A diary entry from "The Terminator"

(Arnold Schwarzenegger's Diary Entry, April 20, 2008)

I am so pumped up. I can't believe my good fortune. To have so many devoted fans who follow me and unquestionably support my decisions. To them I am a real-live action hero, and, like my screen personas, larger than life. I am the total opposite of those girly men in the legislature who snivel and grovel to insignificant special interests like labor, including those annoying nurses and teachers. Those people think they have power but they know no power like what I can wield. My friends are the rich and powerful, the true masters of the universe, and like me, "Mr. Olympia," we have ultimate power over these puny, weaklings. We could crush them like a bug if we wanted to.

It's funny how simple Kalifornians are. Maybe they drink too much tap water. Hah! They should probably stay off the fluoride for their own sake. And, just like sheep they are so easy to manipulate with simple sound bites and empty promises; like when I told them that I would sweep the special interests' out of the Capitol and use my own money to finance my campaign. "Bah, bah, bah," said the black sheep, and they buy it! Darwin is right, a perfect example of why the meek shall not inherit the earth.

But, it's a good thing that people are so dumb and lazy because if they only bothered to do a little research they could see that some very powerful interests are behind my rise to power. But, they didn't bother to even look at the record and came out in droves to vote for me during the recall election, and then again, in the regular election. For they can only see my star power -- I am "Conan the Barbarian" and "The Terminator" and -- hah! hah!--- resistance is futile.

Of course I owe so much of my political success to my good friend "Turd Blossom," a genius for realpolitiks. For someone who doesn't look like much he makes up for his pudgy, doughboy stature by having ca-hones the size of Texas -- and he knows where to swing them, deftly knocking down all edifices of all integrity and honesty to rubble. There is not any dirty trick that man has not thought of in order to get what he wants. Truly, someone worth admiration like Hitler, another man of extraordinary vision and power. Certainly without "the Architect" it would have been hard, if not impossible, for me to become of "The Governator." (I really like it when he calls me that.)

Today, Turd Blossum is working to have the Constitution changed in order to allow me to become President. This should not be too hard as he and the Bushies already destroyed so much of the Constitution as to be virtually unrecognizable from the original -- and without even incurring any of the public's wrath thanks to the media's complicity in keeping this silent. After the Military Commissions Act, the John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007 and National Security Directive 51, which effectively terminates large chunks of the Bill of Rights, adding an amendment allowing foreign-born nationals to become President shouldn't really be much of a problem. Maybe in 2012 I will be in the White House. "The Presinator."

Well, maybe I need to work on that.

But, mainly I got where I am today because of my indomitable will. That is something us Teutonics are known for -- we breed übermensh and I am the über übermensh. Anything I set my mind to I get.

It's funny, but some people think I was groomed for this position early on. They don't believe that it is a coincidence that I starred in movies with titles like "Total Recall" and "The Running Man" and my meteoric rise in politics. That is quite humorous really. Of course these concepts were all hashed out later with my consultants on the campaign trail, and, since it just so happened that I played humanity's saviour in both these films, it was natural to bring up these titles many times in my campaign speeches to make that connection -- me, The Styrian Oak and Savior of Mankind. Hah!

As I said, people are simple. They don't see the difference between the real world and fiction, so my friends in Hollywood and the White House will just keep on writing fun scripts for them to follow. It's all very easy to manipulate the masses; Goebbels understood this well.

Today, my supporters want me to play the Terminator again -- which is my favorite role. They want me to spray Kalifornia with a pesticide called "Checkmate" to exterminate the light brown apple moth, or so they say. They want me to claim it is an emergency so that it is not mandatory to do environmental and safety tests like would normally be required. I don't have a problem doing this, however, I am getting a lot of flack from some people. My staff says the phones are ringing off the hooks from pissed off people who want me to stop the spraying. They are even calling my wife to complain. (I wish they would keep Maria out of this. I am the one who wears the pants around here and she knows it. Plus, she's been working to get Obama elected and doesn't need to be distracted by such frivolous matters as a few people who got stuffy noses from a little moth pheromone. What assholes!)

My staff have told me that people are reporting that the spraying in Monterey and Santa Cruz in late 2007 has made them sick. I believe these people are just being whiny babies who listen to these crazy, hippy, activistas or read these damnable blogs that put out any old crap that they can think of to confuse people and get them all paranoid. Somebody's got to stop this nonsense. Maybe it's time to call my friend, Congresswoman Jane Harmon, and have her speed up forming those Homegrown Terrorist Centers of Excellence, or whatever she is calling them before these crazy people spread more lies.

After all, just who do this people think they are? Me?

Biotechnology and nanotechnology: the hard cell

"... In a climate of declining public trust in both government and industry, new approaches to increase the public's technology I.Q. are needed -- approaches that can bridge the credibility gap and scale-up rapidly to reach large segments of the population. An innovative word-of-mouth campaign could place nanotechnology into the world of everyday conversation, where messages are built on trust and understanding rather than hype and jargon."

-- David Rejeski, Director, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, "Hey, Have You Heard About Nanotechnology? Improve Nanotech Awareness through A Word-of-Mouth Campaign" Nanotechology Now

According to David Rejeski from the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, what the nanotechnology field needs to fill the credibility gab is a good old-fashioned, word-of mouth marketing campaign built on trust and education. He is, of course, a spokesperson for the industry, and we assume that he is touting the beneficial claims of nanotechnology -- that is those applications of the technology that are designed to help fight disease, help in diagnostic work, and perhaps even clean beaches after an oil spill.

But, unfortunately for Mr. Rejeski it must be increasing hard to sell nanotechology and its twin sister, biotechnology, when articles like Ultramicro, nonlethal, and reversible: looking ahead to military biotechnology are so easily found in the public domain.

This article written by Chinese scientists Guo Ji-wei and Xue-sen Yang and published in the July-August, 2005 issue of Military Review explores the many multifaceted, pragmatic uses of biotechnology in future warfare. Here's an example of how these new emerging technologies in the hands of madmen can create Hieronymus Bosch-like nightmares:

"In the final analysis, war is simply human behavior that forces enemies to lose the power of resistance. Biotechnological weapons can cause destruction that is both more powerful and more civilized than that caused by conventional killing methods like gunpowder or nuclear weapons... A military attack, therefore, might wound an enemy's genes, proteins, cells, tissues, and organs, causing more damage than conventional weapons could. However, such devastating, nonlethal effects will require us to pacify the enemy through postwar reconstruction efforts and hatred control."

As far as warfare goes, using nano-bioweapons could be considered more humane than say dropping cluster bombs or phosphorus on Iraqi children or nuking entire cities. Biowarfare is much less messy -- no splattered brain parts or entrails to pick up, no clean-up crews needed to hose the blood off the streets, no burning flesh to assault your olfactory sensibilities; it's all very clean, precise and "civilized." All you need is a firm committed group of sociopaths willing to ensure their survival by targeting certain evildoers' genotypes or cells for death or disability.

But, let's not stop here as Guo Ji-wei and Xue-sen Yang are creative geniuses, so you won't want to miss these fanciful fantasies under "Possible Military Uses of Biotechnology":

"From the perspective of military medicine, proteomics, which examines the structure-function relationship at the molecular level, is a bridge between military goals and practical technologies. With the development of proteomics, we can discover and interpret the key proteins in any single human physiological function and the multiple physiological functions any single protein possesses. All of this will provide accurate models for military attack and make it possible to develop small-scale or ultramicro-scale destructive weapons."

And here they give us an example of what they mean by ultramicro-scale destructive weapons:

"... a microbullet out of a 1-[micro]m tungsten or gold ion, on whose surface plasmid DNA or naked DNA could be precipitated, and deliver the bullet via a gunpowder explosion, electron transmission, or high-pressured gas to penetrate the body surface. (10) We could then release DNA molecules to integrate with the host's cells through blood circulation and cause disease or injury by controlling genes."

Lovely. And, how about death and disease by stealth:

"Modern biotechnology makes it possible to combine two or more pathogenic genes and place them inside a susceptible living body to create a multiple-vulnerating effect. In addition, delaying the time required for a causative agent to take effect is possible by using a living body with a relatively longer incubation period or a pathogenic living body that produces no symptoms when inserted into the human body."

What's particularly interesting is that this article is listed under the U.S. Army's Professional Writings Collection and Guo Ji-wei is Director of the Department of Medical Affairs, Southwest Hospital, Chongqing in the People's Republic of China. Does anyone find it odd the U.S Army CGSC is copywriting work from a director of medical affairs from the People's Republic of China?

What's clear is that there is lack of condemnation for this kind of hypothetical warfare on the Army's website, thereby giving the impression that these programs are acceptable to some. And, according to international law professor and bioweapons expert, Francis Boyle, these are exactly the kinds of programs that the DoD would be working on today as they've gotten the nod, and the funding, by the neo-con Bush administration.

"...the Pentagon 'is now gearing up to fight and "win" biological warfare' pursuant to two Bush national strategy directives adopted 'without public knowledge and review' in 2002.

For fiscal years 2001-2004, the federal government funded $14.5 billion 'for ostensibly 'civilian' biowarfare-related work alone,' a 'truly staggering' sum, Boyle wrote.

Another $5.6 billion was voted for 'the deceptively-named 'Project BioShield,' under which Homeland Security is stockpiling vaccines and drugs to fight anthrax, smallpox and other bioterror agents, wrote Boyle. Protection of the civilian population is, he said, 'one of the fundamental requirements for effectively waging biowarfare.' "

--Bush "Developing Illegal Bioterror Weapons" for Offensive Use

Now that we know that these terrible programs are being contemplated and developed by the dark side of humanity, we should consider Mr. Rejeski marketing campaign again. He is right about one thing: we do need an innovative word-of-mouth campaign to inform the public about the threats of nanotechnology and biotechnology.

Pandora's box is open and there is no way to get the lid back on it except by calling for a general moratorium on nanotechnology and biotechnology research and development. Today many scientists familiar with the technology are doing just that (see Size Matters! The Case for a Global Moratorium ).

Let's start our own innovative, word-of-mouth marketing campaign in which we call out the dangers of nanotechnology and biotechnology and call for a moratorium on research and development. All you have to do is email this article to ten of your friends and ask them to forward it to ten more of their friends, and so on and so on. And, the best thing about this, it's viral campaign you can feel good about.

For further info:

Scared of nano-pants? Hey, you may be onto something, by Kevin Maney

Nanotechnology poses threat to health, say scientists

Experts More Worried about Nanotech than Public

Video: Nanotechnology - Age of Convergence (an industry advocacy film, but creepier than Hell)