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RE: Strontium-90 on Tennessee Highway 95
I do believe that the oil fires did lead to some
environmental damage. But that was not in the Western
Hemisphere, so we were not concerned.
--- "Riely, Brian P." <brian.riely@ngc.com> wrote:
> Carl Sagan?
>
> Wasn't he the guy who was oppose to G.H.W. Bush
> going to war with Sadam because, if we went to war
> with S.H., he would light the oil field which would
> cause a nuclear winter. Well, I guess I should give
> Professor Sagan partial credit because he was
> correct about S.H. setting fire to the oil fields.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Jacobus [mailto:crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 10:34 AM
> To: jjcohen; RuthWeiner@AOL.COM;
> vargo@physicist.net;
> joseroze@netvision.net.il; RadSafeInst@cableone.net;
> bobcherry@cox.net;
> radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Subject: Re: Strontium-90 on Tennessee Highway 95
>
>
> I believe that it was in Carl Sagan's book, "The
> Demon-Haunted World," that some psychologist believe
> people were abduced by aliens from space. It has to
> be true because the patients said so.
>
> --- jjcohen <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET> wrote:
> >
> > Ruth,
> > Are you suggesting that perception may not
> > actually be reality? What a radical concept!
> >
>
> >
>
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: RuthWeiner@aol.com
> > To: vargo@physicist.net ; jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET
> ;
> > joseroze@netvision.net.il ;
> RadSafeInst@cableone.net
> > ; bobcherry@cox.net ; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 8:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: Strontium-90 on Tennessee Highway
> > 95
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 5/17/04 8:25:06 PM Mountain
> > Daylight Time, vargo@physicist.net writes:
> >
> >
> > Actually, there's a lot of validity in that
> A
> > lot of us could use more training in effective
> > communication,
> >
> >
> > If you know what you are talking about, and
> are
> > enthusiastic about it and about communicating it,
> > and accept disagreement, you don't need training
> in
> > communication. If you aren't, all the training in
> > the world won't help you.
> >
> > psychology, leadership (the right-brain kind
> of
> > stuff). I can recall many instances
> >
> > where radiation workers, members of the
> > public, etc. have been turned "anti" because of
> > dismissive or condescending attitudes,
> >
> >
> > Oh my! Had i been put off by "condescending
> > attitudes," I wouldn't have succeeded at anything!
>
> > Whatever happened to "Sticks and stones may break
> my
> > bones but names will never hurt me?" Or was that
> > saved for the lower-middle-class children of the
> > 1940s, like me. Or are people so easily beguiled
> by
> > sycophancy that they can't take ordinary
> > disagreement and different attitudes?
> >
> > ineptly communicated explanations of risk, or
> > the "we know what's good for you"
> >
> > attitude. Like or not, personal perceptions
> > become personal realities and feelings become
> > beliefs.
> >
> >
> > Sure, like the folks who thought laetrile
> could
> > cure cancer. Or the people who won't use seat
> belts
> > (in the words of Consumer Reports: "Americans
> think
> > they are immortal until the moment of impact").
> Or
> > the people who think aliens landed at Roswell, NM.
>
> > Or...
> >
> > Ruth
> >
> >
> > Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.
> > ruthweiner@aol.com
> >
> >
>
>
> =====
> +++++++++++++++++++
> "We cannot escape danger, or the fear of danger, by
> crawling into bed and pulling the covers over our
> heads."
> -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
>
> -- John
> John Jacobus, MS
> Certified Health Physicist
> e-mail: crispy_bird@yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
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-- John
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