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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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cantabb - 12:09am Nov 14, 2003 EST (# 17654 of 17660)

fredmoore - 11:40pm Nov 13, 2003 EST (# 17644 of 17652)

Look what the cat dragged in from the barn.......

Meanwhile down in the barnyard Robert's copping a fierce pecking from that shagnasty rooster (doesn't even know he's a chook ...dumb as a box of rocks) Canthorn Tabbhorn:

I doubt he'll include all the posts TILL Nov 14. Bwark-bwuk bwuk bwk That will be self-imploding ! Bwark-bwuk bwuk bwk

But he has NOT said yet Bwark-bwuk bwuk bwk IF his "corpus" CD is a Bwark-bwuk bwuk bwk TRUE copy Bwark-bwuk bwuk bwk of everything on this thread till Nov 14. Bwark-bwuk bwuk bwk

No peck-and-choose selectivity. Bwark-bwuk bwuk bwk rshow and lchic don't seem ready Bwark-bwuk bwuk bwk or so "happy" to leave -- YET Bwark-bwuk bwuk bwk ! Still ranting, still demanding ! Bwark-bwarkk bwaark bwaaaaark I expect their posting frenzy will continue till the end. Bwark-bwuk bwuk bwk

Am glad, in a way, kate-nyt gave NO time for the axe. Bwark-bwuk bwuk bwk To put them out of their misery,Bwark-bwuk bwuk bwk the sooner the better Bwark-bwuk bwuk bwk -- how about a minute past midnight tonight Bwark-bwuk bwuk bwk ? That'll be Nov 14, won't it ? Bwark-bwarkk bwaark bwaaaark. Now where's that nice little Lchicky wicky?

Canthorn, whatever Bwark-bwarkk bwaark bwk you have to say, just let me say 'right back at ya' and double it. I don't have your luxury of 'time to waste'.

It's Your Bwark-bwarkk bwaark bwk .... no value to MD and no interest to me.

That's the veld-barnyard for you.

bluestar23 - 12:09am Nov 14, 2003 EST (# 17655 of 17660)

"What a relief ! I've got other things to do, believe me. . ."

Yeah, right, like I believe you.....

rshow55 - 12:09am Nov 14, 2003 EST (# 17656 of 17660)
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.

Cantabb: He has NOT yet admitted to the misrepresentation !

Cantabb, old buddy, if you want to get into that with me - invite me to where you are - and we can talk about it.

I've been playing it straight. And if you "call me Ishmael" the most interesting things about the board remain anyway.

bluestar23 - 12:18am Nov 14, 2003 EST (# 17657 of 17660)

"And if you "call me Ishmael""

A Tidal-Wave and Force Ten Hurricane @ the same time could NOT STOP Showalter from repeating the "Ishmael" line one more time....

rshow55 - 12:29am Nov 14, 2003 EST (# 17658 of 17660)
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.

F**k you, bluestar - - - and while we're being informal, I'd like to make a small complaint.

Folks have been claiming I'm an uncontrolled, violent type. Lchic , lovely and wonderful as she is - may be partly to blame for that.

Casey didn't think it would be that hard to come in through the NYT ( he thought you folks were smart ) - - I had a coherent story - and combat skills that could pass fairly well, in a pinch, as evidence, or credentials.

Every time I tried to breach the subject of presenting those credentials, Lchic freaked.

For instance. Back when I thought Lchic had connections that were pretty direct to the TIMES - I suggested that I could show my stuff to Jesse Ventura - then Governor of Minnesota - and that to make sure there was no risk to Ventura - he could have a knife.

Now, I ask you, what could be a more moderate request than that? Between Ventura's size, and skill, and the knife, and the state trooper, guns drawn, protecting him - what risk could there be ?

I was hoping to engage the man in conversation - after presenting the only credentials I had. As a politico - and a man with some training- I figured he could route me. I had no paperwork - for what seemed to me pretty reasonable reasons. Though I thought, given entre, I could get to some paperwork.

Now, I've always tried to be an inocuous person. But lchic drew the wrong conclusions - - much to my dismay.

This idea that I'm an agressive, uncontrolled fellow is just nuts .

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