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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (603715)	3/15/2011 12:58:08 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572773

"But the Koch brothers are "evil" because they support Republicans." No, the Koch brothers are evil because they run some of the most polluting and labor-abusing industries in America, use their purchased (R)'s to get AWAY with it. They funded Walker to break the Illinois unions, the major political supporter of Illinois (D)'s, in an attempt to "buy" the state for use as a base to propogate. Not unlike AQ and Afghanistan! Then, they co-opt "useful idiots" like YOU, who don't even seem to know who your (R)'s work for. It looks like the (R)'s and the Koch's have over-reached though! The (R) majority is up for recall in Illinois, and it's not looking GOOD for them! Breaking the union for the Koch brothers while giving business a 120 billion dollar tax cut wasn't what Illinois (R)'s voted for..

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (603715)	3/15/2011 1:16:05 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1572773

In China, India, sex selection means there are too many males By Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times latimes.com ( Too bad their penises are so small. If they weren't, women of other races might want them!) 8:44 AM PDT, March 14, 2011 Sex selection in parts of China and India will produce a 10% to 20% excess in males in the next 20 years, according to a new study. Many couples in China, India and South Korea prefer sons. This cultural pattern combined with the use of ultrasound technology for sex selection over the past two decades has produced the shift, said the authors of an analysis published Monday in the Journal of the Canadian Medical Assn. In nature, about 105 males are born to every 100 females. However, that ratio has exceeded 130 to 100 in several Chinese provinces. In India, some areas have sex ratios of 125 males to 100 females. The study showed that birth order is influencing the trend. If the first- or second-born children are girls, sex selection is often used to ensure the third child is male. All of these countries have laws against sex-selective abortion, but the laws are rarely enforced. The trend is not without major social implications. Many more men will be unable to marry, said the authors of the study, from the University College London Centre for International Health and Development. Violence, crime and psychological problems are expected to rise because of the imbalance. The problem cannot be ignored, they wrote. "Nothing can realistically be done to reduce the current excess of young males, but much can be done to reduce sex selection now, which will benefit the next generation," they wrote. In China, a public campaign is already underway to promote gender equality and the advantages of having female children. China has also started to relax its one-child policy. Related: Science little help in lightening load of pregnancy myths