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Re: Re: Vanity Fair Article on DU - with an Ed Battle recommendation of Rokke!
Thank you, John. I expected someone to reply exactly as you did.
As I wrote below, my remarks are in the public record and the author chose to ignore them. I have not abandoned anything to anybody, except ...
I nominate you to write to the Vanity Fair editor.
Bob
>
> From: John Jacobus <crispy_bird@yahoo.com>
> Date: 2004/11/15 Mon PM 04:26:20 EST
> To: bobcherry@cox.net, radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Subject: Re: Re: Vanity Fair Article on DU - with an Ed Battle recommendation of Rokke!
>
> I still think that a letter to the Editor of Vanity
> Fair with this information and links that tell what is
> known about DU should be sent. You are abandoning the
> field to the enemy, or at least ignorant.
>
> --- bobcherry@cox.net wrote:
>
> > My DOD friends and I have briefly conferred on this
> > article. They essentially told me that the author
> > apparently had no intention to be objective.
> >
> > The article presents nothing original and is little
> > more that an articulate rehash of the usual tired
> > old material from activist websites.
> >
> > I think that it is well known that Ed Battle regrets
> > his hyperbole on Rokke's OERs, but it is better for
> > Ed to speak for himself on this matter.
> >
> > It would be nice if Rokke would also release the
> > words that were written when he was let go from the
> > Army Chemical School. Of course, if he did that, it
> > would violate the activists' tenet of ignoring
> > anything that doesn't support their point of view.
> >
> > The article's author has access to my and others'
> > previous rebuttals of Rokke's drivel and chose to
> > ignore them (see previous paragraph). The consensus
> > of my DOD friends and me is that the time spent
> > writing a letter to the editor would be better spent
> > contemplating our navels.
> >
> > Bob C
> >
> > >
> > > From: John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>
> > > Date: 2004/11/15 Mon AM 11:36:45 EST
> > > To: Doug Aitken
> > <daitken@sugar-land.oilfield.slb.com>,
> > > "RADSAFE \(E-mail\)"
> > <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
> > > Subject: Re: Vanity Fair Article on DU - with an
> > Ed Battle recommendation of Rokke!
> > >
> > > I do not know if Vanity Fair is a "liberal"
> > magazine.
> > > It is certainly not a scientific journal by any
> > > stretch of the imagination.
> > >
> > > Yes, I do believe that someone needs to contact
> > the
> > > editor and author of the article. Maybe a second,
> >
> > > realistic article could be written, but at the
> > least a
> > > letter to the editor needs to be sent.
> > >
> > > --- Doug Aitken
> > <daitken@sugar-land.oilfield.slb.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > The December issue od Vanity Fair has a major
> > > > article on DU and its health
> > > > hazards.
> > > > If I knew nothing about the topic I would
> > definitely
> > > > be influenced to
> > > > believe that DU was truly deadly!
> > > >
> > > > and the list of effects is truly staggering
> > (right
> > > > down to "burning semen"
> > > > - the effects of which are described in great
> > > > deatail...) and they have
> > > > highlighted a new catch phrase "DU-positive" (in
> > an
> > > > obvious attempt to
> > > > compare its danger to AIDS!).
> > > >
> > > > As for Rokke, he gets a majot exposure,
> > including
> > > > his Dec 1995 appraisal
> > > > from Ed Battle "Captain Rokke has repeatedly
> > > > demonstrated the ability to
> > > > function well above his current rank and is as
> > > > effective as any I have
> > > > known" ......... "his achievements have been
> > > > absolutely phenomenal"......
> > > >
> > > > Maybe a letter to the editor from an expert in
> > the
> > > > field is called for?
> > > >
> > > > I know that Vanity Fair is an extremely
> > "liberal"
> > > > magazine, but it has a
> > > > pretty wide readership.....
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Doug Aitken
> > > >
> > > > Doug Aitken
> > > > Schlumberger D&M QHSE Advisor
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> > > > Cell 713-562-8585
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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