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Rush Limbaugh Recovery Letter

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Let Rush Limbaugh know you wish him a complete and quick recovery. Rush has always been there for his listeners, so now we can be there for Rush. Show your support by printing this online bumper sticker and displaying it in your car. ( printable bumper sticker at http://rushgetwellsoon.faithweb.com/)

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The guy is a sick man and so are you James – there is no complete and quick recovery from the addictive personality … the man has done this three times and has multiple addiction disorder from food, nicotine, daily mastrubation, and now synthetic heroin done illegally with out doctors recommendation … while medical marijuana patients are in jail right now for doing it legal and correct. Rush has at least 8 years of therapy before he gets free of this and grows up from his emotional 5 year old mind with 50 years of education and experience … but Rush is just a little angry boy as are his listeners. All addicts who are loath to feel what they feel and take life on life’s terms. sumbuddie who cares :) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Let Rush Limbaugh know you wish him a complete and quick recovery. Rush has always been there for his listeners, so now we can be there for Rush. Show your support by printing this online bumper sticker and displaying it in your car. ( printable bumper sticker at http://rushgetwellsoon.faithweb.com/)

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Hey Rush: Seems you are going into isolation, giving you boundaries, structure, grounding, program, steps cause you don’t have any peace inside. At the start of all this Rush, you are going to have to put some things on the radar screen, see the dots, connect them the way you want to … its your recovery. Right now you have done this twice … just two dots … part of a fearless moral inventory. Indicates that what you have done before, don’t work … since you are going back in. The emotional stuff, the psychological foundation to heal up the addictive personality takes 8 years to heal … so you are going to have to do program for some time. Having slips in recovery happen … its part of recovery. You are not a three time loser, three striker have to blow your brains out cause you are in pain dude … you are not locking into insanity like Bill Bennett. Speaking of which … you might have real physical pain that its a good idea to medicate to take some time off of it. I use biofeedback, constant meditation to back away from the constant and raditating pain … its called casualgia … by putting the skin back over a cavity of body structures removed, and the nerves on the skin, connect up with different nerves that twist the nural messages around. So medical marijuana is probably where you will have to go for that … since white man’s medicine is now deadly for you where before it was helpful … which it is in the short term.  Good ER triage medicine over there based on combat experience. So as you are sorting out the emotional stuff from the real organic stuff let the tears wash over you … if you want to laugh – go ahead.  You want to sneeze – let’r rip.  You want to cry in the quietness of your room – its ok.  Your body is going to lots of shit as you detox from the synthetic heroin … help it along … get daily accupuncture (5 element ancient style). You got some PTSD stuff in there, some stinking thinkin Rush.  Its your thinking that got you here so far … oui ??? All you have to do is sort out your emotional intelligence and have that felt sense inside of doing the healthy thing then this will all sort itself out. Break silence dude … be honest … stop fucking with your self … what you have done so far has not worked … time to change what you are doing is from my experience, strength and hope. sumbuddie wishes u well so do lots of other people Rush … we have been right you are now and what you are going through and doing it our own way. :)

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Major Recovery Step Tomorrow (spoilered)

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Spoilered for references to self-injury… not any details, just the topic… a major step for my recovery, however if self injury discussion triggers you in any way, *** please do not *** read this thread. * * * S P O I L E R * * * OK, I know it’s a risk to talk about this… It relates to e-d recovery because so many people recovering from e-d’s also are recovering from self injury.   I’ve struggled with this since I was 7 or 8.  I have a *lot* of insights as to why, and I’ve made peace with that and have relieved a lot of self esteem and guilt issues associated with the whole topic. Unfortunately, this past year while I have been recovering from purging and drinking, my self injury recovery wasn’t perfect.  On several occasions, I "relapsed" with that. So, tomorrow night in therapy, I am going to bring all the items I’ve used to self injure to my therapy appointment and get rid of them there.  I don’t know how the therapy appointment is going to go.  Part of me wonders if bring the items there is the most healthy thing to do.  I asked my therapist in advance, and she said it is OK. My motivation is for two reasons: 1)  I want to make this a turning point.  I want it to be a conscious end, a decision, a giving up… of a behavior that does not serve my life at all.  Sharing that with my therapist, instead of doing it alone, while talking about my feelings, seems like a healthy approach. 2)  I want to give my therapist information about the kind of self injury I did (not atypical, similar to what most SI’ers do).  I want to do this, because part of my healing from this is to feel, emotionally, the pain that I was suppressing (ironically) by self injuring.  Since my therapist will know the details, she can be more able to understand and give helpful feedback. I want to go into this session with full awareness of my feelings.  I don’t think I will be able to cry… I have some blocks that are very deep, however I don’t want to put up my typical defense mechanism for not-feeling either.  I want to face my feelings head-on. I am ready for this step.  I am ready to let SI go.  It does nothing to affirm myself, make me feel good about myself, or help my life in any way. With SI behind me, I will have more room for good things.  Stretching / yoga (my modified version of yoga — no feet over my head, I would break! LOL), massage (maybe self massage, like foot massage, or going for a professional massage — it’s been years since I did that (I’ve done it 3 times) and that was great. And, in the spring… when I feel the time is right (staying in touch with feelings), I may get a kitten.  I raised a kitten before for a year and it was awesome.  I still have co-parenting visiting rights to Mischief (aka Misty) and he still has a special part in my heart. Thanks for listening… no need to reply to this thread, I just wanted to share where I’m at and my next major step for my recovery. Kevin K trusting the process…..

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Hi Kevin, This is a great great step! Its really brave of you to share this stuff with your therapist. I always find that when something is not a secret anymore and when I have enlisted someone’s else help, it is much easier for me to fight something. Good luck! Tasha – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Spoilered for references to self-injury… not any details, just the topic… a major step for my recovery, however if self injury discussion triggers you in any way, *** please do not *** read this thread. * * * S P O I L E R * * * OK, I know it’s a risk to talk about this… It relates to e-d recovery because so many people recovering from e-d’s also are recovering from self injury.   I’ve struggled with this since I was 7 or 8.  I have a *lot* of insights as to why, and I’ve made peace with that and have relieved a lot of self esteem and guilt issues associated with the whole topic. Unfortunately, this past year while I have been recovering from purging and drinking, my self injury recovery wasn’t perfect.  On several occasions, I "relapsed" with that. So, tomorrow night in therapy, I am going to bring all the items I’ve used to self injure to my therapy appointment and get rid of them there.  I don’t know how the therapy appointment is going to go.  Part of me wonders if bring the items there is the most healthy thing to do.  I asked my therapist in advance, and she said it is OK. My motivation is for two reasons: 1)  I want to make this a turning point.  I want it to be a conscious end, a decision, a giving up… of a behavior that does not serve my life at all.  Sharing that with my therapist, instead of doing it alone, while talking about my feelings, seems like a healthy approach. 2)  I want to give my therapist information about the kind of self injury I did (not atypical, similar to what most SI’ers do).  I want to do this, because part of my healing from this is to feel, emotionally, the pain that I was suppressing (ironically) by self injuring.  Since my therapist will know the details, she can be more able to understand and give helpful feedback. I want to go into this session with full awareness of my feelings.  I don’t think I will be able to cry… I have some blocks that are very deep, however I don’t want to put up my typical defense mechanism for not-feeling either.  I want to face my feelings head-on. I am ready for this step.  I am ready to let SI go.  It does nothing to affirm myself, make me feel good about myself, or help my life in any way. With SI behind me, I will have more room for good things.  Stretching / yoga (my modified version of yoga — no feet over my head, I would break! LOL), massage (maybe self massage, like foot massage, or going for a professional massage — it’s been years since I did that (I’ve done it 3 times) and that was great. And, in the spring… when I feel the time is right (staying in touch with feelings), I may get a kitten.  I raised a kitten before for a year and it was awesome.  I still have co-parenting visiting rights to Mischief (aka Misty) and he still has a special part in my heart. Thanks for listening… no need to reply to this thread, I just wanted to share where I’m at and my next major step for my recovery. Kevin K trusting the process….. — end of forwarded message —

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Can’t recall the beginning of this thread, but your post, Betsy, really moved me. For so many years I’ve been so hard on myself, oftentimes without even knowing that I was. More recently I’ve given the ed the power to do that for me. Yeah. I wish I could believe that good enough is good enough. seal

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….. Not ridiculous at all.  I think I am in dialogue with it a lot during the day. I truly aspire to the meaning behind the title of that book I never read :~) "You Can’t Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought."

Sometimes I think the best part of a self help book is the message contained in its title.  Hmm… maybe all those books I bought and never read weren’t a waste after all!  Just the act of browsing for them and seeing the titles on my bookshelf can help :-) Kevin who thinks he now knows the secret to speed-reading…..

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I don’t know, sometimes I want to hug it [me], sometimes I want to wring its’ neck !!

LOL.  I know.  But its neck is YOUR neck, so all things considered, kindness and tolerance is usually the better way…

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Do you actually imagine a dialogue with the "voice" (the inner you that’s giving you a hard time)?  I’ve tried this and found it enormously helpful. If I try being nice to myself, I wind up usually being nice back to myself (as ridiculous as that sounds…)

Not ridiculous at all.  I think I am in dialogue with it a lot during the day. I truly aspire to the meaning behind the title of that book I never read :~) "You Can’t Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought." It also works towards others.  When I find myself being critical or angry at someone, I try and imagine their side of things and it usually helps me get over the turmoil of the negative emotion faster.

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Do you ever feel sorry for that voice, that it needs perfection so desperately?  Sometimes I just want to hug it (me), tell it (me) that good enough is good enough.

I don’t know, sometimes I want to hug it [me], sometimes I want to wring its’ neck !! Ber who has gone back to using caps on the instructions of the voice.

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Betsy wrote… I know.  Do you ever feel sorry for that voice, that it needs perfection so desperately?  Sometimes I just want to hug it (me), tell it (me) that good enough is good enough. Sometimes, I do.

Betsy, Do you actually imagine a dialogue with the "voice" (the inner you that’s giving you a hard time)?  I’ve tried this and found it enormously helpful. If I try being nice to myself, I wind up usually being nice back to myself (as ridiculous as that sounds…) Jodie

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[ even though the voice wants you (me) to be *perfect*, *now*.]

I know.  Do you ever feel sorry for that voice, that it needs perfection so desperately?  Sometimes I just want to hug it (me), tell it (me) that good enough is good enough. Sometimes, I do. Betsy

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hi kevin well done!! i think you’ve done really well to take things [problems] one at a time in the way you have. it’s impossible to tackle everything at once [ even though the voice wants you (me) to be *perfect*, *now*.]. you are getting there. hugs, ber

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Thank you all who supported me in this thread.  It felt so good just to have the positive well-wishes as I went through this. I got rid of all the "SI stuff" tonight at therapy.  We also set the framework for addressing this during the next few sessions. I am glad I approached this focus, deliberation, and by applying my analytical (and feeling) skills.  The importance of this, and my desire to make this a turning point, deserves my full set of "recovery skills", and it payed off tonight in that the therapy session went well. I am very encouraged that I am ready to let go of this, similar to how I let go of purging and drinking.  SI was my first major "addiction / disorder", and it seems that it will be the last to go. I am sooooo fortunate to have a very capable therapist to help me through this.  She is very professional, and we were able to discuss this in a constructive way, and she provided some very useful insights. Thanks again… I went into this session with the caring support from a.s.e-d, and it helped! Kevin K trusting the process…..

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Hi Kevin – sorry to jump in here – just a quick comment i had to go see my doc today to review my meds – and of course i was so anxious about it that i analysed and overanalysed every possible aspect of the appt to the n’th degree in my mind.  it was so much more straightforward than that in reality!  but by going through it in my mind beforehand, i knew what i wanted to express when i got there, and managed to summarise it ok. yes, i probably came across as more analytical than most – but then i think that’s what’s helped me through this – the ability to apply a certain logic to things that otherwise would be completely unfathomable – and thus seem without my control. There IS a a place for this way of thinking – yes it can be detrimental, but if you truly recognise it for what it is, then i think it can be an extremely useful tool for recovery – and from what i’ve read from your posts, you seem to be moving on and making progress steadily.  Horses for courses, as they say – if it works for you, that’s great! (and it seems to work for me, so i’m biased….)  Just don’t get bogged down – i’m sure you won’t. encouragement and hugs, Fi

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Kevin, Hi, it’s Jodie…  This probably looks like it’s coming from my fiance’, but when I try to post through Remarq it shuts my browser down and so I tried to post through Deja and all I got was an empty window when I tried to load your post…  So, this is my last option, I just really wanted to reply and tell you how proud I am of you. I know the SI has still troubled you from time to time, and it is a *huge* step to say, "I’m going to give up these tools…"  Huge.  I’d have to liken it to my diet pills, my one last vice (which I haven’t taken in a week, hooray… but have not thrown them out…) About the over-analyzing…  That’s *you*.  I am the same way.  It is part of who I am.  When I am in recovery-mode, I over analyze other things. Sometimes we can’t change the way we work, and if this is leading you to take this step in your recovery, I say more power to you.  Now you may move on to over-analyzing something else, whether that’s something else recovery related or it is the construction of model cars, I think it is an aspect of your personality that may just always somewhat be there. Nothing inherently wrong with that, as long as you don’t let it weigh you down.  My only suggestion would be maybe you could focus on trying to find something frivilous to over-analyze for a break? I’m glad that things are going well with your therapist.  So proud of you.  Keep up the good work! Love, jodie

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you’ve probably already done this by now but i think it’s great.  one of the hardest parts for me about my therapist moving into a new office (much smaller and a lot less storage space) is that i can’t do this anymore.  i’ve found that putting distance and time in between the impulse and the opportunity has helped me immensely.  for me-it was meds.  i collected meds like crazy for a way out and would take them (in my more lucid moments) to my therapist to keep.  take care.

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BTW, he’s making progress. I think he would be able to tell *what* has helped him in the past.

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Kevin….I stopped reading this midway through.  I really think you would be sooo much better off if you didn’t analyze every single detail of your life!

I really don’t know about that, Connie. I think what is ‘better’ for one person may not be for the other. Perhaps some people need to simply gloss over the details, while others are helped by ‘analyzing’ them. Just my opinion.

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Kevin, How encouraging this is! I’m so happy that you’re taking these steps. I realize how hard it must be, since I’ve had problems with SI myself. I’m short on time right now so I cannot write more.. just wanted to say that your post does merit a longer response. Take care  & best wishes, Jen

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Kevin….I stopped reading this midway through.  I really think you would be sooo much better off if you didn’t analyze every single detail of your life! Talk about the SI with your therapist, yes, that’s why she is there.  Work on it with her.  Work on other issues with her, too.  But in the long run, you would really be a lot better off if you did not analyze everything to death, which is what I sense that you do.  Let it go….just LIVE, can’t you? –Connie — "Starving the flesh wastes the spirit." –Kandis Elliot

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Kevin….I stopped reading this midway through.  I really think you would be sooo much better off if you didn’t analyze every single detail of your life! Talk about the SI with your therapist, yes, that’s why she is there.  Work on it with her.  Work on other issues with her, too.  But in the long run, you would really be a lot better off if you did not analyze everything to death, which is what I sense that you do.  Let it go….just LIVE, can’t you? –Connie

Hi Connie, I think you are right in some ways about the over-analysis.  Part of the reason I drank (and became alcholic) was to give myself a break from myself … blissful oblivion. So, I’d say very often your feedback would apply, in fact I think it does here too… I’ll be a little more laid back about it.   The thing is though, that this (I think) is a different situation — it’s a time to be OK with feeling and thinking.  I am letting go of something I’ve done for about 30 years. For example… purging.  Last year several times I analyzed my feelings related to purging.  Now, it’s automatic.  I’ve gone through them, I’ve worked through them, now when I overeat it’s like "yup, been there, done that, already gone *through*, purging is not an option". So, by working through this, facing it intensely at this time in therapy, making it a turning point, I am hoping to put this behind me and avoid a lot of future pain and analysis (because I will have let self injury go). As always, thanks for your input.  I definitely do know that much of the time I analyze too much.  I think I will always be analytical (it’s my nature and accepting who I am is part of loving myself), but there is probably a better balance to be found :-) So, after tomorrow (woo hoo!) my goal is to not have to analyze self injury for the rest of my life! Kevin fly robin fly, up up to the sky! (see, I can be silly too lololol)

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SWM – My internet affair

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I said: ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. HTH  (hope this helps). Xanman :]

Ohhhhhhhhhh. OK. I see. Why didn’t you say so the first time??? Sheesh!!! Karen ;-) )) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – WHAT?????

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   <vbg     Linda

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. HTH  (hope this helps). X(xanman) — A little insanity in an sane wolf.

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that gave me a good laugh tonite!! Very creative Xanman!!  Dawn

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        Maybe you should take up a career as a comedian Xanman. Remember the unknown comic? Maybe you could be the Very Nervous Comic? Pretty funny Xanman, keep it up!!!! Doug, aka pigdos

: ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP : when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted : reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC : (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC : (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. : A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited : email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, : sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet : IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her : telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got : the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I : was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, : IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I : found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM : (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so : funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be : honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB : etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. : HTH  (hope this helps). : : X(xanman) : : : : — : : A little insanity in an sane wolf. : : : : : :

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My goodness she speaks your language!  You better marry her! Mel

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ROFLMAO…..  Too cute Xanman. Mary Kay – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -I said: ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. HTH  (hope this helps). Xanman :] — A little insanity in an sane wolf. ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. HTH  (hope this helps). X(xanman) WHAT?????

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What the hell! I didn’t catch half of that! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –   <vbg     Linda ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. HTH  (hope this helps). X(xanman) — A little insanity in an sane wolf.

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        Xanman you’re comic secret is safe w/me! If the IRS ever asks me about your comic talents I’ll just say: "Xanman, humor? Comic? No way, he’s as boring as a 40-something housewife w/two kids, an SUV, a "hubbie" named Tom and a house in the ‘burbs’. They’ll NEVER suspect a thing! Doug, aka pigdos

: I think that was Richard Lewis that was the nervous comedian.  Anyway thanks : for the compliment…..thats very flattering to hear.  Since losing my job : to this disorder I have had to find things to keep my creative side : going….it seems to spill over into the newsgroups now and then.  Please : don’t tell the government you think I am able to work…..especially on : stage…..it would ruin my case :] : : Xanman : : — :

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 LOLOL!!  IMHO Xan  URA very very talented guy.  BTW,  KIU  I look forward to all your VVF posts!  LUL  Debby :)

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. HTH  (hope this helps). X(xanman) — A little insanity in an sane wolf.

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HIYA – or, How insiteful you are! :] Xanman — A little insanity in an sane wolf.

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This is a symptom of NGAD  (newsgroup addiction disorder)  I would see a MD ASAP :] Xanman — A little insanity in an sane wolf.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. HTH  (hope this helps). X(xanman) The scary thing is, I understood every word of this. —- Adrian

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I think that was Richard Lewis that was the nervous comedian.  Anyway thanks for the compliment…..thats very flattering to hear.  Since losing my job to this disorder I have had to find things to keep my creative side going….it seems to spill over into the newsgroups now and then.  Please don’t tell the government you think I am able to work…..especially on stage…..it would ruin my case :] Xanman — A little insanity in an sane wolf.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Maybe you should take up a career as a comedian Xanman. Remember the unknown comic? Maybe you could be the Very Nervous Comic? Pretty funny Xanman, keep it up!!!! Doug, aka pigdos : ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP : when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted : reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC : (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC : (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. : A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited : email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, : sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet : IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her : telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got : the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I : was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, : IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I : found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM : (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so : funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be : honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB : etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. : HTH  (hope this helps). : : X(xanman) : : : : — : : A little insanity in an sane wolf. : : : : : :

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. HTH  (hope this helps). X(xanman)

The scary thing is, I understood every word of this. —- Adrian

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Oops… sorry I didn’t read far enough…. WTG Raven… ROFLMAO Mary Kay – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -I said: ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. HTH  (hope this helps). Xanman :] — A little insanity in an sane wolf. ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. HTH  (hope this helps). X(xanman) WHAT?????

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I said: ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. HTH  (hope this helps). Xanman :] — A little insanity in an sane wolf.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. HTH  (hope this helps). X(xanman) WHAT?????

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. HTH  (hope this helps). X(xanman)

WHAT?????

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ISTR (I seem to recall) I was EAK (eating at keyboard) one day scanning ASAP when I noticed a post titled FYI so I oppened it ASAP.  Before I staarted reading it I HTGP (had to go pee) so I figured BRB.  When I came back IIRC (if I recall correctly) the message was in HTML but IAE (in any event) TWIMC (to whom it may concern. I figured WTH (what the hell), it could be for me. A/S/L wass 35, female, nearby.  So I replyed with some UCE (unsolicited email).  She replyed IMO quickly with a TYVM.  We talked and LOLed a lot, sometimes even ROFLOAO.  She had no SO ATM so I suggested we meet IRL…..you know FTF.  She said WTH so I was hopeful.  Better than her telling me to BIOYA.  BTW I have already BTDTGTTS (been there done that got the t-shirt so it BTSOOM (beats the shit out of me) why I had a PA.  See I was put on AD’s for my PTSD, but they found I also had OCD, GAD, BPD, FMS, IBS, and REM.  I had been through C BT and had ECT.  Anyway we met and I found out she had GAD too so since IRL there is no FAQ I asked her WYMM (will you marry me).  She just started ROTFLHAO.  I said WSF (whats so funny)?  She said SCNR (she could not resist.  But TYVM and she would be honoured.  So RSN we will be saying ID to the vows – you know DYTTWTBYLWB etc etc.  TIA TTFN. Anyway none of this is true but WYSIWYG – YMMV – IMO. HTH  (hope this helps). X(xanman) — A little insanity in an sane wolf.

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Papa Jack wrote: Papa Jack remarked: Sarah builds up a fine fantasy.  It is all fiction, of course, but she almost makes it believable.  She, of course, errs when she postulates that there are actual living women who use alt.support.abortion — if only that mean ol’ Papa Jack would just quit cross posting to a.s.a..  The fact that over 95% of the messages on a.s.a. are simply crossposts from other newsgroups, tells us there are few if any such women.  When I quit cross posting to a.s.a. for a couple of weeks, the PARs just escalated their posting with the same sort of crap they write on talk.abortion.  IT IS ALL LIES, SARAH — ALL LIES. A total of 57 messages were posted to a.s.a. since yesterday. Only 2 of those were posted to a.s.a. as the primary newsgroup. The other 55 (96%) were cross posts.

PJ, I think one of the problems about the non-clarity as to what purpose a.s.a is supposed by used for is the fact there is no specific charter created for this group.  Right now, as it stands, it is a perfect dumping ground for whatever anyone wants to say.   I’m actually trying to find various copies as a newsgroup charter, I’ll make up a draft for a.s.a. and post it for further input.  Once we have sufficient support for this charter, it will be registered with Deja News and Supernews.   After registrating this charter, the ng can be monitored and abusers of the charter can be booted off.   Anyway, perhaps Pat, Sarah, Melanie and I can work together to write up an a.s.a. charter and list an FAQ. So, PJ, while it’s true a.s.a. is currently used for garbage posted by you and several others, various steps are being taken behind the scenes to stop it. Heidi (snip) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –

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YOU:  <<That’s nice, but what does it have to do with them putting out questionable statistics on abortion?

    Questionable is in the eyes of the beholder, I guess… it seems that only the small number of PLers behold the CDC as anything but a fully ethical, neutral organization. <<Since the abortion industry and the radical women’s groups have lots of money and lawyers, they tend to be able to influence such decisions. Particularly in these times when King Clinton and Queen Hillary are so very Pro-Abortion.

    I think that the PL community is much, much more organized than us PCers- you simply have to visit the web to see that some of the best URLs are found in the PL sites. Then there are the PL politicians like Buchanan (remember- pick fork and farmer’s hat?); then there is Quayl (ie PLer who didn’t know that a D&C can be an abortion and who spells potato with a terminal "e"?).     Note that the number of abortions did go down every year during the term of King Clinton and Queen "butch" Hillary, so don’t knock them!  Their "Pro-Abortion" ways did more to decrease our abortion numbers than any PLer has ever done… all while not limiting the freedoms of the hapless pregnant woman. <<Your use of the PLie term greatly damages your credibility, Al.  How would you react if I started referring to you as a Pro-Deather?  

    Interesting that you state this, yet in the same letter refer to someone as a "pro-abortionist".  Interesting- like Clinton, you shed false tears, PJ. <<    The question is whether that standard has been met by the CDC. Starting at the top, since at least 1975, Dr. Willard Cates and Dr. David Grimes have both held various positions at the CDC and both have served terms as head of the Abortion Surveillance Branch. Each is also a practicing abortionist….

    So?  They are physicians with an interest in abortion. Find a major flaw in their methods (as has been found in many of the studies where PLers have been involved). <<    In fact, Green told us that even if she learns of a possible abortion death from an outside source, she cannot investigate it until Koonin’s office confirms the death as being abortion- related. If her office does not confirm it, the investigation ends there.

    You can do better than that, PJ. You seem to be searching for skeletons in every closet. Have you ever heard of a death certificate? <<There are many many more facts in the book.  Instead of attacking PLs for raising these issues, why don’t you do your homework, Al?

    I work with death certificates often, PJ. I’ve never seen anyone wholeheartedly "forge" one, especially someone working for the CDC. Since I did part of my fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, I had a firsthand account on how such government agencies work… they are 99.9% legit. I would believe the CDC much before any PL author on a mission.     Now, about your Mark Chricton- I’ve never heard of him. I looked him up in the internet and on MEDLINE and nada- zilch- zippo. Nothing on this man. You want us to believe him over the cridible CDC??? Sorry- no go. Regards, AL.

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ThomasPaine_II wrote:

In article <36E543D7.4B729…@geocities.com, Papa Jack <papa_j…@geocities.com wrote:

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Papa Jack remarked: Tom, the book _Lime 5_ includes extensive documentation at the end.  I’m not going to do your homework for you.  Why don’t you actually get the book at your local library and read it. At least read Chapter 4, devoted to exposing CDC errors before you keep telling all about your opinions on something you’ve not read? Otherwise you are like the fellow who says, "Don’t confuse me with the facts."

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TP wrote: Hmmm … You’re the only person I see with that attitude.

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack remarked: Yeah, I can see how that might seem unusual to you — I mean like actually reading a book BEFORE you criticize it.  Wow! Blows your mind, huh?   =====================================================================

TP wrote: You’re also assuming this book to be full of facts – conclusions based on those facts and undeniable realities.  Just from the few excerpts you’ve presented – it fits none of those three categories

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack remarked: Have YOU, Tom Scalf, read the book?  It sounds like you are tap dancing, Tom.  The book is full of names, dates, and places.  The documentation at the end of the book provides extensive sources for the information. Your broad sweeping insults are made in ignorance.  I consider that typical of the usual knee-jerk mentality of many PARs. READ THE BOOK, TOM. — {               Papa Jack { {               http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7346/         "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all          men are created equal; that they are endowed by          their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that          among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of          happiness."          –Thomas Jefferson

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thewebbandit wrote:

Papa Jack-don’t let those that are either too stupid to see through the lies of abortion, or just plain dumb, get to you.   Abortion is the taking of an unborn childs life.  Keep it simple and the prochoice lie becoimes unraveled.  After all, as the dear deceased Judge B. stated, "if the fetus is considered a child, then this argument becomes void.-or words to that affect"  Keep em on the run.

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack remarked: You must remember, Webbandit, that the PARs would not be able to debate abortion issues without trying to insist that words mean something different than dictionary definitions.  They use euphemisms like "choice" to avoid the real topic of discussion.  Their entire house of cards will tumble down if they admit something as obvious as "an unborn child is a living human being." Thanks for the encouraging words. — {               Papa Jack { {               http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7346/         "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all          men are created equal; that they are endowed by          their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that          among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of          happiness."          –Thomas Jefferson

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On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 21:16:56 -0800, "Dante Catoni" <dante.cat…@gte.net

wrote: You can’t take bits and pieces of sentences and make your own. If you = are going to argue on a biblical level then you must accept the whole bible, = not select phrases.

———————————— NO part of your garbled response and defence is compelling. You seem to want to share with us what you have come to believe the Bible might possibly ‘MEAN’, in spite of what it ‘SAYS’.. I’ll stick with what it ‘SAYS’, thank you….! Try again AFTER you’ve taken a few courses on the Bible at some local college or university (Preferred!). ————————————

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alt.support.abortion removed from headers AGAIN.  Come on Papa Jack!! On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:33:23 -0600, Papa Jack <papa_j…@geocities.com

wrote: Tom Scalf wrote: alt.support.abortion removed from headers AGAIN.  Come on Papa Jack!! Those people aren’t interested in this topic.  Why do you insist on spamming them with your every post??  ===================================================================== Papa Jack remarked: Why do you pick on me, Tom?  Here is a list of folks who cross posted to a.s.a yesterday.  Have you openly criticized:

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Papa Jack, I rag on you about this because you are such a blatant offender.  For example, I removed a.s.a from the headers of my post. You answered me and BOOM!!  a.s.a is back in the headers.  I wonder why?  Do you know? If i answered a post from Pat, Ray or anyone else which was cross posted to a.s.a and it did not concern that group, I would remove it and paste a bland "a.s.a removed from headers" as a gentle reminder. In fact this is what I have done in at least a half dozen of my responses to your posts, before i started getting on your case. If you insist on acting clueless, thus will you be treated. Tom

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Papa Jack remarked: Sarah builds up a fine fantasy.  It is all fiction, of course, but she almost makes it believable.  She, of course, errs when she postulates that there are actual living women who use alt.support.abortion — if only that mean ol’ Papa Jack would just quit cross posting to a.s.a..  The fact that over 95% of the messages on a.s.a. are simply crossposts from other newsgroups, tells us there are few if any such women.  When I quit cross posting to a.s.a. for a couple of weeks, the PARs just escalated their posting with the same sort of crap they write on talk.abortion.  IT IS ALL LIES, SARAH — ALL LIES. A total of 57 messages were posted to a.s.a. since yesterday. Only 2 of those were posted to a.s.a. as the primary newsgroup. The other 55 (96%) were cross posts.   ********************************************************************* SWhippman wrote:

In article <LgXJ2.1923$1R1.2…@newsr1.twcny.rr.com, "Gatsby — aka Dave H." <heinr…@rochester.rr.coms writes:

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SWhippman wrote: Alt.support.abortion.  It’s supposed to be a newsgroup for women who would like support after an abortion from other women who have been through the same experience, to enable them to trade experiences, talk about their feelings after the stress, and give support to each ther.  

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack remarked: I went back to March of 1996 (4 years ago) and found that on the same day then there were 61 messages posted on a.s.a..   However, only one was posted from a.s.a. — the remaining 60 were cross posts. The one message posted from a.s.a. is short:   _________________________________________________________   Subject: HERE’S THE ANSWER!     Author:  Maynard Sarvas <75023.1…@CompuServe.COM

  Date:    1996/03/27   Forum:   alt.support.abortion   Want to be heard?  Tell President Clinton to set up the   communications system on Web page   http://www.free.cts.com/crash/d/dsarvas/msarvas.html   _________________________________________________________ That is the sort of messages found on a.s.a. four years ago. I previously showed the same was true 3 years ago.   =====================================================================

SWhippman wrote: According to Tom Scalf, who has been on the ngs for quite some years, there was a time when it was just that.  

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack remarked: Then how come I can’t find such a time when I research Deja News?  The 61 four-year old messages from 1996 above are similar in many ways to the cross-posting found there today. The main difference I saw was that the majority of the cross posts were from alt.abortion.inequity rather than from talk.abortion.   =====================================================================

SWhippman wrote: …Unfortunately, for some considerable time now it hasn’t been, although there’s no knowing why or with whom the spam started originally….  

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack stated: Of course there is a way.  Use Deja News like I have several times.  You won’t like what you find.  Many PARs were cross posting all sorts of "stuff" as long ago as four years. For example, look at Osmo’s crossposts. This latest hubub is strictly a PAR attempt to find another phony issue to trash bad ol’ Papa Jack.   =====================================================================

SWhippman wrote: …What we’re hoping is that if we can just get all the cross-posted spam off the ng, eventually it can start serving its old function, which would be helpful for women who need someone to talk to after an abortion.

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack stated: There is no "old function."  This is all a lie, Sarah — a.s.a. is a cyberdumpster.  No one calls a.s.a. "home." What you really want is a newsgroup so dominated by PARs that few PLs would post to.  Then, you could hand out your PAR comic books and discuss how ALL PLs are just a bunch of old geezers who hate women.   =====================================================================

Dave H. wrote: and why do you care if he puts the newsgroup back.

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SWhippman wrote: Because the stuff we discuss on here has nothing to do with what a.s.a. is meant to be about,…

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack stated: A.s.a. is about abortion.  Talk.abortion is about abortion. What you seem to be saying is your opinion that only messages that praise women for killing their unborn children should be allowed.  However, this is still America.  We don’t have "Thought Police" yet.  If a message is about abortion — pro or con — it is on topic for a.s.a..   =====================================================================

SWhippman wrote: …and a lot of it would be downright offensive or upsetting for women who were feeling upset after having to go through the whole experience of unwanted pregnancy/abortion.  

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack stated: Then, they should be getting professional help rather than being suckered in by PARs to considering advice from a bunch of flame artists. I notice you are one of the main PARs to insist there is no such thing as PAS, but now you want a whole ng just for PAS victims.  Hmmmm.   =====================================================================

SWhippman wrote: …It’s against Netiquette to send off-topic posts to ngs, but quite a lot of off-topic stuff does get discussed on here by mutual consent when other topics come up during abortion discussions.  I don’t think anyone objects to that too much, and it can be interesting….  

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack stated: If you want to see off-topic stuff on a.s.a. just look up the crap that Ray posts there — or, any one of several other PARs.   =====================================================================

SWhippman wrote: …However, sending off-topic posts to a ng you don’t even read, containing material that could be offensive and upsetting for the people posting there, is well out of order in the opinions of many of us here.  It’s spamming, pure and simple.

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack stated: No it is not.  If it is about abortion, it is on topic.  The fact that someone may or may not be offended by a post is not grounds to censor that post.  I am constantly offended by the blatant lies and propaganda of the PARs on talk.abortion. Women who are that troubled will not find answers on the newsgroups.   =====================================================================

SWhippman wrote: The whole topic came to the fore last year when someone from a.s.a who’d actually gone there for the ng’s intended purpose – to talk to someone after her abortion – complained bitterly after PJ had sent a post about a case of infanticide, titled `Another extremely late term abortion’.  

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack stated: Actually the title was: "Re: ANOTHER MURDERED BABY      ______________________________________________________    Author:  Robin Hemenway <ez056…@mailbox.ucdavis.edu

   Date:    1998/06/09    Forum: talk.abortion                                                                Yes, I have a comment.  I subscribed to this newsgroup    to receive SUPPORT, to talk about abortion experiences    and discuss my feelings, NOT to have you anti-choice    assholes ranting and raving about your opinions about    MY body and MY choices.  Stop it!    ______________________________________________________ Notice that this message was posted FROM talk.abortion.  Ms. Hemenway did NOT post it from a.s.a. — nor, did she include a.s.a. in the addressing.  Thus, the assumption that she was complaining about crossposting to a.s.a. is questionable at best. An analysis of her other posts indicated to me that she was either a flake or a troll.  Perhaps both.   =====================================================================

SWhippman wrote: …There was a huge amount of heated discussion about the rights and wrongs of cross-posting, and it came to people’s attention that PJ had routinely been putting a.s.a. into the cross-posts for all his posts and that everyone else had been forgetting to snip it in their posts back to the subsequent threads.  

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack stated: See, again the PARs simply refuse to accept any responsibility for their own actions.  I’ve repeatedly posted lists of those who posted messages to a.s.a. on a given day.  These lists clearly show that a large majority of the crossposts are posted by PAR regulars from talk.abortion. However, Sarah would have the reader blame bad ol’ Papa Jack because the PARs don’t have the sense to properly address their messages.  I wonder what they will be when they grow up?   =====================================================================

SWhippman wrote: …As a result of the subject coming up like that, several people realised this was out of order and began cutting a.s.a. out of the headers whenever they answered the threads it was in.  PJ did this briefly as well, but then decided to start putting it back in again,…

  =================================================================== Papa Jack stated: Ahhhh, but you forgot to tell what happened during the two or three weeks when I … read more »

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Papa Jackass  <papa_j…@geocities.com

wrote: Jim Rogers wrote: How would you know? You’ve admitted you never read that group. Why would you want to sabotage such a group if it did or does in fact exist? Oh, but once in awhile I do go there to confirm my suspicions that the regular PARS are the worst offenders of crossposting meaningless crap to a.s.a..

Note that it is Jackass who insists on ALWAYS crossposting to a.s.a. If people delete that newgroup from the list, Jackass puts it back. If people remove it from the followups, Jackass puts it back. When Jackass starts a new thread, he always includes a.s.a. Jackass is an asshole who really doesn’t give a shit about other people. — Ray Fischer      For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, r…@netcom.com   and lose his own soul?

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Papa Jack remarked: On 01/16/98, the results of a New York Times/CBS News nationwide poll were published. That poll included: 3.  Is abortion the same thing as murdering a child,     or is abortion not murder because the fetus really     isn’t a child?            50% – murder            38% – not murder            12% – unsure/no reply

Funny how an official poll I quoted here found that around 38% of Americans thought abortion should have no restrictions on it where as only 9% thought it should be illegal in all cases — the rest were fairly well distributed in between the two categories, with slighly more on the Pro-Choice side.

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Jim Rogers wrote:

Papa Jack wrote: Thomas Dehn wrote: …

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Thomas Dehn wrote: When people take out a.s.a on their follow-up to your article, you add it again. When people keep the x-post, but set a follow-up, you ignore the follow-up. When you begin a thread on your own, it is x-posted to a.s.a, whether it is on.topic there or not.

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Papa Jack replied: Yep, you’re correct on all counts.  …

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Jim Rogers wrote: Which explains, I suppose, why you always post there, since all of your posts belong in a garbage dump every bit as much as they belong here.

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Papa Jack remarked: Yep, you’re correct on all counts.  I do this mostly to prove to our readers what hypocrites you PARs really are.  It is okay for Ray to cross-post to a.s.a. five times in one day — but, it is terrible for "bad ol’ Papa Jack" to crosspost once a day.  Ray will even blame me for the posting of "Jackass the asshole."  Have you ever heard of the term "double standard?"  And, don’t give me that BS that it’s somehow my fault that Ray crossposted the five articles to a.s.a..  He is a big boy and he must start to learn to accept responsibility for his own actions. A.S.A. is a dumping ground.  There is NO SUPPORT GROUP which posts there — that is a pure fiction made up by PARs.  BTW, the same was true BEFORE I started posting on talk.abortion — back three years ago. Keep it up though.  I enjoy you giving me such a simple oppor- tunity to show your double standard.

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Jim Rogers wrote: How would you know? You’ve admitted you never read that group. Why would you want to sabotage such a group if it did or does in fact exist?

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack remarked: Oh, but once in awhile I do go there to confirm my suspicions that the regular PARS are the worst offenders of crossposting meaningless crap to a.s.a.. THERE IS NO SUPPORT GROUP ON A.S.A..  Why do you keep telling lies to pretend there is a valid working group of women who are being irritated.  There is no such group.  You are simply telling lies. — {               Papa Jack { {               http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7346/         "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all          men are created equal; that they are endowed by          their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that          among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of          happiness."          –Thomas Jefferson

Response:

You can’t take bits and pieces of sentences and make your own. If you are going to argue on a biblical level then you must accept the whole bible, not select phrases. "I warn everyone who hears the words of prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book." Revelation 22:18-19

Yes, and the truth is that God uses  the Judeo-Christian holy Bible to throughout support, sanction, tolerate, and even promote the practice of abortion. Several sample Biblical arguments in support of abortion might include the following typical facts: First, the Bible proclaims that stillbirth is preferable to an unproductive life as in the typical "If a…soul be not filled with good…an untimely birth is better than he…"(Eccl 6:3-4)

It does not say that it is preferable. It says that a stillborn is better off than he. It is a comparison and in no way promotes abortion.

"…let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun."(Psalms 58:8)

This verse is referring to rulers that judge unjustly. It says may they be like a stillborn child, may thay not see the sun. So David is saying that they will be punished by God. Again absolutely nothing that even remotely implies that abortion is condoned by God.

the despondent prophet regrets that "…the Lord slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to always be great with me."(Jeremiah 20:17).

If you read the whole chapter you see that Jeremiah is complaining to God because his life is miserable, everyone mocks him. Jeremiah wishes that he was never born.  But God obviously did not let him die in the womb He let him live.

Second, the fact that a fetus is valued only as property and not as a person is illustrated in Exodus 21:22: "If men strive and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow; he shall be surely punished…and he shall pay as the judges determine." Here the loss of the fetus is represented as a simple property loss resulting in a civil fine for the loss. (NOTE: The next verse mentioning "…life for life…" only applies to any further mischief that then follows, and not to the loss of the woman’s "fruit".)

You really blew it on this one. It says that if men are fighting and accidentally hit a pregnant woman causing her to give birth prematurely, but NO serious injury is caused then he will pay restitution. If serious injury IS caused then you are to take life for life.  This clearly shows that God imposes severe penalty for anyone that harms an unborn child. I challenge everyone to read the verses for themselves. The truth will always come out.

Third, the Bible contains the ‘trial by ordeal’ procedure for determining whether a pregnant wife had been unfaithful. In substance, the story has the suspicious husband delivering the poor woman before the priests to engage in a test of her faith- fulness. The priest mixes a potion, applies a curse, and requires the woman drink the concoction. If guilty, her "…belly shall swell and her thigh shall fall out…". If innocent, she shall be free and "…bear seed…"(Numbers 5:11-31). In effect, her fetus will abort if she had been unfaithful. The resultant abortion is neither offensive nor punishable. Instead it is a divinely authorized process to abort the fetus that resulted from the suspected adultery. Absolutely no sanctity is placed upon nor granted the fetus.

This story makes no mention of pregnant women. If a man is suspicious of his wife then he will take her to the priest and make the concoction like you stated. If she is guilty she will be barren for the rest of her life whether she sleeps with her husband or any other man. If she is not guilty she will bear children. A man can take his wife to the priest whenever he wants if he suspects her of being unfaithful, not because she is pregnant. It does not mention a child that resulted from adultery.

Fourth, the fact that God supposedly created mankind in His own image (Genesis 2:7), and then is instrumental in permitting almost one-third of all conceived human fetus’ to be spontane- ously aborted during the 1st. tri-mester (ref. "Williams Obstetrics"); offers a measure of the importance that He places on fetuses before they take their first "breath-of-life".

All of mankind is equally important. Many people die when they are eighty years old, does that mean that we have the right to kill people that are eighty. Are we to assume that God places less importance on people that are eighty than those that are eighty-two? Everyone dies sometime and at all different times. Just because some people die before birth does not mean that God condones abortion.

Fifth, the Bible clearly instructs it’s brotherhood to ONLY count children over one month old as part of the "faith community" (Numbers 3:15-50, 26:62, Leviticus 27:1-6). NEITHER fetuses NOR new-borns are considered viable human beings.

In Numbers God asked Moses to count only MALES one month older or more. He counted the males because God was going to give each tribe certain responsibilities. He told each tribe where to camp and what part they had in taking care of and moving the tabernacle. Again I challenge everyone to read the verses. There is no mention of fetuses or newborns being different than anyone else. The verses have absolutely nothing to do with abortion by any stretch of the imagination. Leviticus says that if anyone wants to dedicate people to the Lord they must offer a certain amount of money as a sacrifice. How you translate that to mean that fetuses are not human beings is beyond my comprehension.

Sixth, the Bible continually authorizes, tolerates, justifies, and encourages the killing of un-born and newly-born children as in "King Menehem…smote Tiphsah, and all that were within, and the coasts thereof…and did dash their children, and rip up their women with child.(2 kings 8:12).

The entire book of Kings is about the Kings of Israel many of whom were wicked. The passage that you refer to states that Elisha is weeping because he knows that Hazael will become king and kill many people including children and pregnant women. (the Bible is a book and cannot authorize anything) if you are referring to God authorizing or tolerating it then you are wrong again. The bible does not even go on to say that those things actually happened. In chapter 17 God does punish the kings and Israelites for their sins.

And revenge against Israel’s enemies includes: "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."(Psalms 137:9, Nahum 3:10, Ezekiel 9:5-6) and "…have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children."(Isaiah 13:16-18) and "…their infants shall be dashed in pieces…"(Hosea 13:16, Deuteronomy 7:2, 20:16-17), and etc., etc., etc.

These passages show how God punished many people that turned away from Him. Many times the punishment was to destroy the entire tribe, which included their children. God gives life and can take it away. In no way do these passages imply that God approves of abortion. He also treated the unborn children the same as the born, and the same as the adults. If they were not living people he would not even mention them, but he groups them all together they are all the same, they are all treated equally. You are presenting points that contrdict your argument.

Seventh, under duress, people will "…eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and daughters…her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: she shall eat them…"(Deut. 28:53-57) and "…the women eat their fruit,  and children… (become)…their meat."(Lamentations 2:20 and 4:10). The Hebrew words ‘periy’ and ’shilyah’  translated "fruit" and "young one" actually mean "fetus" and "after-birth". No, there is no sacredness involved in eating one’s own offspring, as condoned and permitted (And never banned…!) by the ‘holy’ Bible.

These things happened as a result of their persecution by their enemies. God is telling them what their enemies will do to them. Where in those verses does God say, "I want you to eat your offspring."? God does not condone it you are misinterpretting.

Eighth, the Biblical God was ALWAYS willing and eager to punish people by token of aborting their fetus’. Typical examples are found in "Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth…"(Psalms 21:10); and "…for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth."(Isaiah 37:3); and "As for Israel…Give them, O Lord…Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts…they shall bear no fruit…" (Hosiah 9:11-16); and "The Lord hast fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech…(Genesis 20:18); and etc., etc., etc.

Why do you leave so much out? Either quote the whole verse or simply give it’s location so that we can read it on our own. No one can make any sense of the fragmented sentences that you try to twist into your own meanings. I hope everyone reads these passages, – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -

Ninth, the Bible deals with the traffic and cultic use of ancient abortifacients like rue, hyssop, myrrh, wormwood, and gall (‘hemlock’). All these can cause violent convulsions and induce menstration in women. And in the case of Biblical willow, date palm and pomegranate; these stimulate the production of female sex hormones and thereby reduce fertility. This is exactly how modern birth control pills work. Tenth, the Bible conveys a subtle message of hatred towards human life. Typically we read Christ’s "If any man come to me, and HATE not his

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Response:

Papa Jack  <papa_j…@geocities.com

wrote: Ray Fischer wrote: Because YOU are the asshole who keeps putting alt.support.abortion BACK into the list of newsgroups even after I and others keep taking it out. That’s why, Jackass. You didn’t take it out of the FIVE messages listed above — and that was just for one day.  

And AGAIN, I set the followups and you add back alt.support.abortion. Jackass, you’re an asshole.  YOU are the one spamming alt.support.abortion because you’re too much of an asshole to give a shit about anyone else.

Are you saying it’s my fault that YOU included a.s.a. in YOUR

YES IT IS YOUR FAULT, ASSHOLE! — Ray Fischer      For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, r…@netcom.com   and lose his own soul?

Response:

On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 06:17:56 GMT, minxs@so_amspayonay_nic.net (M is for Malapert) wrote:

And yet, nearly half the women in America will have at least one abortion in their lifetimes.

And why not?  After all, God uses  the Judeo-Christian holy Bible to throughout support, sanction, tolerate, and even promote the practice of abortion. Several sample Biblical arguments in support of abortion might include the following typical facts: First, the Bible proclaims that stillbirth is preferable to an unproductive life as in the typical "If a…soul be not filled with good…an untimely birth is better than he…"(Eccl 6:3-4) and "…let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun."(Psalms 58:8). And the despondent prophet regrets that "…the Lord slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to always be great with me."(Jeremiah 20:17). Second, the fact that a fetus is valued only as property and not as a person is illustrated in Exodus 21:22: "If men strive and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow; he shall be surely punished…and he shall pay as the judges determine." Here the loss of the fetus  is represented as a simple property loss resulting in a civil fine for the loss. (NOTE: The next verse mentioning "…life for life…" only applies to any further mischief that then follows, and not to the loss of the woman’s "fruit".) Third, the Bible contains the ‘trial by ordeal’ procedure for determining whether a pregnant wife had been unfaithful. In substance, the story has the suspicious husband delivering the poor woman before the priests to engage in a test of her faith- fulness. The priest mixes a potion, applies a curse, and requires the woman drink the concoction. If guilty, her "…belly shall swell and her thigh shall fall out…". If innocent, she shall be free and "…bear seed…"(Numbers 5:11-31). In effect, her fetus will abort if she had been unfaithful. The resultant abortion is neither offensive nor punishable. Instead it is a divinely authorized process to abort the fetus that resulted from the suspected adultery. Absolutely no sanctity is placed upon nor granted the fetus. Fourth, the fact that God supposedly created mankind in His own image (Genesis 2:7), and then is instrumental in permitting almost one-third of all conceived human fetus’ to be spontane- ously aborted during the 1st. tri-mester (ref. "Williams Obstetrics"); offers a measure of the importance that He places on fetuses before they take their first "breath-of-life". Fifth, the Bible clearly instructs it’s brotherhood to ONLY count children over one month old as part of the "faith community" (Numbers 3:15-50, 26:62, Leviticus 27:1-6). NEITHER fetuses NOR new-borns are considered viable human beings. Sixth, the Bible continually authorizes, tolerates, justifies, and encourages the killing of un-born and newly-born children as in "King Menehem…smote Tiphsah, and all that were within, and the coasts thereof…and did dash their children, and rip up their women with child.(2 kings 8:12). And revenge against Israel’s enemies includes: "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."(Psalms 137:9, Nahum 3:10, Ezekiel 9:5-6) and "…have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children."(Isaiah 13:16-18) and "…their infants shall be dashed in pieces…"(Hosea 13:16, Deuteronomy 7:2, 20:16-17), and etc., etc., etc. Seventh, under duress, people will "…eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and daughters…her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: she shall eat them…"(Deut.  28:53-57) and "…the women eat their fruit,  and children… (become)…their meat."(Lamentations 2:20 and 4:10). The Hebrew words ‘periy’ and ’shilyah’  translated "fruit" and "young one" actually mean "fetus" and "after-birth". No, there is no sacredness involved in eating one’s own offspring, as condoned and permitted (And never banned…!) by the ‘holy’ Bible. Eighth, the Biblical God was ALWAYS willing and eager to punish people by token of aborting their fetus’. Typical examples are found in "Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth…"(Psalms 21:10); and "…for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth."(Isaiah 37:3); and "As for Israel…Give them, O Lord…Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts…they shall bear no fruit…" (Hosiah 9:11-16); and "The Lord hast fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech…(Genesis 20:18); and etc., etc., etc. Ninth, the Bible deals with the traffic and cultic use of ancient abortifacients like rue, hyssop, myrrh, wormwood, and gall (‘hemlock’). All these can cause violent convulsions and induce menstration in women. And in the case of Biblical willow, date palm and pomegranate; these stimulate the production of female sex hormones and thereby reduce fertility. This is exactly how modern birth control pills work. Tenth, the Bible conveys a subtle message of hatred towards human life. Typically we read Christ’s "If any man come to me, and HATE not his father, mother, wife, brethren, and children, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.(Luke 14:26) and "…he that HATETH his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.(John 12:25) and etc., etc., etc. The Greek word miseo translated "hate"  only means "detest". "despise", "abhor", etc. Eleventh, in the interest of un-raveling what the holy Bible SAYS regarding abortion, consider the matter of "soul". The Hebrew ‘ nephresh’ and the Greek ‘psyche’, mis-translated hundreds of times throughout the King James Bible as "soul", correctly translate to "breath-of-life", "living creature", and simply "breath". It is equally applicable to humans AND animals (See Numbers 31:28 and Eccl 3:19 for typical examples). Nowhere in the Bible can be found even a hint of the existance of a X’ian "soul" (ie, a separate entity that inhabits physical bodies and lives on after the body dies…..!) apart from the living creature itself. Nor is the ‘nephresh’ or ‘psyche’ anywhere therein claimed to be eternal or immortal.   [So as not to allow Bible believers to get too confused on this point, just recall that the Bible claims we will ALL be bodily resurrected and THEN 'changed' as we flitter down to either God's heaven or Jesus' 'Hell'. There's no place for a 'soul' in that formulation!] The conclusion is therefore inescapeable that a fetus is NOT a human being until it takes it’s first "breath-of-life". Twelveth, etc., etc., But you get the idea. One could uncover pages and pages and pages of actual Biblical arguments in support of and sanction for abortion. And so, a formidable argument exists for the legalization of abortion that would be fully in accordance with Biblical precepts on the issue. The Bible throughout promotes, encourages, tolerates, permits, and sanctions abortion. Nowhere is it prohibited or banned in that holy book. The feeble and un-Biblical argument that "Thou shalt not kill", clearly doesn’t apply to un-born children. The Bible is quite clear that the fetus is NOT a human person, is neither sacred nor sanctified, and can be aborted at will as demonstrated therein.

Response:

MINXS:

As for PAS, that was never a threat since it was simply a made-up

"disease." <snipped, as usual, PJ’s unsubstantiated ravings of a madman

The only reason why the DSM-IV is piled with so many mental disorders, the majority of which have never been empirically  unsubstantiated, is that mental health pros cannot receive insurance payments if they do not diagnose.  No diagnosis, no insurance payments–and that includes Medicaid payments too. That’s why we have disorders such as "chocolate addiction disorder," "sugar addition disorder," and "television addiction disorder."  It’s utterly ridiculous to look at the levels of absurdity that the DSM-IV committees, which consist mostly of clinicians and not researchers, have gone through in order to be taken seriously. The truth is, that there are only about five bona fide, empirically substantiated mental disorders, NOT several hundred; these are the brain-based disorders such as clinical depression, OCD, schizophrenia, and the bipolar disorders (I and II).  Everything else, including *Dissociative Disorder* (the new name for Multiple Personality Disorder), is the result of clinical guesswork at best, and outright nonsense at worst. And PAS is built upon the desire of a few to use the diagnosis as a tool to increase lawsuits against abortion providers.   Incidentally, PAS has not been approved by the DSM-IV committee nor the American Psychiatric Association.  And yet, the pro-lie web sites insist on pretending that it has been approved by these authoritative bodies.

Response:

Ray Fischer wrote:

Papa Jack <papa_j…@geocities.com wrote: Tom Scalf wrote:

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Tom Scalf wrote: alt.support.abortion removed from headers AGAIN.  Come on Papa Jack!! Those people aren’t interested in this topic.   Why do you insist on spamming them with your every post??

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Papa Jack asked: Why do you pick on me, Tom?  Here is a list of folks who cross posted to a.s.a yesterday.  Have you openly criticized:

  Fury   Ray Fischer   hrgruemm               Salomeh   Pat Winstanley  Date         Subject                Forum            Author ________ _____________________    _____________    ____________       [snip] 99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    Ray Fischer     99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    Ray Fischer     99/03/11 Re: Pro-Life Proclamati  talk.abortion    Ray Fischer   99/03/11 Jackass the asshole      talk.abortion    Ray Fischer         99/03/11 Re: Pro-life Proclamat   talk.abortion    Ray Fischer      [snip]   =====================================================================

Ray Fischer wrote: Because YOU are the asshole who keeps putting alt.support.abortion BACK into the list of newsgroups even after I and others keep taking it out. That’s why, Jackass.

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack remarked: You didn’t take it out of the FIVE messages listed above — and that was just for one day.   Are you saying it’s my fault that YOU included a.s.a. in YOUR message titled: "Jackass the asshole?"  That’s a major streach even for you, Ray.  Do you ever stand responsible for your own actions?  Or, do you always whine like a little boy? Go back and look at the list, Idiot.  There is no such newsgroup as you and other PARs try to visualize.  It is made up of more than 90% of crossposts from other newsgroups.   Why do you tell such blatant lies over and over?  Do you really believe our readers are THAT stupid? — {               Papa Jack { {               http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7346/         "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all          men are created equal; that they are endowed by          their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that          among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of          happiness."          –Thomas Jefferson

Response:

Tom Scalf wrote:

alt.support.abortion removed from headers AGAIN.  Come on Papa Jack!! Those people aren’t interested in this topic.  Why do you insist on spamming them with your every post??

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack remarked: Why do you pick on me, Tom?  Here is a list of folks who cross posted to a.s.a yesterday.  Have you openly criticized:   Fury   Ray Fischer   hrgruemm               Salomeh   Pat Winstanley  Date         Subject                Forum            Author ________ _____________________    _____________    ____________       99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    Fury     99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    Fury     99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    Ray Fischer     99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    Ray Fischer     99/03/11 Re: Pro-Life Proclamati  talk.abortion    Ray Fischer   99/03/11 Jackass the asshole      talk.abortion    Ray Fischer         99/03/11 Re: Pro-life Proclamat   talk.abortion    Ray Fischer     99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    hrgruemm             99/03/11 Re: Pro-life Proclamat.  talk.abortion    hrgruemm       99/03/11 Re: Mark Crutcher’s lit. talk.abortion    Papa Jack       99/03/11 Re: Mark Crutcher’s lit. talk.abortion    Papa Jack       99/03/11 Re: Pro-Life Proclamati  talk.abortion    Papa Jack       99/03/11 Re: Pro-Life Proclamati  talk.abortion    Papa Jack     99/03/11 Re: Abortion Standards   talk.abortion    Salomeh         99/03/11 Re: 20/20 report         alt.sup.abort.   grist_4_the_mil 99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    The Ghost In Th 99/03/11 Re: Abortion Standards   talk.abortion    Ron Nicholson   99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    JC     99/03/11 Re: Abortion Standards   talk.abortion    Andrea Schwartz 99/03/11 Abortion and GOD         alt.sup.abort.   Snakeboy       99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    Pat Winstanley 99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    Hal       — {               Papa Jack { {               http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7346/         "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all          men are created equal; that they are endowed by          their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that          among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of          happiness."          –Thomas Jefferson

Response:

Papa Jackass  <papa_j…@geocities.com

wrote: Tom Scalf wrote: alt.support.abortion removed from headers AGAIN.  Come on Papa Jack!! Those people aren’t interested in this topic.  Why do you insist on spamming them with your every post?? Why do you pick on me, Tom?

Because YOU are the asshole who keeps putting alt.support.abortion BACK into the list of newsgroups even after I and others keep taking it out. That’s why, Jackass. — Ray Fischer      For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, r…@netcom.com   and lose his own soul?

Response:

Papa Jack <papa_j…@geocities.com

wrote: Get the book, _Lime 5_ by Mark Chrichton.  That will clearly prove why I say the things I do about CDC.  He names names, dates, and places to show that abortion industry executives controlled that section of the CDC for years.

No he doesn’t.  But others have pointed this out to you.

I have little faith in the radical libs normally found in the so-called Women’s Departments in most universities.  They tend to be knee-jerk liberals on all points, and I wouldn’t trust any research they did if they had 10 PhDs behind their names.  Go look at Russo’s activities in recent years and imagine how you would feel if she was Pro-Life.  I think you would agree with me.  

Does writing this statement give you a clue as to why people don’t trust Mark Crutcher, who says that "induced abortions should be illegal under all circumstances and at every stage of pregnancy" and who has made a very sleazy and murky career out of working against abortion?  Or why people don’t trust Joel Brind, whose field of expertise is sex hormones and whose hobby is opposing abortion?

No, I am NOT anti-women.  I think women are really neat — and I believe most of them are far too wise to be taken in by your radical philosophies.

And yet, nearly half the women in America will have at least one abortion in their lifetimes.

I’ve never said Reardon and Brind are totally correct in all they do.  I have said that there is sufficient evidence to believe that PAS and breast cancer deserve more objective studies.

And more objective studies have been done.  

I believe it is dishonest to tell the women in crisis that we know for sure that these threats have been totally proven false.  

We certainly know now that there is no connection between early abortion (before 18 weeks) and breast cancer.  Now we’re trying to determine if very early abortion (before 7 weeks) has a protective effect against breast cancer, as 3 studies now have indicated.  As for PAS, that was never a threat since it was simply a made-up "disease."

Why are PARs so very anxious to even admit there may be some minor correlation with anything negative and abortion?  

There’s a minor correlation between abortion and placenta previa in subsequent pregnancies.  Is that something negative?

Response:

- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Papa Jack wrote in message <36E87CF3.1A18F…@geocities.com

… Papa Jack remarked: Why do you pick on me, Tom?  Here is a list of folks who cross posted to a.s.a yesterday.  Have you openly criticized:  Fury  Ray Fischer  hrgruemm  Salomeh  Pat Winstanley Date         Subject                Forum            Author ________ _____________________    _____________    ____________ 99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    Fury 99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    Fury 99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    Ray Fischer 99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    Ray Fischer 99/03/11 Re: Pro-Life Proclamati  talk.abortion    Ray Fischer 99/03/11 Jackass the asshole      talk.abortion    Ray Fischer 99/03/11 Re: Pro-life Proclamat   talk.abortion    Ray Fischer 99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    hrgruemm 99/03/11 Re: Pro-life Proclamat.  talk.abortion    hrgruemm

These are all replies to your posts, PJ.

99/03/11 Re: Mark Crutcher’s lit. talk.abortion    Papa Jack 99/03/11 Re: Mark Crutcher’s lit. talk.abortion    Papa Jack 99/03/11 Re: Pro-Life Proclamati  talk.abortion    Papa Jack 99/03/11 Re: Pro-Life Proclamati  talk.abortion    Papa Jack

And these are yours.

99/03/11 Re: Abortion Standards   talk.abortion    Salomeh 99/03/11 Re: 20/20 report         alt.sup.abort.   grist_4_the_mil 99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    The Ghost In Th 99/03/11 Re: Abortion Standards   talk.abortion    Ron Nicholson 99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    JC 99/03/11 Re: Abortion Standards   talk.abortion    Andrea Schwartz

Replies. And some anti-choicers thrown in for good measure.

99/03/11 Abortion and GOD         alt.sup.abort.   Snakeboy

I don’t know about this one.

99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    Pat Winstanley 99/03/11 Re: Abortion Morals      talk.abortion    Hal

And replies.   Care to see if ONE pro-choicer INITIATED a thread to a.s.a. ?

Response:

Papa Jack remarked: Tom, the book _Lime 5_ includes extensive documentation at the end.  I’m not going to do your homework for you.  Why don’t you actually get the book at your local library and read it. At least read Chapter 4, devoted to exposing CDC errors before you keep telling all about your opinions on something you’ve not read? Otherwise you are like the fellow who says, "Don’t confuse me with the facts."   ********************************************************************* – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Tom Scalf wrote:

a.s.a again trimmed from the headers.  Papa Jack just can’t seem to quit harassing that group with his irrelevant posts On Mon, 08 Mar 1999 17:23:22 -0600, Papa Jack <papa_j…@geocities.com wrote: <big snip Have you read _Lime 5_?  Here is just a taste of some of the material in Chapter 4 which is about the CDC.  Now please ask yourself if the FACTUAL DATA is correct.  For example, did two abortionists named Cates and Grimes hold the position of head of the Abortion Surveillance Branch? Papa Jack, you paraded out this nonsense the last time you shilled for Crutcher, then headed for the hills when we asked for details and verification of Markie’s flat assertions.  Let’s see if you can do any better this time.    The question is whether that standard has been met by the CDC.    Starting at the top, since at least 1975, Dr. Willard Cates    and Dr. David Grimes have both held various positions at the    CDC and both have served terms as head of the Abortion Sur-    veillance Branch. Each is also a practicing abortionist…. PROOF please.  Where are their clinics?  How long have they been abortion providers?    …A woman there told us that abortion mortality is handled by    Dr. Clarice Green in the Pregnancy and Infant Health Branch. As    it turns out, Green is not a permanent employee of the CDC, but    is instead a two-year research fellow…. So the woman lied.  What else did she say?    …However, she did tell us that all death certificates must    first go through a department run by a woman named Lisa Koonin. So?  Every department had a "head" and _EVERY_ organization which handles large volumes of data have screening and verification sections/departments to perform the initial QA on incoming data before it is entered into the databases and passed to the analysts.  Some organizations have two, three, or more layers of review before the data is certified for use.    In fact, Green told us that even if she learns of a possible    abortion death from an outside source, she cannot investigate    it until Koonin’s office confirms the death as being abortion-    related. If her office does not confirm it, the investigation    ends there. So, if your neighbor’s wife’s sister tells you that her mother’s sister’s grandniece died from an abortion, you want the CDC to run off and spend your tax dollars on a full-blown investigation when a simple review of the death certificate database would show that she actually died from the complications from an ingrown toenail. There are many many more facts in the book.  Instead of attacking PLs for raising these issues, why don’t you do your homework, Al? Hummmm.  You must have been tired.  You didn’t post as many accusations as you did last time, but you didn’t post anything new either. So tell us,  Where are the cites to verify any of Crutcher’s accusations? BTW, is Chap 4 the only chapter in that book?  It’s the only one you ever quote from.

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack remarks: Nope, it’s the only chapter devoted to exposing the CDC for the phony statistics they distribute. — {               Papa Jack { {               http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7346/         "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all          men are created equal; that they are endowed by          their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that          among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of          happiness."          –Thomas Jefferson

Response:

Papa Jackass  <papa_j…@geocities.com

wrote: Al Borges wrote: Papa Jack wrote: Get the book, _Lime 5_ by Mark Chrichton.  That will clearly prove why I say the things I do about CDC.  He names names, dates, and places to show that abortion industry executives controlled that section of the CDC for years. The CDC is not just about abortion, Papa Jack. I understand that.  That is why I specified the section of CDC which deals with abortions and abortion stats(Abortion Surveillance Branch).  According to Mark Chrichton,

Why should anyone give a fetid rat’s ass what Chrichton says? [...]

The PLie industry attacks on this peer-reveiwed, respected organization is a sham. They spread the truth- learn to live with it. Your use of the PLie term greatly damages your credibility, Al.

No it doesn’t.  You make claims about the CDC which you have been challenged on and refuse to substantiate.  That makes you a liar.

Have you read _Lime 5_?  Here is just a taste of some of the material in Chapter 4 which is about the CDC.  Now please ask yourself if the FACTUAL DATA is correct.  For example, did two abortionists named Cates and Grimes hold the position of head of the Abortion Surveillance Branch?    The question is whether that standard has been met by the CDC.    Starting at the top, since at least 1975, Dr. Willard Cates    and Dr. David Grimes have both held various positions at the    CDC and both have served terms as head of the Abortion Sur-    veillance Branch. Each is also a practicing abortionist….

This is a guilt-by-association fallacy.     GUILT BY ASSOCIATION IS NOTHING BUT PROPAGANDA.  AS SUCH,     EDUCATED FOLKS NORMALLY TREAT IT WITH DISDAIN.         Papa Jackass in <323CC16E….@express-news.net

— Ray Fischer      For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, r…@netcom.com   and lose his own soul?

Response:

Papa Jack remarked: I’ve told you before, I am not interested in this sort of one-on-one research challenge.  It is very time consuming and would be boring to the other readers. My point is that there are very few sources which both sides can trust to be truly impartial on issues related to abortion. That is at least part of why true experts avoid abortion rela- ted research. Get the book, _Lime 5_ by Mark Chrichton.  That will clearly prove why I say the things I do about CDC.  He names names, dates, and places to show that abortion industry executives controlled that section of the CDC for years. I have little faith in the radical libs normally found in the so-called Women’s Departments in most universities.  They tend to be knee-jerk liberals on all points, and I wouldn’t trust any research they did if they had 10 PhDs behind their names.  Go look at Russo’s activities in recent years and imagine how you would feel if she was Pro-Life.  I think you would agree with me.   No, I am NOT anti-women.  I think women are really neat — and I believe most of them are far too wise to be taken in by your radical philosophies. I’ve never said Reardon and Brind are totally correct in all they do.  I have said that there is sufficient evidence to believe that PAS and breast cancer deserve more objective studies.  I believe it is dishonest to tell the women in crisis that we know for sure that these threats have been totally proven false.  Why are PARs so very anxious to even admit there may be some minor correlation with anything negative and abortion?  Methinks thou protest too much.   ********************************************************************* – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Maritza Combes wrote:

So, PJ, Melbye at al., Russo, Major, Cozzarelli, and the others are puppets of the AGI and/or CDC? Do us a favor–provide evidence that they are. IF you don’t prove that they are, then let’s pretend that they indeed ARE, as Reardon and Brind are admittedly anti-abortion.  Then, let’s break down the research METHODS piece by piece to see which studies are methodologically sound, regardless of who had done it.  Remember that we did not stop with Reardon’s admittedly pro-life connections–we went ahead and dissected his research methods bit by bit so that you could see–along with your fellow anti-abortionists–the flaws in his research design.  We also did this so you would not accuse us of dismissing his research SOLELY because he is anti-abortion by his own admission. Will you accept the challenge this time?

— {               Papa Jack { {               http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7346/         "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all          men are created equal; that they are endowed by          their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that          among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of          happiness."          –Thomas Jefferson

Response:

Papa Jackass  <papa_j…@geocities.com

wrote: I’ve told you before, I am not interested in this sort of one-on-one research challenge.  It is very time consuming and would be boring to the other readers.

And because what you post is sleazy propaganda riddled with biases, dishonest research methods, and outright lies.

My point is that there are very few sources which both sides can trust to be truly impartial on issues related to abortion.

Bullshit.  You reject everything that challenges your prejudices regardless of whether you are justified in so doing.

Get the book, _Lime 5_ by Mark Chrichton.

What make his any sort of an authority? [...]

No, I am NOT anti-women.

Yes you are.

 I think women are really neat —

Only the ones who do as you command.

I’ve never said Reardon and Brind are totally correct in all they do.

They’re not even a little bit correct.

 I have said that there is sufficient evidence to believe that PAS and breast cancer deserve more objective studies.

There have been objective studies.  The best of them show you to be wrong.  The transparently biased and corrupt support your prejudices.

 I believe it is dishonest to tell the women in crisis that we know for sure that these threats have been totally proven false.

We know for sure that childbirth is much more dangerous than abortion. — Ray Fischer      For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, r…@netcom.com   and lose his own soul?

Response:

<<Get the book, _Lime 5_ by Mark Chrichton.  That will clearly prove why I say the things I do about CDC.  He names names, dates, and places to show that abortion industry executives controlled that section of the CDC for years.

    The CDC is not just about abortion, Papa Jack. I use it to get my continuing medical education (CME’s- used by doctors throughout the world to expand their medical knowledge). The CDC is government sponsored, and although nothing is perfectly central in all issues, it tries to be so. The PLie industry attacks on this peer-reveiwed, respected organization is a sham. They spread the truth- learn to live with it. <<I’ve told you before, I am not interested in this sort of one-on-one research challenge.  It is very time consuming and would be boring to the other readers.

    It is time consuming, but when one hurts inside reading all the garbage posted in these newsgroups, some *real information* needs to be injected. The truth is NOT boring, PJ. Today, for instance, one topic had over 30 responses- THAT is boring, and reading each individual reply, most of which say nothing new of interest, is a waste of time. YOU don’t like research because it is difficult to find information to back up the PL viewpoint. Period. <<No, I am NOT anti-women.  I think women are really neat — and I believe most of them are far too wise to be taken in by your radical philosophies.

    We’ll take you at your word that you wish to not be anti-women- but why do you support the PL viewpoint? It’s inherently anti-women. You are like the homosexuals that I see at my clinic who "wish" not to be gay, but still follow the lifestyle. Either you are PL or you are Pro-women -

you can’t be

both. <<I’ve never said Reardon and Brind are totally correct in all they do.  I have said that there is sufficient evidence to believe that PAS and breast cancer deserve more objective studies.  

    As an oncologist (a "cancer" doctor), I can tell you that no credible physician would even consider the fable of breast cancer being caused by abortion. Nuns have the same incidence of breast cancer that women status post abortion have- why? Because these 2 groups either have no children or late pregnancies and rarely, if ever, breast feed. I have before me the 1999 NIH (National Institutes of Health) diskette that has been given out to all physicians to help determine whether a woman should be placed on tamoxifen prophylactically- it asks questions about prior breast biopsies, family history, pregnancies, etc… it DOES NOT ask about abortion, miscarriages, etc. I have on my hard drive just about every article on abortion and breast cancer-

and editorials explaining WHY the so called "positive" studies came

out the way they did. So you can waste taxpayer’s money on a fairytale idea by doing more studies, and I am sure that more will come out. I just hope that the future studies will continue to be similar to the 1/97 New England Journal study that helped ice the cake on this issue- it was well run, peer reviewed, and almost flawless.     So it is safe NOT to intimidate women concerning a so-called abortion/breast cancer risk. Regards, AL.

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Al Borges wrote:

Papa Jack wrote:

  ===================================================================== Al, please don’t delete all the attributions because it makes it difficult to figure out WHO said what.  I fixed this one for you.   =====================================================================

Papa Jack wrote: Get the book, _Lime 5_ by Mark Chrichton.  That will clearly prove why I say the things I do about CDC.  He names names, dates, and places to show that abortion industry executives controlled that section of the CDC for years.

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Al Borges wrote: The CDC is not just about abortion, Papa Jack.

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack remarked: I understand that.  That is why I specified the section of CDC which deals with abortions and abortion stats(Abortion Surveillance Branch).  According to Mark Chrichton, that department was run by people who were not only abortionists but who held different positions in the abortion industry.   They were clearly not objective experts. For all I know, the other departments of CDC may be quite professional.   =====================================================================

Al Borges wrote: I use it to get my continuing medical education (CME’s- used by doctors throughout the world to expand their medical knowledge).

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack remarked: That’s nice, but what does it have to do with them putting out questionable statistics on abortion?   =====================================================================

Al Borges wrote: The CDC is government sponsored, and although nothing is perfectly central in all issues, it tries to be so.

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack remarked: Government sponsored simply means that politics is a major factor in picking executive level employees.  Since the abortion industry and the radical women’s groups have lots of money and lawyers, they tend to be able to influence such decisions.  Particularly in these times when King Clinton and Queen Hillary are so very Pro-Abortion.   =====================================================================

Al Borges wrote: The PLie industry attacks on this peer-reveiwed, respected organization is a sham. They spread the truth- learn to live with it.

  ===================================================================== Papa Jack remarked: Your use of the PLie term greatly damages your credibility, Al.  How would you react if I started referring to you as a Pro-Deather?  CDC may be respected — but that doesn’t mean that abortionists haven’t had an excessive influence in one or two departments. Have you read _Lime 5_?  Here is just a taste of some of the material in Chapter 4 which is about the CDC.  Now please ask yourself if the FACTUAL DATA is correct.  For example, did two abortionists named Cates and Grimes hold the position of head of the Abortion Surveillance Branch?     The question is whether that standard has been met by the CDC.     Starting at the top, since at least 1975, Dr. Willard Cates     and Dr. David Grimes have both held various positions at the     CDC and both have served terms as head of the Abortion Sur-     veillance Branch. Each is also a practicing abortionist….     …A woman there told us that abortion mortality is handled by     Dr. Clarice Green in the Pregnancy and Infant Health Branch. As     it turns out, Green is not a permanent employee of the CDC, but     is instead a two-year research fellow….     …However, she did tell us that all death certificates must     first go through a department run by a woman named Lisa Koonin.     In fact, Green told us that even if she learns of a possible     abortion death from an outside source, she cannot investigate     it until Koonin’s office confirms the death as being abortion-     related. If her office does not confirm it, the investigation     ends there. There are many many more facts in the book.  Instead of attacking PLs for raising these issues, why don’t you do your homework, Al? Regards. — {               Papa Jack { {               http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7346/         "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all          men are created equal; that they are endowed by          their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that          among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of          happiness."          –Thomas Jefferson

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Bird of Paradise – HELP!!!

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Karen- Don’t let anyone fool you!  Bird of Paradise CAN flower for you. I am in Wisconsin, and mine has flowered twice, both times around Christmas.  Unfortunately, it does not do this consistently, altho I have heard that the plant must have from 8-10 leaves in order to bloom.  I don’t know if this is true, but it could explain why mine has failed to flower for the past several years – I have a cat who loves to chew the leaf petiole until the leaf falls off!  I’ve finally had to put the thing up on a pedestal (the plant, that is – the cat already thinks he’s on one). — Don Martinson "Existing order thrives upon ignorance and lies. Objective truth and individual reason are feared above all." – Jimmy Johnson, "Arlo & Janis"

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I’ve had my Bird of Paradise plants for 11 years. I am in Ohio. I was told by a tropical plant guru that they will NEVER flower in Ohio because they need so many "foot-candles" of light to build up the strength to flower. Ohio apparently cannot possibly get that much light because of its distance from the equator. So I’ve decided that they will have to just be nice foliage plants. I don’t know how far from the equator you are but you might never see a bloom. Sorry! Karen

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Anyone have advise on a dying Bird of Paradise house plant? It is starting to loose it’s leaves. They’re turning brown. The trunk is starting to shrink and wrinkle… Any help would be greatly appreciated! —           Senior Designer the marketing store!  - – - – - – -  http://tmsonline.com

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Is it from watering too much?  The BOP do not need much water I was told. Need to wait until the top soil dries and then water a little aslo fertilize with liquid fertilizer once a month.   I started one with a seed – actually planted several seeds and only got one to germinate.  It has been more than two years and it has only 3-4 leaves.  Every time a leaf comes it is bigger than the earlier one.  I had it in the dining room wherein the east sun was shining and the plant did realy well.  But couple of weeks ago I moved it to the room which has southern exposure thinking it will do better.  But I am not quite sure if it like it there and I am thinking of moving it back to dining room. Water less and keep it in direct sun light.

: Anyone have advise on a dying Bird of Paradise house plant? It is : starting to loose it’s leaves. They’re turning brown. The trunk is : starting to shrink and wrinkle… : Any help would be greatly appreciated! : — :           Senior Designer : the marketing store!  - – - – - – -  http://tmsonline.com

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I also started my BOP from seeds. I went to HAWAII for vacation in 1988, it was the first time I saw BOP. I loved it so much, that I bought 2 packs of seeds(3 seeds in each). Thay all germinated, I kept them in small clay pots, for some unknow reason 1 died in its 3rd year. From all the books I have read, they will start to flower after they have at least 7 leafs. I repoted bop when they out grown their pots, always in clay pots, with new potting soil. I keep them in south facing windows in the winter, out doors in the summer. Now I have 5 HUGE BOP, they flower every winter, at least 4+ flower per plant. I never got any seeds, because there were no bees indoor. I feed them with Mirecal Grow, once a month if I remembe, water them once a week. they are very easy and hardy plants. Sorry, I don’t know what’s wrong with your BOP. Maybe you can try to repot it. Wash all the old soil off the root, start with a new pot and new soil. Don’t fertilizer it before it recovers. I did not know how to repot BOP before, but they have HUGE roots, I keep changing for larger pots, now the pot are so large, it hard to move them in and out doors even with the help of my husband. So two years ago I started to cut a lot of roots off, then put them back into the same pots with new soil, did not seem bother them at all. Ping

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Newsgroups: rec.gardens Anyone have advise on a dying Bird of Paradise house plant? It is starting to loose it’s leaves. They’re turning brown. The trunk is starting to shrink and wrinkle… Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Sean – Can you explain a little more about the growing conditions this poor specimen has been subjected to?  Where are you located?  In what sort of indoor environment has the plant been living?  Any other symptoms?  H O R T U L U S  A P T U S – ‘a small garden suited to its purpose’  Sean A. O’Hara  (510) 987-0577  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  Ask me about the worldwide Mediterannean gardening discussion group          

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I also started mine from seed, in 89 I think.  Two grew, and they have never flowered.  I have been told it could take up to fifteen years!!! I also have been told not to repot very often because they have to be root bound to flower.  I hope I can eventually have your luck. Nanci *** – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -I also started my BOP from seeds. I went to HAWAII for vacation in 1988, it was the first time I saw BOP. I loved it so much, that I bought 2 packs of seeds(3 seeds in each). Thay all germinated, I kept them in small clay pots, for some unknow reason 1 died in its 3rd year. From all the books I have read, they will start to flower after they have at least 7 leafs. I repoted bop when they out grown their pots, always in clay pots, with new potting soil. I keep them in south facing windows in the winter, out doors in the summer. Now I have 5 HUGE BOP, they flower every winter, at least 4+ flower per plant. I never got any seeds, because there were no bees indoor. I feed them with Mirecal Grow, once a month if I remembe, water them once a week. they are very easy and hardy plants. Sorry, I don’t know what’s wrong with your BOP. Maybe you can try to repot it. Wash all the old soil off the root, start with a new pot and new soil. Don’t fertilizer it before it recovers. I did not know how to repot BOP before, but they have HUGE roots, I keep changing for larger pots, now the pot are so large, it hard to move them in and out doors even with the help of my husband. So two years ago I started to cut a lot of roots off, then put them back into the same pots with new soil, did not seem bother them at all. Ping

Co-ordinator of Stitching Addiction/Disorder Cruise Yankoholic, Corrieholic, Trekkie

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Delurking and FINALLY ABLE TO POST !! -(long)

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Hello to everyone. I’ve chatted with many of you rctn’ers (really creative thread nuts :-) ) via email and thanks to the help I received from so many of you, I can now post offline. My husband sends his condolences — now you’ve got to put up with all my 2 cent’s — or "kill" my posts :-) First the bio. I’ll try and keep it brief. I’m 46, been married for almost 21 years to the same person mentioned above. We have no children of the 2 legged variety, but I am the very proud mother of 4 Himalayan cats. All brothers – same mom & dad – just two different litters…Max, Benny, Bert and Ernie. I’ve been needlepointing and cross-stitching since I was about 16 — and am SERIOUSLY ADDICTED! Of course my  stitching productivity has declined dramatically, since I’ve spent so much time reading all the "news and views" on this ng. I support my addiction by working in advertising. No, I don’t make the commercials — just put them in the middle of the program. OK, now for the gorey details that really are important :-) Only have two UFO’s EVER at one time. Just anal I guess. I mean I can walk & chew gum at the same time, but I have a compulsion to finish what I start to stitch. Have a gabillion USO’s (as in hundreds of charts, about 60 hard cover books with patterns and have subscribed to almost every magazine for the last 20 years and have kept 99% of them) All of the above are "catalogued" — does this make me eligible to be the librarian on the stitching addiction disorder cruise?:-) Also have all DMC colors – in the old wooden boxes with the logo. (got real lucky at an auction and bought the WHOLE thing) And I have a wall of cubicles filled with all 400+ colors of Paternayan yarn. Now you guys have got me started with all the specialty fibers… I do some of my own designing and handpaint canvas — but don’t think I’ll ever get published. Probably have a better chance of winning the lottery :-) The backside of my xstitch isn’t the greatest, but hey I don’t wear my clothes inside out (I’m not senile yet:-)). When it becomes the rage to frame stuff wrong side out, then I’ll worry. Lastly, my UFO’s and USO’s will not be named in my will. I’m taking them with me!! I’ll just get an extra large plot and my headstone will simply read "X Marks The Spot".:-) Thanks for letting me ramble.  Oh, and before I forget, the folks at NBC are supposed to have an answer for me about the Hope & Gloria samplers by week’s end. I’ll post the answer. Happy Stitching To All, and To All A Good Night, Gail (finally a posted nut)

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: The backside of my xstitch isn’t the greatest, but hey I don’t wear my : clothes inside out (I’m not senile yet:-)). When it becomes the rage to : frame stuff wrong side out, then I’ll worry. I’m with you on this one, if I can get the front to look good I think I’m doing well! : Thanks for letting me ramble.  Oh, and before I forget, the folks at NBC : are supposed to have an answer for me about the Hope & Gloria samplers by : week’s end. I’ll post the answer. Oh, hurrraaayyyy! The mystery sampler will be solved at long last (it was starting to make me go cross-eyed lurching toward the tv screen every time they were in the apartment and I *might* get a closer view!)  thanks for your sleuthing! : Gail : (finally a posted nut) Sounds like you would taste good in a cereal! O.K. bad joke, but it’s been a longggg week. :) — Amy Logsdon Warner University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing My opinions are my own and I’m pretty sure they aren’t those of this institution.

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Warner) writes: Sounds like you would taste good in a cereal! O.K. bad joke, but it’s been a longggg week. :)

 I don’t think it’s a bad joke at all — so that probably only means my humor’s as sick as yours. :-)  However, I think I’d probably get soggy in milk Gail

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:  I don’t think it’s a bad joke at all — so that probably only means my : humor’s as sick as yours. :-)  However, I think I’d probably get soggy in : milk : Gail  As I picture you doing the backstroke in a giant bowl of milk….geeez I need Coffee with a capital C! (if I put milk in it I’ll watch closely to see if you haven’t strayed into my coffee milk by accident, I wouldn’t want to swallow you and your needles, much less the piece you are working on!) — Amy Logsdon Warner University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing My opinions are my own and I’m pretty sure they aren’t those of this institution.

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Warner) writes: As I picture you doing the backstroke in a giant bowl of milk….geeez I need Coffee with a capital C! (if I put milk in it I’ll watch closely to see if you haven’t strayed into my coffee milk by accident, I wouldn’t want to swallow you and your needles, much less the piece you are working on!)

Amy, you are really bad…….but don’t you think that the breaststroke would be more appropriate in milk? :-) Sorry, couldn’t resist that one. I’m sure there’s a great tabloid headline in there somewhere, but my brain is shot. Gail

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: Amy, you are really bad…….but don’t you think that the breaststroke : would be more appropriate in milk? :-) Sorry, couldn’t resist that one. : I’m sure there’s a great tabloid headline in there somewhere, but my brain : is shot. OH,Oh, Oh, Gail you are *absolutley* right, I missed that connection.  If you do the breaststroke in milk what would you do in coffee?  Somehting very fast and frantic I should think (well, I should think anyway, but as someones sig line says "thoughts in my head are in solitary confinment" or something to that effect). Back to my coffee. P.S. I spent all day yesterday thinking it was Wednesday so I feel like I somehow in the Universal plan got a day off free (maybe my head took a day off and didn’t let the rest of me know!) Ah, well, back to swimming… — Amy Logsdon Warner University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing My opinions are my own and I’m pretty sure they aren’t those of this institution.

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: Amy, you are really bad…….but don’t you think that the breaststroke : would be more appropriate in milk? :-) Sorry, couldn’t resist that one. : I’m sure there’s a great tabloid headline in there somewhere, but my brain : is shot. OH,Oh, Oh, Gail you are *absolutley* right, I missed that connection.  If you do the breaststroke in milk what would you do in coffee?  Somehting very fast and frantic I should think (well, I should think anyway, but as someones sig line says "thoughts in my head are in solitary confinment" or something to that effect). Back to my coffee. — Amy Logsdon Warner University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of  __Nursing__

The puns are GREAT, and the above sig. is another?   Tabloid Headline…. NURSING SCHOOL INUNDATED WITH BREASTMILK!!!       DETAILS and PHOTOS:- page 5. doug Prince George, BC, Canada Proofread carefully to see if left any words out.

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: NURSING SCHOOL INUNDATED WITH BREASTMILK!!! :       DETAILS and PHOTOS:- page 5. Clever, clever, man.  I feel ashamed that neither not I picked this up, but then it’s more fun to have others join in just for the pun of it! — Amy Logsdon Warner University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing (as in Nurses) My opinions are my own and I’m pretty sure they aren’t those of this institution.

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: Amy, you are really bad…….but don’t you think that the breaststroke : would be more appropriate in milk? :-) Sorry, couldn’t resist that one. : I’m sure there’s a great tabloid headline in there somewhere, but my brain : is shot. OH,Oh, Oh, Gail you are *absolutley* right, I missed that connection.  If you do the breaststroke in milk what would you do in coffee?  Somehting very fast and frantic I should think (well, I should think anyway, but as someones sig line says "thoughts in my head are in solitary confinment" or something to that effect). Back to my coffee. Amy Logsdon Warner University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing

No, no, no.  Coffee is for the butterfly stroke–that’s what it does to my stomach, anyway. it has been my experience that my opinions and those of this institution bear little to no resemblence

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