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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:14 AM Original message |
Oppose the Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010 bill |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Done. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. FYI: The bill is stuck in Committee since Feb. 4. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Nice site - bookmarked |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
112. What bad elements of the EU model exist in this? n/t |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. The supplement industry is a cesspool of corruption |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. They will just regulate it all right into the hands of big Pharma |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. +1 |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Read the legislation. |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Once they start regulating it - you watch. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. As it stands right now you can go |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Thank you for wanting to have a conversation |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. Tell you what |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Hehehe- I bet he is right |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 07:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
148. I never thought that something like this was possible in these topics.... |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. They will never be able to prove any such thing |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
133. Since when is acupuncture a dietary supplement? |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 07:19 AM Response to Reply #52 |
149. I'll give you homeopathy |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #149 |
165. Studies that claim such effectiveness are one thing. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
168. I suppose that's why accupuncture is taught at veterinary school |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. So, you're worried about your perception of what might happen in the future... |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yes- I guess my faith in DC has been that shattered lately. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Fair enough... |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I will do that. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. "Regulated" does not mean "prescription only" |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
46. Sorry, but that is not an excuse to oppose good, consumer protection legislation. |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. perhaps you missed some of the comments I made further into the sub thread. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
57. So, there is nothing in the bill that says it. |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. You know what? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. Exactly |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Please read the bill. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
102. Have read the bill. Leave my vitamins and supplements alone! Now is not the time! |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #102 |
136. sorry about your situation |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #102 |
161. I want vitamins and supplements that can be trusted. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
59. I got it. So you want to have a nice herb soaked and grown in human feces. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #59 |
103. I want to have AFFORDABLE vitamins and supplements. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
101. Doesn't hold a candle to private insurers pumping premiums up while dropping coverage and |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 06:18 AM Response to Reply #101 |
146. Try to think about what has gone wrong with your life and education to allow you to make that post |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 07:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
147. I don't have a problem with supplements |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. What ! ? |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. Done & recommended. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. Why should they not be regulated like other drugs are? |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. uh no, you're mistaken, sadly |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Which does not address my main point |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Because they don't have the same influence as big pharma |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. That makes no sense |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. please see my response to Joey up thread. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. In reality, they clearly have plenty of power. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 07:38 AM Response to Reply #53 |
88. Yes, they have power in Washington |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #88 |
92. You're not responding the actual content of my post. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
58. LOVE the hypocrisy |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #58 |
75. I will defend the freedom of people to take |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #75 |
104. Pharma is better than big supplements. |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #104 |
137. supplements make people better too |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #58 |
107. LOVE the cruelty |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
166. Numerous things wrong with that post |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #166 |
167. So lets put supplement companies under the same regulations as big pharma! |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #167 |
170. By all means |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. Do you think the supplement companies won't have to fund the studies that prove their drugs safe? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. EXACTLY! |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. If I want to go down the street and by some St Johnswort, then I should be able to. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Nothing says you can't. |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. And what if I want to grow it in my back yard? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. That's fine. |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. It starts out being about woo-woos |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Deleted sub-thread |
TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
60. So you want to be free to buy arsenic tainted poison ivy? |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Do you feel better now? |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #60 |
108. Right now, yes. 44,000 die early without health insurance. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
61. Would you like to be assured, then, that the capsules you are buying... |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. sigh |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Well when you explode with lots of posts... |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. No- what I am surprised is the comments continuing for hours AFTER I said I was wrong |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. LOL |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. I'm not crabby, I am frustrated. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Be aware that you yourself have jumped all over a lot of people in this thread.... |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Yup |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
55. They are dead set against it because they know they will fail. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:17 PM Original message |
Too expensive right now when millions of us are desperately uninsured. |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. Fuck McLAME!! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
16. Your link misrepresents the actual contents of the bill. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. There have been too many shenanigans with dietary supplements to count |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. Grandpa Simpson can have my supplements |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
28. THANKS for that link ... I will certainly do it! nt |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
29. Speaking of misleading people. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
110. "The panic" is the fact that our last little lifelines could become much more expensive. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 06:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
159. Self delete, noticed I was repeating what was already said. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
30. Thankfully this ridiculous opposition to a good bill will not matter in the end. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. My husband's cardiologist advised him to buy a bottle of woo and start taking 3 caps a day of it |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
56. the 'prescription-only' thing is a canard - would never happen |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
81. I have no problem with assuring the product is what it says it is |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. Because the last thing we want is safe supplements! |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Fish oil=Snake oil? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. The snake oil part is when fish oil as a panacea |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
71. So, cute phrasing prompted you to denigrate a product that most cardiologists in the country are |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. I've done some research & I see that I'm the first person ever to use a pun to make a point. Ever! |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Don't ever get to see the Daily Show. Comes on when my husband watches something else |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #76 |
144. Orrex clarified that it is only "snake oil" per se when it is being used as a panacea |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #144 |
178. Thanks for getting my back! |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 07:34 AM Response to Reply #31 |
150. Comparing fish oil |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 07:50 AM Response to Reply #150 |
151. It was a tongue-in-cheek reference |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. No... |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
115. Later, please. Medicare for All first. //nt |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #115 |
145. No. Because that isn't likely in a generation. |
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Ratty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. Supplements need to be regulated |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
45. Supplements ought to be regulated, and this bill doesn't "ban consumer access" |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
48. I am in favor of anything that gets rid of "dietary supplements" |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. They are not regulated as food - they have no safety regulation. |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Ironically, I believe that as of last year, tobacco is more regulated |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #67 |
78. So, tobacco should be less regulated than dietary supplements? |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. I just find it weird that something that makes explicit claims about being a drug |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. But there is absolutely no irony in tobacco being more regulated than supplements |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Ok, I misused the word irony |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
62. Imagine anyone wanting their herbs and vitamins wanting the same standards as Tylenol |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #62 |
82. Nice post, ventriloquist |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
70. STEVIA |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
80. I object! I gained 15 lbs when ephedra was banned |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #80 |
98. American version of similar herb is available. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #98 |
127. have you seen |
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Umbral (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
83. If it in anyway circumvents the supplement act Orrin Hatch wrote/passed in 1994... |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-04-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
87. {{pounds head on wall}} |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. They're worried Big Pharma is going to patent homeopathic canine feces...nt |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
91. K&R. The cruelty of taking away our supplements when we can't even go to the doctor |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Read the legislation. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #93 |
99. It will make them more expensive. Leave them alone in these desperate times. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #99 |
109. You have no guarantees of what's in what you buy, and such a lack of regulation is hypocritical. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #109 |
113. It is the cruelty of imposing restrictions right now when we are desperately uninsured. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #113 |
122. You are making assumptions you cannot make. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #113 |
160. Making a vitamin is 1000000000x easier then making a drug. |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #109 |
138. GMP supplements |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. Self regulation "guidelines" are good enough for the supplement industry?... |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. I am fine with the way it is |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #140 |
143. You and your BIG GUBMINT! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #138 |
142. Actually, we've had far too many examples that show we don't know. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #91 |
94. What about the For Profit supplement industry?... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #95 |
105. Deleted message |
Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #94 |
100. Gee, where are all the "Don't Let The Perfect Be the Enemy of The Good" people |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #100 |
106. Quality control and testing is a price of doing business... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #106 |
111. +1 |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #111 |
117. Open up Medicare. Single Payer Now. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #117 |
121. Those are two different issues. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #121 |
134. No NEW regulations on the supplements we desperate people depend on. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #134 |
135. You've yet to make a logical argument for your stand on the DSSA. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #135 |
153. Some people think honest basic compassion is not logical. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #153 |
155. There is nothing compassionate about allowing an unregulated industry rip off the vulnerable |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #155 |
174. Yes there is. There are good companies amid the bad ones, and right now |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #174 |
177. WOW! |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #177 |
179. Right back at you, pal. First let's get non-profit health care as a basic human right in the USA . |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #153 |
162. The reality is that the supplement industry is not honest and cares nothing about compassion. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #162 |
172. I'm not asking them to be compassionate. I'm asking you to be compassionate enough |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #172 |
175. I'm asking you to be compassionate enough to stop the scam artists from continuing to abuse people. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #175 |
180. First things first. Compassionate non-profit health care for all in the USA. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #162 |
173. Cheap and potentially dangerous or innefective... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #173 |
176. +1 |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #173 |
181. Compassionate non-profit healthcare for all in the USA is the most important first step. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #106 |
114. It is the cruelty of pushing this now. Medicare for All first. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. But if budgets are tight, and supplements are all that can be afforded... |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #116 |
120. No. Because it will make supplements much more expensive in the meantime |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #120 |
156. That is a piss poor excuse for an argument. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
96. I hope it passes |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
97. Done. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
118. I must be on the wrong site..I do NOT want this to pass. Supplements will be gone IMO if it does ro |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
119. I must be on the wrong site..I do NOT want this to pass. Supplements will be gone IMO if it does ro |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #119 |
123. Read the bill. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #123 |
158. Basis? We don't need no stinking bases! |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #158 |
163. +1 |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #119 |
139. I tend to agree |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
124. The Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010: A long overdue correction to the DSHEA of 1994? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
125. Harvard doc: Dietary supplements could be deadly |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
126. American Roulette — Contaminated Dietary Supplements |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. New England Journal of Medicine?... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Drat! |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. That article should be in a thread by itself... |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. I get mine straight from David Icke and the John Birch Society. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-05-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #131 |
132. Thanks for the kind words... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
152. h m |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
154. K&R |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
157. Done |
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Happy Hippy (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
164. This bill is dead as of Friday...n/t |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-06-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #164 |
169. Link, please. |
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