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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?

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almarst2002 - 04:38pm Dec 10, 2002 EST (# 6443 of 6462)

"Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are pressuring Gulf neighbor Qatar to rein in independent satellite TV channel Al-Jazeera – or else." - http://english.pravda.ru/columnists/2002/10/31/38938.html

"Tell me who is your friend and i will tell you who you are"

fredmoore - 04:49pm Dec 10, 2002 EST (# 6444 of 6462)

Rshow ....

The recent exchanges here remind me of a joke:

A father had 3 daughters. Nance , Flo and Lupey. Come the Prom night and a knock at the door. Knock ... Knock ... Knock. The father answers and the young man says "Hi I'm Beau, I've come to take Flo to the show". The Father bids them well and they leave. Then another knock. Knock ... Knock ... Knock. "Hi I'm Lance I've come to take Nance to the dance" says the young man. Again the father bids them well and they leave. Knock ... Knock ... Knock. A third knock. The father opens the door and the young man says "Hi I'm buck ..

And the father slams the door and calls out F off.

The moral: keep your sense of humour.

almarst2002 - 04:56pm Dec 10, 2002 EST (# 6445 of 6462)

fredmoore 12/10/02 4:49pm

It would easier knowing the buck is young;)

bbbuck - 05:35pm Dec 10, 2002 EST (# 6446 of 6462)
"You can't eat this, it's people, it's people"-B....."What about the cherry pie?"

fredmoore 12/10/02 4:49pm

First of all, that joke does not make sense.
Second your joke is not symmetrical. The third chickee's name needs to rhyme with buck. Perhaps you could use luck, pluck, or anuck.
Third the punch line could then be "I'm buck I've come for luck in my truck".
Then the father could say "Buck off".
Uhh, which still wouldn't be funny but at least it would have symmetricallity.
And the moral? You need a new joke book.

lunarchick - 09:51pm Dec 10, 2002 EST (# 6447 of 6462)

The many-monikered-poster demonstrates a higher level of intelligence ... he invents and re-invents himself ... thus finding someone of equal intelligence with a parallel 'sense' of humour ... so saying, Buck and Fred spend their day playing on The Thread ...

... knock knock .....

sometime later another of their playmates may call to join them at play ... will it be Teddy-Walker or Joking-George ...

..... and that's the way it goes for Tiny-Texan-Toes!

almarst2002 - 10:48pm Dec 10, 2002 EST (# 6448 of 6462)

NSC's Elliott Abrams wants U.S. to have control of petroleum after war - http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29928

mazza9 - 10:53pm Dec 10, 2002 EST (# 6449 of 6462)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

A ship was stopped in the Eastern Indian Ocean and searched. Scud missiles were found. North Korea is the point of origin and Yemen appears to be the customer.

Missile Defense anyone?

lunarchick - 11:07pm Dec 10, 2002 EST (# 6450 of 6462)

http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1209/p16s01-wmgn.html

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