I want to claim the reward. Please get the money to me before Jan. 1, or you will throw my 1997 earnings into a higher tax bracket. I have absolute proof as to the source - and your offer used the word source - of AIDS. My witness is unassailable and my documentation is unimpeachable. My witness is God.

My proof is used by every court in the US as the very standard of truth, and the document upon which truth is based. The Bible.

We have AIDS, and every other malady, sickness, illness, deformity, depravity, and defect, because we took a hike out of the Garden of Eden and told God we would rather do it our way. And so we have. The source, in the precise meaning of the word, for AIDS is not the Defense Department, gays, or any other fall guy we can invent - it is us. It is part of doing it our way.

I would like to donate my $25 million reward to the Bill and Hillary Clinton Defense Fund in the fond hope that it buys them as much justice as they deserve.

Webmaster Response: "I think you are going to have a little difficulty getting your witness to appear in court. And, what makes you think that the Bible is the standard of truth in this world? -- Which version? -- In what language? -- Printed by which Religious group? Truth is not based on the Bible for everyone -- only for some. I assume you also claim that God is "all good!" Yet innocent children die from this disease."

Response to Webmaster's Responseby Dan Abbott dabbott@swbell.net All of your response is irrelavent. I didn't say God would appear in court as a witness. I didn't say the Bible was the standard of truth for the world. I did say it is the standard in every US court, not to mention that the president, every cabinet member, the justices of the supreme court, etc., are normally sworn into office upon that standard. A number of different versions, all in English, are used. Your question is actually kind of dumb. Do you really suppose that they would use a Bible printed in Chinese to take the oath in US courts. As to your implication that God cannot be "all good" because " innocent children " die of AIDS, you either didn't read, or comprehand, or maybe even think about, the point of my claim for the reward. I will say it one more time - very slowly. The cause of AIDS, and every other sickness and disease, inflicted upon the innocent children, and upon every one else, at all times and in all places for all peoples, has nothing whatsoever to do with the goodness or lack of goodness of God, but was and is the inevitable result of our departing from Eden (God) to create our own state of being. It is the latter state that includes the sickness, and the suffering but innocent children. Please let me know if I can explain that for you.

More response from Webmaster I wish not to belabor this but you did say that "God is my witness." If you read your English dictionary, you will find that witness means: 1) To testify to. 2) To serve as evidence of. 3) To act as witness of; often by signing a statement to that effect. 4) To be present at; to see personally. I suspect that if you can accomplish producing your witness you might have a claim.