Paul Kevin Curtis: Letters To The Editors
I'm sure this story is well covered, but I have to weigh in anyway. My motivation is to demonstrate how stupidity and activism do not mix. I will even throw some do's and dont's in for the would be activist. From the stories that are now yesterday's news, I garnered a few clues as to why this man's plan of sending poisoned letters to the President, and a (this was a clue for the FBI) Senator from Curtis' home state of Mississippi was thwarted. First, we have to address the fact that we do not live in Mayberry anymore. A short trip outside of Mississippi's borders will prove that to be true. There have been multiple attempts at poisoning the elected, dating back to 2001. First it was anthrax, then ricin -circa 2004. Our perp made his first mistake when he thought letters sent to the White House, or Congress went straight to the recipient. There are thousands of worker bees screening mail from hicks like you Paul. So far, since 2001, anthrax has killed five,...