The fact that the community the Air Force Academy is located in is now
also the training center for the new religious right bend on
dominating American politics is also worrying.
http://www.harpers.org/SoldiersOfChrist.html
http://www.harpers.org/FeelingTheHate.html
On 11/25/05, David Brin <[EMAI
http://www.newvoyages.com/
Well...a group of fans set themselves to finish the last two
seasons of TOS original 5 year mission. It is being written up in the
new Wired. (Pretty big article actually)
I just watched ep2 (it is the only ep of the 3 made so far that is
currently available.
I often think of Scudder these days.
In reading *Why Hitler Came to Power* by Theodore Abel, a sociological
study based on 600 autobiographies of members of the Nazi party
published in 1938, I found differences between Germany in '35 and USA
in 2005. Bush isn't quite as idealized as Germany's per
Heinlein was no leftist, any more than he was a
right-winger. He was pro-future, pro-individualist.
He often mentions a preference for market solutions to
problems... but has nothing against a compassionate
and rich society providing basic needs in a socialist
manner. See BEYOND THIS HORIZON.
T
I am not sure I view this as idealism. It seems more of an excuse to
increase military spending and carry a big stick and a big chip on the
shoulder - perhaps the ultimate pragmatists.
Our aim is to remind Americans of these lessons and to draw their
consequences for today. Here are four conseque
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Purportedly, the terrorists hate us for our freedoms. But we have
no problem doing to ourselves what terrorist would not be able
to do, and doing unto innocent Moslems what we fear they
might do to us.
It seems that I am reading "The Sound of His
Robert Seeberger wrote:
>
>>> Purportedly, the terrorists hate us for our freedoms. But we have
>>> no problem doing to ourselves what terrorist would not be able
>>> to do, and doing unto innocent Moslems what we fear they
>>> might do to us.
>>
>> It seems that I am reading "The Sound of His Wing
On 24 Nov 2005, Dan Minette wrote
Look at Brin's arguments here. He claims that two generations of
Bush's are traitors ... Both Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. were tools of
Saudi Arabia, and governed the US's foreign policy according to
the orders they were given ...
This is not what I r
Dan wrote:
I did this out of order because I think this exchange fits perfectly well
with my hypothesis: GWB "knew" Hussein was behind the attack; just as he
"knew" that Hussein's WMD program was well advanced. I am not defending
his judgement; I think that his judgement in this case was horrib
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> Robert G. Seeberger wrote:
>>
>> Purportedly, the terrorists hate us for our freedoms. But we have
>> no
>> problem doing to ourselves what terrorist would not be able to do,
>> and doing unto innocent Moslems what we fear they might do to us.
>>
> It seems that I am read
Robert G. Seeberger wrote:
>
> Purportedly, the terrorists hate us for our freedoms. But we have no
> problem doing to ourselves what terrorist would not be able to do,
> and doing unto innocent Moslems what we fear they might do to us.
>
It seems that I am reading "The Sound of His Wings"...
A
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1648988,00.html
Claims that George Bush planned to bomb the Arabic TV news station
al-Jazeera have fuelled concerns that an attack on the broadcaster's
Baghdad offices during the war on Iraq was deliberate.
An international journalists group today dema
"Santa Claus is a myth is a myth" - Anya, in some Buffy
Season 4 or 5 Episode
Alberto Monteiro
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http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1125santaflights25-ON.html
Norwegian aviation authorities on Thursday warned that Santa Claus
flights could cause delays for airline passengers in December.
It's not St. Nick or his flying reindeer sleigh that cause the problem
each year, but thousands
On 25 Nov 2005, at 4:34 am, Doug Pensinger wrote:
William wrote:
He will be cremated and we will scatter his ashes at one of his
favourite walks. He had a good life right up until the end and
we'll miss him.
I'm very sorry for your loss, William. Did you have him since he
was a pup
Here is part 2 of my notes on Douglass North's new book,
"Understanding the Process of Economic Change".
(Part 1 was yesterday, 2005 Nov 24.)
On page 7, North states that
The emphasis here is on the sharp divide between institutions
constructed to deal with uncertainties that are a conseq
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