What the anti-gun mass media has wrought: http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/8188403/detail.html [1] As recently as the early 1950s, it was not unusual for residents of the large cities in the eastern U.S. to carry uncased rifles to or from shooting matches on public transportation. But now, the sight of a man with an air rifle causes a panicked evacuation? Ay, ay, ay…
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Walter J. Williams (of www.shadowstats.com [2]) warns of the possibility of a “hyperinflationary depression.” Gee, this sounds like the storyline from a novel I read once.For an interview with Williams, see:
http://www.weedenco.com/welling/Downloads/2006/0804welling022106.pdf [3]
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Schools Told To Prep For Bird Flu Outbreaks:
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/3/22/101351.shtml?s=lh [4]
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Cold War cache found inside the Brooklyn Bridge:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3739585.html [5]
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U.S. chemical plants are still vulnerable to terrorists. See:
http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2003/03/18/chemical_plants/index.html [6]
According to a recent report (http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/02/27/gao-issues-report-on-chemical-security/ [7]), security has not improved substantially since the Salon story was written, three years ago.