[tomakaze]

RE:Maybe I am just too logical, but why is the Federal government spending any money on this? Is it in the constitution? Is it really a national emergency?

Because Chutney ferrits are a powerful lobby (evidently)... either that or they havea a lot of dirt on the pols that they don't want made public seeing as how cancer is more a "get it without warning instead of spread-by-going-to-a-san-fran-bath-house threat.

[concerned about politics]

Because Chutney ferrits are a powerful lobby (evidently)...

Not after this new campaign finance reform bill. They're SOFT money.