UC Regent/Governor Picks CA Chief Justice~Will She Mold Justice For The People?

[Guest guest]

" Agnotology is the study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt,

particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.

Ignorance is often not merely the absence of knowledge but an outcome of

cultural

and political struggle.' It is time to say 'Hasta la vista, Baby' to the

fraud in _health marketing_ (http://www.cdc.gov/healthmarketing/) that aids

to increase profits of the industry affiliates of the US Chamber of

Commerce, primarily insurers, and under the marketing spin in terminology of

Workers

’ Comp 'Reform. "

_Governor Schwarzenegger Picks Tani Cantil-Sakauye As Ca Chief Justice ~

Will She Mold Justice For The People of California?_

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_Congratulations To Justice Cantil-Sakauye On Her Nomination_

(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/07/22/state/n124108D13.DT\

L & feed=rs

s.news_politics) ~ SFGate 7-22-10 ~ “The governor plucked appellate court

judge Tani Cantil-Sakauye from near obscurity Wednesday when he named her

to succeed Chief Justice , who retires Jan. 2…The governor

formally introduced Cantil-Sakauye during a packed news conference under the

Capitol dome. The short, trim Cantil-Sakauye, 50, said she was humbled by

the nomination and spoke briefly in generalities about her judicial

philosophy. ‘Courts right the wrong and vanquish the indignities,’ she

said…

..Cantil-Sakauye would be the first Filipina-American to become chief justice

and

just the second woman to serve in the post after Rose Bird, who voters

ousted from the Supreme Court in 1986. Cantil-Sakauye has served on the 3rd

District Court of Appeal since Schwarzenegger appointed her to the

Sacramento-based court in 2005…. called Cantil-Sakauye the ideal person

to lead

the nation’s largest court system. He particularly noted her two years of

administrative service on the 28-member Judicial Council, which controls the

court system’s $4 billion annual budget and sets policy for the state’s

1,700 judges. ‘This will go down as one of the most exceptional decisions of

Gov. Schwarzenegger’s administration,†said , who told the governor

the nomination was one of his ‘finest legacies’…Legal analysts said

Cantil-Sakauye’s legal opinions reflect a moderate Republican philosophy in

the

same mold as ..â€

_Another influential court post could be open soon_ (ht

tp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/07/another-influential-co\

urt-post-could-b

e-open-soon.html) ~ LA Times Blog 7-22-10 ~ Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

was able to name Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye as California’s next chief justice

so quickly -– it has been only a week since Chief Justice

announced his retirement –- because the administration was already vetting

her for a promotion. Arthur Scotland, presiding justice of the state’s 3rd

District Court of Appeal, said he told the Schwarzenegger administration

about three weeks ago that, though he had not yet filed any retirement

paperwork, he was considering stepping down this year. And Scotland said he,

along

with “every justice on this court, ‘had endorsed Cantil-Sakauye “to be

the

presiding justice when I retire.â€

_Gov. Schwarzenegger, President of the Regents of the University of

California, at CA Chamber of Commerce Event_

(http://newsblaze.com/story/20100518185022zzzz.nb/topstory.html) ~ News Blaze

5-18-10 ~ “Well, I think it is –

you know, Workers’ Compensation was a perfect example, because we did the

reforms that gave back to the private sector $50 billion-plus in these

last few years since we have had Workers’ Comp reform…. I have experts in

my

office that are – you know, like they have in rescue, they have those

sniffing dogs? Well, I have sniffing dogs over there that sniff out job

killers.

(laughter) And they sniff from the time they start passing bills upstairs,

or to debate the bills upstairs, they’re already sniffing. And then they

come to me and they tell me about all of those job killers. And then I sit

down and I look at them and I say, ‘Hasta la vista, baby.†(laughter)

_The Money That Fueled California’s Election Revolt_

(http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_26/b4184031585673.htm) ~

Businessweek 6-16-10

~ “How Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and state business leaders bankrolled

Proposition 14 to toss out party primaries…Arnold Schwarzenegger ends his

seven-year run as California’s governor with a 23 percent approval rating

and a $19.1 billion budget deficit…Schwarzenegger’s political action

committee, plus and some prominent California executives, raised $4.6 million

to

promote the referendum… “It makes me sick, this state is so

dysfunctional,â€

says Los Angeles real estate developer Harvey, who contributed

$100,000 to support the measure (says), “I think this will attract more

moderate candidates.†Other backers such as.. the California Chamber of

Commerce

($720,000) hope that the new system, in which the top two candidates chosen

by all registered voters would face off in general elections, will bring

more moderation to California politics…Proposition 14 had been denounced by

labor groups and the state’s six recognized political parties, some of which

may mount a legal challenge. ‘The whole purpose of this is so the Chamber

of Commerce can try to get business-friendly Democrats elected, who don’t

support global warming, environmental legislation, or labor protection bills,

’ says Burton, head of the state’s Democratic Party. ‘This isn’t

going to change anything.â€

_Agnotology_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnotology) is “the study of

culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of

inaccurate or misleading scientific data. Ignorance is often not merely the

absence of knowledge but an outcome of cultural and political struggle.†It

is

time to say “Hasta la vista, Baby†to the fraud in _health marketing_

(http://www.cdc.gov/healthmarketing/) that aids to increase profits of the

industry affiliates of the US Chamber of Commerce, primarily insurers, and

under the marketing spin in terminology of Workers’ Comp “Reformâ€.

Agnotology, the adverse impact it has had on California workers, US

society and its threat to Democracy as a whole is demonstrated by using the

mold

issue. In 2003 the US Chamber published and mass disseminated a

medico-legal off white paper that professed it was scientifically proven all

claims of

illness and death from exposure to the toxic components of mold were only

being made because of “trial lawyers, media, and Junk Scienceâ€. This fraud

in health marketing by the US Chamber that is used to save workers comp

and property casualty insurers money, is one in the collection of a series of

publications used to instill bias in the courts favorable to industry. Two

key others are the position statements of two US medical associations:

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI). These three papers

all claim they are scientifically grounded and are substantiated by the

National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine (IOM) when purportedly

scientifically establishing lack of causation of illness from mold. _They ARE

NOT_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/00a3f68cb3.pdf) . They are frauds in health

marketing used to stave off financial liability for the money crowd and are

adverse to the health and safety of the American public and American worker.

All three of these papers, ACOEM, AAAAI and US Chamber of Commerce, carry

the name “_University of California_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/8a5bcdc27f.pdf) †to lend credibility to the

fallacy of their words.

On April 28, 2010 a _Letter was sent to UC Regent Schwarzenegger_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/98ce8f8bb8.pdf) re: _conflicts of interest within

University of California_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/1ff83d97aa.pdf) medical

teaching facilities used to teach the “environmental science†of the US

Chamber. This fraud in health marketing that is used to bias the courts against

the environmentally ill and against their legal and medical proponents;

not only increases private sector insurer profits–the University of

California (UC) profits from UC physician’s expert witness fees on behalf of

the

insurance industry. These fees can be as much as $900 per hour with the

Regents keeping over half. The Chair of the _California Commission on Judicial

Performance_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/8798ed2a65.pdf) , Justice Judith

McConnell, also received a copy of the April 28th letter sent to the Regents of

the UC and other decision makers in California and nationwide. (see

4-28-10 “Truth Out†below).

The US Chamber medico-legal _fraud in health marketing_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/a8baea5e37.pdf) that carries the University of

California name

used to bias the courts:

1. Was a _paid for hire endeavor_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/8e5c4c5a36.pdf) .

2. The contract for its authorship was only between the Corp of GlobalTox

(now VeriTox) and the _Manhattan Institute_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/da1f816865.pdf) think-tank (self professed “gurus

of tort reformâ€)

3. Nowhere is UC name or the UC physician, Saxon MD, who

purportedly co-authored, found anywhere within the paper – except as being

_listed as

an author_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/a8baea5e37.pdf) .

4. No hours were billed in the creation of the Chamber paper, for anyone

_conferring with Saxon_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/43f07c34e8.pdf) , the UC

physician.

5. _Saxon claims under oath_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/daf7d27e86.pdf)

he had no knowledge he was named as authoring the US Chamber publication

and had not even read it as late as 3 years after its publication.

6. One Veritox owner, Kelman, has stated under oath that they were hired

by the Manhattan Institute to _write something for judges_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/cfe9bff790.pdf) .

7. Another Veritox owner, Hardin, has stated under oath that the Chamber

paper he co-authored with Kelman was a _lobbying piece_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/6cdc259ccf.pdf) .

8. UC listed author, Saxon, was not paid, like Hardin and Kelman to

_author this_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/6e7c68a201.pdf) fraud in health

marketing.

9. _No one claims authorship_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/568610edd4.pdf)

of the US Chamber publication on their CVs.

10. Saxon is the only physician and only non-Veritox owner listed as a

purported co- author of the US Chamber paper– that falsely carries his and

thus the UC name and bias the courts by lending false credibility to the US

Chamber’s “environmental scienceâ€.

11. _The Regents of the UC_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/b640bb1beb.pdf)

will take no action to have the _UC name removed_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/1000bec6a5.pdf) from the Chamber paper that is used

to instill bias in the

courts.

12. _Neither will Saxon_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/8a5bcdc27f.pdf) . He

can’t without exposing his ACOEM mold statement co-authors, Hardin and

Kelman, for putting his and the UC name of the US Chamber marketing piece,

_without his knowledge_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/daf7d27e86.pdf) .

13. The University of California has _generated much income_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/0a9b2517ef.pdf) via expert _defense witness fees

paid_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/5e227f6b8b.pdf) to the Regents when Saxon and other

UC physicians use the Chamber et al’s, _fraud in health marketing_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/00a3f68cb3.pdf) to _bias the courts_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/e88548fd20.pdf) against injured workers and others.

14. _ACOEM writes the workers comp guidelines_

(http://www.reedgroup.com/capabilities/guidelines/mdguidelines-acoem-treatment.h\

tm) that physicians

in the _State of California must follow_

(http://www.alphafund.org/Law_Order\Law%20and%20Order%20Sep%2007.pdf) under the

guise of “Workers Comp “

Reformâ€.

“We are cleaning up the system,†“We will terminate the fraud and abuse

that was going on in the system.†“No longer will workers’ compensation

be

the poison of our economy.†“Those who were gaming the system, we’re

saying, ‘Hasta la vista,’ because the game is over.†“_California is

open for

business_

(http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-corporation/17876/video/the-corporation-trai\

ler/1140946) .†Governor Schwarzenegger, President of the

Regents of the University of California before the California Chamber of

Commerce. 2005

_VIDEO: Watchdog On Science Blog – Corrupt Doctors: The Untold Mold Story_

(http://watchdogonscience.blogspot.com/2009/08/corrupt-doctors-untold-mold-s

tory.html) ~ Worker’s Memorial Day, Los Angeles 8-09 ~ This is HOW the

elaborate SCAM works that enables commerce & industry to deny liability for

causation of worker illness and injury – _while elected leaders from both

parties turn a blind eye_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/f2dcd6ffbb.pdf) . (Note:

the video link above regarding the systematic insurer fraud in Ca Workers

Comp may be slow. It may also be viewed at:

_http://www.blip.tv/file/2520407_ (http://www.blip.tv/file/2520407) )

_Health complaints linked to former NASA site in Downey_

(http://articles.latimes.com/2009/aug/02/business/fi-ct-downey2) ~ LA Times

8-2-09 ~ “

...carpenters, welders, electricians and other film production workers say they

developed severe respiratory and other problems while working there and have

never recovered. Film workers have given the name “Downey flu†to one

particular cluster of symptoms — chronic congestion, headaches and rashes.

Some have even refused to work there, a rare phenomenon in the tough,

blue-collar world of set construction. At least 34 people have filed workers’

compensation claims over illnesses they trace to the studio complex. The Times

obtained detailed records on 18 of the cases. In 11 — including Izumi’s —

independent physicians found that some or all of the symptoms were caused or

aggravated by working at Downey Studios. In three other cases, independent

physicians — specialists certified by the state to offer neutral opinions

in workers’ compensation cases — said the ailments appeared to be

work-related but further tests were needed to make a determination. The tests

were

never performed because insurance companies contested the doctors’ findings

and refused to pay for the tests…In their workers’ compensation claims,

in injury complaints reported to Cal/OSHA and in a civil lawsuit,

film-production workers cited a variety of potential causes, including mold,

dust

churned up during renovations at Downey Studios and toxic chemicals detected

in the soil….Stuart Lichter, whose Industrial Realty Group operates Downey

Studios, rejected the idea that conditions at the site made anyone sick…

.. White, a lawyer for the company, said there was no evidence linking the

workers’ health problems to Downey.â€

_State of California retaliates against injured Social Service worker for

asking mold questions_ (http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/ci_15556558) ~

Ukiah Daily Journal 7-20-10 ~ “A county employee who spoke up about a mold

problem in the Mendocino County Social Services building on South State Street

in Ukiah was put on administrative leave the day after a meeting held to

inform employees about the problem…said he was escorted out of his office at

8 a.m. the day after the meeting. ‘I asked how long they knew about (the

mold problem),’ Marmon said of his participation in the meeting…State health

inspectors started inspecting the county building Monday after a county

employee complained about the mold problem in late June, according to

Krissann Chasarik, spokeswoman for the state Division of Occupational Safety

and

Health, known as Cal/OSHA….the same employee recently reported the steps the

county took to correct the problem weren’t adequate…he asked whether the

county had looked behind the sheet rock in the areas concerned…the

building leaked before he started working there in 2007, and has poor

ventilation.

The floor mat under his desk and some of his colleagues’ floor mats had

red Xs on them for weeks before the county told them why, he said. The county

didn’t tell Marmon why he was placed on paid administrative leave,

according to a retaliation complaint Marmon filed with the state Department of

Industrial Relations’ Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. Marmon wrote

he

was “only told that I was under investigation.’ He continued, ‘It is a

means of intimidation to stop me from testifying and leading others to

testify.’..but letters he received concerning that complaint imply Marmon

isn’t

under investigation. Marmon said he had been experiencing extreme fatigue

in recent weeks, and knew of several other employees who had experienced

health problems. ‘It’s like the walking wounded in there,’ he said.

‘The

employees are disgusted.’ Marmon said when he brought up prior complaints

about the ventilation and mold during the July 14 meeting, he was told there

had been no other complaints. Carvallo of SEIU Local 1021 said the

union is aware of the mold problem, and confirmed several county employees

in the building have filed workers’ compensation claims. “There have been

respiratory concerns, and one employee complained of nose bleeds,â€

Carvallo said. ‘Until someone takes a stand you sometimes don’t realize how

severe the problem is.’..If mold colonies proliferate indoors, they can

cause

symptoms including allergic reactions, breathing problems, lung infections

and possibly kidney and liver damage in cases of toxic molds…No one at the

county Social Services Department or the county Human Resources Department

returned phone calls on this issue.â€

_Would a Kennedy be treated like this?_

(http://www.westchestermagazine.com/Blogs/Open-House/May-2010/Kennedy-Green-Drea\

mhome/) ~ Westchester

Magazine 5-3-10 ~ “ What They’re Not Saying (But We Will) ..but here’s

another

no-so awe-inspiring tale that you won’t find between the two covers of that

recently released controversial book….No one is talking, and the more we

ask, the more they clam up….Kennedy tells of returning home with his wife

from a Cape Cod vacation in 1996 to find that their sprawling clapboard

1920 structure with 1950s aluminum siding had flooded while they were away.

They were greeted with a black mold bloom that made everyone sick….’When

visitors with hacking coughs fled our home for fresh air, I taunted

them…’…

after unsuccessfully attempting a gut renovation, the family finally reached

the conclusion that the only solution was to rebuild from the ground up. …

..RFK Jr., an environmental advocate extraordinaire, said he figured it was

about time he started ‘walking the walk in my own home.â€

_U.S. Chamber of Commerce & Insurer Deceit in Mold Litigation_

(http://katysexposure.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/u-s-chamber-of-commerce-deceit-in\

-mold-li

tigation/) ~ Katy’s Exposure 7-7-10 ~ “Changes in construction methods

have caused US buildings to become perfect petri dishes for mold and bacteria

to flourish when water is added. Instead of warning the public and

teaching physicians that the buildings were causing illness; in 2003 the US

Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform, a think-tank, and a workers

comp

physician trade organization, ACOEM, mass marketed an unscientific

nonsequitor to the courts to disclaim the adverse health effects to stave off

liability for financial stakeholders of moldy buildings. Although _publicly

exposed_ (http://www.drcraner.com/images/suits_over_mold_WSJ.pdf) many times

over the years, the deceit lingers in US courts and public health policy

while insurers continue to profit from the politically sanctioned perversity,

to this very day.â€

_National Apartment Association Tells Members Mold Causes Dealth; Tells

Courts It Doesn’t With The Help of US Chamber and University of California_

(http://katysexposure.wordpress.com/2010/05/19/national-apartment-association-

tells-its-members-mold-causes-death-tells-courts-it-doesnt-with-the-help-of-

us-chamber-and-ucla/) ~ Katy’s Exposure 5-19-10 ~ National Apartment

Association Blog – Mold: Your Silent Enemy (5-19-2010) “Remember, mold can

cause major health problems and even death. Don’t let it get out of control

and affect your company or your residents.†_National Apartment Association

Amicus_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/5f3b6927e1.pdf) Curiae Brief

(8-31-2009), in a litigation involving infant mortality, a $25M insurance

policy of

the property mgmt company: ‘In a report entitled, ‘A Scientific View of the

Health Effects of Mold’, a panel of scientists, including toxicologists

and industrial hygienists stated that years of intense study have failed to

produce any causal connection between exposure to indoor mold and adverse

health effects.’ U.S. Chamber of Commerce, A Scientific View of the Health

Effects of Mold (2003)â€. [Listed & purported co-author, Saxon, UCLA].

_TRUTH OUT Letter To CA Regents, Judicuaries, Legislators_

(http://katysexposure.wordpress.com/2010/04/30/truth-out-sharon-kramer-letter-to\

-andrew-saxo

n-mold-issue/) ~ Katy’s Exposure 4.28/10 ~ (Written as a first person

epic letter to UC’s Saxon. Evidenced in links by legal documents from several

cases, medical journal publishings and investigative journalist

publications, etc.) “Much like the USA went to war based on the frenzied hype

and

false marketing to decision makers that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction;

all three of these closely related medico-legal policy setters, ACOEM’s,

AAAAI’s & US Chamber’s, all naming Saxon as co-authoring and thus

all

carrying the _University of California’s imprimatur_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/d11dc50d3e.pdf) , are used in marketing the false

scientific concept

to the courts and into US health policy that Hardin and Kelman could

legitimately apply math extrapolations to data they took from a single

intratracially instilled mechanistic study by Dr. Carol Rao; mix several

hypotheticals

into the equation; and then _mass market_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/8a5bcdc27f.pdf) via medical associations, teaching

hospitals and the US

Chamber; what is a nonsequitor of science that flies in the face of the basic

tenets of _toxicology and common sense_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/b6fe5a07f4.pdf) . Ie, Based on this _one set of

calculations_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/74478c4cad.pdf) , Hardin and Kelman professed to

prove the toxic

components of mold that are found in water damaged buildings are purportedly

scientifically established to pose no threat to human health. Thus, sick little

children in the USA, who claim moldy (and insured) buildings are making them

seriously ill with chronic immune system inflammations brought on by

microbial toxins, are Evil Doers out to scam insurers – and so are their

weeping

mothers. Best summed up by a Sacramento, California judge, _Huge Leap_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/a6ca202328.pdf) of _purported_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/b07f62e149.pdf) _science_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/b07f62e149.pdf) . According to the National Academy

of Sciences, Institute of Medicine,

Damp Indoor Spaces and Health Report (2004), _Chapter Four Toxicity

Summary_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/202c87e945.pdf) , this is not a method of

risk

assessment that can legitimately be used to scientifically conclude

causation of human illness -or lack there of – from exposure to microbial

toxins

that are found in water damaged buildings….US public health policy over the

mold issue has been legitimized by flawed hypotheses & flawed

extrapolations much like drunken men use lamp-posts for support rather than

illumination…. Hardin, retired high level CDC/NIOSH employee, was _never

disclosed to

be an owner_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/57726d547a.pdf) of VeriTox or a

party to the Kelman Case on the _Certificate of Interested Parties_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/9acb031687.pdf) submitted to the Appellate Court in

2006. When denying the anti-SLAPP motion, the current Chair of the _California

Commission on Judicial Performance_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/ecbbbe8e0b.pdf) , Justice Judith McConnell, wrote

the _anti-SLAPP opinion_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/e891ec0d4b.pdf) being _informed and evidenced_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/dc748c7054.pdf) , via Hardin/Kelman testimony from

other

cases yet _ignoring this fact_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/8d363919f8.pdf) . The

courts were also informed via irrefutable evidence, that undisclosed

party, Hardin’s business partner, Kelman, _committed perjury to establish a

fictional reason_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/a87355dc1e.pdf) for malice for

him, personally – in a libel litigation where his sole claim of the case is

that he was maliciously accused of committing perjury by the use of the

phrase “altered his under oath statementsâ€. This phrase just happened to be

in

the same writing that was the first to publicly write of the deceit of the

US Chamber paper, how it was connected to ACOEM’s and how a jury was able

to see through the deceit when the papers’ author, Kelman, was forced to

discuss them together. It was a unanimous, unpublished Appellate opinion

issued on November 16, 2006 with Justices and Mc

concurring – and _no one addressing_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/8d363919f8.pdf)

the _evidence_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/dc748c7054.pdf) that NIOSH Hardin’

s name was oddly missing from the Certificate of Interested Parties or that

his US Chamber co-author and business partner, Kelman, was committing

criminal perjury to establish a libel law needed reason for personal malice.

When also provided with unrefuted evidence, four San Diego lower court

_judges failed to understand this_ (http://freepdfhosting.com/3615d26549.pdf)

–

just like the anti-SLAPP Appellate panel did in 2006. The San Diego courts

have been provided uncontroverted and irrefutable evidence of Kelman’s

perjury to establish a _needed libel law reason_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/d77c1fc0e4.pdf) for malice for him personally, no

less than _fifteen times_

(http://freepdfhosting.com/7a4ef4325a.pdf) since September of 2005.

_Judicial Campaigns May Put Democracy at Risk, CJP Chair McConnell Says_

(http://www.metnews.com/articles/2010/foru052410.htm) ~ Metropolitan

News-Enterprise 5-24-10 ~ “American democracy ‘may well be at risk’ as

judicial

campaigns turn into special-interest funded political contests in which

candidates are pressured into taking political stances, Fourth District Court

of Appeal Presiding Justice Judith McConnell told a community forum.

McConnell, who in addition to presiding over Div. One is the chair of the

Commission on Judicial Performance and a member of the Statewide Commission for

Impartial Courts, made the remarks Thursday night at Southwestern Law

School….

’Judicial independence does not mean judges are unaccountable or allowed

to follow their whims, it means they are independent of the other branches

of government,’ she explained. To maintain that independence, she opined,

candidates for election to the bench need to avoid the types of ‘nasty’

campaigning often associated with those seeking executive and legislative

posts. Judges, she said, ‘should not be accountable to politicians…or the

clamor of the moment…’ The CJP chair also voiced frustration at the fact

that

while the commission has disciplined judges for election-related ethics

violations—the State Bar has never disciplined an attorney for misconduct in

the capacity of a judicial candidate, even though the Rules of Professional

Conduct authorize it to do so.â€

_California IS Open For Business_

(http://www.moldwarriors.com/SK/IJOEH_Oct07_LaDou.pdf) ~ IJOEH 10-07 ~ “The

American College of Occupational and

Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) is a professional association that represents

the interests of its company employed physician members. Fifty years ago

the ACOEM began to assert itself in the legislative arena as an advocate of

limited regulation and enforcement of occupational health and safety

standards and laws, and environmental protection. Today the ACOEM provides a

legitimizing professional association for company doctors, and continues to

provide a vehicle to advance the agendas of their corporate sponsors. Company

doctors in ACOEM recently blocked attempts to have the organization take a

stand on global warming. Company doctors employed by the petrochemical

industry even blocked the ACOEM from taking a position on particulate air

pollution. Industry money and influence pervade every aspect of occupational

and

environmental medicine. The controlling influence of industry over the

ACOEM physicians should cease.â€

_Moldy UC Dorm Gives UC Regents Financial Pony In the Race_

(http://katysexposure.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/regents-of-university-of-californ\

ia-ai

d-us-chamber-et-al-to-deny-liability-for-mold-illness-moldy-dorm-gives-uc-fi

nancial-pony-in-the-race/) ~ Katy’s Exposure 7.01.01~ “Dear Ms.

Mac (General Counsel, Regents UC) and Ms. Griffiths (Chief of Staff),

Does

the above UC dorm situation have anything to do with the Regents of the

UC’s failure to act to remove the influential UC name from the US Chamber’

s mold publication that, as I have evidenced for you, is used in

litigation to deny liability for claims of illness in workers and occupants

caused

by moldy buildings? Thank you in advance for your reply.â€

_UCWATCH.ORG – Accountable UC_ (http://ucwatch.org/accountableUC.html) ~

Ongoing Research ~ “UC’s Regents are a far cry from reflecting

California’

s socio-economic diversity. Regents are mostly wealthy lawyers, politicians

and businesspeople. Political money, political allegiances and business

relationships rule where appointments to the Board of Regents are concerned,

and several regents have very close personal and financial ties to the

Governor. An appointment to the Board of Regents is yet another coveted resume

builder for the state’s elite class of high-achieving investment bankers,

corporate lawyers, and power brokers – never mind the ordinary Californians

who the University is supposed to be here to serve. Finally, by virtue of

their extremely deep reach into California’s corporate and political world,

many Regents fill their roles on the Board while coming dangerously close

to what amount to potential conflicts of interest. Is this really the best

UC can do to meet the needs of all Californians?†(“The University is

governed by The Regents, which under _Article IX, Section 9 of the California

Constitution_ (http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/about.html) has

‘full powers of organization and governance’ subject only to very

specific areas of legislative control. The article states that “the

university

shall be entirely independent of all political and sectarian influence and

kept free therefrom in the appointment of its Regents and in the

administration of its affairs.â€)

_NIH Closing Loophole in University $$$ Conflict-of-Interest Rule_

(http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/nih-asks-for-input-on-closing\

..htm

l?rss=1) ~National Institute of Health 7-21-10 ~ “Responding to yet

another flap about the influence of drug companies on biomedical research, the

National Institutes of Health (NIH) has decided it needs more time to

revise its rules for policing conflicts of interest….In May, the agency

proposed

new regulations….would require NIH-funded investigators to report more

financial interests to their universities…. But, a month later, news emerged

that Nemeroff, who was banned by Emory University in 2008 from

seeking NIH grants after he failed to report drug-company income, escaped that

punishment simply by moving to the University of Miami…. (PHS stands for

Public Health Service, which is part of the Department of Health and Human

Services, NIH’s parent agency.) NIH had received more than 70 comments (_see

docket here_

(http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#docketDetail?R=NIH-2010-0001)

) on the rule so far from universities, patient-advocacy

groups, bioethicists, and others.â€

_BP Oil Trolls Universities for Red Herrings & White Coated Bottom

Feeders_ (http://blog.al.com/live/2010/07/bp_buys_up_gulf_scientists_for.html)

… ~

Sound Familiar???? ~ Press-Register 7-16-10 “For the last few weeks, BP

has been offering signing bonuses and lucrative pay to prominent scientists

from public universities around the Gulf Coast to aid its defense against

spill litigation. BP PLC attempted to hire the entire marine sciences

department at one Alabama university, according to scientists involved in

discussions with the company’s lawyers.â€

_Numerous lobbyists do BP’s bidding Influence extends to both political

parties_

(http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/13/numerous-lobbyists-do-bps-biddi\

ng/?page=2) ~ The Washington Times 6-13-10 ~ “Weeks after the

massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico began, the fundraising arm for

Senate Democrats circulated a petition to hold BP “accountable†while

accusing

Republicans of making excuses for ‘bad environmental actors.’ The

petition noted that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) paid

for

the message, but didn’t mention that the DSCC’s own source of cash includes

tens of thousands of dollars in political contributions raised earlier

this year by a BP-hired lobbyist….underscores the significant political

muscle

BP still has on Capitol Hill with both political parties, despite the

outcries from lawmakers and the White House for a full investigation of the oil

company’s role in the spill and its response. ‘BP is one of the strongest

lobbying and political forces in Washington, D.C….. ‘They’ve consistently

spent millions of dollars every year on federal lobbying and, in the most

recent years, they’ve increased the output to new heights.’….The firm

hosted a fundraiser for California U.S. Senate candidate _Carly Fiorina_

(http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/carly-fiorina/) ® in April, …BP

spent

a ‘massive’ $16 million on lobbyists to influence federal legislation last

year, ranking it second behind Conoco among oil and gas companies…

..spent a half-million dollars in campaign donations to federal candidates

during the 2008 election cycle, with about 40 percent going to Democrats

and $71,000 to President Obama, according to the center….BP-tied

contributions ran by a 3-to-1 ratio in favor of Republicans about a decade ago

but that

Republicans have received 56 percent compared with 43 percent to Democrats

this election cycle.â€

_BPEPA Lack of Transparency is Transparent_

(http://motherjones.com/environment/2010/07/epa-whistleblower-bp-dispersants) ~

Mother 7-20-10 ~ “

Environmental Protection Agency staff member is accusing his employer of

being coy…EPA officials know that the chemicals present a threat to public

health and the Gulf ecosystem and should be banned; they just don’t want to

say so…..Kaufman, a senior policy analyst in the EPA’s Office of Solid

Waste and Emergency Response, alleges that agency administrator

sidestepped the issue last week in her answers to questions about whether the

agency has the authority to call off use of dispersants in the Gulf. The

agency is deliberately downplaying the threat—and its own role in regulating

the chemicals—to protect itself from liability and keep the public from

getting too alarmed….at least 10 other EPA staffers, including several

toxicologists…raise concerns about dispersants and other health problems in

the

Gulf, claiming that their superiors at the agency are not doing due

diligence when it comes to dispersants. ‘What’s going on in the Gulf is the

same

cover up that was going with the 9/11 environmental issue,’ said Kaufman. ‘

The Bush White House ordered EPA to lie about the environmental and public

health situation at the World Trade Center because of economic

ramifications. So they did.’…’I've been through this before,’ he

continued. ‘It was

the _same kind of crap_

(http://achemmic.com/files/ACHEMMIC_February_2010_Letter_to_EPA_CIAQ4.pdf) .’

…â€I’m not partisan,†he says. ‘I just want an

honest EPA…â€

_Chamber Of Commerce Says Taxpayers Should Help Pay For BP Spill Cleanup_

(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/10/chamber-of-commerce-says_n_607748.h

tml) ~Huffington Post 6-10-10~ “Hey there, Americans! I’m sure, by now,

many of you have had some time to reflect on the massive, unfolding

Deepwater Horizon oil disaster and thought to yourselves, “My, that really is

a

terrible, apocalyptic cock-up!†But have you gone so far as to think to

yourself, “My, that really is a terrible, apocalyptic cock-up, the costs of

which I should logically be burdened with, because I am responsible for

everything that happened?†No? Well, you should maybe start thinking that

way,

because the U.S. Chamber of Commerce thinks you should! You know, the U.S.

Chamber of Commerce typically doesn’t put itself out there as a big fan of

socialism. But that all changes when we’re talking about risk and

liability.â€

_Injured Biotech Worker Gets Day In Court_

(http://open.salon.com/blog/solidarity/2010/01/12/injured_pfizer_biotech_worker_\

gets_her_day_in_court) ~

Open Salon 1-23-10 ~ “This again is not the exception. In the case of

biotech worker Bell at Agraquest in , California [as in biotech - UC

], the company also worked to prevent seriously ill Bell from finding

out what he was working with even though he needed it for his medical care.

After years of struggle he eventually discovered from the Mayo clinic that

he had 19 substances in his body likely from the company. These included

histo yeast, a mold that is found in soil. It was in his blood serum and

according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention affects the lungs

and organs and other organs and can be fatal if not treated. Yet the company

and their insurer Liberty Mutual still denied liability for his workers

compensation claim. The drive of these biotech and other companies of course

is to limit their liability and their costs. If they can prevent injured

workers from finding out what has injured them, they are no longer liable

for the cost and in many cases; the public is stuck with the bill. In the

case of Bell, over $333,000 was spent by Social Security to keep him

alive and he is still fighting for his life. Bell never believed that this

company would put in him and others in deadly danger in order to get their

product on the market quickly without any holdups.â€

_Buck the insurance industry, go to jail_

(http://www.anh-usa.org/criminalizing-doctors—yet-again/) ~ Alliance for

Natural Health 7-20-10 ~ Keep in

mind also that it is not just doctors that defraud the government’s medical

programs. Drug companies have also been found guilty of this. Although

they have paid some fines, we haven’t yet seen any Pharma executive go to

jail, and no one expects that ever to happen. In 1996, Senator Ted Kennedy

added to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act new anti-fraud

provisions providing for jail terms of up to ten years. If a patient dies

while being given the “medically unnecessary†treatment and the government

decides that the treatment caused the death, the doctor can go to jail for

life. This legislation also extended the anti-fraud provisions to cover

bills submitted to any “health care benefit program.†Under federal law,

health care benefit programs include private insurance as well as federal

programs. So now a doctor can go to jail for getting on the wrong side of a

private insurance company.

_Addressing conflicts of interests at university medical centers_

(http://rocnow.com/article/local-news/20107180358) ~ ROCNow Democrat &

Cronicle

7-18-10 ~ “Am I concerned that we have disabling conflicts of interest where

we have lost our soul?…Critics say that public disclosure is essential for

accountability.“Money has an enormous influence on people even though they

don’t admit it does….’Public disclosure’, Wolfe added, ‘is an

important

step in holding the medical profession accountable’. The stakes are high.â€

“…And then they come to me and they tell me about all of those job

killers. And then I sit down and I look at them and I say, ‘Hasta la vista,

baby.’

(laughter)†Arnold Schwarzenegger, President of the Regents of the

University of California, Governor of the State of California, Nominator of the

Highest Judge in the Land when addressing the California Chamber of

Commerce, May 18, 2010.

“Whenever I see job killers…or newborn infant apartment dwelling killers

—

caused by corruption, greed, political favors, and silence of those who

know but don’t speak out to save the lives of others or those who remain

silent because of complicity or for fear of retaliation, I say _‘Hasta la

vista, baby’_

(http://katysexposure.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/action-group-asks-u-of-ca-to-take\

-name-off-us-chamber-medico-legal-publication/) (no laughing

matter)“ Sharon Noonan Kramer, Advocate for integrity in health marketing

of causation and accountability of environmental illnesses. July 20, 2010.

Again, _Agnotology_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnotology) is “the

study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication

of inaccurate or misleading scientific data. Ignorance is often not merely

the absence of knowledge but an outcome of cultural and political struggle.â€

(http://katysexposure.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/caution.png)

Deceptive Mantra: “Trial Lawyers, Media Hype & Junk Scienceâ€

The stakes are high! The stakes are high! The stakes are high!

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has nominated a new chief justice, who will

then face a retention vote on the November ballot. We hope she able to curtail

the undue influences of commerce on our courts that harm Californians and

the US as a whole. ‘This will be one of the most important legacies that

Gov. Schwarzenegger has to leave..â€

_Links to NAA Property Mgmt, Co Riverstone Residential, Mold and Illegal

Business Practice Complaints and More!_

(http://katysexposure.wordpress.com/2010/07/10/links-to-riverstone-residential-m\

old-and-illegal-business-practice

-complaints-and-more/)

Exposing Environmental Health Threats & Those Responsible for Them…I’ll

be back…with more!

Katy