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what is earth going to do when heavy industry is gone?  stagnate.

i never said i have proof.  it is, as i said, an opinion.

I can't really do much for design, only offer theoretical ideas or thoughts, but I can write a letter.  If I do well on my nuclear essay, I'll use that to add weight to my letters to politicians.  If a national science essay winner writes a space advocacy letter, hopefully it will get some notice.

Good luck!

Depends.  If the simpler solution costs us more money in the end, no.  And if it costs so much that it stops us from getting to our destination, no again.

I'm fairly good at writing things, you may have seen my greenpeace letter.

I can also do a decent programming job, but my friend is incredible.  he won the national pepsi website challenge last year, a national deca event.

there are a lot of other things i can do, which i will mention as i think of them.

No.  If you give birth to a child, you have every right to raise it.

But I think, as I have seen before, that the best system would be apprenticeship combined with conventional schooling.  If a child shows a special interest or aptitude in a subject or field, have him train in that field as an apprentice.  this system worked in europe for centuries.  when combined with normal schooling (say, 4 or 5 hours a day of each, or 3, 8 hour school days a week and 2, 8 hour work days a week), would provide a child with a practical and rounded education. 

the children could beging apprenticeship at 13-15, around the work age for children now, except that they would be learning their career and helping society at the same time, rather than manning the window at McDonald's.  Children could start at better positions or receive more benefits for better schoolwork, so that could be an incentive to pay attention in class 

cal: you said that shes in the ghetto because of lack of education.  what can she do in todays world with no education?  many kids in the ghetto have missing fathers, and many have to take care of their families, and have to drop out of high school to take multiple jobs.  i used to live in a neighborhood like this.

yes, i admit it, being white gives me an advantage.  theres nothing wrong with being white, its just accepting that our society is based on the WASP (im half lutheran, so im not being racist here), and always has been, since the puritans landed in Plymouth.  How many blacks do you see on the Forbes list?

You can say that some people dont seize the opportunities available, but not the whole race!  I know some dumb kids in my, relatively rich neighborhood, who will always be rich, because their mommies and daddies made it big.  will the housekeeper ever get ahead?  no, theyre more concerned about meeting the bills.  what opportunity do they have?

youre right cal, you shouldnt give women an opportunity to leave the kitchen.  its her fault shes there in the first place.  the logic is a perfect tautology, either way, she doesnt get ahead.  i hold open the door for anybody, male or female, black or white, when they walk up behind me in the hallway.  does that mean im a renaissance man?

I'm entering a dupont essay challenge.  if i place in the top 50 (national contest for science sponsored by dupont), im going to send a modified copy to all my local and state politicians, along with bill o'reilly.

oh, about the orion.  i have mentioned before that the space elevator could bring it up piecemeal, orbital assembly, and send off.  no earth launch is needed for the orion to provide us the benefits of quick travel and huge payload.

There are green aliens living on every planet outside of our solar system that can be lived on.  Well, Im right because you cant prove me wrong.

Thanks for rehashing the party line.

ah, using nukes on china, i see.  theyre not people just like us?  We decide who lives and dies based on our power monopoly on nukes?  I completely disagree with this point of view.

cal, thats not harvard economics, thats reaganomics.  yes, it created millionares, but it made our poor poorer, and it created a lot more of them.  it hurt our economy much more than it hurt.

Who are we to keep tabs on anyone?  why do we have a nuclear monopoly, along with russia?

and your post clearly states if they were overrun.  as i said, having nuclear weapons doesnt necessarily mean we have to attack them.  im divided on this issue.  on one hand, sovereignty is at stake.  on another WMDs are dangerous, and i think nobody should have them, including us.

no, not just ties.  he was just as corrupt as anyone.  his pockets are lined with dirty money.

go to the doe website.  how deep do you have to dig to find out the nasty realities of fossil fuel?  the guy cut funding to fuel cell and electric car research.  he can build all the nuclear plants he wants, and i support that, he intends to keep our cars running on gas.  not signing the kyoto treaty.  why?

yes, how long am i going to have to be patient?  if he draws it out long enough, it will be an obligation for the next president to fill.  at this rate, he will only pay $10 billion during this term.  The money was emergency relief.  Next term, he will say the emergency relief is over and the money is no longer needed. 

his tax cuts benefit the wealthy exponentially more than the average person.  the average person receives a tax break of $300.  A person making $100k+ receives around $10k+.  explain how this helps the economy.  People are more likely to stick the $300 in a bank than spend it on anything.

And yes, I do know this.  Iraq has never mentioned Al-Qaeda, and vice versa.  It's funny, Iraq is one of the few countries Bin Laden never talks about.  I think bin laden views saddam as a secular guy, and a threat to his muslim supremacy.

if i were running for president...i would have a little self-control with regards to the media.  At least wait until you get out of the room.