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		<title>&#8216;We must ride the lightning&#8217;: Robert Heinlein and American spaceflight</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2007 05:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dwayne A. Day&#8217;s July 2 article for The Space Review:
With these concepts in mind, it is worth looking at a rather amazing memo that Heinlein wrote in 1945 advocating a rigorous American missile and space program. Heinlein wrote it soon after the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. He argued that the bomb [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What constitutes &#8216;federal service&#8217; in &#8216;Starship Troopers?&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s the beginnings of a good discussion on that question in alt.fan.heinlein.
Commenters insist the book is shock full of examples of characters in the Federal Service without being in the military. However, James Giford writes (PDF format) that there is no specific example of someone being able to earn Citizenship except through uniform-wearing military service. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public employees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government                employment is often permanent employment, and the quality of service                from civil &#8220;servants&#8221; is about what you expect from someone     [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gun control</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2002 07:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Dennis</dc:creator>
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RAH                shared this libertarian perspective. According to letters included             [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Dennis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In                his own words, Heinlein found common ground with those at the forefront                of modern libertarianism.
&#8220;I          [...]]]></description>
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