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Another medical advisor has resigned after politics trumped science in the FDA decision process.

In his resignation letter, [Dr. Frank] Davidoff said he wrote: “I can no longer associate myself with an organization that is capable of making such an important decision so flagrantly on the basis of political influence, rather than the scientific and clinical evidence.”

We can’t protect ourselves from medical emergencies like bird flu when decisions are made based on private prejudice rather than public health.

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If you thought that Florida had already gone around the bend on weapons laws you were wrong.

My very own state senator, Durrell Peaden, MD [R-Crestview], has introduced legislation to overcome the Communist restrictions placed on gun-toting employees by businesses.

You won’t believe this, but for some reason Disney, Inc. doesn’t want people bringing guns to work, and Durrell and the NRA just can’t stand it.

Now, the proposed law makes employee leave their weapons locked up in their cars, but business are not allowed to force employees to leave them at home.

After being sued following workplace shootings, a number of businesses around the country have enacted policies that make it grounds for dismissal for an employee to bring a firearm on to the company’s property.

I don’t guess we have any problems that are more pressing in the state.

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In order to help the Shrubbery meet his conservation goals for gas and oil, my local service stations are having gas free weekends. Of course, some people claim that they aren’t selling gas because they have no gas to sell, but we like to think we are conserving so the idiot in the White House can go jetting around the country with his fleet of gas-guzzlers to annoy people trying to help victims.

Let’s be clear on this point: the oil companies have been shutting down refineries for a decade. They haven’t tried to build any new refineries. The oil companies are responsible for the lack of refineries – not taxes, not regulations, not environmentalists – the oil companies. From the point of view of an oil company, more refining capacity means competition, which results in lower corporate profits.

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Before you buy that used car with the great price you might want to check the: National Insurance Crime Bureau. Law enforcement and insurance companies have gone to the area to record the VINs of vehicles that were flooded by Katrina and Rita. The mold that will be present in those vehicles will make you sick.

If you know anyone who had to leave a pet behind in the affected area, both Pet Finder and Pet Harbor have searchable data bases of the rescued animals.

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It looks like the Bird Flu has made its way to Romania and Turkey. Migratory birds are suspected in the spread.

With over 600 confirmed deaths and another 1400 possible, hurricane Stan has managed to spread death and destruction through central America with heavy rains that caused flooding and mud slides.

An earthquake centered near Muzaffarabad, Pakistan may have killed as many as 3,000 people in Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan. The shallow magnitude 7.6 quake was felt from Delhi to Kabul and flattened entire villages.

Multiple aftershocks continue with some in the magnitude 5 and 6 range, which has caused people to stay out of buildings and in the street in spite of rain in the area.

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