> Ridiculous and worse than offensive.
> They own us.
>
> Supreme Court Lets Stand Experimental-Drug Ruling
> By Robert Barnes
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Tuesday, January 15, 2008; Page A02
> The Supreme Court yesterday declined to consider whether dying
> patients have a right to be treated with experimental drugs not yet
> approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
> The court, without comment or recorded dissent, let stand a ruling by
> the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which said the
> terminally ill have no constitutional right to drugs the agency
> considers safe enough only for additional testing.
> The challenge was brought by the Washington Legal Foundation and the
> Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs.
> The alliance is headed by Frank Burroughs of Fredericksburg and named
> in honor of his daughter, Abigail Burroughs, who was diagnosed at 19
> and died at 21 of a form of cancer rare in someone her age. ...

>On Jan 15, 6:49?pm, athe...@home.com wrote:

>> Ridiculous and worse than offensive.
>> They own us.
>>
>> Supreme Court Lets Stand Experimental-Drug Ruling
>> By Robert Barnes
>> Washington Post Staff...

>>I'm sure you will think that when the crude and NG runs dry.
>>
>>The world is in a death spiral and politicians as well as industry are
>>pretending this problem does not exist. We can only blame ourselves,
>>for it is just how we have built our world over the years....too many
>>people, living outside of natures intended balance and not an infinite
>>supply of energy to fuel all our demands.

> We will all be dead and long gone before the world runs out of oil.

>> Ridiculous and worse than offensive.
>> They own us.

>

>> Supreme Court Lets Stand Experimental-Drug Ruling
>> By Robert Barnes
>> Washington Post Staff Writer
>> Tuesday, January 15, 2008; Page A02
>> The Supreme Court yesterday declined to consider whether dying
>> patients have a right to be treated with experimental drugs not yet
>> approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
>> The court, without comment or recorded dissent, let stand a ruling by
>> the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which said the
>> terminally ill have no constitutional right to drugs the agency
>> considers safe enough only for additional testing.
>> The challenge was brought by the Washington Legal Foundation and the
>> Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs.
>> The alliance is headed by Frank Burroughs of Fredericksburg and named
>> in honor of his daughter, Abigail Burroughs, who was diagnosed at 19
>> and died at 21 of a form of cancer rare in someone her age.
>> The young woman died in 2001, and the drug she was seeking was later ...

> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:54:47 -0600, athe...@home.com wrote:

>>>I'm sure you will think that when the crude and NG runs dry.

>

>>>The world is in a death spiral and politicians as well as industry are
>>>pretending this problem does not exist. We can only blame ourselves,
>>>for it is just how we have built our world over the years....too many
>>>people, living outside of natures intended balance and not an infinite
>>>supply of energy to fuel all our demands.

>
> Define "nature's intended balance." If man did not violate "nature's
> intended balance," would he be living in tepees and yurts?