Sorry, I just don't get the "Wilsourson" references. It's just
too esoteric for me I'm afraid. I admit it, I'm no match for your
scathing intellectual wit.<br>
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Glenn<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tom Hansen</b> <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Although I did not retrieve this news article from Courtney's BLog, I am<br>certain that it will be there soon, Mr. Wilsourson (aka Schwaller).<br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
<br>students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<br><br>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com
</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>]<br>On Behalf Of Glenn Schwaller<br>Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:43 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com
</a><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'<br><br>You sure that wasn't on Dale's website as well??<br><br>On 6/12/07, Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">
thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br>> >From KPIX-TV (CBS affiliate) in San Francisco at<br>><br>> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2yr9bw">http://tinyurl.com/2yr9bw</a><br>><br>> -----------------------------------------------------------
<br>><br>> Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build a 'Gay Bomb'<br>><br>> (CBS) BERKELEY, Calif. A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks<br>military<br>> spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a
<br>> hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals<br>and<br>> make them more interested in sex than fighting.<br>><br>> Pentagon officials on Friday confirmed to CBS station KPIX-TV in San
<br>> Francisco that military leaders had considered, and then subsequently<br>> rejected, building the so-called gay bomb.<br>><br>> Edward Hammond, of Berkeley's Sunshine Project, had used the Freedom of
<br>> Information Act to obtain a copy of the proposal from the Air Force's<br>Wright<br>> Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio.<br>><br>> As part of a military effort to develop non-lethal weapons, the proposal<br>
> suggested, "One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be<br>> strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual<br>> behavior."<br>><br>> The documents show the Air Force lab asked for $7.5 million to develop
<br>such<br>> a chemical weapon.<br>><br>> "The Ohio Air Force lab proposed that a bomb be developed that contained a<br>> chemical that would cause enemy soldiers to become gay, and to have their<br>> units break down because all their soldiers became irresistibly attractive
<br>> to one another," Hammond said after reviewing the documents.<br>><br>> "The notion was that a chemical that would probably be pleasant in the<br>human<br>> body in low quantities could be identified, and by virtue of either
<br>> breathing or having their skin exposed to this chemical, the notion was<br>that<br>> soldiers would become gay," explained Hammond.<br>><br>> The Pentagon told KPIX-TV that the proposal was made by the Air Force in
<br>> 1994.<br>><br>> "The Department of Defense is committed to identifying, researching and<br>> developing non-lethal weapons that will support our men and women in<br>> uniform," said a DOD spokesperson, who indicated that the "gay bomb" idea
<br>> was quickly dismissed.<br>><br>> However, Hammond said the government records he obtained suggest the<br>> military gave the plan much stronger consideration than it has<br>acknowledged.<br>><br>> "The truth of the matter is it would have never come to my attention if it
<br>> was dismissed at the time it was proposed," he said. "In fact, the<br>Pentagon<br>> has used it repeatedly and subsequently in an effort to promote non-lethal<br>> weapons, and in fact they submitted it to the highest scientific review
<br>body<br>> in the country for them to consider."<br>><br>> Military officials insisted Friday to KPIX-TV that they are not currently<br>> working on any such idea and that the past plan was abandoned.<br>
><br>> Gay community leaders in California said Friday that they found the notion<br>> of a "gay bomb" both offensive and almost laughable at the same time.<br>><br>> "Throughout history we have had so many brave men and women who are gay
<br>and<br>> lesbian serving the military with distinction," said Geoff Kors of<br>Equality<br>> California. "So, it's just offensive that they think by turning people gay<br>> that the other military would be incapable of doing their job. And its
<br>> absurd because there's so much medical data that shows that sexual<br>> orientation is immutable and cannot be changed."<br>><br>> -----------------------------------------------------------<br>
><br>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>><br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Moscow, Idaho<br>><br>> "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the<br>tranquil<br>> and steady dedication of a lifetime."
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