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To: Gib Bogle who wrote (4879)	4/9/2007 8:45:02 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50448

Nice answer. I guess this guy is deluded too: ================= BENTON R. PARTIN 8908 Captains Row Alexandria, Virginia 22308 (703) 780-7652 Biographical Notes Thirty one years active duty in the Air Force. Progressively responsible executive, scientific and technical assignments directing organizations engaged in research, development, testing, analysis, requirements generation and acquisition management of weapons systems. Assignments from laboratory to the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Personal contributions made in the fields of research and development management, weapon system concepts, guided weapons technology, target acquisition aids, focused energy weapons, operations research and joint service harmonization of requirements. Retired as a Brigadier General. White House appointed Special Assistant to the Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration. Personally designated to prepare the White Paper on the Federal Aviation Administration for the 1989 Presidential Transition Team. This included development of policy initiatives on FAA/USAF joint use of the Global Positioning System (GPS), operational life for commercial aircraft, antiterrorism, airport and airway capacity, requirements in the FAA acquisition process and FAA leadership and management development. Military Command Pilot and Command Missleman with 4000 hours (37 combat.) Education: B.S. Chemical Engineering; M.S. Aeronautical Engineering; Ph.D. Candidate, Operations Research & Statistics (Academics Completed.) Publications/TV Sino-Soviet Conflict. Competition and cooperation: Risks in Force Structure Planning A Reduced Upper Limit for Sequential Test Truncation Error. Frequent TV Talk Shows on the Voice of Freedom. Honors: Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit thrice, Distinguished Graduate - Air War College Community Affairs: Chairman, United States Defense Committee Member of the Board, In Touch Missions International Member of the Board, Front Line Fellowship Founding Chairman of the School Board, Engleside Christian School Washington Representative for the Association of Christian Schools International (1981-1983) Chairman Fairfax County Republican Party (1982-1986) Lifelong Professional Challenge: Continuing studies and analyses to anticipate and forecast the future course of world military/political/economic transforming processes. Oklahoma City Bomb Report Index Page

To: Gib Bogle who wrote (4879)	4/9/2007 9:40:32 PM
From: inchingup	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50448

"There are multitudes who believe in alien visitations and abductions." I live about 25 miles from one of the most, if the not most prolific area for UFO sightings area in the world: ww.ufowisconsin.com/county/county_map.html Click on Fond du Lac. Though I have never personally viewed any UFO's I have seen literally hours of footage of those sightings most of which are in an extremely close proximity of Dundee, WI. In fact almost all of them are within a 4-5 mile radius. As much as I'd like to believe no such things exist, the videos I have viewed and people who I interviewed who filmed many of the sightings leaves one a bit unnerved. This area has absolutely no military bases within a 100 mile or more radius with the exception of an Air Force refueling squadron some 60 miles to the South which only has cargo type planes at the base. More info here: ww.ufowisconsin.com/

To: Gib Bogle who wrote (4879)	4/10/2007 7:53:17 AM
From: bearjones	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50448

Are you saying that affluent people dont bother with believing in God (50%)? To: This_is_the_end who wrote (4878) 4/9/2007 8:19:10 PM From: Gib Bogle Read Replies (2) of 4888 From my perspective, the USA seems to be filled with people who believe all sorts of bizarre things. I saw the results of a poll that showed that more than 50% believe in the Devil, and almost as many believe in God. These are astounding numbers for an affluent country. There are multitudes who believe in alien visitations and abductions, in a big government cover-up at Roswell, in crop circles, ghosts, angels, reincarnation ... (although there is plenty of skepticism about science, in particular the on the subject of evolution). Once I would have expected the SI community to be more rational, but by now I realize that a significant fraction of the people here are very credulous too. So much for fond illusions.