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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?

james22h - 09:15pm Sep 17, 2001 EST (#9320 of 9336)

Men in Black "See"

lunarchick - 09:18pm Sep 17, 2001 EST (#9321 of 9336)
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A secret turning in us
makes the universe turn.
Head unaware of feet,
and feet head. Neither cares.
They keep turning.
- Rumi

Whirling dervish

lunarchick - 09:21pm Sep 17, 2001 EST (#9322 of 9336)
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"Islam" is Arabic for "submission" and is derived from a word meaning "peace." ref

Islam links

james22h - 09:31pm Sep 17, 2001 EST (#9323 of 9336)

Better keep U Mouth Zipped then. Right Sis?

lunarchick - 09:32pm Sep 17, 2001 EST (#9324 of 9336)
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Pattern - art mathematics - tiles

Islam_Architecture

lunarchick - 09:40pm Sep 17, 2001 EST (#9325 of 9336)
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james22h 9/17/01 9:31pm

Chicks cheep
Roosters Crow
Is there something
One should know ?

rshowalter - 09:42pm Sep 17, 2001 EST (#9326 of 9336)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

james22h 9/17/01 9:31pm

Heavens ! I got so upset, looking at your post, that I lost focus, and stole my wife's beer.

What do you mean?

almarst-2001 - 11:09pm Sep 17, 2001 EST (#9327 of 9336)

Now, even sooner then I expected, America is facing a choice: Be a Global Policeman or a pluralistic demacracy (at least whatever still remaind there of).

gisterme - 04:44am Sep 18, 2001 EST (#9328 of 9336)

lunarchick wrote (lunarchick 9/17/01 9:18pm):

"...A secret turning in us makes the universe turn....-Rumi"

Within a hidden pocket... Of a baby's tiny soul... God's hand reached in and gently placed... Six coins, all made of gold.

To each I give some gold said he... And he who does not spend... Shall find that only lead remains... Upon his journey's end.

I passed my years of childhood... In laughter love and fun... But as I stepped across to manhood... I heard Him saying " One ".

I held her close in pale moonlight... Her eyes were deepest blue... My heart beat out "I love her God"... I heard Him saying " Two ".

One night she whispered yes, that she... Would be a wife to me... And as I knealt to thank Him... I heard Him saying " Three ".

Our first child brought me happiness... I'd never known before... My heart sang to the Heavens... I heard Him saying " Four ".

Years passed and then a grandchild... Made an old heart come alive... Gentle was the voice that said... "That coin was number Five ".

When I spend the last He gave... It's then I know I'll see... The kingdom of the One who gave... Those precious gifts to me...

-Martin Buxbaum

A poem I memorized as a child.

Get a life, lunarchick.

rshowalter - 05:42am Sep 18, 2001 EST (#9329 of 9336)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Seems to me, she has a distinguished, productive one, gisterme .

Nice to see something from you, gisterme , that has some aesthetics and human warmth to it.

Thinking back on most of your postings, something that's notable is how stark and merciless they are.

And how stunningly impractical many of them are, in a world where, so often, life has to be sustained by communities.

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