Posted on 01/02/2003 3:11:02 AM PST by Skooz
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:00:03 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
In addition to the fine points brought up in this article, does anyone else see the incredible hypocrasy in Time makeing Coleen Rowley a "Person of the Year" for her whistle-blowing efforts? Coleen Rowley, prior to 9/11, was investigating a middle eastern individual later determined to be close to the 9-11 hijackers. Before 9-11 she wanted to conduct sweepeing searches of this person, focused on his laptop computer, with virtually no probable cause. She was denied this request by the FBI because they did not believe there was sufficient probable cause. After 9-11, Rowley's whistle-blowing consisted of leaking to the media a letter she had written to the FBI Director complaining how she may have been able to crack the hijacker ring but was prevented by the FBI brass.
What makes this so hypocritical is that Time Magazine has been railing against the civil liberty and privacy intrusions they say are contained in Bush's anti-terrorism legislation. Time has called these intrusions facist and racist in that Middle Easterners are unfairly profiled. These type of intrusions, however, are exactly what Rowley wanted the FBI to do on its own, prior to 9-11. Time is honoring a person for complining that she wasn't allowed to do what Time considers to be racist and facist.
I hope she was treated like a yeast infection.
The Tennessee Valley Authority had just such a project to develop and expand nuclear power and all the related technical considerations, but the leftists whined and moaned and spoke of death. The press chose lies over truth and exterminastd the effort.
Remember, leftists are mostly igmorant and the elite always prey on the ignorance that can be manipulated to their ends.
Several nations, less advanced then us are generating more than 75% of their power from SAFE nuclear power plants, for many years. Environmental activists, who are essentially a bunch of flunked high school science (actor/actress/journalist/Oprah fans/Soccer Moms), are formulating the opinions of our public. The entire Nuclear power plant industry is being forced out of business for no valid or realistic reasons, except the imaginary fear of "GLOWING IN THE DARK"! The average person has no idea what to heck they are talking about, when it comes to highly technical field as nuclear power plants, but if Barbara Streisand, or Julia Robert is telling them it is dangerous, then it must be?
The newest proposal I've heard is to carpet the moon with thin-film solar panels, beam electricity earthside in a gigawatt microwave beam, and aim the beam at Abdul's falafel shop a giant collection/conversion facility.
2) When was the concept of a Palestinian state transformed from the sparking third rail of politics into a seemingly non-negotiable plank of every political party?
Because no one has taken an iron broom to the State Department, home of the arabist/pinko/appeaser mob.
3) Why isn't the potentially revolutionary (counter-revolutionary?) student movement in Iran getting the attention it deserves?
See above.
Of course! You see, they really care about us. Besides, they're easier to look at than glasses-wearing lab coated nerds like me... (grin) I talk of fuel cell powered vehicles, with H2 stored aboard, and the first thing the Luddites or ignoramuses start screaming is "Hindenburg! Hindenburg! Oh the humanity!"
Yeah, I know what you're writing about. Remember Alar?
As far as pure electric vehicles go, we'll have to do some more work on the energy storage. Americans want high speed and range and convenience all at once from their cars, and that's tricky to engineer with current energy storage devices.
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