Thursday, March 27, 2003

Take a look at David Remnick's piece in the March 31 issue of The New Yorker. Humility is a good thing. It would be nice if certain people in the Bush Administration knew how to play with others. Iraq, in the scheme of things, isn't the largest problem in the worl, but it may well render larger problems less tractable. __ It would be nice if the Administration would be open with the citizens, but they have an agenda and questioning is the reponsibility of the others. It isn't clear that the others are doing their job. Some time ago I paraphrased Goering on a related subject. A tip of the hat to Frank for finding the exact quote. Of course the people don't want war... That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. -- Hermann Goering, Adolf Hitler's Deputy Chief and Luftwaffe Commander, at the Nuremberg trials, 1946 7:24:07 AM     I've read a report on V 838 Mon, but was not prepared for the amazing image sequence that the Hubble folks just released. amazing Thanks for the link Jeff! 5:49:44 AM     Many of us live in the shadow of some potentially bad chemical storage areas (I used to work in a facility that made ICs -- there was enough poison on the roof to cause havoc for a fairly large area). Many of these areas are very poorly protected. One might think that people would worry about this as taking out a small part of one of the tens of thousands of chemical storage areas in the country could be a major terrorist event. Senator John Corzine of New Jersey introduced a bill that would tighten up security in such places and it sailed through committee.. Then things went wrong.. This is interesting enough that NOW recently aired a piece on the subject. It seems clear that our politicians seem more concerned with political contributions than safety. Sleep well America.... 5:38:00 AM     March is kite flying month. If you've ever been to a major festival, you've probably seen some Peter Lynn kites. Big, creative, beautiful and expensive. 5:37:47 AM

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