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U.S. Announces New Space Security Policy
hey! writes "The Bush administration has announced a new space security policy, which includes the statement that 'Consistent with this policy, the United States will preserve its rights, capabilities and freedom of action in space ... and deny, if necessary, adversaries the use of space capabilities hostile to U.S. national interests.'" More from the article: "Eisendrath, co-author of a forthcoming book, 'War in Heaven: Stopping an Arms Race in Outer Space Before It Is Too Late,' says the United States is wasting its time. 'Defense Secretary Rumsfeld says we need to protect against a 'space Pearl Harbor,'' he says. 'But we're still the dominant power there.'"
In that case, I would encourage you to go downstairs to the city street, find that crazy homeless guy who is carrying a bottle in a paper bag and smells heavily of urine, who is muttering constantly to himself about the overthrow of the oppressive government who implanted tracking devices in his teeth and how everyone who doesn't believe him must be an agent of said government and deserves to die, and hand him a loaded 9mm pistol.
In the interest of fairness, of course.
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...Welcome our new God-fearing, English-mangling, Imperialist, sanctimonious, fat, egocentric, autistic overlords!
...That way I could vote in the elections that generate the policy that influences all of our lives, instead of just watching it on TV. Because, let's face it, you genuine Americans have dropped the ball. I could vote in a better president with my brain tied up my ass.
Oh wait -- they're not new.
Let me rephrase: I, for one, welcome the continued hegemony of the richest bastards on Earth. I sure hope when the shit hits the fan their ATATs will deign to protect my meagre nation from Chinese Decepticons.
By the bye, for the purposes of data ming I would like to go on record as saying that I love the American people, America, American movies and bombs. Any suggestion to the contrary is probably just my jealousy showing through, since I, like everyone on Earth, wishes I was a real American.
Yes yes, don't even bother trying to detect the sardony -- just mod me flamebait or troll and let's be done with it.
These stories are free but worth money.
Sorry, no elaborate arguments, witty remarks, or logic this time. Damn you all who voted for these idiots and made them a trouble for the entire world.
Read the damn material. It's all about the fact that we want to, for example, use things like nuke-powered spacecraft, and we're not going to allow someone else (China? doesn't matter) to dictate or act in a way contrary to that. How is "trouble for the entire world" to say that?
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
"naming the governors of the colonies we've been establishing around the world."
Hamid Karzai.
Pervez Musharraf.
Want some more? Who's the president-elect of Mexico?
You goddamned wingnuts are just totally fucking ineducable.
Eloi are stupid, throw morlocks at them!
Space weaponry is an attack first weapon. Not a "defensive" weapon.
Everyone understands this except the American public. Not unlike many other topics.
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Yes, generally spoken the 'public' is arrogant, and due to that can be manipulated
s/arrogant/ignorant