Re: Radiation from DU 'could act rapidly'

[Maury Siskel <maury@webtexas.com>]

NeilKeeney@aol.com wrote:

> That's right, dust from DU does act rapidly.  After blowing hell out of a
> tank turrent and brewing up the innards of the thing, the dust quickly acts
> to sort of settle out in the lower elevations of the former tank.  I'd be the
> first willing guy there with a dust pan if it were an enemy tank about to
> punch my ticket and the only cost to me was that I had to do a little
> post-action decon...
>
> 'Course, if I were a journalist (whatever that is) I might object to this
> action to give the tank an opportunity to come to it's senses and go away...
>
> Neil Keeney
> neilkeeney@aol.com

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Dear Neil; It is apparent that you are truly a killjoy of the classic period!
(Chi-square p<.001) What on earth do you expect these so-called journalists to do
in peacetime ... sit around and dream up election news? After all, if you are
capable of promoting DU scares, why waste your time on trivia? They really have a
"good thing" going. Instead of fooling around with inconsequential events, they
can help individuals and whole nations that need money extort funds from all of
the governments that have more money than they know what else to expend it on.

Do you think they might review the recent literature on DDT and spread that
powder to eradicate malaria?  Surely you would not wish that potholes be repaired
in the interstate system! Would you seriously wish that they would provide
balanced accounts of nuclear power so that my local sewage plant could resume
operations -- all those unemployed folks with plumbers helpers are getting tired
of their 8 hour shifts in the sludge ponds.

Neil, you are sorely in need of an attitude adjustment! I suggest the following:

Here is an OR CASE for you: Optarectomy
Please be advised that you have been scheduled
for an OPTARECTOMY procedure.
The purpose of this operation is to sever the
cord that connects your rectum to your eyes and,
hopefully, alleviate your crappy outlook on life.
It has been noted that you have been in less than
perfect humor lately.

Thanks for tolerating this - end of rant and I promise not to do it again soon.

Maury Siskel             maury@webtexas.com

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