God but you're a pathetic loser. I used to think
you were amusing but I see you're still bashing Bush over
invading Iraq. Don't you get a newspaper in whatever rancid
cave you live in? I mean, hello, there was a wildly successful
election in Iraq and it's all because of George W.
Bush!
Signed,
Voting Is Proof
Dear VIP,
I'll ignore your harsh invective and simply
suggest that maybe you missed the re-publication of a story
from the Sept. 3, 1967, New York Times that recently made
the rounds.
The item carried a headline of: "U.S.
Encouraged By Vietnam Vote."
With a subhead that read: "Officials
Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror."
A text that began: "United States officials
were surprised and heartened today at the size of the turnout
of South Vietnam's presidential election despite a Vietcong
terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting."
And ended with: "A successful election
has long been seen as the keystone of President Johnson's
policy of encouraging growth of constitutional processes in
South Vietnam."
Did you never hear the saying: "Those
who ignore history are doomed to repeat it."?
The heartening Iraqi elections were well
and good. But if I were you (and I'm glad I'm not), I'd wait
a month or two (or a decade or two) before spouting off about
George W. Bush's bulletproof legacy.
Jones
Dear Dr. Jones,
If everybody knows meth is so addictive, damaging,
etc., what makes so many people try it?
Signed,
Method Man
Dear MM,
It's a backwards version of the old "cry
wolf" syndrome. When a society works so hard to demonize
something like weed, warnings about meth don't carry much weight.
Jones
How come we always wait until after a tragedy
to fix things that we knew were bad all along?
Signed,
Why Oh Why?
Dear WOW,
You're not very specific with your question
but I'll take a guess at what you mean.
The world sees a devastating tsunami and all
of a sudden we need better warning systems. Terrorists take
down two big buildings and we suddenly need better airport security.
It's called tombstone technology. The higher
the casualties, the greater the attention. Big disaster plays
the role of squeaky wheel and money gets cast as the grease.
Backwards? Of course. But that's the way of
the world.
Jones