Posts by PurpleV

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Irritating JW relatives

by Tammie in

it's been a very long time since i posted anything here.

its been a very busy time around my house.

this last christmas i went in for emergancy surgary.

I would wait 5 minutes, then call them back, and when they answer put 'em on the spot and demand to know why they called you and just hung up. Tell them if they keep it up you'll take action against them for harassment.

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This has gone far enough!! Religious right...

by PurpleV in

please read this

do the words highlighted in red sound familiar to anyone here?

president bush has announced his plan to select dr. w. david hager to head up the food and drug administration's (fda) reproductive health drugs advisory committee.

PurpleV

that women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome should seek help from reading the Bible and praying

Go to more meetings, go out in service more, pray harder to Jehovah.

HS:

Did you know that many of the White House staff believe that Armaggedon is due and that we are living in the last days?

Really?? Do you have a link or anything for that???

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This has gone far enough!! Religious right...

by PurpleV in

please read this

do the words highlighted in red sound familiar to anyone here?

president bush has announced his plan to select dr. w. david hager to head up the food and drug administration's (fda) reproductive health drugs advisory committee.

PurpleV

PLEASE READ THIS

Do the words highlighted in red sound familiar to anyone here?

President Bush has announced his plan to select Dr. W. David Hager to head up the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. The committee has not met for more than two years, during which time its charter has lapsed. As a result, the Bush Administration is tasked with filling all eleven positions with new members. This position does not require Congressional approval. The FDA's Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee makes crucial decisions on matters relating to drugs used in the practice of obstetrics, gynecology and related specialties, including hormone therapy, contraception, treatment for infertility, and medical alternatives to surgical procedures for sterilization and pregnancy termination.

Dr. Hager's views of reproductive health care are far outside the mainstream of setback for reproductive technology. Dr. Hager is a practicing OB/GYN who describes himself as "pro-life" and refuses to prescribe contraceptives to unmarried women. Hager is the author of "As Jesus Cared for Women: Restoring Women Then and Now." The book blends biblical accounts of Christ healing women with case studies from Hager's practice.

In the book Dr. Hager wrote with his wife, entitled "Stress and the Woman's Body," he suggests that women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome should seek help from reading the Bible and praying. As an editor and contributing author of "The Reproduction Revolution: A Christian Appraisal of Sexuality, Reproductive Technologies and the Family," Dr. Hager appears to have endorsed the medically inaccurate assertion that the common birth control pill is an abortifacient.

Hagar's mission is religiously motivated. He has an ardent interest in revoking approval for mifepristone (formerly known as RU-486) as a safe and early form of medical abortion. Hagar recently assisted the Christian Medical Association in a "citizen's petition" which calls upon the FDA to revoke its approval of mifepristone in the name of women's health. Hager's desire to overturn mifepristone's approval on religious grounds rather than scientific merit would halt the development of mifepristone as a treatment for numerous medical conditions disproportionately affecting women, including breast cancer, uterine cancer, uterine fibroid tumors, psychotic depression, bipolar depression and Cushing's syndrome.

Women rely on the FDA to ensure their access to safe and effective drugs for reproductive health care including products that prevent pregnancy. For some women, such as those with certain types of diabetes and those undergoing treatment for cancer pregnancy can be a life-threatening condition.

We are concerned that Dr. Hager's strong religious beliefs may color his assessment of technologies that are necessary to protect women's lives or to preserve and promote women's health. Hager's track record of using religious beliefs to guide his medical decision-making makes him a dangerous and inappropriate candidate to serve as chair of this committee. Critical drug public policy and research must not be held hostage by antiabortion politics. Members of this important panel should be appointed on the basis of science and medicine, rather than politics and religion. American women deserve no less.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

1. SEND THIS TO EVERY PERSON WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHTS.

2. OPPOSE THE PLACEMENT OF THIS MAN BY CONTACTING THE WHITE HOUSE AND TELL THEM HE IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE ON ANY LEVEL.

Please email President Bush at [email protected] or call the White House at (202) 456-1111 or (202) 456-1414 and say something like this:

I oppose the appointment of Dr. W. David Hager to the FDA Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee.

Mixing religion and medicine is unacceptable.

Using the FDA to promote a political agenda is inappropriate and seriously threatens all women's health.

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Would the WTS have DF'd Michael Jackson?

by freedom96 in

jw
friends

i know some are getting sick of hearing about michael jackson.

if he had not da'd himself, with all he has done in the last 15 years or so since that time, would the wts have df'd him?.

the charity work, the children being around, the cosmetic surgeries, the career, etc?

PurpleV

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Are the Williams Sisters DF'd?

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Terror threat to go to Orange

by PurpleV in

jw
friends

http://www.cnn.com/2003/us/02/07/threat.level/index.html

we're going to a high terror alert today.

please be careful everyone.

PurpleV

Thanks Grits & Mrs. S

It's pretty scary. I work in a building that sits on top of Grand Central Terminal and I take the subway. It's the subway we worry about when they're talking nerve gas and stuff.

The only comfort is the NYPD. Not many people know this but they've set up their own antiterrorism task force. 1000 officers are constantly checking bridges, tunnels and trains. They get international intelligence reports too. They're doing it because we can't rely on the federal government as you well know.

You're right... it does feel like there's no where to run, no where to hide.

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