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Weapons in Space
SWG_Eddie submits this story about the U.S. military beginning the militarization of space. We've done a few previous stories on this, such as this one. Putting weapons in earth orbit is not forbidden by any treaty or law.
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Clinton: 10 trillion dollar surplus (over 10 years)
Bush: 5 trillion dollar deficit (over 10 years)
Clinton: War in Bosnia/Serbia WITH UN backing
Bush: War in Iraq with NO international support
Clinton: Longest growth/expansion in US history
Bush: Most job losses since great depression
Clinton: Good
Bush: Bad
It is that simple. Restore Integrity my ass.
"But more importantly, Kyoto is just a step towards sustainability and becoming less reliant on exhaustible resources."
Then it should be a 'sustainability and becoming less reliant on exhaustible resources' treaty and forget the Global Warming(tm) crap. There are very good reasons to limit reliance on fossil fuels, we don't need typical lefty lies to promote that.
"Economic costs should be weighed, certainly, but that cost includes the future cost of cleanup, and the health toll on our lungs"
You seriously think that CO2 emissions will have "a health toll on our lungs"? What planet is this you're on?
"Having said that, the specifics of Kyoto are not exactly endearing,"
No, they're moronic, and would have minimal impact on "Global Warming" if it's actually happening. It's purely a desperate last-minute lefty attempt to bring global industry under their control before it gets completely out of control.
The amusing thing is that it wouldn't even achieve that, now that outsourcing is moving so much energy-consuming manufacturing to China, which wouldn't be affected by Kyoto restrictions! Yet the lefties who support Kyoto whine about outsourcing...