Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Apparently two consultants with advanced science degrees feel battling aliens is a very real threat. They want us to get ready:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) April 25 – When the aliens finally invade Earth, you may wish you had listened to Travis Taylor and Bob Boan. And if the invasion follows the plot of a typical Hollywood blockbuster, they might also be the guys called in at the last minute to save the day.
After all, they have written “An Introduction to Planetary Defense”, a primer on how humanity can defend itself if little green men wielding death rays show up at our cosmic doorstep.
Related Reading Segue: I recommend Reason Magazine’s February 20 article, Credit Where Credit Is Due: The Bank of America offers credit cards to illegal immigrants. What could be more American? An excerpt:
Somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 million illegal immigrants (estimates vary) need financial services, and most are making do with second-best options right now. According to a recent Brookings Institution study, immigrants (legal and illegal) spend $2 billion a year on check cashing facilities and pay another $2 billion a year to send remittances back to relatives and friends in their home countries. Critics worried about the ethical implications of offering credit cards to lawbreakers would do well to consider the ethical implications of shutting out an underclass from the banking services the rest of us enjoy.
Recommended Listening Segue: Ry Cooder’s song El U.F.O. Cayó on the album “Chavez Ravine”.
