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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) Delete Message
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) Delete Message
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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Aussies running 2 of the big brands Ford & Coke .. pehaps we're becoming imperialistic !?!

lunarchick - 09:14pm Jun 14, 2001 EST (#5152 of 5173)
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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)
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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)
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I'm reading 'voter' (above) in place of customer.

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