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    Ohio evolution lesson plan irks science groups

    i hope someone starts teaching alternatives to that ridiculous "gravity" theory soon.
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    Army blew up donated bodies.

    I'm surprised how many people don't have a problem with this. If someone donates their body to a medical school, I'm guessing they are intending it to be used to advanced the study of medicine, not be used in military testing. There are a lot of people who would have a problem with their...
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    VERDICT IS 47 MILLION!Paralyzed girl wins case against Ford

    Another example of why I just don't trust big business. There are certain things I just cannot trust, and weighing safety versus profits is one of the biggies. eg Massive scale meat production. Yuck, no thanks.
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    Does anyone know why our gas prices went up again?

    A little rise in gas price probably would be an OK thing... We all hurt when we go to the pump, those who hurt most are those who go most. Of all alternate power possibilities, wind power seems to have about the highest potential right now. It would take a dramatic shift in the power grid...
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    Catholics ordered to offer birth control

    I think the problem is that if you let an organization opt out of benefits because its name includes "Catholic" other people would start taking advantage of it and ruin it eventually anyway by calling themselves a 'Catholic Accounting Firm', etc. Yeah, OK, that may be stretching it a bit, but...
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    Boycotting Pfizer drugs (letter to Editor by my Dad)

    i can't believe the government is actually siding with the 'can't buy pharms from canada' side. Can a more obvious side-with-big-business-at-the expense-of ordinary citizens example be found? Canadian drugs could be a health hazard, or be unsafe? Give me a break, they're the same things...
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    Gay Marriage and Science

    The idea that gay marriages should not be allowed because they cannot have children is completely ridiculous, and totally without merit. Many married couples cannot have children; look at the latest statistics on male (or female) infertility, for example. Many people decide against having...
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    How many of you like Howard Stern?

    I think Howard Stern's shows are obnoxious, annoying, and above all else, horribly boring. Its the same thing over and over! I just don't get it myself, but have no problem with him or his being on the air. RE the point about in Private parts that guy saying how people who like him (Stern)...
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    This a Gay Thread

    really? cause I remember thinking 'that girl in class is real cute, so I think i'll be straight instead of subjecting myself to a life of alienation, ridicule, prejudice, unacceptance, and blind hate.' I still don't understand some of these issues; pro-gay, anti-gay, or neutral-gay, I don't...
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    Scientists Claim Cloning Success

    I'll be interested in how people who are against stem cell reseach/cloning for research etc. will react to disease cures obtained through stem cell work in the future. I'd have a lot of respect for someone who would let themselves or a loved one (well, no respect there) die when they is a...
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    Please help the Christians in the Middle-East!

    I recommend the book "Blood Brothers" -its a somewhat different take on the Palestinian/Jewish situation in the Middle east than you normally hear, written by a Palestinian Christian, Elias Chacour (if i remember correctly...). $0.02
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    Global Warming

    If 'scientist' and 'ecologist' are not real jobs, just wondering what what qualify? What do you all do for a living? As long as its not in advertising or marketing... So called 'Greenhouse Gases' are a problem because they prevent a greater percentage of radiant heat from leaving the...
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    Hillary and the military...

    That's a great picture. I hope he really didn't pay $8 for that haircut, though. I think this is pretty funny. I was there when he was doing this!
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    Bush Gets Re-Election Off to Fast Start

    I know this isn't the main point of your quote, but I'm curious about your statement of the 'obnoxiousness of doctors' . (I havn't seen the article you refer to). Like any group of people, there are sure to be doctors in medicine for the wrong reasons, but as a whole, I think it is a pretty...
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    Spending Billions for Nothing going to Mars.

    I have been torn about the Mars/space/ man on moon again issues recently. My first reaction was "What a horrible waste of time and money!" and I still largely feel that way. But then, I am also agains the $396 billion military budget also. So it seems like crying about money spent on space is...
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    War has never solved anything

    War has ended slavery, fascism, nazism, and communism in certain areas, but none of these things are extinct. nor will terrorism. I don't know about the 'America as the world's biggest terrorist' aguements, but there have been terrorist attacks from US soil that we havn't prosecuted-not by...
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    Bringing back the draft?

    I'd agree with this. Alonesoldier, you're probably twice the soldier I would ever be. I have to admit I would probably make a pretty crappy soldier. MIchaelJLF --That's your opinion, and does make it somewhat more valid than a lot of other people who fit the description I gave. I think...
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    Bringing back the draft?

    I said: [paraphrase] I don't think a president who was of age during a war, and didn't fight, should be able to send others unwillingly to fight in a war. FDR was born in 1882, making him 18 years old in 1900 and 26 years old in 1908. So, I guess depending on what, well, I meant by 'of...
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    Bringing back the draft?

    This is just a stab in the dark, but you're not a male aged 18-26, or have any male children aged 18-26 do you? Funny how gung ho about the military and wars people who are in no danger of dying in them are. There's a passage in Catch-22 I really like concerning this- I don't have it on hand...
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    The EPA and Mercury Emissions

    One of the problems with domestic reduction in power and waste is that a vast majority of the power used, and waste produced comes not from the domestic sector but from the commercial one. We could all cut our power usage by 15% at home and it would hardly make a dent in the overall usage...