{"id":2750,"date":"2023-02-21T16:47:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2750"},"modified":"2023-02-21T16:47:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:47:26","slug":"are-we-all-living-in-east-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2750","title":{"rendered":"Are we all living in East Palestine?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/east-palestine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/east-palestine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/east-palestine.jpg 345w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/east-palestine-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">vnexplorer.net photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the wake of the catastrophic train derailment at <strong>East Palestine<\/strong> last week, I wrote a newspaper column that asked a question that, well, no one seems to be asking:  <strong><em>WHY ARE WE USING THESE TOXIC CHEMICALS IN THE FIRST PLACE?!<\/em><\/strong>  I mean, we have the technological smarts to send spacecraft to Mars, but we can&#8217;t come up with, say, paint that doesn&#8217;t &#8220;&#8230;cause cancer in rats in California&#8221;?  This is <em>absolutely<\/em> nuts!  In a sense, with our cleaning fluids, paints, plastics&#8230; virtually <em>all <\/em>having some of these chemicals, it&#8217;s like we&#8217;re <em>all<\/em> living in East Palestine.  One in three people get cancer in a lifetime in America now&#8230;  In one of the towns that I cover as a reporter, a billboard recently went up with a photo of a homeless man, with the words:  <strong>&#8220;Veterans, you&#8217;re not alone.&#8221;<\/strong>  One would wonder, at least in part.  That is, I did some research.  In 2019, as an example, <strong><em>17 U.S. Veterans, on average, committed suicide each day<\/em><\/strong>.  Uh&#8230;  I also wrote an article about a local, Christian book study group.  They were reading the book: <strong><em>Live Your Truth (and Other Lies)<\/em><\/strong>.  The premise of the book is, basically, that some modern, pop-culture, self-improvement philosophies, and such, may actually be antithetical to the Gospel message.  For instance, one of the slogans alluded to in the book is: <strong><em>&#8220;You only have one life to live&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>  With the attendant message being to grab for all the pleasure and material wealth you can. <strong> Note: <\/strong> I gave up a profession and my hometown to go out onto the roads of America to do all the stuff you see in this website, since I <strong><em>&#8220;&#8230;only had one life to live.&#8221; <\/em><\/strong> Part of the journey\/sacrifice is contained on the following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteforjoe.com\/joe-as-a-lay-catholic-speaker\">page&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the catastrophic train derailment at East Palestine last week, I wrote a newspaper column that asked a question that, well, no one seems to be asking: WHY ARE WE USING THESE TOXIC CHEMICALS IN THE FIRST <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2750\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2752,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2750\/revisions\/2752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}