[ExI] restoration-ready

[William Flynn Wallace]

Our Constitution:  I have read Amar's book on the Bill of Rights, the one
on the Constitution (1760-1840) called The Words that Made Us, and am now
into America's Unwritten Constitution.  All of them are amazing.  I
probably knew less than 1% of the happenings of history re Revolutionary
War, Continental Congress and all that followed.

The Constitution does not mean what it says - it means a whole lot more, as
this latter book on the unwritten constitution examines in detail.  No one
can read it and figure out what it means just from the printed words, which
in any case were for publication and perusal by the people of the states
who were to vote on it.  It is just a few pages long (and the original
parchment, in D. C. has been declared to have no legal standing!).

If you have not read these books or their equivalent, which I doubt exists,
you will find ins and outs you never thought of.  Extensive coverage of the
Warren Court and afterwards (Roe versus Wade, for ex.).  (author says John
Marshall and Warren are acknowledged as the two greatest judges).

Bottom line:  I will mail these to you if desired.

Criticism (but not really ) - hatchet jobs on Jefferson and Adams and many
more.  I began to wonder why we have a Jefferson Memorial.  So, very
straightforward.  Oh, Washington is treated like a God who could do no
wrong (except for some military moves that he made; he had no formal
military training).  Far, far more important than I had imagined.  Next,
biographies of him and Hamilton, who apparently was a playboy and a
genius.  Many criticisms of the Supreme Court in detail.

I'd better quit here.  Bottom line:  I will mail these to you if desired.
Author Amar law professor at Yale.

bill w



On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 5:42 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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> *Cc:* William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] restoration-ready
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> >…Unusual case - friend of mine was hit by a car.  He and his wife were
> walking and he pushed her out of the way.  Once recovered from concussion,
> etc., he was left with no sense of smell.  He sued and won.  After the
> verdict the judge called him to the bench and told him that he had heard
> that zinc might help.  He started taking zinc and two weeks later while
> walking in Birmingham he smelled a hotdog-  most wonderful thing on earth,
> he said at the time.  He experimented:  after going off the zinc he lost
> it;  back on zinc, he got it back.  We have a lot to learn about the
> brain.   bill w
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> This may have had nothing to do with the concussion or the brain.  An
> impact to the head would be completely consistent with localized swelling
> of the nasal cavities, resulting in loss of access to the olfactory
> receptors.  This is what causes loss of smell when you suffer from that
> stuffy-nose feeling associated with a head cold.  Zinc may act to reduce
> swelling of these delicate nasal tissues, restoring his sense of smell.
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> I had an acquaintance who had never had much of an olfactory sense.  In
> his late 50s, his doctor convinced him that his olfactory receptor cells
> and nerves were intact, but the configuration of the tissues in his head
> were the cause of his inability to smell anything. This could be treated
> with surgery.  After much consideration, he decided to go forward with it.
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> The surgery changed the sound of his voice, which he liked.  He was rather
> disappointed to discover that most of the smells in the world which he was
> experiencing for the first time at age 60, were unpleasant.  He didn’t want
> to undo the surgery, but spent much time and effort trying to find those
> few odors he considered pleasant, which were about one in ten.
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> After the surgery, he could taste food for the first time as well, and
> likewise was disappointed to find that many, if not most foods, tasted
> somewhat unpleasant.
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> We spoke soon after he had it done.  Since then the matter was not
> discussed.  I need to ask him if the situation improved.
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