Subject: Re: [drugwar] BYOB: "Bring your own bulletproof" jackets to Iraq Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:48:33 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong Happens I met the guy whose company , Ceradyne , makes the= ceramics back on FRI.JAN,000121 . The ( unedited ) notes are at http://cosy.com/cal00/cur0001.htm . The company's stock= started taking off the fourth quarter of last year and has gone up about= 5 fold since I saw them . Guess I should have invested more in= war . -- On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:41:13 -0400, Tim Meehan wrote: >=A0The latest in a series of "What the fuck?" stories I've come= across lately. >=A0Pacifist or not, let's leave that aside for a moment: if you're= going into >=A0combat, there no bloody excuse for your army to not provide= needed equipiment. >=A0I hope every person who reads this forwards a copy to their= veteran's group. >=A0This is a disgrace! > >=A0--- >=A0http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-turley29se= p29,1,6150427.story?coll=3Dla-news-comment-opinions > >=A0Full Metal Jacket > >=A0Why must Americans in Iraq face death because of outmoded body= armor? > >=A0By Jonathan Turley .... >=A0Murphy's reserve unit, which initially had no modern jackets,= was eventually >=A0given some Interceptor vests weeks after they arrived in Iraq,= but even then the >=A0new vests were missing the essential ceramic plates. That is= when Werfelman went >=A0out and bought some plates for $650 =97 more than her weekly= salary =97 and sent >=A0them to her son so he'd have basic protection. Workers at one= armor company she >=A0called said that they had been deluged with calls from parents= trying to buy >=A0vests and plates for their sons and daughters overseas. .... > >=A0This is a dangerous practice, according to William "Butch"= Hancock, who recently >=A0retired from the Army after 30 years and currently consults for= Point Blank, a >=A0body armor manufacturer. He says that some of these plates are= designed for >=A0front pockets and will not work in such circumstances. .... --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Return our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/09/30 8:26:35 PM