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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?

lchic - 07:53pm Dec 28, 2001 EST (#10572 of 10657)

Russia has been called in to adjudicate betwixt India and Pakistan. Does a judo President make them judicious?

idenbade - 07:58pm Dec 28, 2001 EST (#10573 of 10657)

"The 'boos' were probably an opposition Party 'rent-a-crowd'."

But the same crowd gave Bill Clinton a warm welcome... Kind of blows holes in your idea of a "rent-a-crowd".

idenbade - 08:46pm Dec 28, 2001 EST (#10574 of 10657)

You have not seen anything with respect to what we do with the "devices" on the moon unless you have top secret clearance so once again you are blowing smoke up your as5.

Who cares what India and Pakistan does. That is their problem and they can call anyone they wish.

So what is your point?

I guess your point is to keep bashing Mr. Pres. Bush with a hateful mind. By the way Mr. Bush is the most admired man in America and even shattered the last man's poll number to hold that honor which was JFK! Like it or not most all Americans like Pres. Bush and think he is a good man and is doing a great job. It seems you need to get with the times and look at the new up to date data!

"By Laurence McQuillan, USA TODAY

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush is admired by more Americans than any man since the Gallup Poll began asking "What man do you admire most?" in 1948.

When the USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll asked respondents to name the living man they admired most, 39% chose Bush. Last year, President Clinton and Pope John Paul II tied for first place with 6%.

The poll was conducted Dec. 14-16. The margin of sampling error is +/-3 percentage points.

Among women, first lady Laura Bush was the most admired with 12%. Her predecessor, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, came in second at 8%.

Last year, before Bush took office, 5% identified him as the man they most admired, and his wife got too few mentions to be ranked.

"Typically, the president wins," says Frank Newport, editor in chief of The Gallup Poll, "but the president doesn't usually dominate. That's why this 39% is unusual."

The previous record for men was set by John F. Kennedy, who received 32% in 1961, the end of his first year as president."

idenbade - 01:38pm Dec 29, 2001 EST (#10575 of 10657)

My mother tongue is Russian and my second language is Arabic. English is my third tough. How many languages can you read, write and speak in?

If English is your mother tongue then you need to go back and take some more lessons. I ran spell check on many of your post and you make a lot of mistakes. I have an excuse for English is my third language. What is yours?

lchic - 09:10am Dec 30, 2001 EST (#10576 of 10657)

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<< Boston University scientist Dr. David Ozonoff explains that ideas in science are themselves like "living organisms, that must be nourished, supported, and cultivated with resources for making them grow and flourish." (Stauber p 205) Great ideas that don't get this financial support because the commercial angles are not immediately obvious - these ideas wither and die. http://www.thedoctorwithin.com/newwest/index33.html

Another way you can often distinguish real science from phony is that real science points out flaws in its own research. Phony science pretends there were no flaws.

THE REAL JUNK SCIENCE

Contrast this with modern PR and its constant pretensions to sound science. Corporate sponsored research, whether it's in the area of drugs, GM foods, or chemistry begins with predetermined conclusions. It is the job of the scientists then to prove that these conclusions are true, because of the economic upside that proof will bring to the industries paying for that research. This invidious approach to science has shifted the entire focus of research in America during the past 50 years, as any true scientist is likely to admit. >>

lchic - 11:09am Dec 30, 2001 EST (#10577 of 10657)

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The United States, too, he added, had problems. "Few intelligence officials who understand the nuances of the global banking system" were fluent in Arabic. While the C.I.A. had done a "reasonably good job" analyzing Al Qaeda, he wrote, it was "poor" at developing sources within Mr. bin Laden's financial network. The F.B.I., he argued, had similar shortcomings. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/30/national/30TERR.html?pagewanted=5

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