Soleil-Raid: As I'm sure you're aware, the speed objects are travelling is only relative to the point you're observing from. If our galaxy is on one side of the (lets say) 'centre' of the universe and another galaxy is on the other, and both end up receding from the 'centre' at light speed, how fast does light have to travel to reach our galaxy from the other one? Think of it as an event horizon. The light won't be able to make the trip, effectively putting the other galaxy outside what Stephen Hawking described as a "past light-cone".
Of course, as I said, you'd have to subscribe to the no contraction theory of the universe, and this is looking fairly unlikely with the discovery of all the 'missing' dark matter recently...
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