<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Mr. Rumelhart inquires:</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What if you had stumbled upon proof that your government was doing something completely unconstitutional and that the corruption went all the way up your chain of command? What would your duty have been, then?"</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Example: If I were assigned to Army ROTC here at UI, and I "stumbled upon proof that [the] government was doing something completely unconstitutional and that the corruption went all the way up [my] chain of command", I would </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1 - G</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ather what I would consider sufficient evidence.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2 - Contact management of the Spokesman-Review and arrange for a sit-down.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Back in the 60s in LA, when I was an active member of VIVA, Voices in Vital America, a lot of this type of info was passed on to "field reporters" of the LA Free Press. No such paper exists here. It's a shame.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">3 - Personally deliver the evidence to the Spokesman-Review and return to Moscow (the one in Idaho). </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">4 - Stir as many "stink pots" as possible in attempt to draw attention to my cause, much like I (and a couple friends) did, concerning our government's lack of action in recovering "unaccounted for" POWs and MIAs from the Vietnam War) in Spokane back in September '91 . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div>(Courtesy of the September 17, 1991 edition of the Spokesman-Review)</div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Photos/SR_091791.jpg">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Photos/SR_091791.jpg</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-----------------</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mr. Rumelhart concludes with a quote from myself and his eager anticipation:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Quote from myself: "I, personally, feel quite comfortable and secure in the current environment here in the Nifty Fifty (USA)."</span><div class=""><div id=":vv" class="" tabindex="0"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img class="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></span></div></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mr. Rumelhart's eager response: "I can't wait to throw that quote back in your face when we have a sitting President you don't like and the government starts pressuring a group you *do* care about."</span></div><div><br></div><div>Here, Mr. Rumelhart. I bolded and underlined the four qualifying words that should prevent you from making such a claim . . .</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I, personally, feel quite comfortable and secure <u><b>in</b> <b>the current environment</b></u> here in the Nifty Fifty (USA)."</span><br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><br>On Oct 15, 2014, at 7:27 PM, Paul Rumelhart <<a href="mailto:paul.rumelhart@gmail.com">paul.rumelhart@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">What if you had stumbled upon proof that your government was doing something completely unconstitutional and that the corruption went all the way up your chain of command? What would your duty have been, then?<br><br>"I, personally, feel quite comfortable and secure in the current environment here in the Nifty Fifty (USA)."<div class=""><div id=":vv" class="" tabindex="0"><img class="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div>I can't wait to throw that quote back in your face when we have a sitting President you don't like and the government starts pressuring a group you *do* care about.</blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>