The term originates in the systematic psychological manipulation of a victim by her husband in Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 stage play Gas Light, and the film adaptations released in 1940 and 1944.

​In the story the husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment and insisting that she is mistaken, remembering things incorrectly, or delusional when she points out these changes. The play's title alludes to how the abusive husband slowly dims the gas lights in their home, while pretending nothing has changed, in an effort to make his wife doubt her own perceptions. The wife repeatedly asks her husband to confirm her perceptions about the dimming lights, but in defiance of reality, he keeps insisting that the lights are the same and instead it is she who is going insane. 

 
 
When I was a kid, most of my time was spent pretending. Pretending to be Superman, pretending to be a cowboy, pretending to be a hero and, at times, pretending to be a doctor. As I grew up I realized that pretend time was growing to a close and reality time was getting closer and closer at hand. Little did I realize that, for some, pretend is a way of life. How so, you ask? The following are some of my perceptions and observations into the ongoing world of pretend.
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​A while ago, USA Today had been running an interesting series of articles on our ridiculous health care system or should I say our “disease care” system. While more and more Americans concerned with the increasing costs of the U.S. health care system, hawked as the best medical care in the world, the problem is that those that cannot afford it are steadily increasing.
 
A poll found that eighty percent of those that responded were not thrilled with the $2.2 TRILLION, or over $7,500 a person, being spent on health care in the U.S. and that medical company profits or malpractice lawsuits were the biggest causes of the spending. Actually, of the $2.2 trillion, 660 billion is spent on hospital care, 462 billion is spent on doctors, and 220 billion on drugs. (See end for complete breakdown)

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We all know that RoundUp is Bayer/Monsanto’s cash crop.
 
By now we fortunately know is that ALL GMOs are designed to withstand enormous quantities of RoundUp.
 
 Why? So Bayer/Monsanto can spray the hell out of all GMOs, killing all weeds and subsequently sickening and poisoning the “tricks” (us) thereby greatly benefitting Big Pharma ( the Pimp) and the medical profession (the Hookers).
 
Before getting into what I want to get into let me inform you of something. In Hawaii, the Senate Agriculture Committee was going to put forth a bill requiring the mandatory labeling of GMO foods.

There was a recent article in Natural News that exposed unbelievable Bayer/Monsatan devious nightmares that they have to pay incredible fines. That being said, I would like to put the Bayer/Monsatan fraud in its proper perspective.

I remember when I was growing up in the 1940s my parents got into a new thing for them called smoking. By the 50s and 60s the whole country was obsessed. Even the physicians did ads touting the safety of smoking.

But there were activists and protesters that said smoking was harmful and they were laughed at, demeaned, and called disrespectful, all because they were against it.

The decision to eat or not eat the GMO corn is only a small reason behind why I vehemently supported the labeling of genetically modified foods and hold deep contempt for the biotech industry as a whole.

​Bayer/Monsanto and the rest of the land rapers have desecrated the islands of Oahu and Molokai so far. I recently spoke with friends on the island of Kauai who have expressed grave concern.

People there are getting sick and many believe that their sickness is being caused by impacts of growing GMOs.

Yet, when asking Bayer/Monsanto and the like to disclose what chemicals and in what quantities they are spraying, their answers are vague, if at all.

What would you do if there were events that, bit by bit, take place that could adversely affect your health and put your well being at risk? Imagine coming to a natural food store and finding the supplement section closed, at best, or the store boarded up and out of business, at worst.

​So, you go to Walgreen’s to pick up some vitamin C, but the only dosage you can get is 60 mg without a prescription. You have been taking a mega dose to help fight a cold and build up your immune system and now you have to find a doctor willing to prescribe the higher dosage that you are accustomed to. No longer are you free to decide, on your own, how much to take. Bad? It gets worse.

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In order to insure and increase profits the junk-industry decided to euphemize their products by calling them “snack” foods. If that were the only problem, it would be a blessing. The real problem and problems come from what those companies do not want you to know.
 
If, like many Americans, you are trying to cut back on junk foods perhaps the following information can help speed up the process.