"All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident." - - - Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher, 1788-1860 Whatever the evil (poison) is, it must be presented in a mix of something good, or good for you. Rat poison is like this, 99.5% of the ingredients are tasty and nutritious for the rat (otherwise, they wouldn't eat it, would they?).  Only .5% (1/2 percent) is deadly.

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[I would not have you vote any party, and the presumes voting is of any value these days.  But, the grasshopper story is still entertaining.]
 

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed.

The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself!

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The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.

Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.

CBS, NBC, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.

America is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing, "It's Not Easy Being Green."

Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the group singing, "We shall overcome." Jesse then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake.

Tom Daschle & John Kerry exclaim in an interview with Peter Jennings that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his "fair share."

Finally, the EEOC drafts the "Economic Equity and Anti-Grasshopper Act," retroactive to the beginning of the summer. The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government.

Hillary gets her old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit against the ant, and the case is tried before a panel of federal judges that Bill appointed from a list of single-parent welfare recipients.

The ant loses the case.

The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it.

The ant has disappeared in the snow.

The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.

MORAL OF THE STORY Vote Republican
 
 

a r t i c l e   /   c o m m e n t a r y

DNA Bar Code
at the molecular size on food, in oil, everywhere

Invisible Bar Code System Developed
http://www.theautochannel.com/F/news/2004/08/14/209084.html

Seoul August 14, 2004; Choi Kyong-ae writing for the Korea Times reported that Korean scientists have developed the world¡¯s first invisible and omnipresent bar code system.

After eight years of research, a team of Seoul National University (SNU) professors and chemists announced Wednesday the development of what is called the Nano DNA-Barcode System (NDBS).

``The novel system is literally `invisible but omnipresent.¡¯ Its invisibility prevents fabrications of barcode information such as password changes or nullification. This ensures a high level of security, whereas the system currently in use is open to fabrications,¡¯¡¯ Choy Jin-ho, who led the project at the SNU¡¯s National Nanohybrid Materials Laboratory, said.

NDBS works like this: First, DNA-encapsulated inorganic nano material is sprayed on or impregnated in products such as those of petroleum, paint, agriculture or livestock. The DNA is not damaged by enzymes or heat during a product¡¯s distribution, so information concerning a product can be obtained by extracting nano molecules through a method known as polimerase chain reaction (PCR).

``Organic vegetables and petroleum are encrypted with genetic codes that carry all information concerning a product, including its origin, quality details and suppliers. This allows a product to be identified and traced very easily. It can be used in the event of an outbreak of mad cow disease or an oil spillage,¡± said Professor Choy.

He added that the same technology can be used for a variety of purposes. One example is the identification of counterfeit bills if new bills are impregnated with an invisible inorganic DNA nanohybrid during production. The government should manage and monitor the system to ensure its wide adoption, he stressed.

Choy applied for patent rights on the DNA barcode system in Korea last year, having obtained patents for its stabilization process four years ago in the United States. His achievements have recently been introduced in Advanced Materials, a renowned materials technology magazine published in Germany.
 

Invisible DNA Bar Code System Designed
http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/102/C3098/
Thursday August 12, 2004 12:21 PM CDT
By: Edward Hascal
Source: The Korea Times

A Nano DNA-Barcode System (NDBS) was developed by a team of Seoul National University (SNU) professors and chemists, this is the world’s first invisible and omnipresent bar code system created.

By method of spraying or impregnation, DNA-encapsulated inorganic nano material is applied to products such as petroleum, paint, agriculture or livestock. The DNA of the product is not damaged by enzymes or heat during the product’s distribution or use, this leaves the barcode information intact and availble by extracting nano molecules by a method known as polimerase chain reaction (PCR).

``Organic vegetables and petroleum are encrypted with genetic codes that carry all information concerning a product, including its origin, quality details and suppliers. This allows a product to be identified and traced very easily. It can be used in the event of an outbreak of mad cow disease or an oil spillage,” said Professor Choy.

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