[TheForge] nukkin' skeeters OTOTOT

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

It's OK Gabriel; I mumble a lot..even in print..pf

Gabriel Cain wrote:
> I'm sorry I misread you, Peter. :)    Thanks for the clear reply!
> 
> -Gabriel
> 
> Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>> Hi Gabriel:
>> The parasitic behavior i was referring to was in the financial community.
>> I am unabashedly for funding scientific research!
>> In the long run, even military technological development often ends up 
>> helping the general population.
>> Find really smart folks, give them the means and turn them loose..Yes!
>> Without constant technological advancement, we face a catastrophic 
>> population collapse and perhaps our extinction.
>> I thought "Some good may come of "Starwars" after all.  pf" was funny 
>> because of the contrast in values and ambition in converting it to 
>> zapping skeeters and because in the long run the smaller targets may 
>> prove more significant.
>> I only hope it's as effective at killing skeeters as this explanation 
>> was at killing the humor content..pf
>>
>> Gabriel Cain wrote:
>>   
>>> It rather sounded to me like the funding would be going to stop 
>>> parasites.  I myself am not a fan of malaria, nor the destruction and 
>>> pain it has wrought around the world.  
>>>
>>> Scientific R&D is the backbone of society.  Wanna get mad? Get mad at 
>>> financial companies who dream up ways of trading fictions. 
>>>
>>> -Gabriel
>>>
>>> Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>>>     
>>>> The objection is one of principle. Our tax dollars shouldn't go for 
>>>> bonuses to encourage parasitic behaviors.
>>>>
>>>> Andrew Vida wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>>>> Bruce Bruce Bruce...  Does "orders of magnitude" jog anything loose in 
>>>>> the head of yours?  You're of by perhaps 4.  Besides, at the rate these 
>>>>> loons in the WH and congress are spending it, millions don't seem to 
>>>>> rate much attention anymore.  We're in the age of trillions and going 
>>>>> for our first quadrillion dollar bust ever.  Yeeeeeeeeehaw!
>>>>>
>>>>> Bruce Freeman wrote:
>>>>>     
>>>>>         
>>>>>> And HOW many millions of our tax dollars did it take to create this fly swatter?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 3:35 AM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer
>>>>>> <artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>> Some good may come of "Starwars" after all.  pf
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         
>>>>>>>             
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