The ailing Chief Justice William Renquest administered the Oath of Office today. It was a wildly historic moment. The President's speech was moving and perhaps the best I've heard by a living president in my lifetime. What really strikes me about this moment in history is that the administration and the country as a whole is focused on the cause of the freedom and liberty of others across the globe rather than being self absorbed . I also find it amazing that there are those who would deny the world this moment in history. At this very moment there is a mass protest against the Inauguration ceremony at Jackson Square in the French Quarter. These are very shortsighted people.
Another recent historic event was the Cassini mission, which explored Saturn and it's many satellites. The probe actually went on a trajectory that took it through the gap in Saturn's rings and ended with a descent into the mysterious moon Titan. Soon there will be probes going to extra-solar bodies and sending back pictures of these other worlds. What an amazing time to be alive it is.
My hope and belief is that in the near future, scarcity will cease to exist and the governments of the world can then govern purely in the interests of the good of humanity without the corrosive effect of money, power and influence peddling. The best hope to eliminate scarcity is nanotechnology. If food, housing and materials can be fabricated from raw molecules, this goal can be achieved and materialism will no longer be an obsession.
We recentlyhad Martin Luther King Day and it reminded me of the contraversial remarks made by Bill Cosby recently. There is a disease of domestic terrorism perpetrated by young blacks in many inner city areas. Something has to change. I'm glad someone has the guts to put this truth out there..especially a guy with his credibility. It's a real problem here in New Orleans.
I saw in incredible documentary recently called In the Name of God: Scenes from the Extreme. I've also been reading about the Holocaust lately and it makes me wonder if in 30 years the Jihadists will realize the gross error of their ways as the living Germans who were accessories to the holocaust now do.
