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    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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rshowalt - 06:41am Sep 3, 2002 EST (# 4145 of 17697)

It seems to me that I'm doing just exactly what Bill Casey would have wanted - for the welfare and honor of the United States, and for human decency, here and all over the world. And things may be unfolding well. Some problems need to be adressed, and fixed.

Looks to me like that may be possible. In a way that would make me, and "the average reader of the New York Times" proud.

I'm not an especially "radical" figure - - you might notice, or search, how often I quote Rudyard Kipling - - a conservative. Who believed in telling the truth, and not missing the obvious things.

There are an enormous number of things about the United States that I'm very proud of - and want to preserve. The way to perserve them is to stand for them - when that's necessary.

Maybe Cooper was just "joshing" about his connections with Condoleeza Rice, the CIA, and the current president of the United States. There ought to be ways to check.

I'm waiting a bit, and waiting for my other computer, before writing more. I felt an urge to back up some files before doing much more.

It seems to me that this thread could work very well as pretrial discovery.

And might, with just a few things done, be of wide interest. When the NYT published the Pentagon Papers - it was a dreadful job - took a lot of ink - now, an 8mm disk might carry out the same distribution job - for a distribution cost probably less than 50 cents/paper. Just a thought. Maybe "delusions of grandeur" -- but a sign of how technical possibilities are making things possible.

If "Cooper" wasn't "joshing" in wrcooper 9/2/02 8:37pm . . a chain of evidence leading right up to the Oval office - and the key players of the military industial complex -- is close at hand.

If the journalistic resources brought to bear on the ENRON case were put to following up leads on this thread - - Watergate - - might look small -- and much of the unfinished business of Watergate might be resolved. Along with much of the unfinished business of the Cold War.

If world leaders started asking questions - a good deal could happen - - including some things that might have some influence not only on House and Senate elections -- but also an influence on the decency of most incumbents - of both parties.

lchic - 07:45am Sep 3, 2002 EST (# 4146 of 17697)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Creativity Bibliography (4)

http://hua.umf.maine.edu/creativity/creativitybib.html

wrcooper - 07:52am Sep 3, 2002 EST (# 4147 of 17697)

Important article on BMD in today's Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27522-2002Sep2.html

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