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Re: Advertisement received
"Weiner, Ruth" wrote:
>
> And then there was the man who stood in his front yard waving a
> handkerchief. When his neighbor asked "Why are you waving that
> handkerchief?" he replied "It's to keep the elephants away."
OR:
Neighbor: "But there aren't any elephants here!"
Man: "Works doesn't it!"
OR:
There was a DOE who spent $10s billions moving dirt. When his radiation
experts asked "Why are you moving that dirt?" he replied "It's to reduce the
risks."
Rad Experts: "But there aren't any risks here!"
DOE: "Here's a $billion to 'research risks' and to measure radioactivity in
dirt."
"(And while you're at it, can you find thyroid cancers in Hanford
downwinders?)"
As Ralph Lapp stated in the beginning: the Hanford I-131 effects RFP was in
the form: "We have $10M for scientists who tell us that it is possible to find
effects in the Hanford downwinders; we have $ 0 for scientists that say any
such effect is impossible to find."
Regards, Jim
muckerheide@mediaone.net
========================
> Neighbor: "But you can't keep elephants away by waving a handkerchief at
> them."
>
> Man: "You don't see any elephants, do you?"
>
> Clearly only my own opinion, and sorry Melissa for the diversion.
>
> Ruth F. Weiner, Ph. D.
> Sandia National Laboratories
> MS 0718, POB 5800
> Albuquerque, NM 87185-0718
> 505-844-4791; fax 505-844-0244
> rfweine@sandia.gov
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy Perle [mailto:sandyfl@earthlink.net]
> Sent: January 18, 2000 9:58 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Advertisement received
>
> Hi Susan:
>
> > I wonder how the consumer can test the effectiveness of these stickers?
> > Oh well, maybe they work via the famous "placebo" effect [oh yeah, I've
> > heard of that!].
>
> The proof is in the pudding. When there are no observable effects
> using the sticker, the conclusion is that it did in fact prevent 99%
> of electromagnetic waves. There's a good foundation for this
> methodology, although not scientific. Remember how the Federal
> Reserve took credit for maintaining a very low inflation rate by
> constantly raising the fed funds rate, several years ago? Inflation
> was low, so their policies obviously worked. Right? Of course there
> are those, such as myself, and more knowledgeable financial experts,
> who said that there was no inflation concernes in the first place.
>
> The advertisement plays on these same fears, and will undoubtedly use
> the same conclusion methodology, and sell even more stickers! Be the
> first on your block to purchase one!
>
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