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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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-- Franklin Delano Roosevelt



-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

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