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Old 07-19-2010, 01:24 PM
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Keep in mind, Pete, that we've been working on Star Wars for 30 years (and it took less than 10 years to get to the moon with '60's technology). If Star Wars was simply a logical extension of anti-aircraft missiles, why can't we come close to making it work (other than rigged tests that are themselves rarely successful).

Given this spotty track record, the untold billions spent thus far, and the low esteem for government competence by Conservatives, I'm perplexed as to why they have a near religious commitment to Star Wars. Shit, Conservatives bitch endlessly about the competence of the Post Office. Star Wars is nothing more than white collar welfare for the aerospace industry, plain and simple.
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Technology, tech tech tech, our giant (and becoming former) advantage.

Like giving up the space race. Getting ahead by falling behind?

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Technology, tech tech tech, our giant (and becoming former) advantage.

Like giving up the space race. Getting ahead by falling behind?

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Ah yes, that's why all the bright young people are majoring in commerce and heading for Wall Street. Engineers? Scientists? You have to be kidding.
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Engineers? Scientists? You have to be kidding.
they're all coming here from iran and india...
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Ah yes, that's why all the bright young people are majoring in commerce and heading for Wall Street. Engineers? Scientists? You have to be kidding.
We really are the B-Ark Golgafrinchans, aren't we?

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they're all coming here from iran and india...
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I'm perplexed as to why they have a near religious commitment to Star Wars.
Because they believe its spectre -- functional or no -- is what "won" the Cold War by spending the USSR into competitive bankruptcy.

Seems we got ourselves, too...
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That still won't stop the fools on the hill from spending money for anything that flies, floats or drives fast and goes bang.
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I seem to remember seeing Gingrich on t.v. saying that the genius of "Star Wars" is that it was a complete farce, intended to fool the Soviets into believing we already had it, and that it actually worked.

I think, 'round about then, is when Karl Rove must have noticed the Russians weren't the only ones dumb enough to fall for the ruse.....................

See what I'm sayin'?

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That still won't stop the fools on the hill from spending money for anything that flies, floats or drives fast and goes bang.
Sadly, Star Wars doesn't seem to do any of those...
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