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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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lchic
- 07:16pm May 29, 2003 EST (#
12174 of 12209)
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People want
- clean air
- fresh food
- clean water
- shelter
- ENERGY - to oil the wheels of industry
lchic
- 07:18pm May 29, 2003 EST (#
12175 of 12209)
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People don't want
chaos
war
hunger
thirst
unemployment
insufficient resources to enable a decent life
jorian319
- 07:23pm May 29, 2003 EST (#
12176 of 12209)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~
People don't want
chaos
war
hunger
thirst
unemployment
insufficient resources to enable a decent
life
No. Really? How about:
bad television
unreliable cars
slow internet service
Frozen "diet" dinners that cost more because they have
less food in them.
lchic
- 07:31pm May 29, 2003 EST (#
12177 of 12209)
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Showalter is saying
- Political Strategists saw world deficits
- Identified problems
- Selected human resources to work for solutions
What was happening then and still now is that there
were 'advanced economies' and deficit economies.
A question i've put is
- Why if the Nations, with poverty and high unemployment,
have access to all modern knowledge and processes ... why
can't they implement this within their system.
WHY ISN'T THIS HAPPENING
why aren't the gaps between the HAVEs and HAVEnots
lessening
A part of this explanation Showalter would say is lack of
access to cheap ENERGY
so if ENERGY is the key
why aren't the empathetic advanced nations working towards
the provision of affordable energy for all to give everyone a
decent and acceptable standard of living
If the gap between the Arab-non-funtioning world and the
Advanced world were closed ... perhaps their hearty cheers
for the negativism of terrorist actions might move towards
positive_rationality. The more interconnected the world
The greater the SEEN need to keep it knitted together
rather than unravel it
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jorian319
- 07:35pm May 29, 2003 EST (#
12178 of 12209)
Lou - Spot on, IMHO.
Robert:
Jorian319 , I think you should be ashamed of
yourself - and the people who trust you and respect you . .
. maybe shouldn't.
What makes you think anyone trusts me or respects me? Maybe
MY duty is to be irreverent, and provide the
opportunity for fresh air to some who's stuffed shirts might
otherwise prohibit.
Those who trust and respect me (yes, there are some) have
their reasons, not based in faith, nor in words, but in
consistency of deeds performed. I wouldn't have it any other
way. I sure wouldn't want trust and respect to depend on your
endorsement.
lchic
- 07:37pm May 29, 2003 EST (#
12179 of 12209)
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Jorian if you purport to represent the CIA note the central
letter 'intelligence'
why not display some
if you are representative of that body then The American
Parliament should take it down and re-model it
hire a few 'brains' with the added attribution of 'common
sense'
Ask yourself - are you worth your pay - the answer is no
do the decent thing --- walk!
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