Memo to America: Get a grip!

Kelley kwalker2 at gte.net
Mon Oct 22 01:28:53 PDT 2001


http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/20/paranoia/index.html

For S&Gs: http://www.cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/domestic.htm

below, commentary, for the flow chart


>Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 22:00:01 -0700
>To: farber at cis.upenn.edu
>From: Denise Caruso <caruso at hybridvigor.org>
>Subject: Re: IP: Memo to America: Get a grip!
>
>Dear Dave,
>
>OK, well, maybe we ought to get a grip. Or maybe not. Anyone who groks the
>reality of the chart at the URL below (scroll down a screen) should begin
>experiencing regular frissons of cold terror that go far beyond
>teeth-chattering, no matter what 'class' you happen to belong to.
>
>http://www.cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/domestic.htm
>
>My immediate reaction upon seeing this was, 'Oh, great. Our lives, in the
>hands of the (n) Stooges of the Apocalypse.' IMHO, it is an absolute study
>in ineffectuality, and at this point you certainly don't have to take _my_
>word for it.
>
>As the friend who sent it to me (and who consults at high levels on
>bioterrorism) said, 'A cartoonist couldn't have done that deliberately.'
>
>The only good news is that there actually are some smart people, deep in
>the bowels of this mess, who know how bad the situation is and are quietly
>trying to pull it together. Granted, we could all do without Cipromania et
>al., which only exacerbates an untenable situation. But that doesn't mean
>paranoia is unwarranted, or delusional.
>
>Denise



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