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- Jamesh0
maybe this guy would have a clue?
http://www.opensecrets.org/bush/…
Also, Bush Sr sat on the board at Eli Lilly as did Kenneth Lay.
And Rumsfeld sat on the board at Pharmacia.
Bill Frist, formerly a surgeon, has been tapped to be the new Senate Majority Leader. On the eve of Lott's racist self-immolation, the Homeland Security Bill made its way through Congress. Originally a Democratic concept, the legislation to create a Homeland Security Department to defend the nation against terrorism was graced with a number of strange amendments.
Oddest among them was an amendment protecting the pharmaceutical corporate giant Eli Lilly from any and all lawsuits pertaining to their manufacture of thimersol, a mercury-based preservative for childhood vaccines produced by Lilly for 40 years that has been CONNECTED TO THE DEVELOPEMENT OF AUTISM in children. Thousands of families seeking redress for the neurological disorders their children suffer have been sent packing, because Lilly has a contract with the U.S. government to provide vaccines against biological weapons. One hopes thimersol is not included in the processing this time around