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"Gregg Germain" wrote in message
... jeff findley wrote: Once the economic level of the rest of the world rises to the First World nations, or even second, then US workers become more competitive. There are two ways that could happen: 1. Wait 1000 years. 2. The dollar could lose 90% of its value. The second may actually happen, but it would be strongly disruptive. Your salary would be worth less in terms of buying power. |
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Michael Walsh wrote in message ...
You continue with the same nonsense that defines liberal democrats as extreme left wingers and then tries to tag the leading Democrats with that label. It's not too hard. The current leading Democrat is John Kerry. You know, the same guy who worked wholeheartedly with Jane Fonda, the SDS and VVAW to end containment of Communism. The same guy that wrote a book calling for the end of ANY support to the South Vietnamese government, even as China and the USSR ramped up military support for Ho Chi Min. Kerry's call was eventually answered, ensuring a communist victory in South Vietnam that killed more South Vietnamese in communist purges than died on both sides during the thirteen year civil war. In the 1960s, his position was considered extreme. It wasn't until after the '68 Chicago riots at the Democratic convention that groups like SDS gained control of the party of Jefferson. You call that nonsense? You are more likely to find them at colleges than in politics, with a few exceptions. Tom Daschle, Terry McCauliff, Nancy Pelosi, Al Gore, Howard Dean, John Kerry, sadly, Ted Kennedy as well. . . plus a lot others. Sort of like the number of extreme conservatives in the Republican party, except they are more likely to hang out at country clubs than colleges. Mike Walsh Country clubs? You mean the kind that only megamillionaires like John Kerry, John Edwards, Ted Kennedy hang out at? or do you mean the kind I play golf at once a week for $40 a round? That's the average Republican, unfortunately for Democrats. Somebody who doesn't feel bad about earning $50,000 a year and playing golf once a week. Sounds an awful lot like the average guy... Tom Merkle |
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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:30:43 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
Sander Vesik made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: But you are making an assumption that Moon+Mars was in fact anything more than a disguised campaign speech. To think otherwise is laughable. Where is the big constituency for going to the moon and Mars whose votes Bush is seeking? |
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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:13:55 GMT, in a place far, far away, "carym"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: I think China's long term efforts in space will have a serious effect on the US government's plans to continue, or discontinue the Bush plan. No reason to think that, and if they have any affect, it won't be for many years. |
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Don't be too sure about that. I do not think Kerry would exert himself too much to pass regulatory or tax incentives for private space travel. Also, he is quite capable of forbidding travel to the Moon or Mars out of environmental reasons. Bush, on the other hand, would find it completely reasonable to ban private launchers in the name of Homeland Security. And under Bush II there soon wouldn't be any government launches: with a borrow-and-spend Republican Congress the US would soon be bankrupt. |
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In article ,
Alexander Sheppard wrote: Hint: After Japan and Germany were defeated in WWII, who rebuilt their countries? My knolwedge of their reconstruction is pretty slight, but primarily it must have been themselves... There was massive US aid for the reconstruction of both Europe and Japan. Read up on, most notably, the Marshall Plan sometime. It was seen as a farsighted long-term investment that would help produce stable, prosperous, friendly countries (and, not incidentally, open up new markets for US goods and help contain Communism)... as opposed to what happened in Europe after WWI, when instability, poverty, and misery played into the hands of the Communists, the Fascists, and the Nazis. -- MOST launched 30 June; science observations running | Henry Spencer since Oct; first surprises seen; papers pending. | |
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"Tom Merkle" wrote in message
om... Michael Walsh wrote in message ... You continue with the same nonsense that defines liberal democrats as extreme left wingers and then tries to tag the leading Democrats with that label. It's not too hard. The current leading Democrat is John Kerry. You know, the same guy who worked wholeheartedly with Jane Fonda, the SDS and VVAW to end containment of Communism. The Wall Street Journal has dug up some people who still care about that issue, but I think it's a fairly small number. If the ruler of North Korea decided to fight SARS, would you turn around and support SARS? So Kerry agreed with Jane Fonda on some issue. So what? If I remember correctly, Kerry didn't get out of the military and start protesting until 1972. By then it was pretty much a done deal. McGovern opposed the war and Kissinger wanted his Nobel peace prize. At one time, I was a hawk, but Nixon failed to win the war and we couldn't keep beating our heads against the wall for no reason. Even though I was a hawk, I voted for McGovern -- mainly because of the Watergate issue. Sort of like the number of extreme conservatives in the Republican party, except they are more likely to hang out at country clubs than colleges. I like the country club set. It's mainly the religious right that bugs me -- especially the people who believe that the Earth is less than 10,000 years old. |
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