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To: neolib who wrote (205532)	10/11/2006 10:42:07 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"One can compare Russia post Communism with China to understand that. I'm pretty sure Cato would have got that one spectacularly wrong back in the late 1980's as well. Ideology in general is a very poor basis for acquiring knowledge." The Chinese "communo-capitalism" is producing some of the most spectacular GDP growth rates on the planet today. They've been saying the Chinese can't sustain that rate of growth for the last ten years. In time, I'm sure they'll be correct! It's also worth noting the Chinese defense expenditures are a tenth of ours, and they aren't engaged in any pointless, unproductive foreign wars.

To: neolib who wrote (205532)	10/11/2006 10:57:05 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

What researchers at Cato actually say about smoking and lung cancer is that, while smoking cigarettes is a high risk factor for lung cancer, militant anti-tobacco activists actually lie about the statistics. Example, anti-tobacco activists claimed that "smoking cigarettes caused 400,000 smoking related deaths", when, in fact, deaths from all causes from infancy to extreme old age averaged 427,000 per year. From Cato: "The truth is that smoking-related deaths, even under the generous definitions used by CDC, are associated with old age. Nearly 60 percent of the deaths occur at age 70 or above; nearly 45 percent at age 75 or above; and almost 17 percent at the grand old age of 85 or above! Nevertheless, without the slightest embarrassment, the public health community persists in characterizing those deaths as "premature." Regrettable, yes; premature, no." cato.org Just because you don't like the way they analyze your favorite militant activist's statistics doesn't make them wrong.