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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 - 06:29pm Jul 12, 2003 EST (# 12984 of 12989)
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.

If you search fredmoore , there's so much good to read. I like this:

12789 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.zUENbxigpw6.0@.f28e622/14460

With Middle East oil mostly in the hands of nations less advanced and decent than Turkey - we've got reason to be careful.

'Honor Killings' Defy Turkish Efforts to End Them By DEXTER FILKENS http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/13/international/13TURK.html

But the answer is to do what we do well - not to lower our standards.

fredmoore - 07:27pm Jul 12, 2003 EST (# 12985 of 12989)

Defining terror's a pretext

what will you think of next

in your desire to show care

for boat people

to come to the fair

come willy nilly

from everywhere

come willy nilly?

you are so silly.

lchic - 11:39pm Jul 12, 2003 EST (# 12986 of 12989)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Fred - forgive me, I gloat

but your skewed logic

is missing the boat!

Yours

Heigh-ho!

http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/c066.html

fredmoore - 06:16am Jul 13, 2003 EST (# 12987 of 12989)

Reprise:

"" Keneally said it cost as much to house an asylum seeker on Christmas Island or Nauru under the Government's "Pacific Solution" as it would to put them through a medical degree at Sydney University "with beer money on the side". ""

I think I have shown

Keneally's wrong

as other costs apply

But they're unseen

so your esteem

bids you poke me in the eye.

In Maslow's heirachy of terror

you must as ever

take care first of vital needs.

National security to you it seems

is logic skewed

beyond most savage deeds?

PS.

Advance Australia FAIR.

rshow55 - 01:29pm Jul 13, 2003 EST (# 12988 of 12989)
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.

Did others notice the very nice image of Condoleezza Rice that appeared in the paper yesterday (on A5 in the National Edition) associated with this article?

, C.I.A. Chief Takes Blame in Assertion on Iraqi Uranium By DAVID E. SANGER and JAMES RISEN http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/12/international/worldspecial/12INTE.html

The internet image doesn't begin to do her justice.

Looking at the print image, I was struck by the resemblence NSA Rice showed to Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca - - where Bergman acted the part of an intelligent, beautiful woman - under stress, not backing down, and in full possession of her faculties.

I'm sure the President is man of great self possession - but if he isn't at least a little bit in love with Rice, I suspect I might be. A lot of men would be.

An illustrated script of Casablanca http://www.edict.com.hk/movies/casablanca/casablanca1.htm

I've discussed my admiration for Ms. Rice before - here's a good humored exchange between me and gisterme that touches on the point. http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md4000s/md4866.htm

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