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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 - 01:27pm Sep 28, 2002 EST (# 4628 of 4633)
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.

I feel that "The National Security Strategy of the United States" http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/20/politics/20STEXT_FULL.html contains some things of disciplined beauty - very high quality -- according to some clear assumptions.

And is ugly according to some other clear assumptions.

So far as I can tell, it seems to me that the same can be said of the plan described in U.S. Plan Requires Inspection Access to All Sites By MICHAEL R. GORDON http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/28/international/middleeast/28IRAQ.html

I've not always been completely optimistic, or whole-heartedly in support of the Bush administration. And I'm not now.

But it does seem to me that a lot of things are going on, in the United States, and the world, that are taking us closer to safer, more stable, cleaner solutions to a lot of things.

From a certain perspective, it seems to me that Rice is doing a very good job.

I think I'd say the same for some other leaders outside the United States, as well.

People are talking seriously about checking - - and about what reasonable behavior can be.

Some things are going badly, but it seems to me that some other things might be going pretty well.

I'm off for a few hours - - to relax, eat lunch out, and look at flowers and some other things. Maybe my judgement is twisted, but it seems to me that some things are going very well.

With just a twitch, that could mean they are going very badly. But still - I'm feeling good - and it is nice to feel that way, every once in a while.

lchic - 03:10pm Sep 28, 2002 EST (# 4629 of 4633)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Lots of juggling .... Give 'em a twist, a flick of the wrist ... that's what the showman said .....

Happy people — those who report their lives as marked by positive emotions — are, by contrast, strikingly energetic, decisive, creative, and sociable. Compared to unhappy people, they are more trusting, loving, and responsive. When playing the role of interviewers, happy people recall more of the positive behaviors of job applicants and rate them more highly than do unhappy interviewers. If made temporarily happy by receiving a small gift while shopping, a few moments later on an unrelated survey, happy people will report that their cars and television sets are working beautifully — better, if you take their word for it — than those belonging to people who did not receive a gift

Illusive beauty ... Where have all the flowers gone? Girls have picked them every one ...

Because we are human and flawed, because we do not always have the same clarity or stamina, it is not possible to solve all of life's challenges correctly. But, if anyone were to judge us, it would be based on how we handled the majority of our choices.

OUT to lunch

lchic - 03:39pm Sep 28, 2002 EST (# 4630 of 4633)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Anti-war demo - London http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_politics/2285861.stm (also a demo in Rome)

Iraq - Ru/Am http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2286644.stm

Sitting on the back seat a ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2286597.stm ... 15 kilograms (34.5 pounds) of weapons grade uranium

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