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Contributed by Editor Floyd
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Saturday, 06 August 2005 |
Children have long been heard in the halls of the White House. Chelsea, Amy, John, Jr., Caroline, Tricia, Julie, Lynda, Thomas, and even Margaret have all left footprints in American history as well as on the White House Carpets. Nostalgic oldsters vividly recall John-John Kennedy peering from under the famous Oval Office as JFK shuffled presidential papers.
Few doubt the kids influence their parents' perspectives and policy views. Even doubters have done agonizing reappraisals since Mary Cheney grew up.
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Contributed by Alexander Phillips
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Wednesday, 06 July 2005 |
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Alexander Phillips © 2005
You know I’m not the only one worried about suitcase bombs and other hidden threats. What is director Steven Spielberg’s new movie War of the Worlds about?
By showing us how fragile our world is, how imperiled we might well be from without and within, [Spielberg] raises almost against his will a most provocative question: Is the ultimate fantasy an invasion from outer space, or is it the survival of the human race?
Kenneth Turan, L.A. Times, 6/29/05. It’s not aliens that we need to worry about: it’s other nations and terrorizing groups … and ourselves.
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Contributed by Alexander Phillips
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Friday, 24 June 2005 |
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Alexander Phillips © 2005
My source in the U.S. Executive Branch is annoyed because I posted on this site a summary of his ramblings about the suit case bomb. He won’t tell me anything now. I told him that, if there is a threat, the government should reveal it. He reacted with scorn.
The government clearly thinks the risk is real. In the past, stories have percolated of al-Qaeda plans to smuggle a dirty bomb via Mexico. Among other precautions, the government has installed radiation detectors on the border with Mexico near San Diego. However, the obvious route would be on foot, through an isolated area, as thousands of illegal aliens enter the U.S. every day. Unable to stop a bomb, the government seems focused on evacuation plans, such as those in Chicago. Planning for the worst is wise, of course.
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Contributed by Alexander Phillips
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Tuesday, 14 June 2005 |
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Alexander Phillips © 2005
I don’t know if I should tell you this.
You have heard about suitcase bombs — small nuclear bombs within luggage. Reportedly the Soviets developed these, but so could any advanced nuclear program.
I know someone who works in the Executive Branch of the U.S. A few days ago he asked me what I would do if terrorists right now had a nuclear bomb somewhere in the U.S.
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Contributed by Editor Floyd
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Thursday, 02 June 2005 |
 A couple of my friends and neighbors were close to a real feud, but used coffee saved the day.
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