Tin / aluminum foil hats are deprecated. http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/
But there is good news. We are working on a special Kool Aid formulation that may provide permanent protection. <http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe hang out outside and hand out tin foil hats as people leave. > > > > *From:* G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 08, 2009 12:08 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: [WOT] FW: Presidential Address Sept. 8th > > > > Have them be sure to burn any books that talk about dinosaurs or evolution > too. > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Gene Giannamore < > [email protected]> wrote: > > WOT = way off topic or wide open throttle? > > > > Anyway my bro-in-law wrote this J > > > > > > > > Dear Livermore school officials, > > > > Here are two Internet links: > > http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml > > & > > > http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10582301/President-Obamaÿÿ™s-Address-to-Students-Across-America-September-8-2009<http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10582301/President-Obama's-Address-to-Students-Across-America-September-8-2009> > > > > These links describe the President of the United States ÿÿ™ intent to > address pre-K to sixth graders live via the Internet. > > > > I am writing to ask for Livermore schools not to accept this broadcast live > and/or have an opt-in form sent to parents (so that parents would have to > agree to let their children view the speech). > > > > I ask this for the reasons below: > > > > 1. No Constitutional Authority. The Federal government has no > authority to send curriculum to state schools and no authority to address > minors without parental permission. > 2. No politics in school. There has been no national tragedy that the > president is reacting to. The President is trying to set a precedent > whereby he may address our youth directly asserting his influence on > educational policy. This is political in nature and subject to differences > of opinion to-which adults may debate but should be transparent to our > youth > (especially 4-12 years old). A live broadcast does not allow parents > sufficient time to counter the influence of the leader of the free > worldÿÿ™s > perspective on education. > 3. No usurpation of parental rights. Parents have the unequivocal > right to guide their children in matters of politics, religion, morality, > and etc. The president may have rights and responsibilities to speak to > the > public, but will violate parental rights by speaking to minors directly > without supplying a written transcript or preview of the broadcast. > 4. No captive audience. Without and Opt-in policy by the Livermore > Valley Joint Unified School District , our children will be a > *captive*audience to the influence of a politician. I believe need not make > mention > of historical abuses of this power by other nations. > > > > No matter how benign the Presidential address may seem, it reduces our > liberty and our authority over our own children. So if you do not force our > students to watch either by not broadcasting or having parents Opt-in, then > you show your dedication to parental rights and authority. > > > > Thank you, > > Livermore parents > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > > Gregory Waleed Kavalec > --------------------------------------------- > What matters?... > Only the flicker of light within the darkness, > the feeling of warmth within the cold, > the knowledge of love within the void. > — Joan Walsh Anglund > > > > > > > > > > > -- -- Gregory Waleed Kavalec --------------------------------------------- What matters?... Only the flicker of light within the darkness, the feeling of warmth within the cold, the knowledge of love within the void. — Joan Walsh Anglund ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
