Dr. Carl Sagan, 1995 - ISBN 0-394-53512-X, Page 39 : "An extraterrestrial being, newly arrived on Earth -- scrutinizing what we mainly present to our children in television, radio, movies, newspapers, magazines, the comics, and many books -- might easily conclude that we are intent on teaching them murder, rape, cruelty, superstition, credulity, and consumerism. We keep at it, and through constant repetition many of them finally get it. What kind of society could we create if, instead, we drummed into them science and a sense of hope ?"
Chapter 12 : The Fine Art of Baloney Detection The American tobacco industry grosses some $50 billion per year. There is a statistical correlation between smoking and cancer, the tobacco industry admits, but not, they say, a causal relation. (Toni asks - I'd like to know what is baloney if that is not ??) Chapter 25 : Real Patriots Ask Questions - "It is not the function of our government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error." U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, 1950 Page 433 : Clinton Rossiter quote : "The twin doctrines of separation of church and state - - and the liberty of individual conscience - - are the marrow of our democracy, if not indeed America's most magnificent contribution to the freeing of Western man." : : So why is the it in the White House getting its way pushing its religion everyplace ? Toni in Seattle To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
