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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Van T. Barfoot died

Van T. Barfoot died
 
Remember the guy who wouldn't take
the flag pole down on his Virginia
property a while back?
You might remember the news story several
months ago about a crotchety old man in
Virginia who defied his local Homeowners
Association, and refused to take down the
flag pole on his property along with the large
American flag he flew on it.
Now we learn who that old man was.
On June 15, 1919, Van T. Barfoot was born in
Edinburg , Texas . That probably didn't make
news back then. 

But twenty-five years later, on May 23, 1944,
near Carano , Italy , that same Van T. Barfoot,
who had in 1940 enlisted in the U.S. Army, set
out alone to flank German machine gun
positions from which gunfire was raining
down on his fellow soldiers.
His advance took him through a minefield but
having done so, he proceeded to single-handedly
take out three enemy machine gun positions,
returning with 17 prisoners of war.

And if that weren't enough for a day's work, he later
took on and destroyed three German tanks
sent to retake the machine gun positions.

That probably didn't make much news either,
given the scope of the war, but it did earn
Van T. Barfoot, who retired as a Colonel after
also serving in Korea and Vietnam , a well
deserved Congressional Medal of Honor.

 
What did make news...Was his Neighborhood
Association's quibble with how the 90-year-old
veteran chose to fly the American flag outside
his suburban Virginia home. Seems the HOA rules
said it was OK to fly a flag on a house-mounted
bracket, but, for decorum, items such as
Barfoot's 21-foot flagpole was "unsuitable".
 

 
Van Barfoot had been denied a permit for
the pole, but erected it anyway and was facing
court action unless he agreed to take it down.
Then the HOA story made national TV,
and the Neighborhood Association rethought
its position and agreed to indulge this
aging hero who dwelt among them.
 

"In the time I have left", he said to the
Associated Press, "I plan to continue
to fly the American flag without interference."

As well he should.

And if any of his neighbors had taken a notion to
contest him further, they might have done well to
read his Medal of Honor citation first. Seems it
indicates Mr. Van Barfoot wasn't particularly
good at backing down.
 

Van T. Barfoot's Medal of Honor citation:

This 1944 Medal of Honor citation, listed with the
National Medal of Honor Society,
is for Second Lieutenant Van T. Barfoot,
157th Infantry, 45th Infantry:
 

If you got this email and didn't pass it on -
guess what - you need your butt kicked!
I sent this to you, because I didn't want MY butt kicked!
Do the right thing!

WE ONLY LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE! 

Monday, May 12, 2014

Fed Up - the movie trailer - a MUST see movie

If you were outraged by how the tobacco industry mislead us about how they designed cigarettes in order to cause addiction, then you will be beyond outraged to learn how the food industry is doing similar things regarding sugar.

Look for the movie, FED UP and click to see the movie trailer -

http://drhyman.com/blog/2014/04/11/fed-official-trailer/

See the  Rolling Stones movie review http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/fed-up-20140508 

Big Food is hell bent on confusing us with misinformation, propaganda and lies. Even before the new movie, FED UP—which finally tells the truth about food and obesity—hit theaters on May 9, the food industry was hard at work and running fast to confuse the issue.
The Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) put up a website a few days before the movie launched that seemingly sets the record straight. For the average reader, their "facts" seem reasonable and refute many of the arguments in the film that make Big Food complicit in the obesity epidemic.

But let's really look at the facts underneath their "true or false" quiz. Click here to read my analysis, comparing food industry lies with the FED UP truth.

And if you haven't yet seen FED UP, see it now at a theater near you and decide for yourself. Don't believe the food industry propaganda.

Wishing you health and happiness,
Mark Hyman, MD
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55 Pittsfield Road, Suite 9
Lenox, MA 01240