When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Thursday, December 06, 2001
OK, what I want to know is whether you can carry groceries on this thing, and babies, or maybe pull a string of toddlers in a little red wagon behind you.
It sounds wonderful, but it sounds so limited and solitary. Just me alone, skimming through space with no encumbrances.
What about the people whose trips around town consist of doing errands? Many of us go to the post office, go to the grocery store, go to the garden center, go to the hardware store. OK, you can do the post office (probably); what about all the errands that consist of taking something or fetching something? I read this gizmo will hold 75 lbs in addition to the weight of a 250-lb person. That's a fair amount, but it has to be small. A bowling ball would work, perhaps, but a couple of little kids? doubtful. Go to the laundromat? Bet you cant carry more than one load (for those that don't know, hardly anyone goes with one load. You wait til you have several and do them all at once.)
ON the other hand, I believe this is the sort of stuff the brains of our country should be working on - not smart bombs and body heat sensors and amazing tanks and planes. Put the money into something useful, I say! Something with the capacity to improve our lives.
Honestly, war doesnt make it better for anyone. Well, except the munitions makers of course. Do they really need our support though, with all those sportsmen out there playing with their constitutionally protected toys?
Mr. Bush, give us a break!
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
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OK, what I want to know is whether you can carry groceries on this thing, and babies, or maybe pull a string of toddlers in a little red wagon behind you.
It sounds wonderful, but it sounds so limited and solitary. Just me alone, skimming through space with no encumbrances.
What about the people whose trips around town consist of doing errands? Many of us go to the post office, go to the grocery store, go to the garden center, go to the hardware store. OK, you can do the post office (probably); what about all the errands that consist of taking something or fetching something? I read this gizmo will hold 75 lbs in addition to the weight of a 250-lb person. That's a fair amount, but it has to be small. A bowling ball would work, perhaps, but a couple of little kids? doubtful. Go to the laundromat? Bet you cant carry more than one load (for those that don't know, hardly anyone goes with one load. You wait til you have several and do them all at once.)
ON the other hand, I believe this is the sort of stuff the brains of our country should be working on - not smart bombs and body heat sensors and amazing tanks and planes. Put the money into something useful, I say! Something with the capacity to improve our lives.
Honestly, war doesnt make it better for anyone. Well, except the munitions makers of course. Do they really need our support though, with all those sportsmen out there playing with their constitutionally protected toys?
Mr. Bush, give us a break!
Palema
4:52 PM
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