More On DDT

A Ugandan Health Minister said in 2002 that, “Our people’s lives are of primary importance. The West is concerned about the environment because we share it with them. But it is not concerned about malaria because it is not a problem there. In Europe, they used DDT to kill anopheles mosquitoes that cause malaria. Why can’t we use DDT to kill the enemy in our camp?”

Source: Paul Driessen, Eco-Imperialism: Green Power, Black Death. (Merril Press: 2004), page 73
Taken From: New Eugenics and the Rise of the Global Scientific Dictatorship: The Technological Revolution and the Future of Freedom, Part3

Jefferson and Bacon

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.

Thomas Jefferson (February 7, 1788, Letter to Alexander Donald)

Peer Review

Scientists understand that peer review per se provides only a minimal assurance of quality, and that the public conception of peer review as a stamp of authentication is far from the truth.

Nature Magazine (2006 editorial)

Unlimited Submission

The several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government.

Thomas Jefferson in the Kentucky Resolutions (1798-1799)

Nullification is Back!

"We (Missourians) don't like it when people try to take away our freedom," ... "We will maintain the right to purchase health care however we chose. This national health care debate is not about health care as much as it is about redistribution of the wealth. This resolution allows voters to say don't redistribute our wealth here in Missouri."

Rep. Cynthia Davis, R-O'Fallon, The Missourian

Swine Flu Attacks the Internet

Concerns exist that a more severe pandemic outbreak than 2009’s could cause large numbers of people staying home to increase their Internet use and overwhelm Internet providers’ network capacities.

GAO Report to Congressional Requesters, Page 2 of 77, October 2009