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Would like to name one that would? Do you think the US government buys more cars, per year, than the rest of the population of the United States?[/quote]
That is my point exactly. The US govt does...

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The United States government buys alot of vehicles from various automobile manufacturers and dealers. (Have you ever heard the cliche about all Federal Employs getting 40,000...

Is that you way of admitting that without having the US govt spending billions on dollars on space these private companies would be nowhere? I am glad that you agree.


Without that consumer, the...

Some of those teams have several millions of dollars, and are comprised of engineers and physicists of various capacities. They know plenty.[/quote:ubd8k9jv]
Yeah, plenty from their previous...

And where are these 'garage hobbyist' teams? Right, nowhere. No money, no expertise, no nothing.


So? The companies that created the spacecraft that transported the Americans to the Moon were...

Those "private spacecraft" are made by "private companies" that have been floating in the US government cash for decades. The technology that is used in those "private spacecraft" has been lavishly...

Whoa, whoa there, Herr Doktor!

I bet the EU would be happiest of happy to lure those in, with all the resources they've got. Serious 'bout it.

Possibly. But not by a lot.


All that is sandbox fooling around compared with the former Yugoslavia. Or with Turk/Greek tensions. Or the Muslim ghettos in the largest European cities.
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What unstable countries? Or perhaps you think that the South European states, which border or simply are members of the EU now, are stable quiet countries? As well as some other countries who have...

I am getting increasingly more frustrated with the Dutch. Really, each time I order tea in Holland I receive a smallish cup half-full of barely warm water and an array of tea bags. Horrid. And that...

I must say that scotcher, strange though it may seem, asked the only relevant question in this thread. It may be argued that Russia might acquire some additional funds by joining the EU, just like...

Не понимаю я Вас. Ну кто-то там шубу купил (не понимаю, зачем русским шубы в Арабских (?) Эмиратах покупать, ну не важно) -- что в этом плохого? "Полнейшая выгода и очевидный профит." Проблема-то в...

Вот так прямо через границу и пахнет? Насколько я знаю, пахнет в основном лесом, газом, нефтью и электричеством. И эти запахи финнам очень по душе. Ещё раньше, когда в Финляндии выпивка была дорогой,...

А какое отношение к этому будут иметь ощущения финнов? Можно тогда и немцев начать спрашивать. И заодно каких-нибудь голландцев с бельгийцами про ощущения о немцев.

And where exactly would we get those numbers from? If I remember correcly the Soviet Union wasn

I took it from today's Putin speech. I do believe he knows the stuff better than the CIA.

We don't even have to talk about the "real" GDP. If we take the growth rate, which is 8% now, the GDP in ten years from now will be 2.2 times the current GDP (at cia.gov), that is to say $3.1...

Well, excuse me while I smirk annoyingly. I like Russia, but it's not as if it's even a shadow of it's former 'glory' anymore, is it? Let's compare some numbers.[/quote]
Emphasis on "potential" in...

What makes you think there is such an agenda?