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New Jigsaw Health Products and Free Shipping

(Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.)

We announced some great new Jigsaw Health products today.  Also, we're offering Free ground shipping on all orders and 25% off Probiotics for the month of December.

Comment Formatting Update -- It's FIXED!

(Posted by Patrick Sullivan Jr.) 

For anyone who has struggled reading or writing comments on this blog because of lack of automatic line breaks, you'll be happy to know that we FINALLY managed to get it fixed.  It wasn't any fun, but everything should be working as normal and WYSIWYG from now on in the comments.  No need to include the <p> tag.

Thanks for suffering through with us!

Child Beating

APPLETON(AP) - A seven-year-old boy was at the center of an Appleton,
Wis. courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who

should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being beaten by
his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in
keeping with child custody law and regulations requiring that family
unity be maintained to the degree possible.

The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat
him  more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with
her. When the judge then suggested that he live with his
grandparents, the boy cried out that they also beat him.

After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning
that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the
judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who
should have custody of him.

After two recesses to check legal references and confer with child
welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the Green
Bay Packers, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating
anyone.

I hope you enjoyed this as much as I.

Comment Formatting Update

For the Pat Sullivan Blog regulars, you already know that we've had TERRIBLE problems with line breaks in the comments.  Basically, it has resulted in long blocks of text, no matter how many times you hit the enter key.  While TypePad Tech Support does not yet have a permanent solution in place, we do have a work-around for the time being: the <p> html tag.

Using the <p> html tag to force a line break is actually very easy to do. At the beginning of each new paragraph, you first type <p> and then type the rest of your paragraph. At the end of the paragraph, you "close" that paragraph by using </p>. When you preview your comments, you should see it create line breaks.

Bonus Tips: If you want to bold a word or phrase, put <b> at the begining and </b> at the end. If you want to italicize a word or phrase, put <i> at the begining and </i> at the end.

The secret is don't ever forget to "close" the tag. Hope this helps a little bit until we get the full problem figured out.

Another Update - On the Radio with Gary Null

Update 2 (9/7/05):  Seems to be mass confusion on the Gary Null show!  I called in as requested and the producer did not know that I was scheduled to be on the show.  I guess the person who booked me, forgot to tell him.  Strange!  Sorry for the confusion.  I am sure I will be on sometime.  I'll bump this post back up to the top as soon as it is scheduled.

Updated 1 (9/2/05):  We decided that due to that last minute nature of this, we are rescheduling.  I will be on next Weds Sept. 7th instead.  Sorry for the confusion!  I hope you can join us on the radio or on the Internet at 1:00 EST.  Get the details about where to tune in below:

Original Post (9/1/05):  Hey!  I just found out that I am going to be on the radio tomorrow, Friday September 2nd at 1:00pm EST.  It will be on AM 1600 in the NY and you can listen to me on the web as well. 

Sorry for the late notice but I just found out today myself.

The Gary Null show is the longest-running, continuously aired health program in America and a winner of eight Silver Microphone Awards. Dr. Null provides practical tips, intriguing guests and call-in segments that keep listeners tuning in daily.

Gary Null's website is here. 

I have read a few of Gary's many books, and also have used some of his supplements over the years so I am excited to get to talk to him.

Check it out if you can!

Pat Robertson vs. George Stephanopoulus... Media Bias?

I wrote a post about two days ago about Pat Robertson's assassination comments.  I joined virtually everyone else blasting Robertson for his outrageous comments.  I still think he was way off base for what he said.

However, I came across this NewsMax article which pointed out that George Stephanopoulus (pronounced "step-on-all-of-us"), the former Clinton top advisor turned media pundit, publicly stated the very same thing in 1997 in a Newsweek Magazine feature article.  He gave a long and reasoned explanation about why Clinton should assassinate Saddam Hussein.  The headline read, "Why We Should Kill Saddam."   Wow!!!

There was no media outcry from anywhere.  It was not talked about on every TV station.  No editorials condemning him and what he said.

The article closes with, "The one-time top Clinton aide said that, far from violating international principles, assassinating Saddam would be the moral thing to do, arguing, "What's unlawful - and unpopular with the allies - is not necessarily immoral." 

I wonder how George's same comments would play today?  Wonder if he is saying the same things today?

And really, what is the difference between what Robertson said and what Stephanopoulus wrote?  Stephanopoulus was MUCH more explicit than Robertson and yet NO ONE said a thing that I know of.  Why?

First off, blogging did not exist then!  Today, George would be blasted by the conservative half of the blogosphere for writing that same article. 

Second, George was part of the politically acceptable club and his assasination idea was considered reasoned and intelligent.  Could it be that it was OK for him to say what he said because he was a liberal democrat, fresh out of the administration of the media-beloved President Clinton? 

But since Pat Robertson is a "Wacko Conservative Ultra Right Wing Christian Fundamentalist," he's lambasted!  Say it ain't so.

But of course, it is so...We all know that the majority of the mainstream media has a liberal bias.  This is just one more clear cut example.   And one of the most clear that I know of.

Now, I do want to make sure that my position is understood: I thought, and still think, Robertson's comments were crazy for him to say.  But to be fair, Stephanopoulus HAS to be considered just as crazy as Robertson!

UPDATE: Pardon My English, Hugs, Kisses, and Bombs, and Memento Moron are just a few of the other bloggers that see the same irony I do.

UPDATE: NewsMax also reports that CIA, Military Men Agree with Pat Robertson.  Not that anyone would be surprised at this because this is what the CIA and special ops actually do.  (At least, we think this is what they do!)

A Response To Ed.

My post titled "What are Darwinists Afraid Of?" has had more comments than any other post I have done.  One commentator, Ed Darrell, has posted a few interesting "Pro Darwin" comments.  See the article and comments here.

I liked my reply so much I thought I would re post it.  That is one benefit of being the Blogger!

Repy to Ed: Many thanks to Ed for his well written reply to my comments in reply to his comments. Did you follow that?

I won't reply to each of his statements as I agree with much of what he writes. Sort of! The problem I have is that I totally agree that evolution can and has been observed often in nature. But there are TWO TYPES of EVOLUTION. There is micro evolution - change within species - and there is macro evolution - one species becoming another species.

The first has been observed. The first has been utilized in medicine and agriculture as he says. My problem is not with micro evolution at all. It makes perfect sense and is readily proven that it happened and still happens today! My problem is logically taking that observation and making the jump to MACRO EVOLUTION. I am not aware of any evidence or observation showing that has happened or is happening. The total lack of "intermediate" species in the fossil record are very telling. Also, the sudden appearance of species in the fossil record is totally unpredicted by evolution. Smarter people than I could go on and on about the huge holes in the theory of Macro Evolution.

I think that this is the main problem in a discussion about "evolution". One needs to make sure we know which type of evolution we are talking about! Id'ers, get accused of being stupid because they supposedly don't accept the concept of micro evolution when they readily do.

As to the lack of "published" work from ID'ers, scientific publications are controlled by Darwinists and they are not going to allow anything written by an ID'er to be published so that can continue to use the argument that ID is not scientific because they have never been published! That circular argument works in medicine too!

I also fail to follow Ed's argument that somehow it is anti-God to believe in ID and not in evolution. Clearly the basis of belief for every athiest I have ever talked to has been Evolution and not Creation! It seems rare to find Christians (or any other faith for that matter) who believe in a Creator but also believe that creation happened from NOTHING and totally randomly by chance.

I also don't like the tendency for evolutionists to attack ID'ers personally. I have read things written by people like Dembski and Behe and it is hard for me to believe that they are stupid people with an evil agenda. They seem extremely smart and their arguments compelling.

One could argue as Ed does, that this is because I am simply ignorant and have not been properly taught what evolution really is. The fact is, I have read things from evolutionists and I have gone through the obligatory evolution classes both in High School and College. In those classes I found myself saying, "that is all there is?" "That is what evolution is?" I wanted to know where the beef was.

I don't think the reason that only 22% of Americans believe in Evolution is that 78% of them are just too stupid or ignorant! I think that evolutionists have to do a better job explaining how what is observed, happened totally from NOTHING and totally randomly. That is the huge problem that they have it seems to me.

What is observed appears to be extraordinarily well designed! Nothing that we use or work with in everyday experience came into being from nothing or by chance. Our experience readily teaches us that everything worthwhile has been designed by someone.

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Plug from EIU

It's sort of cool when your alma mater takes note of you.  Thanks for the plug Jacqueline! 

From page 5 of the Eastern Illinois University E-NEWS

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- Wellness: Piece by Piece

- Pat Sullivan, Class of 1975

Pat Sullivan, creator of the bestselling ACT!© software, has authored a book chronicling his struggles with chronic illness and offering advice and encouragement to those who also struggle with persistent health issues.  This book is available from your local
bookseller or through Amazon.com.

Also, Pat Sullivan has established a health information network, Jigsaw Health. The web site offers nutritional foods, dietary supplements, and resources on illnesses and treatments.

Upcoming shows for Jigsaw Health

Here is the events schedule for Jigsaw Health:

BoulderFest 2005
July 13-17
Omni Interlocken Resort
Broomfield, CO
http://www.crayhonresearch.com/seminars/default.asp

American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP)
August 24-27
Biltmore Hotel
Phoenix, AZ
http://www.naturopathic.org/