[Peace] Issue of some concern

Arun Bhalla bhalla at uiuc.edu
Thu Nov 8 19:05:46 CST 2001


John Wason writes:
> 
> On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Suvir Kaul wrote:
> 
> > Dear list (with apologies because I know you will get this from more than
> > one source, but this seems an important academic and institutional issue
> > to me):
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > Suvir
> 
> Though I certainly have no problem in signing the letter, I find it hard
> to imagine that Senator Diane Feinstein from San Francisco would be
> introducing a bill like this.  But crazy things are happening in these
> days, and I've been wondering for nearly 2 months now where all our
> "liberal" Senators and Representatives are, like Paul Wellstone and Jesse
> Jackson Jr., who should be sounding a clarion call for sanity.  It's
> enough to make a grown man cry.

Feinstein started talking about this within a week after September 11.  Almost
makes me wonder if she had some ax to grind.  Between this and a few other
bills she has supported, she scares me as much as a right-winger.

Arun



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