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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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rshow55 - 08:01am Mar 30, 2003 EST (# 10766 of 10770)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

10579-81 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.7psQapd76ra.2321297@.f28e622/12129 starts

I've guessed that that gisterme is a personage of considerable rank, and gisterme has posted extensively, and impressively, on this board. One can see much of that impressive posting by searching " gisterme" - and sampling the content. But that doesn't show most of it.

8368 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.7psQapd76ra.2321297@.f28e622/9894 links to 680 postings by gisterme prior to restarting of this thread on March of this year. All these posts are available by date at http://www.mrshowalter.net/calendar1.htm

Each of these links connects to 20 links on the current MD thread by gisterme:

8370 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.7psQapd76ra.2321297@.f28e622/9896

8371 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.7psQapd76ra.2321297@.f28e622/9897

8372 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.7psQapd76ra.2321297@.f28e622/9900

8373 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.7psQapd76ra.2321297@.f28e622/9899

8374 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.7psQapd76ra.2321297@.f28e622/9900

8375 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.7psQapd76ra.2321297@.f28e622/9901

8376 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.7psQapd76ra.2321297@.f28e622/9902

8378 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.7psQapd76ra.2321297@.f28e622/9904

8379 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.7psQapd76ra.2321297@.f28e622/9905

Judging from the number and quality of these postings - and perhaps biased by a too much respect for the status of the NYT, I've guessed that gisterme might be George W. Bush himself. That may well be wrong, and gisterme has repeatedly denied it. Even so, it does seem likely that gisterme has very close connections with the Bush administration, and high ones.

I think the following posting by gisterme is especially interesting . . . gisterme - 06:43pm Mar 14, 2003 EST (# 9944 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.7psQapd76ra.2321297@.f28e622/11489

10725 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@28.7psQapd76ra.2321297@.f28e622/12275

We have things to check - and Americans, and people with power in other nation states - should insist that they are checked.

almarst2003 - 09:39am Mar 30, 2003 EST (# 10767 of 10770)

Bush - personal profile

Public view:

Bush was portaied as someone who has many friends, makes good personal connections and holds strong alegences. A stright and simple man. A patriot.

My view:

I suspect Bush is a very weak unstable individual. With pretty low self esteem. Minimal knowlege of history and human nature. Easy to fall under the influence of someone whom he perceives as authority. Intolerant to any deviations from the course taken by authority. A conformist unable to conduct a deep analisys and develop an independent point of view. Easily frustrated when faced by conflicting views. Unable to grasp more then couple of things at a time. Literaly crushed by huge responsibility he never seeked nor undersood before taking the office. He is a small frightened man thrown in the water fuul of sharks and armed just with a bible. Looking desperatly for directions from those whom he accept as authority and getting strenght mostly from their approval and a cheering public.

If I am correct, thats really scary.

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