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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (59502)	4/15/2008 10:02:26 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542836

Is that the list that's been around for a while? It's formatted differently. The old one lists "scientists" along with their specialty and was full of specialties that make them little more qualified than the man on the street. You had HS biology teachers and practicing geologists. It takes very particular knowledges and skills to take a credible position on this. I'd want to know who these people are before I'd be impressed.

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (59502)	4/15/2008 10:08:19 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542836

<<<Hmmm???? 19,000 scientists agree>>> Sheesh Great company... Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine The Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM) describes itself as "a small research institute" that studies "biochemistry, diagnostic medicine, nutrition, preventive medicine and the molecular biology of aging." It is headed by Arthur B. Robinson, an eccentric scientist who has a long history of controversial entanglements with figures on the fringe of accepted research. OISM also markets a home-schooling kit for "parents concerned about socialism in the public schools" and publishes books on how to survive nuclear war. The OISM is located on a farm about 7 miles from the town of Cave Junction, Oregon (population 1,126). Located slightly east of Siskiyou National Forest, Cave Junction is one of several small towns nestled in the Illinois Valley, whose total population is 15,000. Best known as a gateway to the Oregon Caves National Monument, it is described by its chamber of commerce as "the commercial, service, and cultural center for a rural community of small farms, woodlots, crafts people, and families just living apart from the crowds. ... It's a place where going into the market can take time because people talk in the aisles and at the checkstands. Life is slower, so you have to be patient. You'll be part of that slowness because it is enjoyable to be neighborly." The main visitors are tourists who come to hike, backpack and fish in the area's many rivers and streams. Cave Junction is the sort of out-of-the-way location you might seek out if you were hoping to survive a nuclear war, but it is not known as a center for scientific and medical research. The OISM would be equally obscure itself, except for the role it played in 1998 in circulating a deceptive "scientists' petition" on global warming in collaboration with Frederick Seitz, a retired former president of the National Academy of Sciences

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (59502)	4/15/2008 10:23:11 PM
From: Katelew	Respond to of 542836

Conservatives should oppose higher energy taxes Who's proposing this?

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (59502)	4/16/2008 10:07:18 AM
From: Suma	Respond to of 542836

Bob scare tactics can be very effective. I think that Bush used them to start the war in Iraq and continues to use them every time the talk of leaving is an issue. There is a new film out. Chasing Bin Laden. The director was interviewed on one of the morning TV programs by Diane Sawyer. The essence of what he learned and the film is done in Pakistan,Afganistan,Iraq etc. They like Americans but dislike what our government has done there and want us out. It's opening this week at the box office. I want to see it.