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BREAKING NEWS-- The right for parents in California to opt out their children from the state’s mandatory vaccination schedule due to personal beliefs is up against a radical, government-intruding change that spits in the face of the First Amendment Right of the Constitution of our United States of America. Parents holding strong personal or religious beliefs against vaccinating their children would no longer be able to sign-off on the state’s long-standing exemption form, unless their signature was accompanied by the signature of a medical physician.

Authored by assemblyman and pediatrician, Dr. Richard Pan, the bill AB2109, in a grand showing of political theatrics, played through the Assembly’s Health Committee on April 17th, 2012, like a forgone conclusion. The question now remains: Do enough of us care -- whether we live in CA or not -- to put a stop to a slippery slope that seems to be getting slicker by the minute?

Join Dr. Lamar for this third episode in the Spinal Column Radio AB2109 Triple Header as he converses with national vaccine injury lecturer Dr. Mark Cymerint. Plus: Assembly Health Committee Hearing sound bites, the irony of SB1318, information on the CCA and AB2109, and the anti-vaccination rock band, The Refusers.

BREAKING NEWS-- The right for parents in California to opt out their children from the state’s mandatory vaccination schedule due to personal beliefs is up against a radical, government-intruding change that spits in the face of the First Amendment Right of the Constitution of our United States of America. Parents holding strong personal or religious beliefs against vaccinating their children would no longer be able to sign-off on the state’s long-standing exemption form, unless their signature was accompanied by the signature of a medical physician. Authored by assemblyman and pediatrician, Dr. Richard Pan, the bill AB2109, in a grand showing of political theatrics, played through the Assembly’s Health Committee on April 17th, 2012, like a forgone conclusion. The question now remains: Do enough of us care -- whether we live in CA or not -- to put a stop to a slippery slope that seems to be getting slicker by the minute? Join Dr. Lamar for this third episode in the Spinal Column Radio AB2109 Triple Header as he converses with national vaccine injury lecturer Dr. Mark Cymerint. Plus: Assembly Health Committee Hearing sound bites, the irony of SB1318, information on the CCA and AB2109, and the anti-vaccination rock band, The Refusers.

BREAKING NEWS-- Dr. Tim O'Shea joins us once again to give us a "fly on the wall" account on what amounted to be "Political Theatrics" at its best, as the California Assembly Health Committee voted to approve proposed bill AB2109 on April 17, 2012. If enacted into law, this California bill will make it mandatory for parents to talk with a medical physician if they choose to exercise their RIGHT to exempt their child from the compulsory vaccine schedule needed for school attendance because it counters a philosophical belief of theirs.

If you don’t live in California and are thinking this doesn’t affect you.... think again. While this bill has very little do directly with chiropractic.... it has EVERYTHING to do with your RIGHTS as a parent to make decisions for your child free of government mandated handholding and oversight.... This is just one of the many boils on the butt of a much larger dragon that must be slayed! Ignore this boil, though, and we’re all cooked.

BREAKING NEWS-- Dr. Tim O'Shea joins us once again to give us a "fly on the wall" account on what amounted to be "Political Theatrics" at its best, as the California Assembly Health Committee voted to approve proposed bill AB2109 on April 17, 2012. If enacted into law, this California bill will make it mandatory for parents to talk with a medical physician if they choose to exercise their RIGHT to exempt their child from the compulsory vaccine schedule needed for school attendance because it counters a philosophical belief of theirs. If you don’t live in California and are thinking this doesn’t affect you.... think again. While this bill has very little do directly with chiropractic.... it has EVERYTHING to do with your RIGHTS as a parent to make decisions for your child free of government mandated handholding and oversight.... This is just one of the many boils on the butt of a much larger dragon that must be slayed! Ignore this boil, though, and we’re all cooked.

BREAKING NEWS-- Like a thief in the night last year, it happened in Washington State. And now it's poised and ready to happen in California. And if it happens in California, you can rest assure that the rest of the states will fall in line like dominos.

On February 23, 2012, Democratic California assembly member, and pediatric physician, Dr. Richard Pan, introduced Assembly Bill 2109 regarding vaccination exemptions.

“This bill, if passed, would require parents to obtain the signature of a 'health care practitioner' for a personal beliefs/religious exemption. MDs, nurse practitioners, and physician’s assistants can sign. Naturopaths and chiropractors cannot. The signature will need to be obtained on a separate form provided by the Department of Public Health, which states that the health care practitioner has provided risk and benefit information to the parent.”

On this special "Breaking News" edition of Spinal Column Radio, Chiropractor, Dr. Tim O’Shea, author of Vaccination is Not Immunization and well known advocate for parental rights regarding immunology and natural health care joins us once again to give us the 411.

BREAKING NEWS-- Like a thief in the night last year, it happened in Washington State. And now it's poised and ready to happen in California. And if it happens in California, you can rest assure that the rest of the states will fall in line like dominos. On February 23, 2012, Democratic California assembly member, and pediatric physician, Dr. Richard Pan, introduced Assembly Bill 2109 regarding vaccination exemptions. “This bill, if passed, would require parents to obtain the signature of a 'health care practitioner' for a personal beliefs/religious exemption. MDs, nurse practitioners, and physician’s assistants can sign. Naturopaths and chiropractors cannot. The signature will need to be obtained on a separate form provided by the Department of Public Health, which states that the health care practitioner has provided risk and benefit information to the parent.” On this special "Breaking News" edition of Spinal Column Radio, Chiropractor, Dr. Tim O’Shea, author of Vaccination is Not Immunization and well known advocate for parental rights regarding immunology and natural health care joins us once again to give us the 411.

Join Dr. Thomas Lamar on this episode of Spinal Column Radio as he revs the engines for the upcoming Spring 2012 New Beginnings Chiropractic Weekend by pulling a NB interview from the SCR Vault with Puerto Rico ChiropracTOR, Dr. Eddy Diaz. Plus he highlights an article regarding the CCE and faces the "Evil Subluxation" as he responds to a listener voice mail from chiropractor Ronen Mendi in Israel. (Interview recorded On Location at the Spring 2011 New Beginnings Chiropractic Weekend in Long Branch, New Jersey).

On today's episode, we pause for a moment to pay homage to an incredible chiropracTOR that bid us farewell last week (March 24, 2012) — Dr. Reggie Gold. It is unlikely that we will see a warrior of his magnitude in our lifetime that matches his legacy. He truly will be missed. But while the man may be gone, his message will continue to burn bright in each and everyone that he touched.

And then.... as Reggie would have wanted, we press on for chiropracTIC as we listen in on the December 2011 US Department of Education's NACIQI (National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity) hearing for the reaccreditation of the CCE (Council on Chiropractic Education). Plus, we revisit the March 2012 CCE Stakeholders Meeting and then play an interview we conducted on the subject while at the Fall 2011 New Beginnings Chiropractic Weekend with the chiropractic icon himself, Dr. Reggie Gold.

BREAKING NEWS -- On March 16, 2012, The Council of Chiropractic Education (CCE) held it's first "Stakeholder Meeting"in which it invited select groups of the profession — an effort demonstrating it's attempt to build bridges and resolve the record-breaking list of violations that were handed down to it from the Department of Education National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity's (NACIQI) December reaccreditation hearings.

NACIQI found CCE to be in violation of 42 different issues. Most notable however was the "43rd violation" in which they stated: “In addition to the numerous issues identified in the staff report, NACIQI asks [CCE] to demonstrate compliance with Section 602.13 dealing with the wide acceptance of its standards, policies, procedures, and decisions; and to address how its standards advance quality in chiropractic education.” NACIQI granted the CCE continued accrediting authority provided that it could adequately resolve the list of violations within a year's time. The "Stakeholder Meeting" was its first attempt to resolve issues surrounding being more representative of the differences in philosophy that exist in our profession.

Unfortunately, as we'll find out from one of the attendees, the meeting ended up being quite the opposite. Today on Spinal Column Radio we welcome back the cofounder of the Movement for Chiropractic Quality and Integrity (MCQI), Dr. Steve Tullius, to find out the the "Stakeholder Meeting" was just that — "an attempt to 'stake' anyone that dare question CCE authority or make constructive comments regarding chiropractic education to the wall."

BREAKING NEWS -- On March 16, 2012, The Council of Chiropractic Education (CCE) held it's first "Stakeholder Meeting"in which it invited select groups of the profession — an effort demonstrating it's attempt to build bridges and resolve the record-breaking list of violations that were handed down to it from the Department of Education National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity's (NACIQI) December reaccreditation hearings. NACIQI found CCE to be in violation of 42 different issues. Most notable however was the "43rd violation" in which they stated: “In addition to the numerous issues identified in the staff report, NACIQI asks [CCE] to demonstrate compliance with Section 602.13 dealing with the wide acceptance of its standards, policies, procedures, and decisions; and to address how its standards advance quality in chiropractic education.” NACIQI granted the CCE continued accrediting authority provided that it could adequately resolve the list of violations within a year's time. The "Stakeholder Meeting" was its first attempt to resolve issues surrounding being more representative of the differences in philosophy that exist in our profession. Unfortunately, as we'll find out from one of the attendees, the meeting ended up being quite the opposite. Today on Spinal Column Radio we welcome back the cofounder of the Movement for Chiropractic Quality and Integrity (MCQI), Dr. Steve Tullius, to find out the the "Stakeholder Meeting" was just that — "an attempt to 'stake' anyone that dare question CCE authority or make constructive comments regarding chiropractic education to the wall."