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?
Showalter - when Casey said 'come in throught the NYT ...
did he give you a picture of the 'back door' or 'the front' ..
if the latter does it have a brass knocker with a komodo
dragon on it?
How Saddam 'ran' Iraq .... we've all read recent stories
about how he controlled THE PARTY and how that controlled THE
PEOPLE ... and how embedded in all systems and institutions it
was ....
- was about similar control mechanisms.
Following this thread, when I've referred to 'THE POSTER'
... i presume the operative(s) behind the non-contributary
monikers are Big Brother -- embedded in the NYT.
I trawled the term 'de-industrialisation' wrt Mulgabe and
Africa ...
We saw the word and implication of 'Taliban' and
'Fundamentalist Muslim' ....
The US has it's 'Fundamentalist' supposed Christians
Somehow optimism is inbuilt .... generally people believe
that there's progress and progression ... that things will
'turn out good - for the best'
But does that happen unaided?
Or for things to be good, better, vastly improved ... do
people have to work at it? Put their shoulder to the wheel --
Expend mental and physical energy?
They do!
A question of concern seems to be ... if the 'leaders' of
the advanced world & USA did have national and global
perceptions of planning -- of doing the necessary things that
would shape nations, encourage process, empower people ....
whereas today they don't know or have the political strategies
to measure their actions and progress against ... then .. the
question to ask is
What's gone wrong?
Why?
How can progress be put back on track?
How can those 'dragons' be shoo-ed away from government and
institutional doorways to enable the fast-tracking of best and
when found 'unique' solutions to better enable the world.
lchic
- 08:45pm May 21, 2003 EST (#
11853 of 11861)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed
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Misuse of language - Mastermind
People tire of hearing that a particular 'terrorist'
Masterminded the bombing -- that sensely destroyed hundreds
of lives
What term/phrase should be used?
lchic
- 09:30pm May 21, 2003 EST (#
11854 of 11861)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed
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. "I know that America doesn't look like that," Mr. von
Trier said, "but I also know that America does look like
that."
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/21/movies/21CANN.html?pagewanted=2&8hpib
robkettenburg03
- 09:44pm May 21, 2003 EST (#
11855 of 11861)
BOMB GOES OFF AT YALE - http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20030522/ts_nm/blast_yale_dc
My Home Page - http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/robkettenburg
lchic
- 10:10pm May 21, 2003 EST (#
11856 of 11861)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed
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Exam time -- someone 'bombed' out -- kid-think!
lchic
- 10:29pm May 21, 2003 EST (#
11857 of 11861)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed
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Russia France Germany -- get on board with Bush re future
development of Iraq
US no longer regarded as an autistic superpower
UN involved
US has defined responsibilities
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