Enough is Enough

By Melissa Christopher

When do you hit the point at which enough is enough?

My name is Melissa and I was torn apart by autism; the fabric of my life was rent into tatters. My son was injured by vaccines … too many, too soon, totally toxic. His life has been stolen and my life as well. I’m not just talking about endlessly caring for a very injured child and what that does to your soul. You see, I was forced to confront that a theory, I had previously scorned as stupid, idiotic, and for the weak –minded was in fact absolute truth. It’s earth shaking to feel the foundations of your life go topsy-turvy. Was I, now, a conspiracy theory, nut-job fool or someone who knew a truth that was being denied and discredited by just about every politician, doctor, and grand poobah out there? Where do you go from there? Well, do you really have a choice? You can bend over and take it, but up to what point. When do you hit the point at which enough is enough?

• When they make laws that little girls as young as 12 in the state of California can be administered Gardasil vaccines in the school nurses office without permission from the parent or even notification to them so that in the event of a side-effect the parent will know what to say when they get to the ER, (but don’t worry these same girls need a note from mom if they want to go to the tanning salon).
• When your children’s lunches can be inspected found lacking and denied in favor of chicken nuggets or pink slime burgers?
• When Genetically Modified Organisms that make their own pesticides (and when eaten by a person, enable your intestines to do so as well) are declared safe for consumption?
• When parents of newborns have their child removed from their custody because mom requests to have her husband help make the decision to vaccinate said baby with the hepatitis B virus at birth? (said baby could share needles or indulge in reckless sex at any moment)
• When states allow legislation like AB2109 in California requiring that parents must get ‘permission’ from a doctor in order to philosophically exempt their children from vaccines.
• When all the money dedicated to researching the cause of autism is wasted on genetic studies and very little is spent on environmental studies. It’s as if they don’t want to find the answer.
• When the new members of the IACC are not just inappropriate but antagonistic, hostile and aggressive towards the caregivers of children with autism and the old members are mere ‘political appointees’ uncaring and impatiently waiting for the door to revolve.
• WHEN 1 IN 88 CHILDREN HAS AUTISM and the CDC still won’t recognize it as a PANDEMIC?

I’ve hit my enough is enough point; I did a while back. I decided that no longer could I sit at home and read about the unjust, strange and dangerous events happening to humanity. I decided to take action but then what action? Well, I found the Canary Party.

The Canary Party is a movement created to stand up for the victims of medical injury, environmental toxins and industrial foods by restoring balance to our free and civil society and empowering consumers to make health and nutrition decisions that promote wellness.

Joining the Canary party and working to get their message and mine out there is part of how I am taking action. This was my path but there are so many paths and ways that we can fix this world. Lots of people are already working on lots of projects that promote justice for things that are important to them: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals; fracking; GMOs; children with autism; children with asthma; children with neurological impairments; loved ones with cancer… the list is endless but so are we. Regular folks are out there effecting change in so many ways and it’s working.

• Like General Motors, after the group Forecast the Facts (folks who want meteorologists to tell the truth about global warming) created a Facebook campaign (they had had enough) that helped to persuade GM not to make their $15 - $20,000 contribution to a think-tank -  the Heartland Institute  - that denies global warming and is mostly funded by a large anonymous donor.
• Like Ed Nemeth who is throwing his hat into the political ring and running against Dr. Pan, for District 9 Assembly in California. Dr Pan has proposed a forced vaccination bill (2190) that requires a doctor to sign-off on vaccine waivers. Mr. Nemeth writes that his “daughter suffers because of blind medical bureaucracy which avoidably killed her twice, but could not treat her, despite inexpensive, effective treatments being immediately available. Why punish us with more expensive and difficult hoops requiring time and money we don’t have, only because you already injured our children?” He’d just had enough.
  
• Like Molly Crabapple, who “…  wanted for some time to make art that dealt with politics. But.. was afraid of being hypocritical, propagandistic or boring. (She says) 2011 taught me that political art was anything but, and it freed me to do the best work of my career. Drawings I made then turned up as protest signs around the country.” (Enough) She describes herself, as, “an NYC artist. I’ve drawn SXSW, Red Bull, The New York Times, Marvel and DC Comics, and my art is in the permanent collection of the New York Historical Society. My graphic novel Straw House is being published by First Second Books.” Molly has created, using Kickstarter, something she calls “Shell Game is an art show about the world financial collapse, and the people who have risen up in protest against it. I'll create nine giant paintings about the different parts of the collapse and the global movement fighting back (including Goldman Sachs, Greece, and Occupy Wall Street) but filter them through my lens of burlesque, surrealism, satire, and symbolic animals. Then, I'm going to rent a storefront in New York City, rig it out like a gambling parlor, and invite the city and the Internet to check it out for a week. I love her riotous, ironic vision and contributed, just a little, to this Kickstarter.

• Like another kickstarter that the Tommy Foundation is currently working on, a documentary: “If ever there were a story that embodies the heart of America, it’s the story found in families and individuals affected by autism.

This was the quest of one man who undertook a 40 day and 11,000 mile journey across the American landscape to find the answers for his family and son. (Obviously, he had enough) With interviews that include the widest spectrum of backgrounds – each conducted in the participants’ original language - the film weaves a broad and compelling tapestry across the spectrum of American life in all its faiths, disparities, colors, and cultures. What he learns along the way will change not only his life, but the lives of those he meets, forever. It’s a story about the best days that still lie ahead for our nation, the families, and the people who give America its heart.” Sounded worth supporting so I am, with just what I could contribute.

• Like, all the Monsanto Moms who stroller brigaded against chemicals.
• Like, “the over 1,500 beekeepers and anti-GMO protesters (who) marched through the streets of Warsaw, depositing thousands of dead bees on the steps of the Ministry of Agriculture in protest of genetically modified foods and their pesticides which are together largely responsible for the killing off of bees, butterflies, moths and other beneficial pollinators in great numbers.

All these people have just had enough, they ain’t gonna take it anymore!

People of the Earth, if you believe like I do that ENOUGH is Enough. Then, please do something, (legal, of course). Get out there and learn and talk and teach and do.

Here are some ideas:

• Buy things made by the good guys not the bad guys, read labels.
• Vote the issues and forget the 2-party sideshow.
• Learn and share about what is really happening in this world. Read what some of the really wise folks are telling us like,. Read essays and articles that speak from fact and not for partisanship, ego or financial gain.
• Join with like-minded people and work for change together.
• Take action on the issues that are important to you and for the people that you honor and love.

I may be sad about my child’s autism but this girl don’t do pitiful and would rather strongly request than beseech. I will be no man’s commodity, bought, sold or traded. I’ve taken the Matrix pill and my eyes are open. I am aware, and trying really hard to be fearless. I’ve got friends that share my burdens and join me in this fight.  Together we change this world.

My best, Melissa

Melissa Christopher is co-founder of an inclusive social skills program where children with developmental delays can develop friendships and thrive in a community where they are nurtured and accepted by caring people who understand the importance of recognizing the individual spirit in each person. She is a certified Montessori teacher, a metal artist  and a single parent. Melissa finds most joy in being the mother to her beloved son Bowie, one dog, six cats, a frog and seven Indian runner ducks.

 

Comments

[Stephanie McGuire-Meder]

I heard your strong and educated voice through out this whole read. You held my heart in your hand as I held my breath while my head emptied water into my eyes. I love you and I love Bowie and I love what you have done this far on your Journey. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

[Laurie Davie]

Hurrah for you, Melissa! You've really opened my eyes on this issue. Miss you much -- love, Laurie

[Nicola Drake]

Melissa, you GO! I'm very proud of the stand you are taking and the work you are doing. My heart feels for you and Bowie and all yall have been through and I support you. Nicola

[Barbara Rodriguez]

You are so right, i naver see the injored children, there should be walks all over the world with our injored children, this must be done so america can see whats happening to our precious babys. come on U. S. get going. Walks every month in the name of AUTISM.

[MotherofPossibility]

I love this article and the comments. Keep creating the conversation out there!

[Mom23boys]

Don't forget the fight against fracking, which is poisoning our water and our air.

[Benedetta]

Oh heck I forget every time to change that bottom slot when I address some one else. Sorry to all

[GH]

Something else just pointed out to me is a treaty which may cede some power over the care of disabled children to the UN, as if the state and federal governments weren't already enough to deal with:

http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2012/201205250.asp

[Kara]

The Japanese are finding out the truth. Have a look:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22658806.1

"These results indicate that embryonic exposure to thimerosal produces lasting impairment of brain monoaminergic system, and thus every effort should be made to avoid the use of thimerosal."

My doctor had me take a flu shot while pregnant, my son is ASD and non-verbal because of it!

[Firstonetoblinkloses]

Global warming? Whether or not it's a result of man's impact is not the main issue here when it comes to environmental health, so lets not get sidetracked. However, the dirty coal source of non-renewable fossil fuel that could be contributing to "global warming" happens to be the same dirty coal mining and burning, rife with toxin disposal issues, which is contributing to the mercury load in our kids, as well as other heavy metal pollution. These are neurotoxins causing a slew of medical problems and possibly epigenetic changes in our bodies that affect us in a bad way. Both movements want to get rid of coal for different reasons. Hopefully with the same end results. And though I've never read up on the source of it other than it being an Eli Lily product, it suddenly dawns on me that thimerisol must have come from somewhere originally. If it wasn't an available byproduct some sort of mining or manufacturing process, would it have been used in vaccines to begin with?

[Lori]

I agree with much of this article, but I don't believe in madmade global warming. Actually, many scientists are shunned or fired when they don't tow the line, and stay to the "consensus" that manmade global warming is "true." A consensus does not a truth make. Just like the consensus by most health officials, politicians, doctors, and medical organizations that vaccines do not cause much of the autism, severe and many allergies, SIDS, etc. does not a truth make.

[Sarah]

Simpson Wood,

I think you are right and interesting you brought up Poland. Did you know Poland was the only Eastern European country to refuse the H1N1 vaccine? They also were one of the few countries were financially in the black and who refused to do business with the IMF. In 2009, several high level Polish officials including the President and his wife were killed in a suspicious plane crash. Coincidence? I think not.

I think our kids are part of a much bigger global agenda. I would not trust the WHO on this matter either.

[JensDaddy]

Excellent post Melissa! I hope the Canary party will lend its support to the Move to Amend organization to repeal Citizens united and get corporate money out of the political process. Until that is done, all the positive change movements will be marginalized.

[Firstonetoblinkloses]

I agree, I agree, I agree! It's starting to look like a groundswell. These companies, politicians, misguided and corrupt charities, "health" agencies, pharmaceutical/chemical companies (really one and the same now, aren't they?) and companies profiting from dirty mercury-laden mining & production practices have now injured a majority of the population. The tsunami of negative health ramifications is being recognized, not by the government who have known for years and turned their backs, but by families and friends. There is no one left who has not been affected, and now those affected, feeling washed up & abandoned on a deserted beach, are looking up from their own injuries to find not only are they NOT alone, but the beach is literally teaming with injured, chronically-ill survivors. Covered with bandaids that don't come close to the needed triage, small, growing groups of people are recognizing that they all have something in common - a need for an uncorrupted, better way to approach life and health. And it may not include as many synthetic compounds and it's certainly not going to happen by following the current playbook with the republicans in charge of offense and the dems in charge of defense. Environmentally injured families are no longer alone on the beach. They are the majority. I like that the Canary Party has stepped in to represent them - they are for me and my family, and the future I want: The one that gives us the health to enjoy the wealth that instead is being stolen from all of us in the percentage of income being spent every single day in the doctors offices and hospitals around the country. Enough is enough.

My hope is for the Canary Party to fill in that gap between big government and small government. Neither is applicable to reality - just like issues are never black or white. Life is lived in the grey. We need a party that understands that laws should work like a sliding scale, in parity with the potential impact to damage to the community. Huge companies like Merck & Monsanto deserve to live under the strictest, most comprehensive laws driven by a precautionary principal possible, since the potential damage from just one mistake or one deliberate falsehood can impact millions or billions of people and destroy huge areas of our world. Very small companies that market products locally could never achieve that level of destruction and should be accountable to a separate school of law and justice. And the privacy and civil and medical freedoms of the family and individual should be prized most of all, above all, at all times. Only by protecting individual health rights over corporate rights can our society achieve the wellness and the peace that comes from security, security that we deserve.

I'm looking forward to this awakening of the general public, as we are now reaping the "benefits" of all those who chose not to pay attention to the pain that comes attached to the profits. We've hit rock bottom - Pick your preferred 12-step program, show up, and make a difference.

And if you don't think you can, here's a wonderful testimony from the powers that be about your capabilities as recognized in Poland: When describing how their flu vaccine was able to go from .5 to 87 doses per 1000 in a mere 5 years, it was partially attributed to "still-weak anti-vaccination movements." Co-operative media and journalists were also to thank.

Here's the link: It really describes the same process that's been applied in America and around the world.
http://www.evm-vaccines.org/pdfs/malta_presentation_wysocki.pdf

[Benedetta]

GH;
Our vet has the fattest cat ever he keeps in his office trying to treat.
Our cat after vaccination became so thin we had to force vitamins down it's throat.

So the vaccine is not that far fetched.

From reading last night - if they damage one side of the hypothalmus the cat get really fat, and if they damage the other side it gets really skinny.

So all they have to do is give a vaccine that damages the other side that makes you skinny.

Back in the 80s aneroxia was a big deal -The Carpenterst; brother and sister singers-- the sister died from it.

I think on the stuff I heard about that and it is like all the other stuff we hear about autism.

The mothers that are controlling, that always talk about diet, that want the perfect daughter (they were most times top students) - the girl wants to stay a little girl - daddy's girl.

I wish global warming was not the agenda.

[GH]

Not everybody has had enough yet, there are some who want to vaccinate against obesity:

http://www.jasbsci.com/content/3/1/21/abstract

[barbaraj]

The WHO needs to step in, I am reminded when Sarah mentioned, "don't drink the kool-aid" that the self righteous rich, such as Bill and Melinda Gates, are moving around the world leaving a path of death and destruction in their wake. They have NO idea what they are doing, or do they , the comment "reduce world population thru vaccination??"..They are taking a vaccine into areas where viruses of the same category, coxsackie combined with live polio vaccine are likely through recombination to produce a new and more deadly disease. It looks like it's happened and now it's a plane ride away.

[Sensory Swim]

Keep on fighting for what you believe. Mamma always knows best.

[Simpson Wood]

Couldnt agree more Melissa ... I'm fighting hard at my end !

Is there enough money in our ranks to send Dan Olmsted to Poland ? I suspect smthg is afoot in Poland (like the Amish). what is the rush to get all the vaccines to Poland -perhaps the complete absence of any autistic children (he says hopefully) .

[barbaraj]

Well said Melissa..keep that energy going.. it's contagious!

[Benedetta]

Global warming darn - is not some black sheep idea out there. It is not denied by the big and powerful. It has found it's way is in all the physcis, earth science, general science school from 7-12th grade school text books. Has been in the textbooks since the early 90s. The government loves it. Can we get that one out?

[Sarah]

"Enough is Enough" could be our new motto or even "Don't drink the Kool-aid". I wish Michael Moore or someone like him would do a documentary on our families. No sugar coating our stories, just the raw truth. It would get people talking. Also, social media is very powerful and it's the one thing they cannot control. Even youtube. I often tell people to watch our kid stories on youtube. I comment on autism news stories every chance I get in hopes that I can open some eyes out there. The most powerful truth is our kids. I think people need to see our injured kids. A Children's march would be a powerful thing.

[Madvocate]

Go Melissa go!!!!! (And everyone else, too.)