--- Kevin Tarr wrote: [I wrote] > <serious mode> > ...the scare tactics being employed by the current > administration to erode civil liberties (re: the > Patriot Act), change health policy, and weaken > environmental protections concern me. The > deliberately arrogant and aggressive stance toward > much of the world concerns me; the unsubtle > manipulation of public fears and facts angers me.
[Kevin:] > Okay, we all know about the 'worries' over the > Patriot act, but what are these scare tacticts to > "change health policy, and weaken > environmental protections " ? Clarification: The post I was responding to noted 'the government and their allies,' which is what I should have repeated, instead of just saying 'the current administration.' Sorry about that. Health: I recently (Mon, Oct 7) posted a response to an article about a fundamentalist doctor who is to be on the panel in charge of the FDA's policy on women's health: > Hager assisted the Christian Medical > Association last > August in a "citizens' petition" calling upon the > FDA to reverse itself > on RU-486, saying it has endangered the lives and > health of women. [Birth control pills are also under fire from conservative groups, as 'dangerous.'] Birth control pills and legal abortion have killed far fewer women than pregnancy (I posted CDC and other data substantiating this in a previous post). Environment: I don't have time to look up the sources right now (I spent several hours on the vaccine research), but off the top: If more timber isn't cut, we will a)lose jobs/money b)risk burning more homes (someone else pointed out that primary growth forests - what little we have left of them - are _not_ full of homes, but _are_ full of huge hundreds-year-old trees). Aside: A former logger who is now employed by a fish-and-game bureau (in CA, I don't recall which agency) is currently trying hard to repair the damage done to headwaters by clear-cutting, to renew the salmon runs. The job argument is similar to the absurdity of condemning smoking but subsidizing tobacco farmers; obviously those people need retraining in sustainable/non-cancer-causing work. I'll try to get back to this next week. Debbi Lions And Tigers And Bears Maru __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
