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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:28 AM Original message |
Branson opens world's first commercial spaceport |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. Something tells me this has Titanic written all over it |
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Celefin (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. As long as they don't attract Vogons. -nt- |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. can't we subject the republican party to some Vogon poetry? |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Damn. You beat me to it. |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. pile in the forbes 500 for the maiden journey |
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sam11111 (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. he bashes Unions. Also...privatize = shabby item for a hi price and lo wages.Plus owner donates |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Funny you should mention that... |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Theres a long and proud tradition of privitizing gov't functions.... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. At first I thought it was Branson, Missouri. I was picturing all those evangelicals |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Not to mention all the washed-up stars of a bygone era |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
5. Fun! Fun! Fun! ...well, at least for the 1%. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Quite a lot actually. He is actively involved in quite a few issues |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Interestingly, Branson might never have become so successful |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. You never know do you? I'm glad he had the vision to take Oldfiled on |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. I wonder if this would be the tool of the middle class or just the wealthy elite. |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Do you use a cell phone? Computer? n/t |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Certainly not Virgin Mobile! Ugh! |
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Roy Rolling (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. yes... |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. For reals, |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. "Two WhiteKnightTwos and five SpaceShipTwos"? |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Space BAG? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. i thought this was about Branson, Missouri |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. Do they have nonpolluting rockets now, or does he get a free ride for all that crap? |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. "Clean-up" only depends on what kind of rocket they're using. |
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the_chinuk (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. Get back to me when there are regular flights to Space Station One and Moonbase Alpha. |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Moonbase Alpha? |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
26. Count me as the third person who originally thought this was about Branson, MO. |
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