Boycott the Olympics!!

Here's yet another reason to boycott the upcoming Chinese Olympics - rampant child slavery. Children ranging from ages 13 to 15, some as young as seven, are being sold into slavery by the thousands. In the southern province of Guangdong a chief foreman and 18 minor foremen set up the market. The labor camp pays the children $0.50 an hour, and requires them to work 300 hours per month.

"These kids are robust and can do the toughest work," said one foreman.

The county government reportedly attempted to rescue the children, but some were unwilling to leave. Some had volunteered to work there, others had been sold by their parents.

This is just another reason in a long list to boycott the Olympics. China repeatedly says it is cracking down on these types of issues, yet little progress, if any, has been made. For the children in these camps there's really no other choice. What else can they do when their parents have sold them into slavery? Where can they go?

Source:
Reuters

DNA Warehouse Bill Passes

A bill which allows the government to take DNA samples from every newborn baby in the U.S. passed in the House of Representatives and now awaits the signature of the president. The new legislation requires no consent from parents, nor is it even required to notify them of the "screening".

"The DNA taken at birth from every citizen is essentially owned by the government, and every citizen becomes a potential subject of government-sponsored genetic research," says Twila Brase, president of the Citizen’s Council on Health Care (CCHC). "Already, in Minnesota, the state health department reports that 42,210 children of the 780,000 whose DNA is housed in the Minnesota ‘DNA warehouse’ have been subjected to genetic research without their parents’ knowledge or consent."

Many are worried about the implications the bill could have. Rep. Ron Paul, M.D. believes hospitals will be forced to adopt the federal plan in order to keep federal funding, despite whatever flaws it may have. He says the government lacks the authority and competence to carry out such a program.

“Drafters of the legislation made no effort to ensure that these newborn screening programs do not violate the privacy rights of parents and children,” he said.

Source:
AAPS