PROF. JOAN FERRANTE RESPONDED...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joan Ferrante" <FERRANTEJ@nku.edu>
To: "Todd Gastaldo" <tgastaldo@earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 6:06 PM
Subject: RE: The F Crime: The Elusive Obvious

Dr. Gastaldo - thank you for the e-mail of support and the forwarded
message from Paul Connett -  I like the concept of illusive obvious and
plan to check out the book from which the term emerged.

Joan Ferrante
Professor of Sociology
Northern Kentucky University
FH 518
Highland Heights, KY 41099
(859) 572-5256
ferrantej@exchange.nku.edu

#### Joan,

#### The book is The Elusive Obvious by Moshe Feldenkrais.

#### Your phrase "illusive obvious" perhaps describes Paul Connett's
behavior - deceiving by false show; being deceitful; being deceptive;
being false; being illusory; being unreal. (See the second definition
of "illusive," below.)

#### Paul is publicly creating the illusion - via a gross lie of
omission - that the obvious is ILLUSIVE (not elusive) - that the F
Crime CANNOT be ended by law enforcement.

#### There are others online perpetuating the illusion that obvious
crimes and the cultural authorities who commit them are above the law.

See Birth child abuse: The Bradley Method's 'Classic' Trap
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med/msg/6172b8bacce584a2

#### Interestingly, LAPD (Los Angeles Police Dept) forwarded the just
cited post as I requested.

#### Perhaps the police will do as you did - ignore the obvious elusive
- and help Paul with his obvious illusive.

#### All I can do is make a record in the Google archive of this
interesting sociological phenomenon.

#### As with my first Open Letter, this second will be archived too for
global access.

#### Thanks for responding.

#### Sincerely,

#### Todd

#### Dr. Gastaldo
#### Hillsboro, Oregon
#### USA
#### todd@chiromotion.com

Definitions of illusive on the Web:

based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of
finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring
but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals
without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of
democracy"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.
missbunbun.tripod.com/id7.html

From: Todd Gastaldo [mailto:tgastaldo@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wed 12/27/2006 9:53 AM
To: Joan Ferrante
Cc: chiro-list@yahoogroups.com
Subject: The F Crime: The Elusive Obvious

THE F CRIME^^^:  THE ELUSIVE-OBVIOUS

^^^The F Crime is "fluoridation" - mass forced-medication with the
poisons FSA/fluoride, arsenic and lead - ostensibly to prevent
cavities.  See www.fluoridealert.org <http://www.fluoridealert.org/> .

PREGNANT?  The American Dental Association has now been forced to
concede that formula-fed infants should not have their formula
reconstituted with "fluoridated" (poisoned) water.  See
www.fluoridealert.org <http://www.fluoridealert.org/> .

Eventually dentists will concede the Elusive Obvious White Elephant
fact that common law indicates it is a CRIME to force-medicate with the
poison fluoride even if it is ever determined that the
forced-medication is "good medicine." (ADA now concedes that the poison
works primarily TOPICALLY.  This means it does need to be in drinking
water - people who want to subject their children to the poison can do
so with poisoned toothpaste.)

I am emailing this to PROFESSOR JOAN FERRANTE because PAUL CONNETT, PhD
writes:

"Please email Professor Joan Ferrante at <ferrantej@nku.edu> and thank
her for her 'open mind' on this issue and provide her with more
information that will encourage her that she and her students are on
the right path."

Prof. Joan Ferrante, you are indeed on the right path - but you (and
apparently your students) are missing the Elusive Obvious White
Elephant fact about fluoridation:  Common law indicates that it is a
CRIME to force medicate with the poison - even if the poison is ever
determined to be "good medicine."

Law enforcement could end it today - immediately.

When keeping an open mind, we must ask ourselves why "anti-"
fluoridation Paul Connett, PhD consistently fails to mention this
Elusive Obvious White Elephant fact about the mass forced-medication
called "fluoridation."

Thanks for reading.

Sincerely,

Todd

Dr. Gastaldo
Hillsboro, Oregon
USA
todd@chiromotion.com

PS My thanks to the late Moshe Feldenkrais for the great phrase (and
book/book title) "Elusive Obvious"...

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Connett <mailto:paul@fluoridealert.org>
To: fan_bulletins@lists.eggplantmedia.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 5:09 AM
Subject: [FAN Bulletins] 726: Keeping an open mind

FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK
http://www.FluorideAction.net <http://www.fluorideaction.net/>

FAN Bulletin 726: Keeping an open mind

Dec 27, 2006

Dear All,

Before we get to the piece below on "keeping an open mind", I have some
very exciting news to report on the fundraising for FAN's fluoridation
fighting fund for 2007. Yesterday was like getting two Christmas days
in a row!

Since yesterday's bulletin we have raised a magnificent $1035 in new
donations. Our new total stands at $3080 which means that we have just
$1920 more to raise to get to our mini-goal of $5000, which will in
turn be doubled by an anonymous donor to yield $10,000, if we can reach
this goal by midnight Dec 31. Thus, we need $1920 in four more days.

This remains a very exciting challenge and if you want to join in with
your own tax-deductible contribution it is is very easy - and very
important - to do. A donation to FAN (small or large) can be made by
simply using our secure, online donation system at:
https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=5061 (if this is not
live in your system please copy and paste). Donations can also be sent
by mail to: AEHSP-FAN, PO Box 5111, Burlington VT 05402.

Keeping an open mind

It has always been my firm belief that any one with an open mind who
reads the arguments and the scientific literature on the
ineffectiveness and dangers of fluoridation, will come out against this
practice. Every day seems to bring us - in the form of a phone call, or
an email or a newspaper article - news that another dentist, doctor,
water department official has done just that. The latest example is
contained in an excellent article which appeared in yesterday's
Cincinnati Post (see below). In this case, Joan Ferrante, a sociology
professor from Northern Kentucky University, saw the light after
reading Chris Bryson's book, "The Fluoride Deception". She describes
this book as the "most well-researched book that I have ever come
across in my career."

Carol Kopf (NYSCOF@aol.com) tells us that, according to Wikipedia, Joan
Ferrante holds a PhD from the University of Cincinnati
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati>   and that she
is best known as the author of several popular sociology textbook
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textbook>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textbook>  , among them "Sociology: A
Global Perspective"
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sociology:_A_Global_Perspective&amp;ac
tion=edit>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sociology:_A_Global_Perspective&action=edit>
. As such she might well appreciate letters from other countries
confronted with robotic like adherence to this practice.

Thus, if you have the time, please email Professor Joan Ferrante at
<ferrantej@nku.edu> and thank her for her "open mind" on this issue and
provide her with more information that will encourage her that she and
her students are on the right path. As we can anticipate that this
article will trigger the local fluoridation promoters to write into the
paper attacking her views, it would also be good to send short letters
to the paper in support of her position. The web address for Letters to
the editor is
<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/EDIT0202/302160003>
<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/EDIT0202/302160003>
.

It goes without saying that we need more professors like Joan Ferrante
and more people - from all walks of life - with an open mind. Here is
hoping that we will be able to reach a critical mass of open minds in
2007 and end water fluoridation once and for all.

Paul Connett
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The case against fluoride in water

Post staff report

Northern Kentucky University sociology professor Joan Ferrante buys
copies of the book "The Fluoride Deception" by Christopher Bryson and
gives them to people she meets.

"I think it is the most well-researched book that I have ever come
across in my career," said Ferrante, who loves research and prefers it
to two other main sources of knowledge - authorities and personal
experience.

The book "The Fluoride Deception" cites research to argue that fluoride
- best known for being put in public water systems to prevent cavities
in teeth - is bad for people.

Ferrante says she once believed fluoride was good for you, but after
reading the book, now believes fluoride is bad and shouldn't be put in
public water systems.

However, her credo is keep an open mind, so she's open to research that
will make her believe otherwise.

"I am looking for information that will change my mind about the
conclusion I have drawn," she said. "I try to live my life that way. I
am always looking for ideas that might prove me wrong."

Ferrante uses the topic of fluoride and "The Fluoride Deception" book
in her social research methods class.

"It's interesting how people react to ideas that challenge their
beliefs," she said. "Some people will shut down to such ideas without
giving them the time of day. A closed mind is a very dangerous thing.

"I encourage my students to try to find credible information that will
discount the findings in the book."

Ferrante has her students look at a tube of toothpaste at home.

She says any brand with fluoride in it will carry a warning something
like: "Keep out of the reach of children under 6 years of age. If you
accidentally swallow more than used for brushing, get medical help or
contact a poison control center immediately."

Ferrante's students explore why there's so much variation among states
when it comes to fluoridated water.

Kentucky is the national leader in percentage of population with
fluoridated public water systems - 96.8 percent. Utah is the lowest at
2 percent.

"Kentucky has a lot of poverty and fluoride was originally put in water
to address cavities among the poor," noted Ferrante, who said she's
been told by people in Utah that people there don't like government
intervention in natural things like water.

Using state statistics, students in Ferrante's class correlate health
problems in areas with and without fluoridated water.

"There are very high correlations between fluoridated water and
children with attention deficit disorder, adults with arthritis and
bone cancer deaths," said Ferrante. "Surprisingly, there is more tooth
loss in areas with fluoridated water."

There are some correlations between fluoridated water and fewer
cavities.

"I acknowledge fluoride probably does reduce cavities to some extent,"
said Ferrante. "The question is, is it worth the other effects?

"Another question is, how do you control the amount of fluoride you
get? What if you drink eight glasses of water a day? What if you swim a
lot, how much fluoride is absorbed in the skin? What about crops
produced with fluoridated water? It's amazing where water goes."

Ferrante said that while she keeps an open mind, the research conducted
by her students leads her to believe that there's more harm than good
in fluoride. Unless a future class comes up with something different,
she says she's not drinking tap water.

Send Joan Ferrante ferrantej@nku.edu information that will encourage
her that she and her students are on the right path:

Letter to the editor:
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/EDIT0202/302160003

------ End of Forwarded Message from Paul Connett, PhD

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