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I have seen that butterted, yes. I have not seen any actual evidence presented to back that buttertion up, though. How exactly would that be tested? Examining slices of brain post-mortem?

You misspelled "alleged health risks".

The formation and development pathways of eyes and fingers are quite separate. Different genes involved, different embryonic precursors, etc. Hence my statement "at least two separate mutations".

And btw, I note that you still haven't attempted to justify the figure of mutations persisting for "eons".

No numbers at all. *Quanbreasties* of these "traces", please?

Error bars or anything?

I certainly didn't snip "hundreds" of cites from you... and I haven't seen anything that quotes an actual medical journal or anything - your "commondreams" cite above contains a lot of footnotes, all of which are from the press, *not* peer-reviewed journals.

I seem to recall Iraq having Soviet tanks...

As I said, "fine with me". Sounds like a good idea. There's a lack of definite figures all over this issue.

No kidding. (If you think I'm a fan of Bush, or have an unwavering trust in the US military, you're quite mistaken.)

I have, actually. But I used to debate creationists, and I don't accept purely partisan sources without independent confirmation and actual measurable data, *in context*.

For an example:

To be honest, the arguing style of the DU critics uncomfortably resembles the creationists I've encountered. I don't see many actual numbers and the ones I see aren't presented with any context and no alternative explanations are discussed or examined.

That doesn't mean they are wrong, but it does mean I want more proof before I accept they are right.

So the tanks seen on the news reports were in fact mock-ups on a soundstage or something?

That's actually a good idea. It really amazes me that persons aren't *more* effective than they currently seem to be. I can think of any number of ways that a small group could do real damage to a country, let alone ideas like yours which would be politically damaging regardless of the actual physical damage done.

-- Sincerely,

Ray Ingles (313) 227-2317

Reporters were kept out to make sure there would be no dangerous question-and-answer period that might show Bush gloating. "If I had my way, the president wouldn't answer any questions between now and the election," said one Republican political operative.