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Far too many people think like this - that is what is destroying the planet!
Amy
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> There Are People Who Really Think Like This
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> by <http://darksyde.dailykos.com/> DarkSyde
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> Wed Apr 30, 2008
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> Stand aside Michael Crichton, you have been upstaged. A whole pod of
> right-wing sci-fi has beens are chiming in with the most peculiar
> suggestions for fixing social shortcomings heard this side of the
> Puppeteer
> Homeworld. What makes this crew spooky is the Department of Homeland
> Security is reportedly listening to their advice, and that's not fiction:
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> Sadly, No <http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/9360.html> -- The group has
> the
> ear of Department of Homeland Security Undersecretary Jay Cohen, head of
> the
> science and technology directorate, who has said he likes their
> unconventional thinking. ... Among the group's approximately 24 members
> is
> Larry Niven, the bestselling and award-winning author of such books as
> "Ringworld". Niven said a good way to help hospitals stem financial losses
> is to spread rumors in Spanish within the Latino community that emergency
> rooms are killing patients in order to harvest their organs for
> transplants.
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> It isn't the first crazy thing Niven has said, but it may be the most
> despicable yet: Larry Niven is the great grandson of oil tycoon Edward L.
> Doheny <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_L._Doheny> whose clumsy bribe
> kicked off a corruption investigation that eventually led to the Teapot
> Dome
> scandal. Buoyed by a massive trust fund set up by grandpa Doheney, Niven's
> never had to worry a day in his life about healthcare or anything else for
> that matter. I doubt it would knock any sense into him, but right about
> now
> I'd say Larry could use an uninsured visit to the ER, after a bone
> snapping
> wake up call administered by a pissed off Pak Protector
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_Protector> suffering from Tree-of-Life
> withdrawal and a litter of starving Kzinti
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kzin> kits chewing on his raw, salted ass.
> Anything left over can go to the alleged organ banks. After all, as Niven
> was fond of writing, they're always empty.
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