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Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy
David Lloyd-Jones wrote:
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> Major weapons systems have been slowed, e.g. the B-2 and Sea Wolf,
> while others, such as the racetrack missile and the bugso Star Wars
> proposition have been halted.
I note:
Star Wars is still around under a new acronym which escapes me at the
moment. Another good cartoon by Toles has Reagan flying around in space
in a rocket and wearing a superman outfit. Reagan speaks to the reader:
'Why has Star Wars survived all the criticism so far? Because it's not
Star Wars. (fold fold and the spaceship looks like a doo-dad with a
switch) It's STI the Strategic Transformer Initiative. I make a few
key adjustments... (fold fold - now Reagan's head is sticking out the
end of the rocket, the fins folded to look like bird wings, and a wire
halo coming out of his hat) ...and I'm the good fairy of a world where
nuclear weapons are impotent and obsolete. And if that's not
possible... (fold fold back into a rocket).. then we're just a defense
of our missile fields. And if that's a treaty violation or too
expensive...(fold fold, now Reagan is holding a large test tube made of
the rocket)...then we're just a research project...(squash stretch - now
a disk like a flat flying saucer with Reagan in the central dome)..or a
bargaining chip...(fold back into a rocket) ...or not. You see, our
critics are trapped in a past world of limited possibilities. Younger
Americans and I share a whole different world...(fold fold - a T.V. set
showing Reagan)...Saturday morning cartoons. Now here's how to send for
the full-scale model...'
>
> At the same time the United Nations has substantially increased its
> still small and weak military force. The Russian Army is now back in
> Russia, except for a few units serving the UN.
>
> Not bad. We haven't gone far, but we're going in the right direction.
> Going slowly in the right direction is far better than going wrong at
> great speed.
>
> -dlj.
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