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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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manjumicha - 08:28pm Jan 3, 2003 EST (# 7302 of 7314)

Not to worry....mazza's MD force will be up and running in no time and US can get back into the position of being able to "yell and scream" preemptive nuclear strike again....and those NKs will quitely and calmly accept the supremacy of US power and kow-tow just like everybody else......not to worry, really.

manjumicha - 08:30pm Jan 3, 2003 EST (# 7303 of 7314)

Alaska...what a bargain...those Russians must be sick to their stomach everytime they think about how their drunken king sold it for a dime

manjumicha - 08:33pm Jan 3, 2003 EST (# 7304 of 7314)

And I see you have been obsessing with my comment regaring nuke-tipped NK silkworms.....no big deal about that, either. Last time I checked with mazza, he assured me that the aegies system can easily shoot down the silkworms, sunburns, frogs, and whatever else might be flying out of NK shores or ships.....so I am pretty relaxed about it now...please ignore my earlier ignorant comments about NK threats, etc. Silly me, really.

mazza9 - 08:51pm Jan 3, 2003 EST (# 7305 of 7314)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

manuchica:

Please don't go puttin' words in my mouth.

"Last time I checked with mazza, he assured me that the aegies system can easily shoot down the silkworms, sunburns, frogs, and whatever else might be flying out of NK shores or ships..."

What I said was the Aggies have a new coach! Indeed, I have no idea what an aegies system is. Are you still hung over from New Years?

AEGIS?

manjumicha - 08:59pm Jan 3, 2003 EST (# 7306 of 7314)

mazza

New Year's hung-over has been manageable, thank you. Btw, I wouldn't dream of putting words in your mouth, it being so "full of them" already.....

So, what's is hot and new in our "monkey" business, chaps !

lunarchick - 10:58pm Jan 3, 2003 EST (# 7307 of 7314)

rshow55 1/3/03 7:59pm

lunarchick - 11:06pm Jan 3, 2003 EST (# 7308 of 7314)

Bush here looks at a 50% cut in dividend taxes and some employment/health relief ... whereas the Democrats focus on reductions in payements of payroll tax for middle and lower income earners.

A question to ask is what is, and why was, payroll tax introduced -- has it served it's purpose, had it's day?

If it related to the shedding of labour for automation-robotic process line assemblies .... then should that tax be used at all in the one-one (peopled) service industries?

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