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how do you propose we get around with money?  if everybody received the same benefits, then there would be no incentive to work harder.  or, you could specialize and trade your good for somebody elses.  but this is barter, which places a value on your good versus other goods.  money is just a physical, near-static representation of the relative value of your goods and services.

i dont agree with people who say we dont need money.  its too idealistic, at least for this time.  money makes people poor...yes, but it also drives people to accomplish more...it is a goal.  money, like anything else, can be used for good or evil.  if i believed that we could live in a society where money was not needed to regulate values, i would happily support such a society.  but i really think its just an idealistic theory.

lemme guess, youre not american?

i dont suppose russia is giving us their rocket blueprints, or anyone else for that matter.  is russia conspiring against the world?

Before we can do this, political obstacles to space exploration must be put aside. 

how does this sound: an international space agency, funded by the UN, with countries receiving a share of the mission benefits (people on board, video, etc.) proportional to the percentage of the amount they contribute.  the agency would be funded entirely by countries, and would share the space information and equipment throughout.  this agency would be in charge of developing new, advanced systems, and exploring space.  a council of representatives from the field would vote on how the money would be allocated, not the governments (we dont want icky fear of nuclear energy or politics to get in the way), so the best results would come out.

what does everyone think?

we havent sold them weapons for over a decade.  so why are we focusing on things 15 years ago, when the discussion is about now?

i was thinking that too 

notice that china is building, i believe, 300 miles of maglev tracks, first maglev ever built?

maybe itll give the West a kick in the read     :0  ???

we are not completely responsible, but we must foot some of the blame.  we did not know that he was going to use them for such atrocities, which is not true in the case of hezbollah.  giving missles to an organization who has pledged to push israel into the sea is pretty much aligning with the cause.  telling reporters he wants to exterminate israel is a pretty good indicator too.

go back to playing gta.

I was being facetious, if nobody noticed  ???

Jee, nothing beats a Times Square New Year.  Million people fit onto that one block.  Damn.

Happy New Year from New York!

if we used nuclear power from the start it might not be such a stretch.

i think on earth, connecting some of the major cities with maglev trains would be a brilliant project for the next 20 years.  maglev trains would expedite and lower the cost of cargo and passenger shipments tremendously.  the US is running on 150-200 year old train technology.  lets move into the future.  im not proposing we connect every bumble...er...poo town to a maglev web, just the major transportation and commercial hubs.

cal, if you dont accept the popes authority, then why do you celebrate christmas in december? 

in any case, you dont hear pagan songs the same way you dont hear classical music on your average radio station (there are classical music stations, but thats not the point)--most people in the West are christian or jewish (at least in the US).  these people want to hear their own songs, and the radio stations are going to play what people want to hear, basically what cindy said.

and like clark said, wheres the proof of god?  he hasnt visited me lately.