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A school illegally denied entrance to a student. It took Michael Snyder’s interview video and additional media reports to prompt the school to take accurate action to remedy the situation. Professionals such as dentist Blaisdell feel the parent should just ‘get over it’. 

Guest Post: Sara Walton Brady This is my response to Dr. John D. Blaisdells public letter in the Idaho Statesman “Complaining Parents”. I’ve linked the letter below.

Dr John D. Blaisdell,

I saw your letter today about “Complaining Parents” in the Idaho Statesman.

I always find it interesting that people take time out of their busy lives to complain and criticize people about their choices. Did you not have enough patients to take care of today?

The first item you’re ignorant about is: “When a school district follows the rules and tries to do their best in a very conflicted situation such as vaccination exemptions, there are always those that act like little children when they don’t get their way.” What exactly do you mean by that? What was MY way? My way was the school needed to follow the law. Do you have a problem with the school following the law? Are you ok with Schools making rules outside of Idaho Law? How was the school following the rules if they were breaking the law? Do you follow the law or do you make up your own rules to live by?

“Get over yourself. Get over your anger and grow up.”

Ok. So when someone is violating my and my child’s rights and illegally denying my child his education, I suppose to get over it. Oh, and I can’t be angry that my child was illegally denied his right to education. Gotcha. Noted. Get in line, Sara.

“Institutions like a school district do a pretty good job in spite of parents like you.”

Institutions like the West Ada School district and the Idaho Department of Health Welfare do a pretty good job of breaking the law and denying rights despite parents like me trying to inform them they are breaking the law? Yes. We can agree on that.

“Sure, I have had different opinions than the school district that schooled my five children, but we always had a lively debate, an exchange of opinions, and then found a solution. Sara Walton Brady got her way in that she had a chance to argue and be heard. The system worked.

It’s one thing to have a difference of opinion. It’s a whole other issue to have the school breaking the law.
Which part did you think this was opinion? Is Idaho law opinion? Is discrimination opinion? Is denying my child his education a solution?

And no. The point of the “system” isn’t that I have to use measures outside of the system to get the school to follow the law. I had to go to great lengths to be heard and people like you criticized me at every turn. Criticized me for my right to my child’s education and that I demanded that West Ada school district follow the law.

“Now she wants an apology? Good grief, one should get a life and move on. Forget it and quit trying to be in the newspaper or on the radio.”

Yes. Yes, I do want an apology. What are you teaching your children? If I lied, I would admit it AND apologize for it. The school lied, The school told the world that I did not submit proper documentation when I DID submit it back in April. Is it ok that I go around and lie about your Dental office and then privately tell you I was wrong but refuse to correct or apologize in the media?

You suggested a lively debate, well my school denied my son, his education, so there was no lively debate. They made their decision even though it was in direct violation of that law. I had to go to outside sources to attempt to resolve this.

And just so you know, I didn’t put myself in the Idaho Statesman today, YOU DID. It’s people like YOU that have complained I was on the radio and in the paper because you keep FEEDING the story. I have a life. A life that YOU just can’t stop paying attention to. Maybe YOU should get a life. Don’t complain about me being in the paper when you’re the very reason I’m in the paper today.

“One should be thankful that here you can choose your own path. This parent’s rights were well served in my opinion.”

I am thankful I can choose my own path. But how were my and my child’s rights well served? Pray do tell?
Were they served well when my son was told that he could not attend school Aug. 23rd?
Were my rights served well when I had to address this in the media? It was only when they were getting negative feedback did West Ada school district change their minds. So your opinion isn’t fact, it’s ignorant opinion. The facts that are mine and my child’s rights weren’t served well.

“An apology from the school district should not be considered. I truly hope that West Ada School District does not cave and give one. Life is too short for this type of public tantrum.”

So I guess you don’t believe in admitting wrong, nor apologizing for breaking the law? I’d hate to see your children’s attitudes about restitution or redress. And it seems to me you’re the one who took time out of your busy day of serving patients to throw your little temper tantrum about me and complain ignorantly about a situation you know nothing about.

Dr. Blaisdell, I’m now asking you to apologize for your rudeness to me. I believe in free speech, but I don’t believe in freedom of consequence for free speech. I’ll let my circle of friends know your opinion of Mom’s like me that try to advocate for their children’s right to education while going up against massive institutions that are breaking the law.

Freedoms. Rights. Liberty. These words mean different things to different people. Yet we live in a nation whose founding document strove to define some fundamental rights bestowed onto its citizens. A common belief in liberty is what brought together its Founding Fathers and peoples who came to America in search of something they no longer had, or in an attempt to gain something more. 

We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness—That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. – The Declaration of Independence of the United States, July 4, 1776

These rights were considered in/unalienable, meaning: …”rights that we are unable to give up, even if we want to. According to the concept of inalienable rights found in the Declaration of Independence, liberty is such a right. That means that if we signed a contract to be a slave, we would not have an obligation to keep it; and despite the contract, no one would have a right to our services. Having rights that are inalienable does not mean they cannot be attacked by our being arbitrarily killed, imprisoned, or otherwise oppressed. It means that such acts are not morally justified and that we have a ground for moral complaint.” – From Center for Civic Education.

As stated in the Declaration, the government’s job is to define, organize and protect its people and their rights in consideration of their safety and happiness.

Things were very different in 1776 than today. Government was small, corporations weren’t yet behemoths and the rights of citizens were paramount. Today, it is no longer just the government making decisions for our welfare. Instead, as many of us know and the media can attest to, it is often lobbyists and corporations that influence policies and practices that affect our lives.

We are living in a time when we, the citizens, must wake up to this reality, understand our rights and take action to protect them. We can’t take our health, religious or financial freedoms for granted. Every year, laws being created or changed at the federal, state, county and city levels that are literally altering the way that we live, take care of ourselves and our families and what work we can or can’t do based on our values. 

Parental rights, individual health freedom rights and the right to protect our children from toxins are the key founding principles of Health Freedom Idaho.

Health Freedom Idaho is a volunteer organization that was formed by concerned citizens in response to a bevy of policy and philosophy shifts happening in our nation, and in particular, the great state of Idaho. 

In the 2017 legislative session, the efforts of this small group of citizen freedom defenders defended our rights and quashed a couple bills that would have negatively impacted health freedoms and parental rights. In addition, we helped support a bill that gave back practice rights to chiropractors. 

And just this season, as one of our own tried to enroll her five-year-old in kindergarten at a local school, her son was denied enrollment due to being unvaccinated. Yet, Idaho law allows parents to opt-out of child vaccinations due to religious or other reasons. Due to her brave stance, and with the support of this community, the school had to overturn its denial and allow her son to attend school. They acknowledged that the law gave her those parental rights and that the school had no right to deny him enrollment. 

The school illegally wanted to control something that the law didn’t allow for, yet without pressure, this woman and her son would have had to find alternative resources for his education. 

Rights. Freedoms. Liberty.

These seismic shifts in our American culture are happening daily that could fundamentally alter your rights in terms of your health, child’s health, food choices, healthcare and even livelihood. 

Our organization’s efforts so far are making a difference. But we need more voices to help spread the message. With a larger community of concerned citizens, we can do more. We hope that you will join us in preserving freedoms relating to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – all of which factor into our health rights. 

We earnestly care for our state, our nation and its people and believe that the freedom to choose how we care of our health and our families should continue to reside with us – its citizens. 

Since we are volunteer organization, we rely on donations to help us with basic administrative costs to keep the site running, hosting events, education initiatives and legal fees. 

So, please join us in this pursuit! There are a few key areas where you can help. 

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 HFI: Studies show that prolonged exposure to radiation from cell phone WiFi towers can cause illness and health damages in children and adults. The West Ada Board of Trustees approved a cell tower which was installed on the Eagle High School property in early 2017. A meter that measures RF radiation was rented and readings were taken inside and outside of Eagle High School. And what was found was disturbing. There were levels observed up to 66,667% higher than the levels that have been shown in studies to cause biological effects/changes, and up to 40,000% higher where students sit in some classrooms. This is measuring the same radiation that is used in microwaves. This is constant exposure. Students and faculty have no choice to ‘turn it off’ as you can with a cell phone or computer. 

 Please go here to find out the measurements observed, information about studies that have been done and recommendations for levels of radiation and more in-depth information.
http://www.eaglehealing.com/radiation.php

TAKE ACTIONS: Please go here to sign the petition to have the cell tower removed and pass a law banning cell towers from school property. There is plenty of information out there to show there is damage being done, and we shouldn’t be having out children and teachers being exposed to this. Why take that risk?
https://www.change.org/p/west-ada-board-of-trustees-remove-…

The West Ada Board of Trustees approved a cell tower which was installed on the Eagle High School property in early 2017.
A meter that measures RF radiation was rented and readings were taken inside and outside of Eagle High School. And what was found was disturbing. There were levels observed up to 66,667% higher than the levels that have been shown in studies to cause biological effects/changes, and up to 40,000% higher where students sit in some classrooms.

Here’s a small description of the radiation being emitted from cell phones, WI-FI, cell towers, as well as any device which uses those things. This is a microwave radiation, the same as what your microwave uses to cook food.

Devices such as cell phones, cordless phones, baby monitors, laptops, tablets, game consoles, etc are considered two-way microwave devices. The difference between all of those devices and cell tower masts is that they can be turned off. They can be kept at a distance from the body to minimize the risk. And people have a choice as to whether to use them or not. With cell masts, there is no ability to turn them off. It’s 24/7/365. So if you work at or attend that school for many years, those people are exposed to the radiation that was measured. And the levels in some of the classrooms were higher than using a cell phone.

Resources for research: Dirty electricity is everywhere. Undiagnosable illness can be a result of exposure to this source of electromagnetic pollution. Implementing these changes may eliminate symptoms, thus eliminating illness. Limiting or avoiding exposure to dirty electricity is beneficial for everyone, avoiding sickness in the first place.

Sources for this article include:

http://electromagnetichealth.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS5ogZxoZ2Y

http://www.dirtyelectricity.ca/dirty_electricity_four_components.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhp8t6rVews&feature=player_embedded

http://www.thenaturalrecoveryplan.com

http://www.electricsense.com/

Unlike other chemicals added to water, which are intended to treat the water itself, fluoride is intended to treat the people who drink the water, whether they want the treatment or not. There is NO HEALTH BENEFIT IN INGESTING FLUORIDE, only risks. SIGN THE PETITION:

*Fluoride is toxic waste from aluminum and fertilizer factories and contains a high concentration of toxins and heavy metals such as arsenic, lead and chromium. All proven to be carcinogens. 

*Fluoride is now classified as a neurotoxin as supported by more than 180 studies. 

*Fluoride’s impact is cumulative. It is more poisonous than lead and just slightly less poisonous than arsenic. No one will die from drinking one glass of fluoridated water, but it is the long term chronic effects of drinking fluoridated water that affects health. 

At Health Freedom Idaho, our view is that we should each have the right to determine what medicines we intake – or don’t. 

-Dr. Charles Gordon Heyd, Past President of the American Medical Association.

“I am appalled at the prospect of using water as a vehicle for drugs. Fluoride is a corrosive poison that will produce serious effects on a long range basis. Any attempt to use water this way is deplorable.”

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