Deja vu

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Tue Sep 1 23:22:36 1998

At 02:16 PM 8/28/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>> Since we are off topic, read the Bill of Rights and the Constitution
>> sometime if you want an idea of just how many of your rights (re:
>> freedom) have been usurped in your 'best interest' by our omnipresent
>> Federal Government. This spy satellite pales in comparison to the
>> invasion of personal liberty that has been either legislated by
>> Congress or in the case of our Constitutional Rights bent in
>> interpretation by the Supreme Court under the guise of a 'living
>> breathing Constitution.' Bullshit. The Constitution doesn't need
>> interpretation, it is written very clearly and has been raped.
>
>I may be naive, but I understand that the satellite was owned by
>a connecticut company who was have it launched to replace the one
>which went bad earlier this year, knocking out millions of pagers,
>etc.

   Nope. Wrong. It was a spy satellite. Years ago, most spy satellites
were launched from Vandenburg but more and more of them are being launched
from KSC. It's supposed to take a year or more to replace the failed
communications satellite. They've moved some some others around in their
orbits to provide temporary coverage for the failed one.

  Joe
Received on Tue Sep 01 1998 - 23:22:36 BST