Posted on 10/29/2004 11:14:23 AM PDT by MikeEdwards
Senator and Mrs. John Kerry are big fans of Rachel Carson, whose disingenuous book Silent Spring launched the radical anti-pesticide movement that Terersa Heinz Kerry bankrolls rather handsomely through her family philanthropies.
THK applauds "important gains" like the "banning of DDT and other harmful pesticides" as vital to ending the "devastating triple whammy" that women get from "the chemical soup" they encounter every day from birth control pills, makeup and sunblock, and "daily games of golf" on courses that are "perfectly manicured, thanks to estrogenic pesticides."
"Drift is something we cannot afford when it comes to human rights," she insists. But her notion of human rights often neglects the most basic one: life itself. Her concern about speculative harm from chemicals drifts into intense, misguided opposition to substances vital to preserving life in her native Africa. . . . .
To read the entire Canada Free Press column, click on A Kerry presidency could enshrine life-threatening chemical phobias in law and public policy
(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...
THK said she wants a Cabinet postition as Secretary of Wellness. I know this looney tune will have a say in everything going on in the gov't if Dufus is elected.
Who is responsible for the deaths of more people? Hitler, Stalin or Racheal Carson?
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