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What we believe.


JUST LOOK AT MY MOLARS. WHAT A MESS! WELL, NOT THE TEETH THEMSELVES SO MUCH AS THE DARK GREY FILLINGS IN EACH ONE OF THEM...

I USUALLY FORGET I HAVE THEM, UNTIL I LAUGH AT SOMETHING AND NOTICE YOUNGER PEOPLE STARING INTO MY GAPING MAW IN HORROR...

MY HOMETOWN NEVER FLUORIDATED ITS DRINKING WATER, DUE TO AN IRRATIONAL COLD WAR FEAR THAT IT WAS PART OF SOME RUSSIAN "MIND CONTROL" PLOT...

FORTUNATELY, MY ADOPTED HOMETOWN NEVER BOUGHT INTO SUCH NONSENSE, AND AS A RESULT MY DAUGHTER DOESN'T HAVE A SINGLE FILLING. LUCKY KID!

ONCE THE COLD WAR WAS OVER, ENVIRONMENTALISTS RECLAIMED THE FLUORIDE "THREAT" BY REFRAMING reframing (rē·frāˑ·ming),
n the revisiting and reconstruction of a patient's view of an experience to imbue it with a different usually more positive meaning in the
 IT AS A CAPITALIST RATHER THAN A COMMIE PLOT. THANKS TO THEIR CLAIMS THAT IT CAUSES CANCER (WHAT DOESN'T?), ONE-THIRD OF ALL U.S. DRINKING WATER REMAINS UNTREATED...

NO WAY AM I GONNA LET THE GOVERNMENT PLAY GAMES WITH MY HEALTH!

ON A SIX-MONTH WAITING LIST FOR A HERNIA OPERATION

MEANWHILE, ONLY 10% OF THE U.K.'S WATER IS FLUORIDATED, AND THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES!

ALARMISTS ALSO NOW CLAIM THAT AMALGAM FILLINGS ARE SLOWLY GIVING ME MERCURY POISONING. I GUESS MY ONLY RECOURSE IS TO DIE A SLOW, PAINFUL DEATH FROM ORAL INFECTIONS, JUST LIKE OUR ANCESTORS DID!

OWWIE YOWIE...

DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME, FOLKS...

I'M DYING A HEALTHY, ALL-NATURAL DEATH!..

OH, THE PAIN...

ONE MIGHT ASSUME THAT ONLY THE SUPERSTITIOUS AND UNEDUCATED WOULD ADHERE TO SUCH BASELESS, UNPROVEN FEARS ...

EVOLUTION IS BUNK!

THE EARTH IS ONLY 5,000 YEARS OLD!

THE BIBLE SAYS SO!

TSK tsk
interj.
Used to express disappointment or sympathy.

n.
A sucking noise made by suddenly releasing the tongue from the hard palate, used to express disappointment or sympathy.
 TSK

HOW CAN ANYONE BE SO WILLFULLY IGNORANT?

YET MANY WELL-EDUCATED, LEFT- LEARNING "SECULAR HUMANISTS" HAVE THEIR OWN LISTS OF UNFOUNDED BELIEFS, SUCH AS...

THAT VACCINATIONS CAUSE AUTISM

YES, OUR SON DID WIND UP CONTRACTING POLIO AND WHOOPING COUGH...

BUT WE TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING WE DIDN'T SUBJECT HIM TO ANY UNNECESSARY RISKS.

WHOOP whoop (hldbomacp) the sonorous and convulsive inhalation of whooping cough.

whoop
n.
The paroxysmal gasp characteristic of whooping cough.
!

WHOOP!

WHOOP!

THAT ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS (I.E., CELL PHONES, POWER LINES, ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). .) CAUSE BRAIN CANCER

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOWAGABLGAH...

THAT SECONDHAND SMOKE IS WORSE THAT ACTUAL SMOKING

... STUDIES SHOW THAT SECONDHAND SMOKE IS AS BAD FOR YOU AS SUCKING ON THE TAIL-PIPE OF A TRACTOR-TRAILER ALL DAY!

THAT GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD IS UNHEALTHY AND/OR BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

NO!

MY BEAUTIFUL ORGANIC FARM IS RUINED!

STRAY SEED FROM A CORPORATE FARM

EQUALLY ABSURD FEARS IN THE RECENT PAST HAVE DRIVEN BOTH LARGE AND SMALL BUSINESSES INTO BANKRUPTCY. YET NO ONE TODAY EVEN REMEMBERS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AFRAID OF THEM!

...YOU KNEW THAT THE PRESENCE OF ALAR alar (a´lar) pertaining to an ala, or wing.

a·lar
adj.
1. Resembling, containing, or composed of wings or alae; axillary.

2.
 IN APPLE JUICE WOULD LEAD TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE OZONE LAYER, WHICH IN TURN LED TO THE EVER-INCREASING RATE OF EXPLODING BREAST IMPLANTS--AND YET YOU CHOSE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC IN THE DARK!

GASP!

I, UHH UHH University of Hawaii at Hilo ... HUH?!

WHILE FOLKS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE BUY INTO THIS SORT OF CRAP, IT'S THE EDUCATED "ELITE" WHO GIVE IT VALIDITY BY TURNING IT INTO A SECULAR RELIGION OF SORTS. JUST REPLACE THE WORD "SATAN" WITH "CORPORATIONS," AND A TYPICAL "EXPERT" GUEST ON NPR NPR

In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Nepal Rupee.

Notes:
The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion.
 SUDDENLY SOUNDS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM A TYPICAL TELEVANGELIST!

WE MAKE DEALS WITH CORPORATIONS TO SATISFY SOME SHALLOW SHORT-TEAM GOALS...

YET IT'S THESE CORPORATIONS WHO ARE LEADING US ON A PATH TO GLOBAL DESTRUCTION!

HALLELUJAH!

ER, I MEAN, INTERESTING-POINT!

BOTH RIGHT- AND LEFT-WING REACTIONS TO 9/11 ALSO BETRAYED AN ABSURD BLIND FAITH THAT MIRRORED EACH OTHER PERFECTLY

OUR PERMISSIVE SOCIETY IS TO BLAME FOR THESE ATTACKS...

I BLAME FEMINISTS, GAYS AND THE A.C.L.U.

I AGREE.

THE WESTERN PATRIARCHAL POWER STRUCTURE IS TO BLAME FOR 9/11...

IT'S ALSO TO BLAME FOR PEDOPHILE pedophile Forensic psychiatry A person with pedophilia; there are an estimated 500,000 pedophiles in the world. See Child prostitution, Megan's law, Pedophilia.  PRIESTS...

THOSE PRIESTS ARE VICTIMS, TOO!

IN FACT, FAITH IN JUNK SCIENCE CAN'T HOLD A CANDLE TO THE BLIND FAITH PEOPLE HAVE IN POLITICAL MYTHS--EVEN AFTER THE PERPETRATORS OF THESE MYTHS ADMIT THEY WEREN'T TRUE! FOR EXAMPLE:

WE FOUND NO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or  IN IRAQ...

A-HA! I KNEW SADDAM WAS HOARDING W.M.D.S D.S Drainage Structure (flood protection) !

NO IRAQIS WERE INVOLVED IN 9/11...

A-HA! I KNEW THOSE IRAQIS WERE BEHIND 9/11!

YES, WE HAVE BEEN SPYING ON U.S. CITIZENS...

A-HA! I KNEW THE GOVERNMENT WASN'T SPYING ON ME, SINCE I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE!

AND SO WHAT?

ILLEGAL MP35S

MAJOR DOOBAGE

UNTAXED Adj. 1. untaxed - (of goods or funds) not taxed; "tax-exempt bonds"; "an untaxed expense account"
tax-exempt, tax-free

nontaxable, exempt - (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation; "the funds of nonprofit organizations are nontaxable"; "income exempt
 BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

THEN THERE'S A LITTLE SOMETHING WE AMERICANS NO LONGER BELIEVE IN, NAMELY THE BILL OF RIGHTS. TO WIT:

FREEDOM OF SPEECH...

I'M SO GLAD IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO CRITICIZE THE CANDIDATES DURING AN ELECTION...

THOSE ATTACK ADS WERE GIVING ME A HEADACHE!

WHATEVER MADE PEOPLE THINK THEY COULD SPEND MONEY TO GET THEIR OPINIONS HEARD ANYWAY?

THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS The right to bear arms refers to the right that individuals have to weapons. This right is often presented in the context of military service and the broader right of self defense. ...

THE FASCISTS ARE SLOWLY TAKING OVER THIS COUNTRY, MAN.

NO KIDDING! WE NEED TO ARM THEMSELVES BEFORE THEY--

--"ARM OURSELVES"?

DON'T YOU BELIEVE IN GUN CONTROL?

UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE unreasonable search and seizure n. search of an individual or his/her premises (including an automobile) and/or seizure of evidence found in such a search by a law enforcement officer without a search warrant and without "probable cause" to believe evidence of a ...

WE FOUND THE CONTRABAND, CHIEF...

PRESCRIPTION MEDS--BOUGHT IN CANADA!

GOOD JOB, SERGEANT.

DUE PROCESS. PRIVATE PROPERTY. A SPEEDY TRIAL. NO SELF-INCRIMINATION. NO CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT--APPARENTLY ALL OF THESE NOBLE CONCEPTS ARE PART OF SOME GENTEEL, ANTIQUATED PAST, THANKS TO OUR "WAR ON DRUGS" AND "WAR ON TERROR This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11, 2001. For other conflicts, see Terrorism.

The War on Terror (also known as the War on Terrorism
"...

THESE ALTERNATIVE INTERROGATION METHODS ARE VITAL IF WE'RE TO DEFEAT THE EVILDOERS WHO'RE AFTER YOUR CHILDREN!

UMPF UMPF Ultra Mixing and Processing Facility (University of Liverpool, UK)
UMPF Unit Materiel Fielding Point (US Army) 
! BLMPF!

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, FOR KEEPING MY LITTLE JANIE AND JOHNNY SAFE.

WE'RE TAKING AND KEEPING YOUR CAR, SIR...

WE SUSPECT IT WAS USED IN A DRUG TRANSACTION.

OH! IN THAT CASE YOU'D BETTER TAKE IT AWAY, THEN!

IN FACT, WE SHOULD PROUDLY BILL THEM AS "THE WAR ON THE 5TH, 6TH AND 8TH AMENDMENTS," SINCE IT'S ONE WAR WE'RE ACTUALLY WINNING!

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Date:Jan 1, 2007
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