[meteorite-list] Thank you,Cmcdon0923!

From: MARSROX_at_aol.com <MARSROX_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:49 2004
Message-ID: <147.830d453.297e656c_at_aol.com>

Dear Cmcdon0923:

You wrote -- "And this was posted to the list for what reason? Was this a
serious challenge....was it meant to be humorous?...

Yes. I'll pay $200 in serious USA currency (small bills if you insist, none
of that funny new "Euro" stuff) for the 1911 "Al Ahali" newspaper. Laugh if
you like.

You wrote -- "do you have an issue surrounding government employees?

Yes. I deal with Lee County, Florida officials all day on land use and
zoning issues. They're lazy, arbitrary and stupid. I tell them this and they
throw "spitballs" at me. But to the point, Ron administers an influential USA
Gov. website that we USA citizens pay for. It is traditional here that our
government information sites not stray "too-far" from the truth. This site
knowingly distributes information that is false. As a civic-minded patriot I
know that this is wrong. It is my duty to object.

You wrote -- "If you have a personal beef with Ron over the Nakhla story,
then handle it that way- personally."

Yes.

You wrote -- "Just because Ron can't prove it happened, doesn't mean it
didn't."

Really? Then everyone accused of a crime goes to jail.

You wrote -- "Just because you can't prove it didn't happen, doesn't mean it
did."

Really? Illogical double negatives. What democracy are you from that forces a
person "to prove he didn't commit a crime?" Ron's "law" would have you wait
in jail until the Valera cow comes home (trust me, that's a l-o-n-g time)
while he looks for the proof he "knows" exists. Luckily Cmcdon0923, in the
USA, if there's no proof, it didn't happen and you walk a free meteorite, er,
man. Have a beer on me. And take a cigar out of the box for the lady.

I want to thank CMcdon0923 for so wonderfully distilling this discussion. In
the primeval past, a "story" claimed that a meteorite hit a dog and killed
it. So sensational it was, that officials on the scene that refuted it were
ignored by the popular forces of ignorance. (What makes these forces
"popular" anyway? Who wants to hang around people that start their sentences
with -- "Duh." Thank God I'm on this list with you good people.)

By effort (a pen, an envelope and a stamp) and serendipity, I easily found
that NO evidence exists that a dog was struck by a meteorite in Egypt in
1911. Any of you would have found the same if you weren't so busy trading
NWA's. I'm sure if Ron had "discovered" this he would correctly state the
truth on the website he works for us citizens and at least one more asteroid
would be named after him -- "Ron"-- but I don't expect or want any such honor
for myself (hold your applause).

And after all, NONE OF THIS IS important if we all get radioactive anthrax
tomorrow.

But IF WE MANAGE TO EXCAPE certain excruciating death tomorrow, than this IS
the seminal meteorite "story." Boys and girls, it didn't happen. Now let's
all grow up and be good little scientists and admit it didn't happen.

BTW - Thank you each and every one for emailing me your favorite "Nakhla" dog
(sic) photo attachments with their heads blown off, I'm touched by your
sentiments.

Kevin Kichinka
Received on Tue 22 Jan 2002 01:49:16 AM PST