On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:16:13 +0900, Declan Murphy
<declan_murphy@hotmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:

>Kevin Gowen wrote:
>> http://tinyurl.com/5gc88
>> September 17, 2004
>> Derek Kieper
><snip>
>
>"If one is doing the math, that is more than $138 million spent on seat 
>belt laws. But the kicker is this: It is estimated, by researchers for 
>Congress, that only 6,100 lives are saved per year because of new seat 
>belt wearers."

The bastards banned ephedra because 155 deaths were blamed on it. I
don't know to what degree, if any, it was firmly established that
ephedra actually caused the 155 deaths.





--

Michael Cash

"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
a high school transcript."

                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
                                Mount Pilot College