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<p>Scientists from around the world will soon gather to discuss how satellites could be used to address the world's energy needs by relaying solar power to Earth. But the U.S. government's decision to abandon research in 2001 could prevent the alternative energy source from ever seeing the light of day.</p>

I will keep this brief... It seems to me that the war in Iraq has its share of problems in the chaotic aftermath of Saddam's fall. Not that I never supported it. I did from the start and I still do today. I believe it was and is a neccessary war, and the terrorism that is going on there today proves it so. I am not going to bother getting into the details as to why this war was just and neccessary, and how it has produced more good than bad, because I think it all has been said...

To solve the state's financial crisis, Schwarzenegger has to bring down spending, sell the Democratic-controlled Legislature on budget cuts and improve California's standing on Wall Street. But the overwhelming vote may well have given him a huge infusion of clout among lawmakers and demonstrated that the former action hero and bodybuilder has the political muscle to get what he wants from voters. "He's viewed by both parties as the most formidable politician we've seen in this state for many years," said Raphael Sonenshein, a political science professor at California State University, Fullerton. The bond proposal trailed badly in early polls,...

LONDON (AFP) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites), in an interview with a British newspaper, expressed his fears that "time is running out" for a two-state solution for peace in the Middle East. Speaking to The Guardian at his Ramallah compound in the West Bank, Arafat blamed the double impact of Israel's security barrier and the spread of Jewish settlements for undermining the prospects of a future Palestinian state. "Time is definitely running out for the two-state solution," despite Palestinian commitments going back to the 1980s to accept the West Bank and Gaza Strip (news - web...

The Future According to Professor Paul Davies "Scientists have no doubt whatever that it is possible to build a time machine to visit the future". Since the publication of Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity in 1905, few, if any, scientists would dispute that time travel to the future is perfectly possible. According to this theory, time runs slower for a moving person than for someone who is stationary. This has been proven by experiments using very accurate atomic clocks. In theory, a traveller on a super high-speed rocket ship could fly far out into the Universe and then come back...

Dear President Bush, Good evening Mr. President. I am just a citizen in the United States and work the regular work week dutifully and follow the laws of the nation. I have respect for you, Mr. President, and all of the authorities above me as God mandates. I don’t have money to donate to the Republican or Democrat parties and therefore do not have access to ask you or anyone at a high level to hear what I have to say. Here is my plea: Please do something about the killing of our soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan or anywhere else...

Rice warns of 'Made in America' solution to Iran's nuclear plans By Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor (Filed: 27/06/2003) America gave notice yesterday that it was ready to act alone against Iran and North Korea if European countries did not co-operate in stopping them from developing nuclear weapons. "If we do not want a 'Made in America' solution, let's find out how to resolve the issues of North Korea and Iran," declared Condoleezza Rice, the US national security adviser, during a visit to London. She tried to play down the prospect of a war against Iran, saying: "We do not...

<p>CALIFORNIA is facing an unprecedented budget shortfall, and so far Gov. Gray Davis has provided considerable rhetoric, but not much leadership. Exhibiting a memory as politically convenient as his May revise budget, Davis this week attempted to claim that there are no alternatives to his budget proposal to raise billions in new taxes and fees. He failed to acknowledge that Assembly Republicans presented a budget proposal weeks before his May revise.</p>

In one of the articles written concerning the fact that certain passengers were reported to the pilot, because they were dark, swarthy men, passing notes to each other, and exchanging seats among each other, some of those who wrote in Free Republic said that they too would have reported the same info to the pilot given the same situation to them.To those who agreed to such nonsense, I say, B------T!However, I do have a simple solution, if one is necessary, which it isn't: First, let us forget the Constitution. The following will not be permitted to ride in a plane:...

Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak will present to US President George W. Bush his plan for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at Camp David on June 7-8, a high-ranking Arab official said. The plan, which Egypt crystallized with the help of the Palestinians and other Arab officials, envisions the declaration of a Palestinian state in early 2003. "A Palestinian state must be declared in early 2003, and will extend provisionally over the ... (Palestinian) autonomous zones of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, some 42 percent of Palestinian territories occupied in 1967", the Arab official told AFP. Israel and the...

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Expanding without hesitation, our federal government has completed its growth of tentacles and is now ready to squeeze America and the world into compliance. With no conscious perception of danger, the masses are dreaming off into Pinochio's playland, soon to be turned into donkeys of labor. It is a critically unfortunate fact that Freepers, being the mentally aware factor, are a pitiful minority. Even with the addition of those on the Internet that are cognizant of the negative condition of government, the percentage is woefully low. That means that all of you must shout louder. Perhaps the percentage is higher...

Milton Friedman called these "...a very informative set of calculations." The original Social Security program was designed 65 years ago in 1937. But it was fatally flawed because it did not adequately anticipate future rates of inflation or life expectancy. In 1937, CPI averaged 1.4% per year over the previous 25 years. Since then, it has averaged 4.0% per year. Life expectancy then was 60 years. Today it is 77. Any remedy to the present retirement system must comprehend and solve the unpleasant unpredictability of both these factors. What should be done? Abolishing the present system is the best solution...