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Feb. 23, 2005 A Hedy for Figures: Some celebrities turn out to be quite brilliant people. Hedy Lamarr, for example, the glamorous movie star of the 30s and 40s, was instrumental in the early development of theories which lead to computers. I'm not kidding. http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bllamar.htm Stocks and Bond: Jill St. John's stock with Henry Kissinger may have gone up because of her IQ, reported to be over 160, well into genius range. Of course, it didn't hurt that she looked really good in a bikini, as in the James Bond thriller, "Diamonds are Forever." Now there was a real woman. Not one of the bony models with the bland, bored look that seems fashionable today. The Last Time I Saw Paris: Someone asked me an hour ago who Paris Hilton was. I typed "Paris Hilton" into Google and discovered that she has two major characteristics: 1) She doesn't seem to wear panties much of the time; and 2) She's very, very friendly. I also learned that she's not too responsible with her data base, her intimate notes, phone contacts, and some rather raunchy photographs having been extracted from her fancy cellphone recently. It seems likely that people won't trust her with their phone numbers anymore. Like a Rock: Some celebrities seem air-headed, while Chris Rock is just dense. Like a rock, as it were. Part of his comedy routine goes: “Bush lied to me, man. He said we got to move on Iraq because they’re the most dangerous regime on Earth. If they’re so dangerous, how come it only took two weeks to take over the whole fucking country? You couldn’t take over the Bronx in two weeks. You’d need a month to get the Grand Concourse.” While some Hollywood lefties and others may laugh at it, it illustrates a bone-headed lack of knowledge about warfare and terrorism. Saddam Hussein wasn't dangerous because he had an army capable of conquering America. We can beat any army in the world right now in a few weeks. Hussein was dangerous because he supported terrorists, and an army is not very useful against terrorists in the short term. This is asymmetric warfare, in case you want to look it up on Google. Hussein supported terrorists, encouraged terrorists, trained terrorists, supplied information to terrorists, and was a master of miscalculatino, capable of reckless acts. This and his desire to obtain and his previous use of WMD made him a danger. In addition, he was a bad example to other Islamic regimes and Muslims in general, much as a foul-mouthed, shallow-thinking, comic might be a bad example to our kids. ------------ About the author Brooks A. Mick: 63-yr-old physician, still practicing medicine but retired from the US Army. Write just for the fun of it, but working on novel in the vein of Tom Clancy's politico-military genre. Email: brooks15@cox.net ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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