Interesting article - I remember when working for the Kansas City cap-i-tal-of-the-age-of-en-light-en-ment (60 miles east of Kansas City), there were missile silos everywhere. In the middle of a corn field there would be a fenced off and level, gravel covered, 160 square foot area, with a horizontal steel door on tracks at the top of the silo at ground level, in the middle of the site.
Signs on the gate said use of deadly force authorized for intruders. At the one just down the road, maybe 500 yards from our front entrance, I'd see these dark blue pick up trucks parked at the gate with visibly armed folks walking around. There had to be 40 sites in a 20 mile radius around the KCCP - lol. :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Since there has been some discussion here recently of the types of > questions we should be able to ask about sanity, and those we shouldn't, > this article in Slate caught my eye. It's about a guy who was in > training to work in a missile silo, to have the ability to "turn the > key" and launch his missiles if he ever got the "Go order." He dared to > ask the question, "How do I know that the person giving me this order > (the President of the United States) is sane?" Remember the days of > Richard Nixon drinking heavily, having conversations with portraits of > dead Presidents in the White House, and making statements at state > dinner parties like, "I could leave this room, and in 25 minutes, 70 > million people would be dead." > > Asking this question cost Major Harold Hering his career, and the > question has remained unanswered ever since, even in an age in which a > nutcase like Sarah Palin could become President. This is a long article > but a good one, about an inspiring guy, whose integrity may have helped > to save your life. <snip>
