Gonna need a new keyboard...

I now have an image running through my head of the animated version (dah di-dah di-di-dah, dah-dah)

However, we need Lucy as the psychologist. I see Peppermint Patty is the Silk Spectre.

Poor Linus.

>80 Tensegrity:

Before Microsoft and Google were huge state-sanctioned corporations, they were a few individuals with good ideas hunched over their PCs.

Also Apple, Ford ... This country used to be ABOUT innovation.

The problem arises from the basic axioms of our country's security policies:
1) fear is the best strategy
2) distrust your own citizens
2a) state/corporate = safe
2b) independent/uncontrolled/unmonitored = dangerous
3) security concerns trump *all* legitimate civilian activity

Imagine a world where the response was:

1) The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
2) Trust your neighbors. We are in this together
3) Security is not worth the price of freedom.

"Land of the free, Home of the brave" I want my country back.

Add to the wish list: Astounding/Analog, Galaxy, and Fantasy and Science Fiction.

Years ago a writer I had never heard of posted a short story "One Perfect Morning, With jackals" to the old CompuServe SF Lit Forum. As a result I went out and bought everything I could find by Mike Resnick. Free lit = free advertising.