Letters to the Editor
from Dave Earnest, A.X. Perez, Tom Knapp, Jim Davidson, and Rex May
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Some Thoughts About Fort Hood
by L. Neil Smith
Almost from the instant the American people learned that a
United States Army Major—and psychiatrist—one Nidal Malik Hasan, had
murdered a dozen unarmed individuals at Fort Hood, Texas, and wounded around
two and a half dozen more before being taken out of action by a courageous
young police officer, my Inbox began filling with bigoted garbage.
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More on "Net Neutrality"
by Curt Howland
What is "neutrality"? It's leaving things alone. If there
was ever something the egomaniacs in any government cannot do, it's leave
anything alone. So right there, at the start, any "legislation" being called
"net neutrality" is itself an oxymoron.
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The Care and Feeding of Animals in Prison
(not including inmates and staff)
by prison 'vet' Don Meinshausen
Many people here in prison comment that it's like Ground
Hog Day. Here we are conscious of being shadowed and also that every day is
the same. Maybe that is why we have ground hogs here and feed them. Why do
inmates feed the ground hogs? While in prison you always want to be friendly
with the guy who is making the tunnel. You dig? Some people are always indulging
in escapist fantasies and it usually involves petting something cute and fuzzy.
This underground culture brings out the beast here. We are living on burrowed
time.
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Cowardice in State Government
by Russell D. Longcore
The United States was organized with a Federal structure.
Under that structure the national government was supposed to have two overriding
dicta: to safeguard the States from foreign invasion and domestic violence, and
provide a Republican form of government to the States. (Article IV, Section 4
of the Constitution).
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Loyalty -- Virtue or Vice?
by Paul Bonneau
One wonders why loyalty is so strong a characteristic among
humans. Generally, the reason we have characteristics is connected to survival,
and it is not so hard to imagine the survival value of loyalty. For the millions
of years that humans were in tribal society, loyalty to a tribe and a tribal
leader was needed to fight the "grass is greener on the other side of the hill"
syndrone. The point is, all humans are far from perfect, and loyalty allows us
to overlook those imperfections so we can stay within the group that supports
us. Leaving a tribe in those days -- or getting thrown out of it -- was probably
a way to a quick death. A quick death means your disloyalty genes don't get
passed on (assuming there is a genetic connection), or at least your disloyalty
meme also perishes.
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Classical Liberalism: Fail
by Jim Davidson
It is excellent, we must all allow; yet this government
never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it
got out of its way. It does not keep the country free. It does not settle
the West. It does not educate. The character inherent in the American people
has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more,
if the government had not sometimes got in its way." -- On Civil Disobedience,
Henry David Thoreau
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A Prophecy
by Rocky Frisco
That song the kids are singing has convinced me what
the "Powers-That-be" are planning. Just another case where the goal is
polarization between worship of Obama and hatred caused by that worship.
The writer of that song even included the verse: "Red and yellow black
and white; they are equal in his sight" a parody of a song about Jesus.
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Fort Hood Murders: What Won't Be Discussed
by Russell D. Longcore
On Thursday, November 5th, Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan used
handguns to fire upon fellow soldiers at Fort Hood Texas, killing 13 and wounding
30. The base commander says soldiers who witnessed the shooting reported that
Major Hasan shouted "Allah Akbar!" (God is great) before opening fire. Hasan,
an American citizen and a practicing Muslim, himself was shot four times, and
is presently hospitalized in stable condition. Originally it was thought that
Hasan was killed, but later his survival was confirmed.
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"The Emperor has no clothes and he's a complete rube too."
by David Earnest
Greetings Fellow Prisoners! Shotgun wedding returns with this
bit of Why? To wit: What's up with American Presidents giving obeisance to foreign
heads of state?
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Bank of America kills Audit the Fed
by Jim Davidson
The news from North Carolina today. They hired a Congress
critter to represent Bank of America -- the FEC can probably tell you about
how much they paid him. And he gutted the Audit the Fed bill.
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Atlantea The Beautiful
by L. Neil Smith and Rex May
Number 49 of a weekly cartoon series.
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Atlantea The Beautiful
by L. Neil Smith and Rex May
Number 50 of a weekly cartoon series.
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Agenda 21: The United Nations Programme of Action
Planning for Your future, serf!
