Litchfield Experiment

While watching an old episode of the "X-files" I came across reference to a US cold war project called the "Litchfield Experiment".  The program claims that the government made an attempt to clone the super-soldier or the super-intellect by eugenics to bred babies that would grow into these super humans.  I am not sure myself how this all might work but it seems the embryos were produced in the lab by the process of in-vitro fertilization and then implanted in unsuspecting women.  The offspring were referred to as "Adam" or "Eve" and each was given a number.  The experiment was conducted by the Luther Stapes Center for . Reproductive Medicine and run by a Dr Sally Kendrick.  The date in the program was 1985.  I googled "Litchfield Experiment" and found that there was such a program run by the US government in the 1950's because we were afraid the Russians were doing the same thing and we didn't want them to get ahead of us in this field.  For some reason the program was abandoned.  The "X-file" program claims that the surviving Adam and Eves were kept locked up in some kind of prison.  How true is the premise of his program?  I don't know. 

The Domino Theory

Many of us-my age-remember the use of this term to justify our position in the war in Vietnam.  If the US allowed South Vietnam to "go communist" then it would cause of ripple effect causing other neighboring countries to also fall to the communist aggression.  They would fall like dominoes, we were told, and the world would be much more dangerous.  As we know that turned out to be wrong.

I understand that now, in our efforts to punish Syria for using chemical weapons on areas of it population, we must now respond because if we did not then other countries around the world would also use chemical weapons against its own citizens or others who they were at war with.  Another foreign policy of the US based on the "domino theory".  I  believe the theory holds no water.

(Source: "Syria not likely to retaliate against US" by Anne Gearan of The Washington Post.  In The Record (of Bergen County, NJ) on 8/31/13.

Lock and Load

In Houston, Texas-the state that might just be the gun capital of America-a birthday party for an 18 year old ended with a gun fight.  The OK corral is back.  One party goer took out his handgun and fired off a round in celebration, much like they do in middle east countries to note a victory against the great satan of North America.  Problem being is that another party goer pulled out his handgun and fired back in what he thought was self-defense.  This is  what one might expect if everyone was carrying a piece; a vision of the NRA's perfect society