wrote:
>>>>>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?

Yes. Over 95% of their membership are *NOT* physicians:
http://www.amprogress.org/News/News.cfm?ID=360&c=63

Why do you gullibly go by the name of the organization rather than what
it really is? It is NOT a medical organization. It's primarily a group
of animal rights activists who don't hold medical degrees or work in the
medical profession. Nitwit.

> Dr. Neal Barnard is what exactly?

An animal rights activist who heads an animal rights group.

>> 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.