Re: Union of Concerned Scientists

["Jerry Cohen" <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>]

Gary,

    I'm not so sure about you, but I certainly have all the best qualities

of science, truth, and wisdom. People should therefore contribute to me

and/or all the causes that I favor. On second thought, when I see the

success of Greenpeace, NRDC, UCS, etc. etc. , I guess there are enough

dummies out there that we can all prosper . Let me know how you make out in

your campaign :-)





----- Original Message -----

From: <garyi@trinityphysics.com>

To: Steven Dapra <sjd@swcp.com>; <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 10:02 AM

Subject: Re: Union of Concerned Scientists





> I'm sure everyone has reflected on the fact that the general term

scientist has no well

> defined qualifying criteria.  That's probably why UCS isn't the Union of

Concerned

> CHPs.

>

> But since I see now how the word scientist (and others) can be played

with, I think I will

> start introducing myself as a scientist.  In literary circles, I will be

an editor (I edit things).

> I'm also a counsellor, a consultant, an engineer, an inventor, a

programmer, a writer, a

> financial adviser, and a political commentator (I comment on politics ALL

the time).

>

> Since I'm such a stellar intellect and multifaceted talent, I will call

the media and

> schedule a news conference.  Lets see, what will I say?

>

> A) No alarming dangers to report.  Just thought you should know.

>

> ***OR***

>

> B) Holy Cow!  We're all gonna die!!  Unless you listen to me and

contribute generously

> to my watch-dog agency.  Make your checks payable to Gary Isenhower,

please.

>

>

> On 23 Feb 2003 at 18:06, Steven Dapra wrote:

> > listed any affiliation with UCS.  On that basis, we estimate that fewer

> > than 200 scintists among the 130,000 listed in 'American Men and Women

of

> > Science' were affiliated with UCS when we conducted our study.  The

[UCS]

> > would not provide the information we needed to poll its membership, so

we

> > have no data on the training or background of its members."

>

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