i really shouldn't be laughin when i read this

[Guest guest]

But he does place value on human life--I mean, he's so pro-life, he doesn't

want women in developing countries to have access to family planning

information. I mean, he just loves the little unborn children. Why, he'll

happily kill a condemned prisoner 'cause he believes it will save lives (no

joke here: I will never forget the last presidential debate where he said,

" The death penalty saves lives " ). The fact that he may have the wrong

person doesn't matter: it serves as a warning to anyone who even thinks of

killing another human in Texas. I'm just shocked!

 

I better stop here; the sarcasm dripping from my fingers is practically

clogging up my keyboard.

 

Danielle

 

 

 

 

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carnahan02, snappythealligator,

GardenLivin, jdh54, michele,

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i really shoukdn't be laughin when i read this

Mon, 17 Mar 2003 20:24:42 EST

 

Anti-war protestors have accused President Bush of placing too little

value on human life. Now the Bush administration is trying to

literally devalue not Iraqi lives but American ones. The White House

is pushing federal agencies to cut the dollar value they place on a

human life when determining the costs and benefits of policy changes,

such as curbing emissions from power plants. The U.S. EPA generally

bases its calculations on a value of $6.1 million per human life, but

the administration argues that the lives of old or sick people should

be valued at considerably less -- in one recent assessment, as low as

$96,000. This sort of shift could benefit industry while leading to

weaker public health protections on everything from toxic-waste

cleanup to food labeling. Some religious conservatives are joining

environmentalists in crying foul. " In general, if you're valuing one

life over another, we've got lots of problems here, " said Walt Grazer

of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

 

straight to the source: Portland Oregonian, Jim Barnett, 17 March 2003

<http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=898>

 

 

" Where is the questioning where is the protest song?

Since when is skepticism un-American?

Dissent's not treason but they talk like it's the same

Those who disagree are afraid to show their face " --Sleater-Kinney

 

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