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Sex Toys Banned By Federal Court.

Another Bush Victory?

by James Boyne

Readers Note: Below is an article that appeared today 7/29/04 through the Associated Press. The question I ask is, come November Election Day, will the Presidential race and possibly the Presidential debates, come down to Congress, the Senate, the two Presidential contenders and both political parties, all be wrangling over whether Americans should be allowed to use sex toys?

Also, a NY Times articles yesterday reported that another Federal Court (with the Bush Administration winning another victory) declared that consumers and patients could no longer bring litigation or lawsuits against any pharmaceutical company nor any medical device manufacturer for defective or harmful drugs or products. The theory used to win this victory for President Bush and his large corporate contributors was this: since the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approves and regulates drugs and medical devices, the drugs and medical devices cannot be harmful because the FDA would not have approved them (remember Thalidomide in the 1950

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