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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (6745)	4/14/2004 1:53:10 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 15987

Yep. Agreed and France should be making offers soon. :-)

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (6745)	4/14/2004 10:21:32 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 15987

Hawk. You may find this very interesting >>>> A Review of the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, April 7, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time: 9:30 AM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Lugar Senator Lugar's Opening Statement foreign.senate.gov ------------------------------------------ Senator Biden's Opening Statement foreign.senate.gov ---------------------------------- Witnesses: Panel 1 The Honorable John D. Negroponte foreign.senate.gov

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (6745)	4/15/2004 9:21:52 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

Totally off topic and provided as an FYI (so let's not get too wild in debating it.. ;0) A friend of mine sent it to me and I thought the comparison was both humorous, as well as interesting: Memo about Physicians a. The number of physicians in the US is 700,000. b. Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year is 120,000. c. Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171. (US Dept. of Health & Human Services) Then think about this: a. The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000. b. The number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups) is 1,500. c. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .0000188. Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners. FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR. Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets out of hand. PS. As a public health measure, we have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear that the shock could cause people to seek medical attention.