“The worst lie ever told is that it is easier to destroy than to create. This lie makes people apathetic about a number of imminently avoidable horrors, particularly the nuclear ones. But Oppenheimer didn’t just go outside one day and trip over an atomic bomb. Nuclear development required trillions of dollars and a massive sustained effort by America’s top politicians, military advisors, and scientific geniuses. Not one damn bit of it was easy. It was certainly harder that sitting down with Stalin or Khrushchev and having a talk . . . America had options. The path of destruction was a choice. It has always been America’s choice, and we citizens have always shrugged, assuming it’s too late to turn back the doomsday clock, although we’re the ones who wound it in the first place.” TruthPoliticsLiesRussiaNuclear WeaponsEnd Of The WorldNuclear WarNukesOppenheimerManhattan Project Book:Gods of the Flesh: A Skeptic's Journey Through Sex, Politics and Religion Source: Gods of the Flesh: A Skeptic's Journey Through Sex, Politics and Religion
“One popular defense of the Founding Fathers says they were simply men of their time, flawed idealists for whom 'that was the culture then.' But in fact, they were not men of their time. The Founding Fathers were men of their color (white) of their status (wealthy) of their descent (European) of their time. To say that the Founding Fathers were men of their time defines time according to them. It legitimizes their place at the top of the world--the origin of popular history--even if the leaders of other nations were more democratic and fair-handed.” AmericaPoliticsHistoryFounding FathersWashingtonMlk Day Book:Gods of the Flesh: A Skeptic's Journey Through Sex, Politics and Religion Source: Gods of the Flesh: A Skeptic's Journey Through Sex, Politics and Religion