, why was Hawaii county able to accept the sam...Joan, why was Hawaii county able to accept the same free legal services offered to Kauai?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-85274308035525552812016-12-12T21:01:51.423-10:002016-12-12T21:01:51.423-10:00Ditto, Joan on 5:55. It also wasn't perfectly ...Ditto, Joan on 5:55. It also wasn't perfectly clear that these services would in fact be actually "free", much less under the control of the County. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-50147830011434635682016-12-12T20:08:20.546-10:002016-12-12T20:08:20.546-10:00Doesn't sound like "if you don't know...Doesn't sound like "if you don't know what you're talking about, I'm not going to worry about it." Bradley. I'm an organic farmer and I don't use pesticides so you don't know what you are talking about. I have no delusions that my methods are going to feed the world but I'm feeding my family and and a bunch of others. There are a lot of obese, diabetic, high blood pressure, cancer ridden people that aren't making it to a ripe old age anymore. There is a reason for that, your attitude, and that of the whole food industry is a big reason why. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-20486514861079874632016-12-12T19:52:10.368-10:002016-12-12T19:52:10.368-10:004:23 uh wouldn't your proclaimed leader Hooser...4:23 uh wouldn't your proclaimed leader Hooser dot all his I's and cross all his T's before stating this Pro Bono bullshit? Typical Haole only talk, no truth! Bullshit catches up to you. F all you stupid Haoles. Keep talking!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com