THE COMPANY YOU KEEP — by Steve Nadis
Earlier tonight I received an email from a physicist friend at Stanford relating to the “Impeach Cheney” movement; he’d sent it to about 80 people altogether, most of them physicists. If you tend to be skittish, you might not want to be on an email list associated with a political cause like that. However, upon reviewing the list, I have to say I’m proud to be included. The list includes at least two Nobel laureates in physics and another physicist often touted as Einstein’s successor. In addition, there are a bunch of physicists who are quite well-known whom I happen to respect a lot. I don’t put much stock in email petitions and tend not to sign them since I believe they’re ineffectual. Nevertheless, I was happy to see my name sitting up there among a large number of noted scholars.
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04:46:37
So I guess his idea is: if you impeach the neutron, then the electron is automatically…
un-elected?
Touche, old boy! That’s usin’ the old knocker!
-Sir Mark O. Poloe
Interesting metaphor. But wouldn’t Bush be the neutron, since he has no charge? Or is he an electron because he’s a lightweight?
Personally, I think he’s a prime example of the “moron”–an unstable, uni-dimensional particle with no charge, no mass, and lots and lots of spin.
Good point, MP. And nicely turned, Gatemouth, nicely turned…