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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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bbbuck - 01:22am Feb 6, 2003 EST (# 8636 of 8644)

The hot-link of the day is

http://www.winexwired.com/3point1/wg31.htm

The above link proves that 'God loves all Americans'.

The relevant quote is at the bottom of the article.

Tomorrow's link 'Teenagers are mutilating Taco Bell kid's meal's toys' and why.

lchic - 05:21am Feb 6, 2003 EST (# 8637 of 8644)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Dittemore of NASA with a sample of foam, which he said could not have caused sufficient damage to lead to Columbia’s loss. NYT

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FOAM from FOAM

The foam is foaming

Back foam on the range

Foam sweet Foam

Foam-tastic

He's FOAMing mad

FOAMing at the mouth

He's FOAMous

FOAMous sayings

Rescued by FOAM

Thou shalt not live by FOAM alone

Polka Dot FOAM

There's a FOAM-tile on my shoulder

Back FOAM on the range ...

lchic - 06:44am Feb 6, 2003 EST (# 8638 of 8644)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Great news that a piece of space junk was the actual cause of the shuttle-scuttle

.... saves catching and matching all the dots

.... saves hide(s)

.... saves the day

.... keeps and increases shuttle-scuttle budget

.... saves that search for 'truth'

A 'Scuttler' on tv said how 'really smart' the guys 'working' the shuttle from earth were - that space junk sure was a 'stroke of genius'!

lchic - 08:45am Feb 6, 2003 EST (# 8639 of 8644)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Iraq | JohnHOWARD PM Australia's THINKING - Comedy-Insight

INTERVIEWER: Mr Howard, how are we going to avoid terrorists if we don't know what they look like?

JOHN HOWARD: Well, they look like anyone else, Bryan.

This is one of the difficulties.

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2003/s778702.htm

lchic - 09:34am Feb 6, 2003 EST (# 8640 of 8644)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

""In Chicago there are nearly 100,000 young people, ages 16 to 24, who are out of work, out of school and all but out of hope. In New York City there are more than 200,000. Nationwide, according to a new study by a team from Northeastern University in Boston, the figure is a staggering 5.5 million and growing ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/06/opinion/06HERB.html

Left Behind in the Labor Market," found that joblessness among out-of-school youths between 16 and 24 had surged by 12 percent since the year 2000. Washington's mindless response to this burgeoning crisis has been to slash — and in some cases eliminate — the few struggling programs aimed at bolstering youth employment and training ..

The Bush administration, committed to a war with Iraq and obsessed with tax cuts for the wealthy, has no interest in these youngsters ..

... a remarkable absence of positive comments and emotions of any kind. There was a widespread sense of frustration, and some anger. But mostly there was just sadness. ""

rshow55 - 10:09am Feb 6, 2003 EST (# 8641 of 8644)
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 Bush administration is unbalanced - in its own terms. There needs to be an ethic of common provision - in a context that fits with other considerations - because as our technology becomes more and more efficient - we'll have more and more problems finding things for people to decently do that have a strictly economic justification.

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