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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
- 10:23pm Sep 24, 2002 EST (#
4516 of 4536)
London New York Lybia - a repost
lchic
9/24/02 11:08am
Showalter follows with technical, ethical and moral issues,
and questions of duty to the State and public wrt
implementation of MD technology in policy - that will risk
American lives unnecessarily.
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Excellent posts Showalter!
kalter.rauch
- 12:34am Sep 25, 2002 EST (#
4517 of 4536) Earth vs <^> <^>
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lchic
9/24/02 10:23pm
It's Libya, by the way.
I see Rshow is still prattling about his shiny balloons. He
can fudge his reflectance as much as he wants, but even a
measely 1 or 2% absorption would spell doom for his clown
faces. Besides...."plasma packet" beams, likened as directed
lightning bolts, will make laser reflectance schemes a moot
point.
.......and don't pretend you "care" about Americans,
lchic.......
lchic
- 06:02am Sep 25, 2002 EST (#
4518 of 4536)
That American bombing raid on Lybia, a while back, must
have been the cause for the transposition of i and y ...
Series - an American to 'Care' about - here's Phil
"" Phil Donahue is perhaps the most honest man on
television. Despite his strong feelings and opinions, he's
incredibly open and empathic, willing to risk his own
embarrassment to discover new insights. The Donahue Show was
amazingly successful during its 29-year-run, raking in Emmys
and dealing with issues like AIDS, feminism and race, and
coverage of the 1992 presidential election. The show, he told
The Progressive Magazine, "helped bring democracy" to
television. "I wanted people from all walks of life to be able
to actually use the airwaves that truly belong to them," he
said.
Donahue’s openness is one explanation for his high "Q
rating," an index TV execs use to describe the warm fuzzies
audiences experience. No doubt his new project will be cheered
on by a wide array of viewers from many vantage points ..
http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0709-06.htm
[Poor Phil's been cut from Aussie TV --- Can we have him
back please!]
Oliver North - the novel http://www.northamerican.com/
lchic
- 01:22pm Sep 25, 2002 EST (#
4519 of 4536)
Dictators / viewpoints
""What's really absurd about this entire phenomenon is
about the inactivity of the majority of the masses who sit
back and allow themselves to remain at the mercy of such
brutal tyrannies http://news.asmarino.com/Comments/July2002/GShimhalal_25.asp
THE RAPE OF THE MIND: The Psychology of Thought Control,
Menticide, and Brainwashing / Meerloo http://www.ninehundred.net/control/mc-ch1.html
http://www.ninehundred.net/control/mc-ch7.html
""Powell, a man of moderate temperament, is a paradox. He
is a military man who's first impulse is to avoid war. This is
the "Powell Doctrine:" If you must go to war, ensure an
unambiguous objective, overwhelming force, swift victory,
minimum casualties and a clear exit strategy. http://www.hbo3.com/index.cfm?action=full_text&ARTICLE_ID=236
http://www.hbo3.com/index.cfm
Iraq http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/talking_point/2158475.stm
http://www.theamericanmind.com/
Bush & weapons inspection - http://www.theonion.com/onion3835/wdyt_3835.html
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