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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans
for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be
limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI
all over again?
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rshowalter
- 07:51pm Jun 14, 2001 EST (#5145
of 5173) 
Robert Showalter
showalte@macc.wisc.edu
For reasons why Bush represents a party, and system of interests,
that are not widely respected abroad, it seems to me that the
following articles are especially good:
Linked to md4767 and md4771 Refusing to Save Africans by
BOB HERBERT http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/11/opinion/11HERB.html
Dark Side of U.S. Quest for Security: Squalor on an Atoll
by HOWARD W. FRENCH http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/11/world/11ISLA.html?0611inside
AND ESPECIALLY
In Virginia, Young Conservatives Learn How to Develop and Use
Their Political Voices by BLAINE HARDEN http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/11/politics/11CONS.html
linked to md4771
I feel that Harden's article ought to be read, carefully indeed,
by people who have questions about the responsibility, and
dominance, of right wing patterns in the Republican party, and in
America as a whole.
rshowalter
- 08:14pm Jun 14, 2001 EST (#5146
of 5173)
Robert Showalter
showalte@macc.wisc.edu
I could be wrong -- wrong about many things. But it would be a
hard job to search all the times, and all the ways, where I've
offered my work up for checking -- and I continue to be subject to
correction.
I think the stakes involved on nuclear weapons issues are AS
HIGH AS THEY COULD POSSIBLY BE.
MD5127 rshowalter
6/14/01 4:11pm
has links that I wish some responsible people
would read.
lunarchick
- 08:21pm Jun 14, 2001 EST (#5147
of 5173)
lunarchick@www.com
Can't recall America 'loosing' a President in Europe .. but ..
they do loose them on home ground .. the Kennedy matter was less
than straight forward -- which conspiracy group stood to gain from
his demise .. the truth might out one day!
lunarchick
- 08:25pm Jun 14, 2001 EST (#5148
of 5173)
lunarchick@www.com
Canada say the solider in uniform has more chance of surviving a
war than a civillian ... and that the best way to protect children
from war ... is ... to prevent wars from starting! A point we've
made on this thread.
lunarchick
- 08:28pm Jun 14, 2001 EST (#5149
of 5173)
lunarchick@www.com
A kyoto poster makes a rational
point.
yeats1
- 09:08pm Jun 14, 2001 EST (#5150
of 5173)
Mr.Bush's asinine and potentially dangerous policies on defense
and the environment epitomize everything that is wrong with
conservative views. His intention to abandon the 1972 Treaty with
the Soviets is nothing short of war-mongering. That he ever arose to
power is an indictment on the American people and their politics in
general. You deserve what you get.
lunarchick
- 09:09pm Jun 14, 2001 EST (#5151
of 5173)
lunarchick@www.com
Aussies running 2 of the big brands Ford
& Coke .. pehaps we're becoming imperialistic !?!
lunarchick
- 09:14pm Jun 14, 2001 EST (#5152
of 5173)
lunarchick@www.com
Yeats : the whole point is .... do they know what they've got ...
as one Euro noted, there was the pre-elected Bwsh policy, the 100
day Bwsh policy, and the now Bwsh policy (moderated by a Congress
Floor crosser) ... so who is Bwsh and what does he represent .....
the answer being 'his dad + dad's commercial Carlye interests' ...
lunarchick
- 09:17pm Jun 14, 2001 EST (#5153
of 5173)
lunarchick@www.com
Nasser (on Ford)
Ford's switch several years ago to a customer-focused
business model has brought great internal and external change to
the company, he said. Like most auto manufacturers, the
organization's idea of a perfect customer was someone who turned
up once every three years or so to buy a car, then disappeared
until the next purchase. The business model favored design,
engineering, manufacturing, sales and a long lead time, but bore
no real connection to customers' changing needs. Though Nasser
said Ford has no intention of jettisoning its capabilities in
design, engineering, and manufacturing, it wants to add what he
called "the headset of a customer." "The word consumer there is
a small word, but it changes the whole view we have of the
business," he said. "It takes us from the transaction mentality of a
manufacturer-engineer who can sell you a vehicle, compared to a
lifetime relationship mentality. The consumer mindset is forcing us,
in a very positive way, to reexamine everything that we do and test
our own skill levels."
Global markets both bring more competition and nurture a very
different kind of consumer, one who is better informed and has
ever-expanding options, Nasser said. And a top-down, command and
control management style doesn't cut it anymore, he added.
lunarchick
- 09:19pm Jun 14, 2001 EST (#5154
of 5173)
lunarchick@www.com
I'm reading 'voter' (above) in place of customer.
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