On 09 Aug 04  11:08:21, Michael Haritonov got back to Carol Shenkenberger 
-> Re: Today's_History

 MH>> that the first man in Y.Gagarin and the first satellite
 MH>> ("sputnik") was Soviet?
 CS> Actually, that is also well known as well as that the space station is
 CS> a mixed Heffort with the Russians being the fore-runners at that.

 MH> I doubt that those facts are "well known" :) It's well
known for you
 MH> as you are a Navy officer (which is supposed to be a well-educated
 MH> person). 

She's enlisted.  But, intelligent enough to be an officer.  Wait!  
Scratch that!  She's intelligent enough not to want to become an 
officer...  

 MH> But I meant regular people on streets. And I also were talking
 MH> not just about an average American but people all over the world who
 MH> are less informed. 

The object is to inform people.  Information is what it is all 
about.  The more you know means that you can take that wool they 
pull over your eyes and make it into sweaters.  




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