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To: longnshort who wrote (338761)	5/26/2007 10:21:15 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575465

"so you have nothing. That's what I thought. BDS ?" Technically speaking, Shorty, you don't think. You just recycle talking points. The more extreme and bizarre, the better. Just like your anti-CFL crusade and your anti-Rachel Carson one. You don't even try to make sense, usually. Just come out with a blast and hope it is coherent, I guess. Here is the original article. Message 23555951 Note this line. A Maryland Congressman (evil Republican, of course ... wink, wink) is quoted as saying that malaria deaths might have been prevented had DDT not been banned. That happens to be true. DDT kills mosquitoes, which carry malaria, which was all but eradicated before DDT was banned. I pointed out this was false on several levels. Malaria has never been "all but eradicated" on a global basis. And DDT was only banned for agricultural uses, not for eliminating disease vectors. You then tried to weasel out of it while I provided links and information that proved the post was full of shit. You then tried to deny that the article made the claim that DDT had been banned for controlling mosquitoes. Now true, it didn't say that directly, but the pathetic attempt to point out that DDT kills mosquitoes, mosquitoes carry malaria and DDT was banned was constructed to lead a reader to that conclusion. Else it makes no sense at all. Not that ever stops those on the right. And that is where you went into your fan dance. Trying to claim that it didn't say what it clearly said. Message 23557450