Lunch Hour

History becomes less interesting when it is less historical. The development of the atomic bomb, garden chemicals, the pill, plastic, and the other scientific advancements that constitute my socio-cultural world are too recent and familiar to be fascinating. They lack the novelty of antiquity, so to speak. In any case, got through the midsection of the "Science in American Life" display. I guess kids growing up now have never seen a Tonka truck or a black & white television.

Oh, and if the Democrats think this administration is scaring us, they should watch some of the reels from Truman through Johnson - that's some scary stuff! "Little Jimmy knows the atomic bomb could explode any time...so when he sees the flash, he ducks and covers". I honestly don't think lying down in the street can save you from getting nuked, but it can almost certainly make you more acquiescent to the demands of your own government. Like the Democrats, I despise the Bush administration's use of fear in gettig Americans to cede their civil liberties; however, I definitely don't trust the Johns on the Left to give us those back. If anything, a John-John administration is going to be more controlling and more fear-mongering, though in a more self-righteously indiscriminate manner.