Whether you’re Republican or Democrat, you have the power to help improve our nation. You can join a movement that will greatly benefit future generations.
In a pre-election day column, I listed some of the federal government’s health and science bureaucracy’s many misdeeds and how a Donald Trump victory can root out the corruption and initiate a process to create a healthier environment for every American (see https://thecitizen.com/2024/10/14/when-government-intervenes-in-science/).
When the bureaucrats and special interests who led our nation into deep despair are pulling out their hair and coughing up a lung complaining about Trump’s cabinet appointments, you know he’s on the right track.
We all know we are about to see a massive battle on some cabinet appointments. The Democrats have already concocted a “Russian Collusion 2.0” scheme to smear appointees.
Bluster or momentous?
Trump boldly named Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services this past week. Nothing says Trump is serious more than this nomination.
The Democrats refused to allow the Democrat Kennedy to run in their primaries, choosing to build a protective fence around President Joe Biden (and later staging a coup and inserting Kamala Harris, trouncing democracy).
Kennedy decided to run as an independent candidate and built a significant following. His criticism of the covid mRNA vaccine has been vindicated (see: https://thecitizen.com/2024/10/21/after-investigation-covid-vaccine-mandates-just-look-bad-even-corrupt/).
No knowledgeable person can deny that Kennedy is a serious player. He has sued the federal government on health and environmental issues and won numerous times.
Kennedy has been critical of Trump in the past. In the 1980s, Kennedy sued Trump twice for developments impacting the watershed and won both times.
Kennedy convinced Trump that he understands the corrupt federal government science system and has the knowledge and drive to take it on.
The United States is ranked 60th in life expectancy, and chronic disease is widespread.
While I disagree sharply with some of Kennedy’s views on specific issues, his positions on bureaucratic health science corruption and waste are on target. Trump has made it clear that he has mandated that Kennedy stay in that particular lane.
What will Trump and Kennedy do?
The broad perspective on Kennedy’s plan includes overhauling pharmaceutical regulations, banning harmful pesticides, and requiring preventative education in medical schools.
Here are some specifics Kennedy listed in the Wall Street Journal:
– Reform the Prescription Drug User Fee Act to reduce pharmaceutical industry influence on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
– Prohibit U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition panel members from profiting from food or drug companies.
– Review and possibly limit direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising.
– Prevent National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds from going to researchers with conflicts of interest.
– Cap drug prices to align U.S. costs with international standards.
– Restrict supplemental nutritional assistance program (SNAP) benefits from being used to buy unhealthy foods.
– Revisit U.S. pesticide and chemical standards to align with stricter global regulations.
– Require nutritional education and functional medicine in medical schools.
– Reform crop subsidies to promote healthier food production.
– Reinstate presidential fitness test standards for Americans’ physical health.
– Allocate more NIH research funds to preventative and holistic health approaches.
– Expand health savings accounts (HSA’s) to give Americans more control over their health care choices.
How about you and your family?
Instead of the federal government proposing to spend billions of dollars on Wegovy and Ozempic, how about providing cost-effective avenues for better quality food and incentives for preventive care?
Regardless of race, sex, nationality, religion, or political affiliation, pursuing these policies benefits everyone. Although you cannot change the election results, you can affect your family’s and future generations’ health. Be part of the movement.
Contact Georgia’s U.S. Senators John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock and support the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as the Department of Health and Human Services secretary.
Ossoff: Washington D.C. (202) 224-3521, Atlanta office (470) 786-7800
Warnock: (202) 224-3643, Atlanta office (770) 694-7828
It only takes five minutes and could be the most significant phone calls of your life.
The masses voted to end the status quo, the poor performance, and the mounting troubles. Now, it’s time for you to act: notify your U.S. Senators and approve the change team.
[Brown is a former mayor of Peachtree City and served two terms on the Fayette County Board of Commissioners. You can read all his columns by clicking on his photo below.]
Strange, Alec Baldwin certainly agrees with you about the commoners just not understanding the complexities of what is going on.
Breaking News: The President Elect just announced that Bozo would be driving the clown car of his picks to run the new administration. In a statement on Truth Social, 47 stated, “We need someone who reflects my values and intentions at the wheel. I’ve known Bozo for years, and he’s a terrific supporter and boot licker, and I think he has a driver’s license.”
Of all the people out there to head HHS, 47 chooses a guy with brain worms.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Fiction – Directionally, I agree with what Kennedy advocates for, but yet to be determined on the specifics. What is your beef with him?
At least Kennedy knows what a woman is, unlike Biden’s HHS Assistant Secretary for Health Dr Richard, uh, Dr Rachel Levine, our nation’s first cross-dressing admiral. There’s your “truth is stranger than fiction” moment.
Strange (maybe we should call you “weird”, in honor of the memo that went out from the DNC to all the media outlets demanding they use that term to describe Trump / Vance):
Weirder Than Fiction: Let’s try something new. How about you elevate your game and pick a policy position and critique RFJ Jr’s policy on a certain topic, instead of just name calling? The discussions will be more fruitful, they’ll be more civil, and at the end of the day your argument will carry more validity than it would if you just attack him personally.
So…..how about you give us a list of policies or views that RFK has that you disagree with?
Do you disagree with making our food healthier?
Do you disagree with taking all the nasty chemicals and petroleum-based dyes (which are not allowed anywhere else in the Western world) out of our food?
Do you agree with removing the exemption that makes vaccine companies NOT liable for injuries caused by their products?
Do you agree that over-vaccination may be a cause of harm to us?
Hi Wing – Here’s a list of similar questions for you:
Do you believe that husbands shouldn’t beat their wives?
Do you agree that children should be given food?
Do you agree that murderers should be arrested?
Do you believe that water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen?
It’s so easy when you write the questions that have only one reasonable answer, isn’t it? Too bad that real science is so much more complicated than RFK, Jr. seems to comprehend.
Good for you, STF. I do not think Wing is looking for a rational discussion. He seems to put down anything challenging Humpty-Dumpty’s actions. Here are my answers to Wing:
1. Economically making food healthier is always preferred to creating unhealthy food. If not economically feasible, any food is better than none. “Soylent Green” is only a last resort, after other vegetative and leather products.
2. In the processing of food, what is nasty? Ingestion of petroleum-based products is questionable, but there exist cases where petroleum products are beneficial. They include: Antibacterial creams, Antibiotics, Antifungal medication, Antihistamines, Antibiotic ointments, Antiviral drugs, Aspirin, Birth control pills, Chemotherapy drugs, Cough Syrup, Inhalers, Insulin, Pain relievers, Prescription drugs, Prescription painkillers, Supplements, Vaseline, Vitamins.
3. Emergencies do occur. Some liability exemptions are appropriate to expedite creation, manufacture, and distribution of vaccines. Good decision-makers understand risk management. I like Doon’s perspective.
4. “Over vaccinations” are rare, but seemingly harmless. I have experienced several occasions of being “over vaccinated.” For example, I can probably have anthrax for a main dining course. I have been injected 24 times (four complete series) with anthrax vaccines. Maybe three or four times with polio, rubella, measles, yellow fever, hepatitis, COVID, etcetera.
There is room for improving health and human services. With RFK, Jr., will the end justify the means? For me, it is by far too soon to tell. His reputation for adopting conspiracy theories may just be smoke and consensus supports Humpty-Dumpty. I have my doubts, but I do hope the consensus is correct. As for Wing’s seemingly asinine political questioning, what can I say? Trust, be patient, observe, and the truth will eventually surface.
Thanks Doug. Trumpers deal in sound bites and dichotomous reasoning rather than complexities. My main concern about RFK is his penchant to chase after any conspiracy theory that suits his narrative regardless of the preponderance of scientific findings. I am most concerned about his past ant-vaccination comments that might discourage parents from vaccinating their children for fear of autism or some other unproven link to the vaccine. It will be bad enough for their own children who contract measles or other diseases, but this also exposes others to harm that greatly outweighs risks.
RFK’s family is a close knit group, and they know and love him. Yet, even they have taken the unprecedented step (at least for Kennedys) to publicly assail his junk science claims and conspiracy chasing.
He is as unsuited for HHS director as is an arsonist heading security for a fireworks factory.
you picking up some road kill for Dinner Steve? there is a sweet deer on Veterans pkwy that looks awful tasty…