We are in a WAR, by Dr. Ogi Ressel

Wednesday, January 14th 2009

Warm hellos to everyone!

I've talked about this issue in the past, but attitudes change and it's
time we all take heed of the message.

I am certain that all of you, as chiropractors, are aware that we are all
in a war - make no mistake about it. This war is different, however,
than others fought in the past. There are no wounded and bleeding
prisoners, no POW camps, no food stamps, no aircraft bombing raids,
and no actual blood is shed.  This war is fought on the plains of marketing,
perception management, credibility, public awareness, and money.
The weapons used are devastating - the media, political lynch-mobs,
regulatory board witch-hunts, blitzkriegs, drug campaigns,
immunization fear campaigns, scare tactics, and a host of others.

 Although no actual blood is shed, there are plenty of victims and families
in ruins. You see them every day in your offices - people who have been
taught to believe that Health is an outside-in process. That drugs will do
the work that the body is somehow incapable of doing. That somehow
people have been given too many organs and their excess needs to be
removed.  And no one ever questions why? No one ever asks this question:

"Why is my body not doing what it is programmed and designed to do?"

The result is that parents willingly subject their children to medical rituals
most of which have not been adequately tested but nevertheless passed
by the FDA, and various Health Depts.

Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels, in their new book entitled, "Selling Sickness,"
took a bold step in disclosing the Big Pharma Plan - World drug domination.
For the health of the population?

Think again.

 Thirty years ago, Henry Gadsden, the head of Merck, one of the world's
largest drug companies, told Fortune magazine that he wanted Merck to
be more like chewing gum maker, Wrigley's. It had long been his dream,
he said, to make drugs for healthy people so that Merck could "sell to everyone."
Gadsden's dream now drives the marketing machinery of the
most profitable industry on Earth.

We know that using their dominating influence in the world of science
and politics, drug companies are systematically working to widen the
very boundaries that define illness: Old conditions and health problems
are expanded, new ones are created, and the markets for medication
grow ever larger.

Mild problems are redefined as serious illnesses, and common, run-of-the-mill
complaints are labeled as serious medical conditions requiring drug treatments.
Runny noses are now Allergic Rhinitis, Measles is now a deadly disease that
apparently kills millions, PMT has become a psychiatric disorder - as has
hyperactivity, and even common shyness now requires Zoloft which is conveniently
available to cast off the demons of being shy. Incontinence has been elevated
to the status of "Overactive Bladder Disease" and all men over 40 are "urged"
to have a prostate test in case cancer is detected early - so that treatment can
begin right away. Being "at-risk" for a condition such as high cholesterol or
low bone density is sold as a disease in its own right.

 Widening the boundaries of illness and lowering (and narrowing) the threshold for
what is medically considered "normal" so that treatment can be initiated
immediately, is creating millions of new patients - and billions of dollars in
new profits - and is threatening to bankrupt health care systems all over the world.
We are sliding ever so quickly towards Gadsdens' dream of "selling to everyone."

I don't think I am saying anything that you have not been aware of...
But...I'd like you to understand that as a profession, we are the only ones
who stand in the way of this gargantuan medical-pharmaceutical steam roller.

 What I'd like you to realize is that this war also has plenty of prisoners.
Yes. Prisoners.

Guess who they are?
If you pointed at yourself, I congratulate you on your insight!
Because of the Wilk case victory a number of years ago, Organized
Medicine cannot openly oppose the Chiropractic profession - instead,
that is bring done very covertly.
How you ask?
It is done by ever-tightening Regulatory Board regulations and
"Standards of Practice." These boards are responsible to the Health Dept,
or other such body that supports the medical health care approach,
and only tolerates our presence.  Why do they tolerate us?
Easy.
The public wants what we do! And they elect the government.
The higher orders are quite blatant: contain the Chiropractic Threat.
Make these "choiropractors" masters of back pain only.
The public is not allowed to hear the Wellness message for fear that it may detract from

Gadsden's dream.
Why, you ask?
Simple.
Money.

There is no source of revenue for the government from people seeing a
chiropractor. Heaven forbid - we cannot allow a population to be healthy.
What would we do with a whole population of medics whose patients are
turning to Chiropractic for health care.
Unthinkable!
What is to be done with the whole army of cancer researchers and support staff.
The economy of the country is at stake.

Let me illustrate: Many of you do not know that the Board in Ontario,
Canada, has decreed a regulation some 3 years ago which makes it
illegal for any chiropractor to discuss, warn, mention, direct people to any resource
or website, any information on vaccination. The penalty is a $25,000 fine, a charge
of misconduct, and possible loss of license. Yes, a gag order imposed on the
whole profession!

 So you see, the Business of Sickness is big indeed. ....and you are in the way!
Therefore orders come down from above to persecute and prosecute those doctors
who are busy - this is all done under the guise of "protecting the public." The Salem
witch-hunts come to mind. I know. I've been there. And I have several tee-shirts.
So does Tedd Koren and a number of top notch chiropractic doctors.

So ....what is the best way of fighting this war?
suggest that we stop fighting each other, for one. When attacked, we tend to circle
I also suggest that we involve our patients in this war - this war can be won only with
the support of your public! Make your patients realize what you do and what this is
really about. It is about their rights and liberties and freedoms. Have your patients
speak out to their politicians. Have them make waves.
Rattle and rock the boat!  Make your patients write to, question, and make the
regulatory boards justify their decisions to your patients. 
Get the media involved. Public pressure - the most powerful weapon there is! Fire
those chiropractors who sit on these Boards and have succumbed to the
pharmaceutical perspective. And if they cannot be fired, then use their same tactics
against them - be vigilant about what they do and lodge a formal complaint to their
own Board if you notice anything amiss. They will be forced to step down.
This needs to be a  campaign.

Become powerful. Make certain that everything you do in your office is absolutely
squeaky clean: Have all paperwork and research to back up what you do and why.
Stop being a victim and a prisoner - remember your purpose and mission!
Oh....one last thing.... Enjoy the process, and know that it is a game and that ultimately,
Truth shall prevail.
Warmest wishes,
Dr. Ogi Ressel