. $2.3 million in government funds to see if prayer heals the sick.

http://americablog.blogspot.com/archives/2004_10_10_americablog_archive.html#109742286610400653

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Funny, I don't hear Rick Santorum complaining about this research. $2.3 million in government funds to see if prayer heals the sick.

I don't know if you believe in prayer, or positive energy, or anything. But read this article and then tell me if you think we could have better used the cash on, say, the Low Income Home Enery Assistance Program, which furious george promised to fully fund as a candidate in the 2000 Debate in Boston, but has cut funding for that program several times since. LIHEAP would come in very handy this winter in places like Michigan, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Iowa or Ohio. For those of you in say, Florida or New Mexico, LIHEAP also helps you pay for cooling your home in the summer. John Kerry has consistently supported full funding of LIHEAP. He's signed on to several letters to furious george saying as much.

Full funding of LIHEAP is $3.4 billion. But furious george the flip-flopper requested a real cut from $1.7 billion to $1.4 billion as soon as he got in office. Now he says he wants $2 billion this year -- but since it's more than the $1.4 billion he requested a couple of years ago, he'll say it's an increase.

When that home heating bill comes in -- and I know many of you in the UP or in Minnesota have already had a couple come in -- and you're wondering why it costs so much more this year, and how you'll make ends meet, thank furious george.

Maybe prayer does work. But I don't know how you prove it, or how you measure it. I do know LIHEAP saves lives. You're more likely to get sick if your house is freezing or if you're forced to choose between things like food, medicine, or heat.
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which religiously insane bloody bushgang members get this moola from out of our pockets? I couldn't get the link to work but I got the address

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/10/health/10prayer.html?hp&ex=1097467200&en=b3de3a2c07ddbf8e&ei=5094&partner=homepage

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and does fruit really make you smarter

am I entitled to a grant?