Comments on: The Worst Bluff Ever http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:03:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: KA http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10457 KA Sun, 25 Jun 2006 04:31:48 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10457 This all just makes me want to jump right up and ask if I can pay my taxes twice and pay them early..........really it all makes me sick. This all just makes me want to jump right up and ask if I can pay my taxes twice and pay them early……….really it all makes me sick.

]]> By: Kamachanda http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10456 Kamachanda Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:38:15 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10456 The important thing to remember is that before Bush and his cronies started robbing America blind under the guise of the war on terror, they wanted to rob the country blind by building a missle defense system. The war on terror isn't going so well, fortunately we've found a missle we might have to shoot down. Anybody got anything left in their 401k? Send it to the white house.... The important thing to remember is that before Bush and his cronies started robbing America blind under the guise of the war on terror, they wanted to rob the country blind by building a missle defense system. The war on terror isn’t going so well, fortunately we’ve found a missle we might have to shoot down. Anybody got anything left in their 401k? Send it to the white house….

]]> By: raff http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10455 raff Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:02:37 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10455 I recall reading a few years back that the Government was trumpeting the good news that they successfully blew up a test rocket. Huzzah!! It works! Inconvenient Fact 1: The rocket had a homing device in its nose & was travelling on a pre-determined set of co-ordinates. Inconvenient Fact 2: That rocket was one of five, all with the same homing device... the other 4 sailed safely by. Inconvenient Question: There's a missile heading towards you/your family/your city - how confident are you in your 1-in-5 odds? Do you feel lucky, punk? Well, do ya? I recall reading a few years back that the Government was trumpeting the good news that they successfully blew up a test rocket. Huzzah!! It works!

Inconvenient Fact 1: The rocket had a homing device in its nose & was travelling on a pre-determined set of co-ordinates.

Inconvenient Fact 2: That rocket was one of five, all with the same homing device… the other 4 sailed safely by.

Inconvenient Question: There’s a missile heading towards you/your family/your city - how confident are you in your 1-in-5 odds?

Do you feel lucky, punk? Well, do ya?

]]> By: Joe http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10454 Joe Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:34:44 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10454 Yeah, this is really just embarrassing. In a competent administration, whatever moron actually said in public, "Oh yeah? Well we'll just shoot the missile down!" would be out of a job. In this administration, they'll be up for a Medal of Honor. If they actually go through with this, it's going to make us look [more] pathetic on a global scale. It's like entering a pissing contest when you're wearing a catheter. Not a good idea. Yeah, this is really just embarrassing. In a competent administration, whatever moron actually said in public, “Oh yeah? Well we’ll just shoot the missile down!” would be out of a job. In this administration, they’ll be up for a Medal of Honor.

If they actually go through with this, it’s going to make us look [more] pathetic on a global scale. It’s like entering a pissing contest when you’re wearing a catheter. Not a good idea.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10453 Aaron Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:00:07 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10453 Even if the system does work, we are tipping our hand just to stop a test. Sure the world will be surprised and impressed by our ingenuity, but why waste it now? Even if the system does work, we are tipping our hand just to stop a test. Sure the world will be surprised and impressed by our ingenuity, but why waste it now?

]]> By: KA http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10452 KA Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:16:18 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10452 Missiles in N Korea = Bad Medicine foe all of us. Missiles in N Korea = Bad Medicine foe all of us.

]]> By: Blogtopus http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10451 Blogtopus Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:06:33 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10451 You know, this would be a GREAT subject for a X-prixe kind of competition. Only problem is, who will provide the titan missiles to practice with? You know, this would be a GREAT subject for a X-prixe kind of competition.

Only problem is, who will provide the titan missiles to practice with?

]]> By: Kevin http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10450 Kevin Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:34:14 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/06/21/the-worst-bluff-ever/#comment-10450 <i>Spotty? Has missile defense in any of its incarnations ever worked?</i> LOL - good question! Even the Patriot anti-missile system deployed in Israel during the Gulf War was widely aknowledged as likely having completely missed all but one or two of the SCUDS Saddam kept launching at Israel. Ditto for it's record in Saudi Arabia during the same period. What's even more interesting about that, to me anyway, is that the ever inventive Israeli's took the core concept and made it vastly more effective by building their own version of the Patriot. And I think everyone would aknowledge that the Patriot's record has always been a great deal less "spotty" than that of this regurgitated <i>Star Wars</i> system that Whitman vastly overstated. Excellent post, Greg! You covered the precise issue which first ran thru my mind when I first heard that our government was talking up a missile defense in response to North Korea's expected missle test. Spotty? Has missile defense in any of its incarnations ever worked?

LOL - good question! Even the Patriot anti-missile system deployed in Israel during the Gulf War was widely aknowledged as likely having completely missed all but one or two of the SCUDS Saddam kept launching at Israel. Ditto for it’s record in Saudi Arabia during the same period. What’s even more interesting about that, to me anyway, is that the ever inventive Israeli’s took the core concept and made it vastly more effective by building their own version of the Patriot. And I think everyone would aknowledge that the Patriot’s record has always been a great deal less “spotty” than that of this regurgitated Star Wars system that Whitman vastly overstated.

Excellent post, Greg! You covered the precise issue which first ran thru my mind when I first heard that our government was talking up a missile defense in response to North Korea’s expected missle test.

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