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Ignorance is not bliss........
Posted by suston96 in General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010)
Sat Mar 13th 2010, 12:11 PM
Two points:

First: James Madison said this:

A popular Government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance....

Second: Solar flares and whatever other disaster, natural or man-made, can kill satellite communications in an instant. What then?


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