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US Congress Funds Laser Weapons
An anonymous reader writes "The Washington Post reports that the US Congress is funding laser weapons for use in the near future. Low-power lasers called 'dazzlers' are already being used in Iraq to temporarily reduce a person's vision. High-power laser weapons would allow precision attacks that minimize civilian casualties. From the Post: 'The science board said tactical laser systems could be developed for broader use because they "enable precision ground attack to minimize collateral damage in urban conflicts." The report suggested, for example, that "future gunships could provide extended precision lethality and sensing." The board also proposed using lasers to protect against rockets, artillery, mortars and unmanned airborne vehicles by blasting them out of the sky. Last month, the Army awarded Boeing $36 million to continue development of a high-energy laser mounted on a truck that could hit overhead targets. But deployment is not expected until 2016, even if all goes well.'"
Please read Congress's misguided bailout package. It will reward failed wall street companies instead of letting them crater, instead of injecting money into solvent banks.
This is important to your financial future:
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008/09/20/treasurys-financial-bailout-proposal-to-congress/
Yea I would agree. When a joke become expected per article. It isn't funny anymore.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
These are the same people that are bailing out the banks, AIG, etc..? Where exactly is all this money coming from?
Thankfully, that hasn't happened to good spelling and grammar.
Bailing out rich fat cats?
Wars?
Laser beams?
That's us.
Where's our jobs going? Overseas.
So, to make a living, we have to work for Government now - or Walmart.
So, in the meantime, weapons makers get richer, the Walton family gets richer, and I get poorer.
No, I'm not that talented or even close where someone is going to give me a million dollars to sing or tapdance or to design their computers (chips and all) - I'm just an average American.
What's someone like me to do? Just living is becoming too expensive. Die? It's a thought. But to be convicted of attempted suicide will destroy any job opportunities I have left.
It's great to slam stupid people - makes you feel more powerful and important - but those stupid people have to live too. And if we can't live - I'm not talking about Big screen tvs or anything - I'm talking about decent food, medical, clothing, dental, and some free time. Whatever. A gun is a whole months expenses and then some, but if I need to.....
Yours truly,
The stupid people who are struggling to make ends meet.
Well, since the US is broke, they can only afford to duct-tape a bunch of laser pointers from eBay together. Overhead paper airplanes watch out!
It's a shame you get modded Troll by people who would rather stick their heads in the ground than do anything to defend themselves. As Barack is soon going to find out, it's a lot easier to blame others and demand change than actually enact it yourself.
There is a key on your keyboard, typically below the Caps Lock key and the Enter button, that you might find helpful. It allows readers of your prose to understand more clearly when you are beginning a new sentence. I applaud your use of the period (.), but need to point out how much more useful capital letters are for your readers.
Thank you.
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I'm guessing that "balance" would be the reason that the number of conflicts between nations has steadily increased since World War 2.
Ever lived in Russia or the Middle East?
Thought not!
Perhaps you aught to go and actually read a book written by someone who has spent time there, or maybe even spend some time there yourself rather than regurgitating some nonsense propaganda that your high school or college may have passed off as a history lesson.
generating growth without spending on defense exist in peace due to the efforts of the us military. a world without us military spending would be a world of russian imperialism and utter havoc in the middle east, and those "peaceful" countries would radically ramp up their own defense spending, or cease to exist, or become war zones
the usa is the de facto peacekeeper in the world today, for better or worse. some day, it won't be, nothing is forever, and that world will not be a more peaceful one, but a more warlike one, until it transitions to a new peacekeeper
some people don't understand this, and its due to a common misperception: peace is not a state of absence of war potential. peace is a state of balance in war potentials between two or more sides. the world exists in this constant tension, always has, and always will. you would understand this ugly but undeniable truth if you truly understood essential human nature
peace is nothing more than a state of balance between two deadly potentials. remove one of those balances, and in the transition to a new state of balance, much bloodletting occurs. that's all peace is. a balance between war potentials. it is absolutely impossible in this world for peace to exist without any armed forces. such a world would be full of more bloodshed, random warlord. a world of two massive armies with loaded guns pointed at each other is meanwhile perfectly peaceful. i didn't say this is a good thing, i just recognize an unfortunate ugly truth when i see one
but there ar epletny out there, raised in a coccoon of relative peace ot the rest of human history and other parts of this world, who are blind to this reality. they live in a hermietically sealed bubble, and they begin to develop attitudes about peace and war which frankly, is absurd
if you don't agree with this assessment, or don't understand it, you don't really understand the nature of the human beings living around you, and you aren't in very good touch with your own human nature
a lot of people don't understand exactly what creates peace in this world. real peace is a balance between two deadly potentials, not the absense of any deadly potential
understand that about the nature of peace, or live in denial
why do you think i care what the capitalization police say?
i write what i write. if you don't like my poor formatting, don't read what i write
fuck off
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
who would be better qualified to mount a friggin laser on a shark and joke about it afterward than Q?
Mike Meyers?
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