tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post116057642857770734..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: War in HeavenPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1160696393651341022006-10-12T16:39:00.000-07:002006-10-12T16:39:00.000-07:00if human beings are so intent on destroying one an...<I>if human beings are so intent on destroying one another and themselves and everything else that they're willing to go to such manic lengths to accomplish it, well, then, they can have at it. i've lost all interest in trying to stop them or save them.</I><BR/><BR/>Understandable. But things can always improve, so one always ought to be working in that direction, IMO.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1160688930869656722006-10-12T14:35:00.000-07:002006-10-12T14:35:00.000-07:00bushco? go it alone? unilateral rights? this is al...bushco? go it alone? unilateral rights? this is all sounding pretty out of character to me. <BR/><BR/>if human beings are so intent on destroying one another and themselves and everything else that they're willing to go to such manic lengths to accomplish it, well, then, they can have at it. i've lost all interest in trying to stop them or save them. it'll be sad if i'm killed by military space shrapnel as it crashes through my ceiling, but something has to do me in.juniper pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09940950405860078123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1160622844307982382006-10-11T20:14:00.000-07:002006-10-11T20:14:00.000-07:00Too good a laugh not to share.Oy.<I>Too good a laugh not to share.</I><BR/><BR/>Oy.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1160614944101756742006-10-11T18:02:00.000-07:002006-10-11T18:02:00.000-07:00"Project for a New American Solar System", lol.Als...<I>"Project for a New American Solar System", lol.</I><BR/><BR/>Also known to its friends as "P-NASS."Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1160578492277097192006-10-11T07:54:00.000-07:002006-10-11T07:54:00.000-07:00More harsh rhetoric, backed up with zero action. T...<I>More harsh rhetoric, backed up with zero action. This supposed "stern" policy isn't worth the paper it's printed on.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, "harsh rhetoric" can have dangerous effects, and set bad precedents. And while BushCo may not want to stare China down, there are smaller countries who could conceivably find themselves "threatening U.S. national interests," advertently or otherwise. Restrictions on "dual-use technology" are always a warning flag for me.<BR/><BR/>Still, the main point of this post is simply that these people are batshit crazy.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1160577054710517402006-10-11T07:30:00.000-07:002006-10-11T07:30:00.000-07:00it would be naive to assume that the chinese, et a...it would be naive to assume that the chinese, et al aren't developing some sort of technology to knock out our spy satellites - and that there isn't some soviet-era junk floating about already designed for that purpose. <BR/><BR/>sigh - an arms race in space. that's encouraging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1160576900983189532006-10-11T07:28:00.000-07:002006-10-11T07:28:00.000-07:00More harsh rhetoric, backed up with zero action. T...More harsh rhetoric, backed up with zero action. This supposed "stern" policy isn't worth the paper it's printed on.<BR/><BR/>Case in point: the Chinese began blinding our spy satellites when over their territory with ground-based lasers this month (although you have to read world news to see the story, Google it).<BR/><BR/>Did Chimpy insist they back down? Not a peep.meliorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575919376485832046noreply@blogger.com