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usual suspect wrote:
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> > usual suspect wrote:
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> wrote:
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> >>>That's why Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine was
> >>>formed
> >>
> >>No, it wasn't. PCRM was formed as an outgrowth of animal rights groups,
> >>not medical groups. Physicians make up less than five-percent of PCRM's
> >>membership.


> >
> > You ignorant git!!

>
> *You* ignorant git!!
>
> > PCRM was originally formed by

>
> Animal rights activists.




Who call themselves PHYSICIANS?

Dr. Neal Barnard is what exactly? What is that little "Dr" in front of
his name?









>
> As can be seen on PCRM's own Web site, despite its name, fewer
> than 5 per cent of PCRM's members have medical degrees. The
> group has a long history of opposing important research prograns
> funded by respected health charities such as the American Heart
> Association, the March of Dimes, St. Jude Children's Hospital,
> the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the American
> Cancer Society.
>
> PCRM opposes any use of laboratory animals in biomedical
> research, regardless of the benefit. It was created in 1984 to
> provide a false patina of scientific credibility to the extreme
> animal rights agenda espoused by PETA and other groups. Its
> involvement in animal rights activism remains strong. PCRM's
> president, Neal Barnard, is also president of thr Foundation to
> Support Animal Protection, which is housed in PETA's
> headquarters in Norfolk. PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk is the
> foundation's vice president.
>
> According to IRS records, in 2000, the sole grant awarded by the
> foundation was to PCRM, in the amount of $432,524, nearly a
> fifth of PCRM's budget.
>
http://www.amprogress.org/News/News.cfm?ID=149&c=65
>
>
> Despite its name, only about 5% of PCRM's membership are
> physicians. Recently PCRM has been spending much of its $2.9
> million dollar annual budget attempting to re-invent itself as
> a health/consumer watchdog group and draw media attention away
> from its adherence to the animal rights agenda.
>
> Nevertheless, PCRM has continued to promote that agenda in its
> joint campaign with PETA against America's leading health
> charities that fund animal based biomedical research. We are
> not only talking about the March of Dimes, but also the American
> Heart Association , the American Cancer Society, St. Jude
> Children's Research Hospital, American Foundation for AIDS
> Research, The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, The
> American Red Cross and, yes, even Boys Town. Seventy charities
> in all are currently on PCRM/PETA's "don't donate" list. These
> are organizations that through their grants and contributions to
> biomedical research are responsible for hundreds of specific
> achievements in medical progress. These achievements range from
> development of the polio vaccine to the latest in genetic
> discoveries including identifying the genetic basis for
> diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and many types of cancer.
> http://www.amprogress.org/News/News.cfm?ID=360&c=63
>
> See also: http://www.physicianscam.com/article_detail.cfm
>
> > MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS

>
> They're not medical professionals. They're animal rights activists.