Bullock Texas State History Museum
Paul's Beliefs No Delusion
RECEIVED Sat., Jan. 7, 2012
Dear Editor,
There are so many mischaracterizations, so much misinformation in Jef Cook’s letter about the “delusion” of Ron Paul [“Postmarks” online, Jan. 6].
Did you know, Mr. Cook, that the Strategic Defense Initiative, aka Star Wars, touted as a defense shield, was intended to be used as a preemptive strike on the former USSR? The head physicist who designed the program learned this when he was called to a meeting with President Reagan and staff. He said that was the last meeting he ever attended with "those insane people" and that the project luckily just petered out.
Did you know that the pilot of a B-52 accidentally dropped two loaded nuclear bombs on South Carolina? Both much more powerful than the atomic bombs used on Japan. One was recovered; the other remains inaccessible, 400 feet underground in a swamp, where it is monitored annually for contamination.
Did you know that both the U.S. and the USSR considered nuking the moon, just to see what would happen? These last two facts are well documented in the book 100 Things You’re Not Supposed To Know by Russ Kick.
Do you know that thousands of our servicemen and women have been poisoned by depleted uranium in Iraq, and that they cannot get adequate medical care? (Same plight for the first responders in the 9/11 attack, but with different ailments from different toxins.) Do you know how many knowledgeable people warned at the outset of Iraq and Afghanistan that neither posed any threat whatsoever to the United States of America?
Do you realize America has been so terrorized by imagined threats that it has surrendered every protection guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, a document which evolved over hundreds of years and by the sacrifice of countless martyrs? And that history shows that once surrendered, civil rights are never voluntarily restored?
There are so many mischaracterizations, so much misinformation in Jef Cook’s letter about the “delusion” of Ron Paul [“Postmarks” online, Jan. 6].
Did you know, Mr. Cook, that the Strategic Defense Initiative, aka Star Wars, touted as a defense shield, was intended to be used as a preemptive strike on the former USSR? The head physicist who designed the program learned this when he was called to a meeting with President Reagan and staff. He said that was the last meeting he ever attended with "those insane people" and that the project luckily just petered out.
Did you know that the pilot of a B-52 accidentally dropped two loaded nuclear bombs on South Carolina? Both much more powerful than the atomic bombs used on Japan. One was recovered; the other remains inaccessible, 400 feet underground in a swamp, where it is monitored annually for contamination.
Did you know that both the U.S. and the USSR considered nuking the moon, just to see what would happen? These last two facts are well documented in the book 100 Things You’re Not Supposed To Know by Russ Kick.
Do you know that thousands of our servicemen and women have been poisoned by depleted uranium in Iraq, and that they cannot get adequate medical care? (Same plight for the first responders in the 9/11 attack, but with different ailments from different toxins.) Do you know how many knowledgeable people warned at the outset of Iraq and Afghanistan that neither posed any threat whatsoever to the United States of America?
Do you realize America has been so terrorized by imagined threats that it has surrendered every protection guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, a document which evolved over hundreds of years and by the sacrifice of countless martyrs? And that history shows that once surrendered, civil rights are never voluntarily restored?
Sincerely,
Kenney C. Kennedy
Kenney C. Kennedy
