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[Brendan]

Haha, funny thing is, people used to talk about Electrolytes like that
back in the 80s...electrolytes...whoopty fucking shit!


> Fuck you Brendan!!! It's got Electrolytes!!!!! :)

>

> At 10:42 PM 9/10/2008, Brendan wrote:

>>All y'all gotsta watch IDIOCRACY, to see what's gonna happen if things

>>continue down this path. Can't link to it from here (work) sorry, you can

>>find a trailer on Youtube...

>>

>> > "If you ask what percentage believes in miracles--I think it's about

>> 75

>> > percent. What percentage believes that the world was created the way

>> it

>> > is now 10,000 years ago, it's about half. What percentage are

>> born-again

>> > Christians, I don't remember the exact number but maybe a third. In

>> > fact, one of the interesting poll results that came out this summer is

>> > that about a third of the population of the United States believes

>> that

>> > we must support everything Israel does because that's a sign of the

>> > Second Coming." - Noam Chomsky, _The Humanist_, January, 2007 issue:

>> > http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29649323_ITM

>> >

>> > -----

>> >

>> > And:

>> >

>> > God vs. doctor: 1 in 2 say prayer saves the dying

>> > 20 percent of docs also say God can reverse terminal prognosis, study

>> > finds

>> >

>> > CHICAGO - When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many

>> > Americans.

>> >

>> > An eye-opening survey reveals widespread belief that divine

>> intervention

>> > can revive dying patients. And, researchers said, doctors "need to be

>> > prepared to deal with families who are waiting for a miracle."

>> >

>> > [...]

>> >

>> > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26272687/

>> >

>> > -Oliver

>> >

>> >

>> > Brendan wrote:

>> >> Correct, religiosity is extremely high in the US and from what I

>> >> remember

>> >> it's also correlated with being thick. Can try to dredge the link up

>> if

>> >> anyone is interested.

>> >>

>> >> Oh and I'm not calling Americans thick mind, rather religious

>> >> fundamentalists.

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>> >

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