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...Republican and usually a staunch supporter of George W. Bush. But I was aghast at the flagrant political maneuvering over the fate of Terri Schiavo [April 4]. Shame on Bush, Representative Tom DeLay and all those others who wasted their time and our money on this right-to-life charade. Those same politicians are too cowardly to attack at the federal level the real right-to-life issues?abortion and the death penalty. I pray for Schiavo's parents and husband. We all have a right to a dignified death without government meddling. Bernard Joseph Wilson Jr. Lincoln, Nebraska...
...Republican and usually a staunch supporter of George W. Bush. But I was aghast at the flagrant political maneuvering over the fate of Terri Schiavo [April 4]. Shame on Bush, Representative Tom DeLay and all those others who wasted their time and our money on this right-to-life charade. Those same politicians are too cowardly to attack at the federal level the real right-to-life issues--abortion and the death penalty. I pray for Schiavo's parents and husband. We all have a right to a dignified death without government meddling...
...bees are believed to have hitched a ride north on drilling equipment shipped from Latin America. The killers are no more venomous than domestic bees, but they are easily provoked and attack in great numbers. They were first reported in California by an oil-field worker who watched aghast as a swarm of the bees stung a rabbit to death. California authorities killed the invaders with an insecticide...
...penalties and greater search powers, first proposed in 2000, are still being considered by the country's parliament; it could be months before they are in force. Anti-child exploitation groups are aghast. Authorities are "hamstrung at the moment," says Denise Ritchie, of the Stop Demand Foundation. "Here we are in 2005. Why is it taking so long? It should be a slam dunk...
...political spectrum to build thousands of kilometers of canals that would link every river in the country. In theory, the network would allow engineers, with the help of gravity, to divert water from wet areas to dry as easily as power companies manage the electrical grid. Environmentalists are aghast. In addition to the phenomenal engineering and maintenance costs, as well as the corruption that such a megaproject might attract, they say the plan-which essentially throws more clogging dams and embankments at the problem-is simply bad science...