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Old December 2nd 03, 04:47 AM
Rand Simberg
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On 1 Dec 2003 19:10:24 -0800, in a place far, far away,
(william mook) made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

Now, now - that statement comes directly out of your gut with no
analysis whatever. There is a reasonable probability that a second
Kennedy term expands the space program while adopting more direct
international controls to limit and reduce the spread of nuclear and
missile weapons systems.


There is almost zero probability of that,


Of what exactly? That the US adopts a more direct means of control of
WMDs than keeping them secret?


No, that a second Kennedy term expands the space program.

to anyone who understands
Kennedy's true attitude toward the space program.


Oh, please tell me, the true attitude of Kennedy toward's the space
program, and how in a hypothetical second term the space program would
not be expanded. Especially given speeches like;

http://www.rice.edu/webcast/speeches...12kennedy.html



This isn't fantasy.


Listen to what he said about it in private, not in public.

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