On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 22:31:02 -0500, Andrew Gideon
wrote:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/15/politics/15TALK.html

Apparently, the author is well connected with the "conservative
establishment". He was able to get himself on all sorts of "talk
shows" to promote his book to that audience.

Normally, I'd be all for an author's success. However, it provides
a bit of a view into why the current administration has such fears
of raging pink elephants.

Yes, there are many ignorati pontificating on this preposterous
possibility, despite the technical hurdles one would need to overcome,
and the unlikeliness that anyone with this sort of background could
brainwash themselves enough to do this sort of thing.

What is lacking is a sense of perspective on the likeliness of a
threat and the existence of much more commonplace and simple
techniques. This is not a liberal/conservative issue. This is an
issue of ignorance and stupidity run amok.

Both the left and the right has their fair share of twits like this.
But they're not a fundamental part of policy for either side as far as
I know.


Jake Brodsky,
PP ASEL IA, Cessna Cardinal N30946, Based @ FME
Amateur Radio Station AB3A