Gary Phaserman

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    VBG is right. My "team" <the four guys I work with on inspection missions, that's who I am heading to Iraq with> and I have an unofficial motto, and that is "Peace through Superior Firepower." this I think is the basic goal of the US Military. we will achieve peace, should it be neccisary, through skill and shear firepower. We in the armed forces are trained for war, but we would always prefere that the UN work things out before we have to do our thing. Trust me, No sane warrior likes the thought of taking another human's life. in fact, my uncle had a mental breakdown because he killed someone in the line of duty. Our Goal is peace, and we achieve peace by taking on the missions required of us that are handed down from the Commander in Cheif (President in the US, NOT the Secretary General of the UN. he is not in my Chain of Command, and therefor his orders mean little to me unless I recieve similar orders from the CinC.> for the defense of the nation, which may require an offensive operation (Afghanistan. I don't see anyone protesting Afghanistan)

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    Technology is wonderdful, and Humans are also improving on it by leaps and bounds. 100 years ago, Orvill and Wilbur Wright never would have concieved that, becasue of their invention, we have routine space travel, and we have put a man on the mars. also, the Space Shuttle is hardly the cutting edge of technology. the computer I am writing this post on has more power than the entire space shuttle's computer system. I think it is entirely possible that, within the next ten years, we could be ready to send people to mars. actually, to tell you the truth, the computer I am on, while more powerful, seems slow by comparison. (It's a PIII 550, and the newer P4 and AMD processors blow it out of the water.) also, with newer composite materials, we can build a spacecraft that is stronger and better than the Enterprise class Orbiter, all while at the same time making it lighter, if it is the same size. but before we go to Mars, I think we do need to establish some sort of a forward base, like a refueling station on the moon, because the breakaway from Earth will consume alot of fuel.

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    Ah, but remember, in 1961, we did not have the technology yet to go to the Moon, yet when President Kennedy challenged America to put a man on the moon, we answered the challenge in a way in which only America can. we didn't put ONE man on the Moon, we put TWELVE men on the moon.

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    Perhaps you haven't heard, but Dubya, as he is lovingly called, is preparing to announce his plan to re-invigorate NASA, with possible revisiting of the Moon and possibly MARS! if he can push this through, I think he would do alot to endear himself to Star Trek fans.

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    it's like someone opened the floodgates. the startrek.com room was always packed. after a while, you get used to filtering out who you don't want to talk to, and alot of people end up in Private messages anyways. basically, you get used to it.

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    I would be hard pressed to believe this is the first time this has happened, in ANY state, so I am assuming that there are legal precidents that have been set concerning lotto fraud. as far as I am concerned, though, no ticket, no cash. but as I voted, it's not up to me, it's up to the courts.

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    I'd vote for Picard, but I don't know...Maybe I wouldn't want him as MY president because he doesn't fit the criteria, other than that, I guess he'd be pretty good. However, Ben Sisko...Ben Sisko has the ability to be firm with his oponents, and he has the...the spine, yeah, that's it, to back up what he says. Kinda like Dubya...