In the 2006 election, the Senator in my state (Delaware) up for re-election (Tom Carper) claimed that he was for implementation of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Report. Since I had read the 9/11 commission report (twice now), I wanted to know what he thought "implementing the recommendations" meant. Especially now, I wonder how Mr Carper reconciles the recommendations with the current Democratic party positions.
I thought that I would review the commission's recommendations and send Sen Carper an email about them. One at a time. I will cross-post the email here and also post any non-trivial responses.
Though I will send Mr Carper my real name, I will not post it here. I wish to maintain some degree of anonymity. Yes, I am aware of the pluses and minuses of that approach. And, if one really wants to find out who I am, that probably won't be too hard.
Update : I had forgotten what a pain it is to communicate via email to our elected representatives. Since it seems most judicious to use the form provided by the Senator, I will be drafting the note here and posting it via his email page.
Being's not what's brought me here. Thinking's not what's thought me here.
About Me
- yet another rice alum
- I'm currently a resident of Delaware, though I grew up mostly in the SouthEast US and, fwiw, consider Texas to be home. My educational background is physics, though I don't have enough to be employable in the field and anyway that was a long time ago. I like what my daughter said one time when she told us something we didn't think she'd know..."I'm smart. I read a lot". My two goals in life are (still) to be holy and to be literate. I'm better at the second, but not good. And for the first, I depend on the grace of God.
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