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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 - 05:17am Oct 20, 2002 EST (# 5080 of 5087)
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Iraq | Bye bye Mr Badman | 'It's a knock-out!'

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=344289

lchic - 05:19am Oct 20, 2002 EST (# 5081 of 5087)
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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/pacific_rim/

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/australasia/

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/

lchic - 09:19am Oct 20, 2002 EST (# 5082 of 5087)
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Democracy

Public's right to know:

Before this century, if people wanted to know how their government was running, generally all they had to do was go down to the town hall or the agora and listen to the debates and discussions.

But today we deal with large, complex bureaucracies, statutes and regulations that often run hundreds of pages, and a legislative process that, even while accountable to the people, may still be too murky for most to understand what is happening.

In a democracy, government should, as much as possible, be transparent -- that is, its deliberations and decisions should be open to public scrutiny.

Clearly, not all government actions should be public, but the citizenry have a right to know how their tax dollars are spent, whether the administration of justice is efficient and effective, and whether their elected representatives are acting responsibly.

How this information is made available will vary from government to government, but no democratic government can operate in total secrecy.

http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/democracy/

lchic - 09:21am Oct 20, 2002 EST (# 5083 of 5087)
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""no democratic government can operate in total secrecy

Showalter - did you get 'that letter' from the CIA yet?

lchic - 09:46am Oct 20, 2002 EST (# 5084 of 5087)
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Bali - Australia

http://www.australiansunite.com.au/

rshow55 - 10:08am Oct 20, 2002 EST (# 5085 of 5087)
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.

This is important.

Iraq Announces Amnesty for Its Prisoners By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 8:32 a.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq.html

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The Iraqi government announced an amnesty Sunday for all Iraqi prisoners

robkettenburg01 - 11:24am Oct 20, 2002 EST (# 5086 of 5087)

MAGNETS DEFEAT MICROCHIP IMPLANTS!

RobKettenburg

lchic - 11:42am Oct 20, 2002 EST (# 5087 of 5087)
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Dot matrix used to be 'the thing'
before eMail was in full swing

http://mimech.com/printhead_repair/printhead-technology.gif

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