While a member of the Communist Party, I attended Communist training schools in New York and Wisconsin ... and we were trained in the revolutionary overthrow of the U.S. Government. "... We discussed quite thoroughly the fluoridation of water supplies and how we were using it in Russia as a tranquilizer in the prison camps. The leaders of our school felt that if it could be induced into the American water supply, it would bring about a spirit of lethargy in the nation, where it could keep the general public docile during a steady encroachment of Communism. alleged communist Kenneth Goff
The nutcase who made this statement was appearing at churches in the East Tennessee area in the early sixties, in most cases sponsored by elements of the John Birch Society. Another more lovable nutcase, groceryman Cas Walker, was making the case against fluoridation on his weekly tv show. It seems like the messages of Goff and Walker stuck with a few folks even up until today. According to today's Daily Times, customers in the South Blount County Utility District are exercised about the fluoridation of their water supply:
District Manager Henry Durant has) been getting a lot of phone calls from people that are upset,” said utility spokeswoman Stacie Keller. “We don’t usually get phone calls (about issues). When I talked with the secretary (Tuesday), they had gotten 10 to 20 calls from customers who were upset and said, ‘You should have done a survey and asked our input.’
Now I have been drinking fluoridated water for many years. Trust me, it is not the cause of my insanity. However, as a young person it was amazing to me how many rural teenage peers of mine were wearing false teeth by the age of 25. We all drank well water back then and I remember the extensive dental work I had to go through to be accepted into U.S. Air Force flight school at the age of 21. There IS something nasty in Blount County water people...
To be fair and balanced, like Fox News, I did see something disturbing in the South Blount County Utility District public statement by Stacie Keller:
“As we have stated in the past, the benefits of fluoridation in public water is a very inconclusive issue, with valid research and arguments to support both sides. SBCUD wants to remain focused on moving forward and does not want to allow the issue of fluoridation to diminish our district’s progress nor hinder us from achieving our future goals.
An "inconclusive issue" and your going to do it anyway? As prejudiced as I am towards the anti-fluoridation folks, I think this stance by BCUD is sort of irresponsible, or maybe... I am CRAZY!
Until next time...
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Adding fluoride to the water IS just irresponsible- look what was sent to my mail that I scanned just yesterday
April 19, 2008
Chairperson Virginia Morton
Board of South Blount County Utility District
808 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway
Maryville, TN 37801
RE: Notice/Potential of Non-Compliance, Misrepresentation and Liability
Greetings:
Please be advised that the undersigned has been retained by certain members of the Citizens for Blount County’s Future (CBCF) to represent their interests with respect to your plan to add fluoride (hydrofluorosilicic acid) to the water supply of the water consumers of the South Blount County Utility District (SBCUD). This letter follows a letter of April 14, 2008, sent to you by Linda King of the CBCF.
Please find enclosed an Actual and Constructive Notice being sent to you and various individuals and entities concerning the fluoridation issue. This Notice has been approved by certain members of CBFC and I am authorized to forward this letter and enclosed Notice with attachments to your attention.
I am advised that no adequate statement or notification has been given to the water consumers of the SBCUD by the public health authority of Blount County regarding the utilization of hydrofluorosilicic acid for the purpose of treating and preventing tooth decay for the ultimate recipient of drinking water. As stated in the Actual and Constructive Notice, no adequate notice can be given unless compliance is made with the tenets of the Notice.
A question has been raised by certain members of CBFC regarding the question of ethics and whether an ethics policy has been adopted by the SBCUD: your proposed action on fluoridation-given the circumstances surrounding Board approval of fluoridation-potentially gives rise to ethical concerns.
Thus, for your information, please be notified by the enclosed document with attachments of the potential of non-compliance, misrepresentation and liability by SBCUD relative to the issue of fluoridation of the water supply of the district.
Sincerely,
Thomas F. Mabry
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Enclosure (ACTUAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE of Potential of Non-Compliance, Misrepresentation and Liability)
Mabry's the Knoxvile lawyer whose client suedz Cunningham for defamation last month
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