At 09:21 PM 2/19/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Quothe Mail List, from writings of Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 09:30:56PM -0500:
>> Come on man, this can't be true, can it? Where did you find this
>> information?
>
>[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]
>
>> And is it factual?
>
>Check it out for yourself:
>
>http://www.au.org/press/pr021114.htm
Yikes! We're back in the 16th century! When do the witch trials begin?
I never heard a word of this in the US news reports. Just goes to show how controlled our news really is. It makes you wonder what else we're not being told!
Joe
>
>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 [...]
>
>> You are a unique individual.
>
>Should not everyone be a unique, free-thinking, individual?
>
>> It seems you have some "conspierist" <sp?> theories of the US
>> Government. ^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>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?
>
>> We're actually fairly close neighbors. Someday I'd like to meet
>
>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. ;-)
>
>> you. Not to argue your point of view, but just to try to understand
>> it.
>
>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_at_rddavis.org 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such
>http://www.rddavis.org beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.
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