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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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fredmoore - 05:28am May 31, 2003 EST (# 12252 of 12257)

And now for some music (courtesy of the Beatles) to put a few more megatons in your warheads:

Wait!

Oh yes, wait a minute Mr. poster

Wait!

Wai-ai-ai-ait Mr. poster

Mr. poster look and see (oh yeah)

You got a letter in your forum for me (please please Mr. po-o-o-ster)

I've been waiting such a long time (oh yeah)

Since I heard from that missile of mine.

There must be some word today-ay-ay-ay From my missile so far away

Please Mr. poster look and see

If there's a letter in the forum for me.

I've been standing here waiting Mr. poster So-o-o patiently

For just a card or just a letter

Saying it's returning home to me.

Please Mr. poster

Mr. poster look and see (oh yeah)

You got a letter in your bag for me (please please Mr. po-o-o-ster)

I've been waiting such a long time (oh yeah)

Since I heard from that missile of mine.

So many days you passed me by-y-y-y

See the tear standing in my eye

You didn't stop to make me feel better

By leaving me a post or a letter

Mr. poster look and see

You got a letter in your forum for me (oh yeah)

I've been waiting such a long time

Since I heard from that missile of mine.

You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute, oh yeah (Mr. poster)

Wait a minute, wait a minute, oh yeah (Mr. poster)

You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute, oh yeah (Mr. poster)

You gotta check it and see, one more time for me.

You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute, oh yeah (Mr. poster)

Wait a minute, wait a minute, oh yeah (Mr. poster)

Mr. po-o-o-ster, oh yeah (wait a minute, wait a minute)

Deliver the letter, the sooner the better.

You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute, oh yeah (Mr. poster)

bbbuck - 05:52am May 31, 2003 EST (# 12253 of 12257)

Now you're getting with the program mr fredmoore.

"The Poster"'s identity is not important - harumph.

They've made a song about him, I see.

And here's a movie he's made

http://us.imdb.com/Name?Unknown,+Mr.

fredmoore - 06:59am May 31, 2003 EST (# 12254 of 12257)

Buck ....

I prefer the movie version ... "The Poster Always Rings Twice.

"The Poster Always Rings Twice (1946) is one of the best film noirs of all time - and one of the earliest prototypes of today's 'erotic thrillers.' The screenplay (by Harry Ruskin and Niven Busch) was based on the controversial first novel/pot-boiler (1934) of the same name by notorious writer James M. Cain. Cain was known for novels with forbidden lust, love triangles, brutal, raw sexiness, and adultery-motivated murder. Two previous, sexually-charged classic film noirs adapted from Cain's novels had met with both critical and box-office success: MGM's Double Indemnity (1944) and Warner Bros.' Mildred Pierce (1945).

http://www.filmsite.org/post.html

robkettenburg03 - 08:13am May 31, 2003 EST (# 12255 of 12257)

Was U.S. Intelligence in Iraq Deliberately Falsified to Justify War? - http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=3&u=/nm/20030530/ts_nm/iraq_intelligence_dc

Did Iraq Destroy Their WOMAD Before The War Ever Started? - http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=9&u=/nm/20030527/ts_nm/iraq_rumsfeld_weapons_dc

Oh, What a Tangled Web Bush Weaves... - http://www.canoe.com/Columnists/margolis_may25.html

George W. Bush's Mists of Falsehoods - http://reese.king-online.com/Reese_20030523/index.php

Famous Quotes From Our Fearless Leader George W. Bush - http://www.faktinfo.de/forum/messages/5943.htm

Former Attorney General Says Bush Should Be IMPEACHED! - http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_784.shtml

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