Archive for October, 2001

Err on the side of caution?

Monday, October 22nd, 2001

Why can’t the CDC and the government do just that?
Under what study would scientists have concluded that anthrax spores would remain neatly confined inside envelopes?
What envelope have you ever known that sealed perfectly?
Were I a relative of one of the two postal workers in Washington who probably dies from anthrax, I’d be asking why the […]

It’s a global village, man…

Sunday, October 14th, 2001

More reading of the Einstein book has uncovered this gem, written in a message to the Progressive Education Association in 1934:
“Security for the United States, as for other countries, lies only in a satisfactory solution of the world peace problem.”
The gist of his little essay was that, by virtue of our geography, American schools had […]

I hate hypocrisy…

Friday, October 12th, 2001

…and unfortunately we live in a country full of it. The ‘coming together’ because we were all attacked is fading, and reality is beginning to sink in.
And the reality is, New York City still has a fascist mayor and the country still has an idiotic/evil executive branch of the government.
To support this:
(1) Saudi prince […]

The military

Tuesday, October 9th, 2001

I was reading a book of essays by Albert Einstein the other day (full report about that some other time), and, in these times of the “war on terrorism”, as the American propaganda machine is calling it, I came across these thoughts about the military by Albert Einstein, in the midst of a rant about […]

Can you believe…

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2001

…that the World Trade Center is STILL burning? It was infesting the air in my neighborhood again.
I just can’t get used to the new-look skyline.
Maybe I should start referring to it as the ‘World Trade Pile’ instead? (I know…very dark humor. So shoot me. It helps.)
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