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Quothe Mail List, from writings of Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 09:30:56PM -0500: [about Bush administration officials and their connection to a group that favors stoning people to death for offenses that violate Biblical teachings, such as stoning women to death for extramarital affairs] Check it out for yourself: http://www.au.org/press/pr021114.htm Also, keep in mind that the Bush Administration unofficially requires staff members to attend Bible study in the White House, and at least one member of the staff has resigned over this unofficial requirement. Draw your own conclusion. For further information, check out an article in the Baltimore Sun (www.sunspot.net) about Bush and religion: "Bush turns increasingly to language of religion," (Published: 02/10/03) Here's another interesting little tidbit of information connecting the Shrub administration to religious extremism, displaying the administration's apparent dislike for science and rational thought (does anyone want to place a bet on how long it will be until an "Intellectual Thought Crimes Act" is proposed by the administration?): President Bush has announced his plan to select Dr. W. David Hager to head up the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. Hager is a practicing obstetrician-gynecologist, and sources told Time magazine that in his private practice he will not prescribe contraceptives to unmarried women. He is also the author of a book which suggests that women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome should seek help from reading the bible and praying. The Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee is responsible for offering expert scientific and medical advice to the FDA on matters relating to drugs used in the practice of obstetrics, gynecology, and related [...] Should not everyone be a unique, free-thinking, individual? Conspiracy. The word is conspiracy, as most people, of reasonable intellect, learned by the time they were old enough to vote or discuss politics. However, no, I don't really think that what I write about has much of anything to do with conspiracy theories, despite your fanciful thinking. Does denying reality truly make you happy? Eh? We might both be on the same side of the Mason-Dixon line, but you're in a different state... not exactly close by. Alas, we're not close enough neighbors for a nice neighborly feud... dang. ;-) Here's the key to understanding what I've written: Try thinking for yourself----that's what you have a useable brain (it must be somewhat functional, as you appear to have sense enough to like DEC equipment :-)) for, and you may begin to understand not only my way of thinking, but the way of thinking of the many other individuals on this list---who are capable of independent thought, whether or not they share any of my views. I don't claim to always be 100-percent correct, although I can at least say that I think for myself, and I try not to be a pawn of the propaganda pushers on the right or left. -- Copyright (C) 2002 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & rdd(a)rddavis.org 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such http://www.rddavis.org beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.