On Jul 7, 2009, at 12:11 PM, Tom Martz wrote:
> I wonder at a time when we are told the ice caps are melting and > that the earth is heating up, why are we spending 88 MILLION on a > ship designed to break ice when the heat of the earth is going to do > that for us. Shouldn't we be building a ship that will cool down > the earth's water so our available swimming water is at a > comfortable temperature to swim in instead of being like a hot tub. Ha! Yeah, I ahd been wondering that, too. The Northwest passage has been open all year for the first time in history and they want to build an icebreaker?! Why not just buy a few of the ones the Russians won't need any more? Sincerely, Eric Vought "Faith does not absolve us from trying to understand our world and make moral distinctions with the eyes and brain given us. Religion is as much responsibility as direction: Duty not Distinction." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
