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Please sir, may I have a seedless bun, sir?

There is a disease that about 50% of all Americans 60 to 80 years suffer from. All told 2 million Americans suffer from this disease. Approximately 1 in 136 Americans suffer from this disease. The disease is Diverticular disease also known as Diverticulosis. The ingestion of seeds, popcorn, fruit skins and hard nuts can bring on an attack of diverticulitis which is an inflammatory reaction in the intestinal tract. It is extremely painful and if left unattended can result in perforation of the peritoneum and death from the resulting infection. 3000 Americans died from this last year alone. Yet McDonalds, Burger King and the rest of the fast food chains continue to serve those delightful “sesame seed buns”. They can be toxic to someone suffering from Diverticulosis. There are many alternatives such as a corn dusted bun or a plain one but those of us who suffer from this very prevalent disease are ignored. Our dietary needs are of no interest to “Fast Food Corporate America”.

Now appearing on the scene is a new disease called Celiac disease which those who cannot tolerate Glutens contained in most common grains suffer from. However only 1 in every 4,700 people have this disease in America versus 1 in every 136 people that suffer from Diverticulosis. Yet our emphasis has been to find answers for these people and a priority has been set to find diets that will ease their inability to enjoy a normal lifestyle. A new grain (quinoa) has recently been discovered in South America and has become the center piece for all the food faddists and health nuts that urge us to give up our love of meat etc. and to become herd animals eating only the grasses of the fields and the fruit in the trees.
Not that I do not sympathize with those that have Celiac disease but for God’s sake there are 34.5 times as many people suffering from Diverticulosis than Celiac disease so can someone please go to South America and bring back a hamburger bun without sesame seeds so I can have a Cheeseburger without the fear of pain and hospitalization!

Statistics were taken from the NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases).

Thank you and does anyone know where I can find a burger joint that has buns without seeds on them?

You Say Offshore Drilling is Safe!!!???

Abandoned wells aren't monitored
More than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells lurk in the hard rock beneath the Gulf of Mexico, an environmental minefield that has been ignored for decades. No one -- not industry, not government -- is checking to see if they are leaking, an Associated Press investigation shows.

A Song for the Upcoming Election

This song suddenly sprang into my memory this morning and I thought that even if it was written some 41 years ago (1969), it is even more appropriate for today's political climate and the far right so called "Christian" right neo-conservative political movement.

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,
Go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of Heaven,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day,
On the bloody morning after....
One tin soldier rides away.

Get the song, download it or whatever but leading up to the election make sure you play it loudly on your car stereo with the windows rolled down everywhere you go, especially on Sundays!