[meteorite-list] Breaking news-- satellite hit

From: Francis Graham <francisgraham_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:38:00 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <914432.86032.qm_at_web58712.mail.re1.yahoo.com>

Bob wrote:
> The hydrazine aspect was a total smokescreen.
> Complete B.S., which
> news stations should have been embarrassed to report
> as the "main
> reason". The government/military was not in the
> least bit concerned
> about the hydrazine injuring or killing someone on
> the ground because
> it was not even a 6-sigma possibility. You should
> all be offended
> that the U.S. government thinks you are that stupid.
> Why couldn't
> they have just been honest: WE DON'T WANT ANY
> REMNANTS OF HIGHLY
> CLASSIFIED TECHNOLOGY ANALYZED BY UNFRIENDLY
> COUNTRIES. AND BESIDES,
> WE'RE SALIVATING AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEST AN ABM
> AGAINST A
> DIFFICULT TARGET. It's really that simple. The
> timing of the
> intercept more or less proves it. --Rob

  Isn't that what I said on an earlier post?!?
  The news media seems willing to hire people who talk
through their nose and read Pentagon press releases
without any thought or analysis whatsoever. I'll bet
people at the Pentagon are even surprised. Journalism
has been going deeper into the abyss as the years go
by, it seems. Sigh.

Francis Graham
 




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