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 [F] New York Times on the Web Forums  / Science  /

    Missile Defense

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?

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bluestar23 - 11:41am Nov 3, 2003 EST (# 16349 of 16355)

Showalter:

STOP your ENDLESS REPETITION of LINKS TO NOTHING...YOU ABUSE ALL YOUR FORUM RIGHTS.

cantabb - 11:48am Nov 3, 2003 EST (# 16350 of 16355)

rshow55 - 10:51am Nov 3, 2003 EST (# 16347 of 16347)

lchic's link machine is resting while your's seem now on. More of the same re-hash.

. . . ultimately the many tribes that inhabit this earth are going to have to figure out a way to forge some workable agreements on how we treat one another.

No revelation !

Some patterns cantabb and bluestar are showing stand in the way of that - and many, many "tribes" need to get clearer about that.

Forget the "tribes" -- See if YOU can get clear about what's posted here, including some by me !

... some points long made on this thread bear repeating. There are plenty of jobs that are impossible. We need to find things that work.

NOT really. Your endlessly circular "Loop Test" not needed. You can't move an inch forward, and you have NOT.

If you think you & lchic "can do a better job of finding truth," you have NOT done that yet. Even after over-16,000 posts, plus thousands before.

Rather, a pertinent question is: "Can you and lchic continue to abuse the forum posting privileges?" YES ! Apparently, without any restriuctions or reprisals -- but NOT without accusations against the provider of this opportunity: NYT !

bluestar23 - 12:04pm Nov 3, 2003 EST (# 16351 of 16355)

You poor, pathetic little fool, Showalter....if you'd just stop your generalized babbling, and mention SPECIFICALLY what your "work" is and why and EXACTLY WHAT FOR you're contacting the NYT, etc.....Cantabb and I would leave you alone....

lchic - 12:11pm Nov 3, 2003 EST (# 16352 of 16355)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

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    'Selling is what politicians always do, but never before has an administration been blessed with such willing buyers,' he added in a recent column for the Palestine Chronicle.
    Today, over the ruins of this 'fourth estate', its main landlords - the CNN, Fox TV and the BBC - are all accusing one another of the destruction of its credibility.
    In late April, addressing a London media conference, BBC's director general Greg Dyke criticised the American media for its 'gung-ho patriotism' and slammed the coverage of the Iraq war in the US media for being unquestioningly patriotic and lacking in impartiality. He singled out the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox TV channel and Clear Channel Communications Inc, the owner of over 1,200 radio stations in the US, for special criticism. 'We are still surprised when we see Fox News with such a committed political position,' he observed.
    Throughout the war, Fox TV's coverage carried the on-screen headline 'Operation Iraqi Freedom', the same name given for the campaign by the Pentagon. Clear Channel radio stations in Atlanta, Cleveland, San Antonio, Cincinnati and a number of other cities around the US have organised pro-war rallies attended by up to 20,000 people.
    While this did not violate any of the US broadcasting laws, former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) member Glen Robinson described this action as 'borderline manufacturing of news'.
http://www.reportage.uts.edu.au/stories/2003/media/fourthestate.html

cantabb - 12:14pm Nov 3, 2003 EST (# 16353 of 16355)

For some reason, an old Glen Campbell song comes to mind:

"By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising...."

By the time he gets too tired, she'll will be rising ...

(Sorry for this lame attempt at levity; sorry I don't like country-western or Campbell either)

cantabb - 12:16pm Nov 3, 2003 EST (# 16354 of 16355)

lchic - 12:11pm Nov 3, 2003 EST (# 16352 of 16353)

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'Selling is what politicians always do, but never before has an administration been blessed with such willing buyers,' he added in a recent column for the Palestine Chronicle. ..... former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) member Glen Robinson described this action as 'borderline manufacturing of news'.

And the relevance to MD is...... ?

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