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"Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed
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rshow55
- 10:03am May 12, 2003 EST (#
11606 of 11617) 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.
The lack of checking procedures that made it possible for
the Blair case to happen ought to be a scandal - and in my
opinion, ought to be worth as much attention as the shuttle
disaster.
And more sophisticated, honest attention.
Some of the answers ought to be simple .
Including these:
. No person , regardless of status or
rank, deserves unconditional trust - and some basic
mechanisms of checking ought to be expected, and made
routine - on matters of fact. Not simply financial facts
subject to accounting, though accounting is obviously
important. "Accounting" about facts and relations ought to
be important enough to insist on whenever stakes are high.
. No insitution deserves
unconditional trust, either. The NYT, too often, acts as if
it does - and for that reason - it is less trusted,
less influential less worthy of trust and influence than it
otherwise would be.
Everybody, and every institution, ought to be subject to
checking to closure when it matters enough. Including
the CIA - but definitely including the NYT, as well.
lchic
- 10:13am May 12, 2003 EST (#
11607 of 11617) ~~~~ It got understood and exposed
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Failure to check fact(s) equates with an eventual 'built-in
obsolecence'
- companies fail
- governments fall
when they entrench and deify
redundant 'truth'
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lchic
- 10:19am May 12, 2003 EST (#
11608 of 11617) ~~~~ It got understood and exposed
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obsolescence
n : the property of being out of date and not current
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Truth
Truth is a comprehensive term that in all of its nuances
implies accuracy and honesty
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=truth
lchic
- 10:26am May 12, 2003 EST (#
11609 of 11617) ~~~~ It got understood and exposed
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How's daddy doing?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=553&ncid=751&e=10&u=/ap/20030509/ap_wo_en_he/na_pol_us_people_ronald_reagan
p.s.
who actually 'ran' the US when this guy was president?
lchic
- 10:48am May 12, 2003 EST (#
11610 of 11617) ~~~~ It got understood and exposed
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fred asked Showalter to elaborate
http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.MZU8a9Kq8Hw.2699449@.f28e622/13187
Showalter obliged
http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.MZU8a9Kq8Hw.2699449@.f28e622/13188
rshow55
- 10:53am May 12, 2003 EST (#
11611 of 11617) 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.
Casey had a big part. And he was subject to political
compromises, and circumstantial binds - that frustrated him.
Judging, at least, from the text of
Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End
of the Cold War by Frances Fitzgerald Simon and Schuster,
2000
and similar references. The world described is a world
where the relations between fact and decision were not as
clear as they might have been.
lchic
- 10:57am May 12, 2003 EST (#
11612 of 11617) ~~~~ It got understood and exposed
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Cassey had 'ideals' ?
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