Oh hell yeah, it's all about making a buck. News is entertainment. I happen to be entertained by PBS shows the mostest.
Others, prefer the more, in your face, WAR BLAH BLAH CHILDREN BLAH BLAH ECONOMY, rather... shouted conversations... Balance is boring, and doesn't sell so good, because not many people are smart enough to be entertained by it. It's like reading a book. All that thinking you have to do, and whatnot... actually weighing the various arguments... it's sorta like work, and most people aren't fortunate enough to equate "work" with fun. It's all work, and it's all fun. It all just is... Guess, the pragmatic view, is that "it takes all kinds". I would love to be focusing on, ya know, getting off the planet or some other type of "grand" deal, eh? COOL THING IS, SO ARE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE! I haven't heard this much talk about the lunar landing since... well, you get the idea. W00t. -- When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content. Niccolo Machiavelli On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Dana wrote: > If we waited until we completed evaluated everything for safety all of > us would have significantly shorter lifespans. Seriously. Have any of > you ever read the patient information that comes with your > prescriptions? > > Seriously, two blood clots is about right for the incidence of factor > v leiden, adjusted for the fact that these are young and healthy > girls. In other words, it's the birth control pills. The fact that the > broadcast news media have picked this fallacy up and are reporting it > as news just shows how indiscriminate they have become. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:263782 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5