George Bush to Shoot Down Satellite?

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Wow. This story raises all kinds of emotions. Worry, skepticism, fear. . .and a little. . .um excitement. Sure, there's still that little boy in me that loves rockets and things that go boom. But, just hearing that George W. Bush gave the order to do this? Frankly it gives me a bit of a wiggins. I mean, has he ever done anything right on purpose?

And it does seem a little bit fishy to me. Tinfoil hat time:

Suppose they have a super-secret spy satellite, and it captures some real goodies. And now it's broken, and they can't get their data. If they let the satellite fall--and they say they don't know where it would go--it is conceivable that the secrets and the technology could survive. Now, the government might be concerned that the information would fall into enemy hands. Or, they might be worried that it would fall into anybody's hands, because the technology or the type of information collected is somehow unseemly.

So, what to do? I know, we'll say it's full of toxic, dangerous fuel! And Bush decides to play Superman ("My God, the people!"), and appear to be riding to our rescue, while in fact covering his own backside. Inconceivable? I wonder. . .

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U.S. To Shoot Down Spy Satellite

President Bush has ordered the Pentagon to use a Navy missile to attempt to destroy a broken U.S. spy satellite - and thereby minimize the risk to humans from its toxic fuel - by intercepting it just before it re-enters the atmosphere, officials said Thursday. . .

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