g-rh@cca.CCA.COM (Richard Harter) (07/26/88)
In article <2819@ttrdc.UUCP> levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) writes: >In article <1988Jul23.221743.22169@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: >> Anyone who buys Wisconsin cheese is| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology >> a traitor to mankind. --Pournelle |uunet!mnetor!utzoo! henry @zoo.toronto.edu > >First it was NASA, now it's Wisconsin cheese. What gripe do you (and Pournelle >for that matter) have against Wisconsin cheese? (The imagination boggles.) There are people who believe that William Proxmire, senator from Wisconsin, is a traitor to humanity. I would not go nearly so far, but I am willing to entertain the notion that he has done more harm to the United States than any concious agent of the USSR. The space program in particular, and federally funded scientific research in general have been the targets of his anti-science, know-nothing vendettas, which are cloaked in the name of economy. Senator Proxmire may not be good for America, but he has been very good for the Wisconsin dairy industry; he is very popular there for that reason. Now you know the reason for the quote. -- In the fields of Hell where the grass grows high Are the graves of dreams allowed to die. Richard Harter, SMDS Inc.