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Legacy Journal: Wednesday Wisdom2

Urban Legends: A recent 24 Hour Sampling of some Claims and some relevant Facts

* ” The science on Global Warming is in and not in dispute!” Barbara Boxer, (Dem. Senator, CA).

Oh Really, Dr. Boxer!

* ” The CIA and Bush administration lied to me, brainwashed my staff, and mislead Congress while I was getting ready to elect Democrats, help a new President, and get my hair done!  And that is the story as I remember it!”  “In addition, Senator Feinstein knows me to be a truthful person and a good mother to my children!” Nancy Pelosi, (Dem., CA. presently, the Speaker of the House.)

And, so have some of the kids stretched the truth, on occasion.

* “Agriculture pesticide use in the Sacramento Valley puts women living there at risk for breast cancer!”

The University of California Medical Center and researchers at the Oncology Division have been unable to find a link or association between the two events.

* “Women living in Marin County, California are individually at high risk of a yet to be determined environment toxic exposure!”

Researcher based at the Marin County Buck Foundation, and others,  have independently concluded that a unique demographic profile, and a high rate of screening, completely explains the statistical anomaly.

*  “The county is now ready for a radical makeover of the present medical care system!”

Insurance companies will not vacate one of their core business lines, hospitals will not accept caps, physicians will not be capitated and placed at financial risk,
patients do not wish to become pawns in legislatively mandated 10% reductions in benefits over the next five years.”

*  “40 million people in the U.S. can not afford medical insurance!”

40% of that number are employed young people or students between the ages of 18 and 25.  Most are single and are unwilling to pay for medical insurance coverage that mostly benefits the elderly, the disabled, and those in long term care facilities.

*  ” A new commander of troops in Afghanistan with Special Forces experience with turn the tide in that counter- insurgency military adventure!”

The latest attempt to save Afghanistan from itself include multiple agency, multi-year involvement in what can be fairly called a “Nation Building” experiment.

* “Atmospheric pollution by fossil fuel burning engines and electrical plants and the resulting rise in carbon dioxide will lead to catastrophic consequences to human health!”

Water vapor is the most significant factor in maintaining the average global surface temperature of approximately 68 degrees F.

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