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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 - 11:48am May 26, 2003 EST (# 12050 of 12076)
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.

I think almarst's postings are important.

Of course I could be wrong - I'm working on assumptions I haven't checked, though others could.

1999 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.hpRKbdepbTQ.2073479@.f28e622/2484

rshow55 - 11:59am May 26, 2003 EST (# 12051 of 12076)
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.

Of course, maybe I'm just "a talking dog." gisterme posted a good story about that. 9694 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.hpRKbdepbTQ.2073479@.f28e622/11237

gisterme - 10:05pm Jan 17, 2003 EST (# 7768 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.hpRKbdepbTQ.2073479@.f28e622/9293

Here's a story that's just as irrelevant as anything else posted here...

"The Talking Dog"

A guy sees a sign in front of a house: "Talking Dog for Sale." He rings the bell and the owner tells him the dog is in the backyard. The guy goes into the backyard and sees a black mutt just sitting there.

"You talk?" he asks.

"Yep," the mutt replies.

"So, what's your story?"

The mutt looks up and says, "Well, I discovered this gift pretty young and I wanted to help the government, so I told the CIA about my gift, and in no time they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping. I was one of their most valuable spies eight years running.

The jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger and I wanted to settle down. So I signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security work, mostly wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings there and was awarded a batch of medals. Had a wife, a mess of puppies, and now I'm just retired."

The guy is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the dog.

The owner says, "Ten dollars."

The guy says, "This dog is amazing. Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?"

The owner replies, "He's such a liar. He didn't do any of that stuff."

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Maybe not. But people could check. They could also check how long I've been working to get a chance to talk to the CIA - or a responsible, reasonably ranking government official. The NYT knows how long.

http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.hpRKbdepbTQ.2073479@.f28e622/13354

There was a very good ad by PriceWaterHouseCoopers in the paper - about checking of money http://www.pwc.com/buildingtrust We need ways to check facts , too.

9055 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.hpRKbdepbTQ.2073479@.f28e622/10582

jorian319 - 12:25pm May 26, 2003 EST (# 12052 of 12076)

LOL! Post of the day.

So... There's two racehorses and a greyhound hanging around the stable, and one of the horses starts bragging "I ran twenty-seven races and won seventeen of them!" The other horse is not impressed - "Well, I ran in thirty-six races and won twenty-five of them!" The greyhound says "That's nothing! I ran in ninety-eight races, and won seventy six of them!" The first horse says - "Hey! A talking dog!"

robkettenburg03 - 12:55pm May 26, 2003 EST (# 12053 of 12076)

I think Alarmist's posts are important too. What does jorian319's last post have to do with Missle Defense? If I want a laugh, I'll go to laugh.com

robkettenburg03 - 12:57pm May 26, 2003 EST (# 12054 of 12076)

Are they really better off in Iraq now that the United States is "In Control?" TAKE ANOTHER LOOK - http://www.iraqwar.ru/iraq-read_article.php?articleId=6945&lang=en

74 Spanish Peacekeepers Dead in Turkish Plane Crash - http://www.iraqwar.ru/iraq-read_article.php?articleId=6954&lang=en

My Home Page - http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/robkettenburg

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