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Daphne Benichou — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:27:07 -0000

When's the last time a political ad made you cry?!

Thanks for sharing it...

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Paul Gast — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:17:12 -0000

Gasoline, Petroleum and the plastics made from it are the single largest cause of cancer in the world. This is a known fact, verified by thousands of studies which the oil industry counters by paying pundits to say: "Well, we just are not sure yet". Now are are sure. The TPH array in petroleum and petroleum products exists as microscopic particles which leach off of plastic materials, (ie: the plastic in water and baby bottles) and float in the air as vapor, (ie: the fumes around gas stations). These particles are absorbed into the body and broken down to a cellular level and then to a DNA level. As the DNA replicates, a constant process, these TPH materials cause the replication process to make mistakes and create genetic mutations. TPH is a very particular array of items so the "mistakes" that it causes occur as the same thing over and over. We call this repeating mistake: "cancer". Other materials in our environment cause other kinds of genetic mutations that do not manifest as onerous, or extremely negative, or obvious things. TPH manifests cancer.

The TPH chemical array has killed more Americans than every terrorist since the beginning of time.

The petrochemical bisphenol-a, or BPA, causes precancerous tumors and urinary tract problems and made babies reach puberty early.

Every gas pump has a label on it that oil and gas causes cancer and a host of lethal medical problems.

Archeologicial digs show that ancient peoples living near tar pits got cancer.

When there is an oil spill, you are not allowed on the beach because most agencies classify oil as toxic.

A study of childhook leukemia in England mapped every child with the diserase and found they all occurred in a circle, in the center of which was a gas station.

Alberta’s oil sands are one of the world’s biggest deposits of oil, but the cost of extracting that oil may be the health of the people living around them. High levels of toxic chemicals and carcinogens have been found in the water, soil, and fish downstream of the oil sands. The local health authority of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta comissioned the study in response to locals’ claims that the oil extraction projects upstream were damaging the health of citizens. Petrochemicals and their byproducts, such as dioxin, are known to cause an array of serious health problems, including cancers and endocrine disruption.Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) is a term used to describe a large family of several hundred chemical compounds that originally come from crude oil. Crude oil is used to make petroleum products, which can contaminate the environment. Because there are so many different chemicals in crude oil and in other petroleum products, it is not practical to measure each one separately. However, it is useful to measure the total amount of TPH at a site.TPH is a mixture of chemicals, but they are all made mainly from hydrogen and carbon, called hydrocarbons. Scientists divide TPH into groups of petroleum hydrocarbons that act alike in soil or water. These groups are called petroleum hydrocarbon fractions. Each fraction contains many individual chemicals.

Some chemicals that may be found in TPH are hexane, jet fuels, mineral oils, benzene, toluene, xylenes, naphthalene, and fluorene, as well as other petroleum products and gasoline components. However, it is likely that samples of TPH will contain only some, or a mixture, of these chemicals. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has determined that one TPH compound (benzene) is carcinogenic to humans. IARC has determined that other TPH compounds (benzo[a]pyrene and gasoline) are carcinogenic to humans.

Benzene causes leukemia. Benzene as a cause of leukemia had documented since 1928 (1 p. 7-9). In 1948, the American Petroleum Institute officially reported a link between this solvent used in many of their industries used and cases of leukemia in their workers. Their findings concluded that the only safe level of benzene exposure is no exposure at all (2).

The largest breast cancer incidents are in Marin County, California which is tied to the air, water and ecosphere of the Chevron Oil refinery right next door.

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CrazySexySteph — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:21:08 -0000

Love it! And you. :)

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Lori — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:19:53 -0000

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

For another view.....
Let's all do the research before we decide for whom to cast our vote. How sad when we compare a soldier fighting overseas to someone worried about losing money in the stock market. Not funny at all. Shame on us.

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Lauren — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:43:55 -0000

That one is hilarious. Have you seen the new video on moveon.org where you can personalize it and send it to friends to tell thim how important it is to vote?

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Goony — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:21:46 -0000

Kris,

that is fricken hysterical! Thanks for making me laugh! I mean I'm sittin here recovering from surgery, losing my health insurance in a week, husband just lost his job, ain't got no money. That video is spot on. True dat! lol

Goony

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Austin — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:34:12 -0000

Oh Kris! This was great. Thanks for sharing!!!

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Leenda — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:27:55 -0000

OH HELLS YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

WASSSSSSUUUUPPPPPPP????
CHANGE.......THAT's RIGHT..........CHANGE IS A COMIN!!!!!!!!!!!

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lanae — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:45:43 -0000

Thank you for that! YES WE CAN. Yes I did, vote, Obama! YES WE CAN. (and we'd better!)

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Debbie Maddox — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:11:28 -0000

Great video!.. I did my thing the other day and voted.... for Obama of course.

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Alysa — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:14:23 -0000

Aww! I wanna squeeze these guys!

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100 days in bed — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:23:59 -0000

I did find this piece amazing, but I didn't really find it funny. I found it more moving and deep and sad and an interesting commentary that we have gone from pre 9-11 "Whazzzzzzzup?" sitting in our Lay-z-Boys without a care in the world eating from our giant Costco bags of nachos and having a laugh on Super Bowl Sunday about a commercial like "Whazzzzzzzzup" to a post 9-11/subprime mortgage/government greed/senseless war time where most people are taking on second jobs to afford their health insurance premium.

But if they just said that, it would be depressing. So instead they found a humorous and artistic way to get the message across that things have gotten really, tragically bad since we first had the first commercial. For that, I think it's brilliant. Some people will just see the humor and that's okay. But others will really get the deeper meaning, because most people are living it.

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ali — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:27:42 -0000

great great video

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Andrea — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:41:05 -0000

HA! I saw that video a couple of days ago and I laughed my ass out, especially when one of the friends buzzes the ring and he's outside right in the storm.
Then I realized how much Americans have been through the past few years and I felt really bad for laughing.

Take care,

xoxo
Cuca

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binner — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:01:17 -0000

Wow, I hadn't seen that before! Thanks Kris and YES WE CAN!

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girlandcoconut — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:40:37 -0000

Don't you just LOVE that?!? too funny.

happy halloween!

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Leslie Richman — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:34:42 -0000

Nice.

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sandrajoseph — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:16:22 -0000

That made me laugh and then get goose bumps and tear up. Thanks, Kris! Yes we can!