<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This would be the perfect fusion of ruling class domestic politics.  Anti-abortionism lets misguided bubbas embrace human life without caring about actually-existing humans.  Right to life!*</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>*Until you're born.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mars exploration will perpetuate JFK's moon shenanigans -- the world's most expensive flagpole -- and serve the purpose of shoveling money into the corporate economy without spoiling existing markets (see Baran and Sweezy on that).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The first woman on Mars could give birth there and then make a "pro-life" speech!</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>