Letter To President Bush
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
While browsing
NewsVine today I came across this
letter to Bush from a retired Naval aviator, judge, and law professor.
"Until your administration, I thought it was impossible for our nation to take hundreds of persons into custody without provable charges of any kind, and to “disappear” them into holes like Gitmo, Abu Ghraib and Bagram. Until your administration, in my wildest legal fantasy I could not imagine a U.S. Attorney General seeking to justify torture or a President first stating his intent to veto an anti-torture law, and then adding a “signing statement” that he intends to ignore such law as he sees fit."
In the end, he tells Bush he is turning in his aviator's wings and his Lieutenant's shoulder boards as a protest for the injustices done by this adminstration. This is the type of person we need serving as an elected official for our country.
health news, 10K
Guy #1: I'm thinking of doing bio-medical engineering.
Guy #2: Isn't that where people create animals--
Guy #1: No, you dumbass film major.
--Hayden Hall Residence, Washington Square West from overheardinnewyork.com
Hole in the heart may be linked to migraines - Some cases of severe migraine may be effectively treated by closing a hole in the heart, research suggests. more heart stuff - should we all be on statins?
An interesting new theory on pregnancy - a competition between mother and child.
The ganja causes memory problems? What was that?
JOIN ME for this year's Bolder Boulder, May 29th. This will be my first 10K in about five years, and I haven't really been running that much. I'll try just to wheeze and gasp my way to the finish. Training is way more fun with some friends though, so get off your plush couch and lace up those running shoes. My plan for this week is to run 15 miles in 5 sessions (2 3 4 4 2)
