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To: sea_urchin who wrote (19766)	12/13/2003 10:18:01 AM
From: mcg404	Respond to of 81318

Searle,<Description: North American marshes are breeding grounds for birds and serve as natural reservoirs...> Yes, that brief summary is the only description i could find. What I was really hoping to find was some type of review that gave some indication whether the film is the emotionally-directed propaganda described in the "bushwacking johnny" description. If so, i would join them in condemning its use. Here is what i find disturbing about this type of thing: let's assume that the film is biased garbage. Ok, that makes it a poor argument for the protection of marshlands. But its existence now becomes a tool to discredit valid arguments for the protection of the environment. Almost along the lines of 'if this film didn't exist, anti-environmental groups would need to create it'. Just like, if OBL didn't exist, the neocons would need..., etc, etc. Seems we need to always be vigilant to not dismiss the validity of a position simply based on the wrongness of the argument being used to support it. And we are all guilty of that too frequently, i'm afraid. John

To: sea_urchin who wrote (19766)	12/13/2003 8:18:00 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 81318

> The survival of the fattest rense.com >>>Pig America - Only 1/3 Of Americans Are Of Normal Weight Only one-third of all Americans enjoy a normal weight -- forcing the redesign of everything from coffins and airline seats to insurance policies and taxes in order to fit the other two-thirds. Americans stuffing themselves with fast food are finding it harder to stuff themselves into their cars, forcing engineers to redesign the interiors. The sale of diet books has jumped. Salads have sprung up at burger joints, but the perpetual question is: "Wanna supersize that?" And Americans overwhelmingly end up supersizing themselves. That's been the trend for 20 years. Since 1980, the number of obese Americans has doubled, to 59 million adults. Sixty-four percent of the population is overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which based its 2003 study on 1999 statistics. Even the US Treasury Department will this year allow tax deductions for obesity treatments, on the same terms as other medical bills. <<<