Monday, June 3, 2002

I don't know if the science in this story is correct, but if it is, this is the smoking gun that explains why the Bush administration nixed the Kyoto treaty. (Bush ... Texas ... beef cattle -- just want to be sure that you connect the dots, unlike certain federal agencies that will remain nameless.) 6:19:57 PM     While we wait and watch for what our leaders call an inevitable terrorist attack, people are sitting in their homes in India wondering if tonight will bring Armageddon. Terrorists have the power to trigger a nuclear war. Non-violence is treated with contempt. Displacement, dispossession, starvation, poverty, disease, these are all just funny comic strip items now. Meanwhile, emissaries of the coalition against terror come and go preaching restraint. Tony Blair arrives to preach peace - and on the side, to sell weapons to both India and Pakistan. The last question every visiting journalist always asks me: 'Are you writing another book?' That question mocks me. Another book? Right now when it looks as though all the music, the art, the architecture, the literature, the whole of human civilization means nothing to the monsters who run the world. What kind of book should I write? For now, just for now, for just a while pointlessness is my biggest enemy. That's what nuclear bombs do, whether they're used or not. They violate everything that is humane, they alter the meaning of life. Here's a little more information about the author, Arundhati Roy. 6:07:11 PM     Here's a heart-warming story brought to you by the United States Air Force. 5:54:47 PM

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