Submitted by Paul R (not verified) on Sun, 06/29/2008 - 19:43.
The X prize generated a solution that ought to embarrass NASA. If we wait for all the money in the U.S. government to develop space travel, we'd best hunker down and build shelters that will protect us against the falling debris, which is about the most the modern incarnation of NASA is likely to produce. The NASA that went to the moon was pure-D Republican -- just look at those guys in the photos -- and the freedom they had to execute will never be seen again within any U.S. government operation. Certainly not one run along Democrats' principles.
The full faith, credit & resources extracted from the American people at large (that's what "government" is) are to be used to create exactly which non-extractive, non-polluting energy solution again? When you answer, remember that nuclear is off the table.
And when that R&D money is taken from Americans, half skimmed by politicians of the bipartisan conspiracy along with their lobbyist buddies, and then half of the remaining wasted on bureaucratic arguments over things like whether any particular photo is grounds for dismissal, and the last remaining 25% is tossed in the general direction of research (so long as it meets the PC standard established mostly by those scientific geniuses from Hollywood), you can be absolutely sure that no matter how you dice it, how you spin it, what you "offset" from, the ultimate burden will fall onto the poor, the less able, the disenfranchised.
Final note: batteries do not "power" cars. Obama needs to go back to grade school. Batteries store power that is loaded into the car from ... what was that again? Something the government is going to discover that all the scientists and engineers (including millions of Democrats) have overlooked??
For extra credit, name some major technological development that originated with government. Penicillin? Telegraph? Railroads? Automobile? Radio? Transistor? Internet? anything???? Like almost everything Obama says, it sounds great until you think about it for just a minute. It's the delivery that seduces, not the content. Take whatever he says, and imagine the Dali Lama saying it, and see how it sounds before you run out and vote for it.
-- an Independent with Libertarian leanings who is pretty disgusted with what the Dems have turned into since he was a young, idealistic warrior.
And O'Bama's suggestion is ???
The X prize generated a solution that ought to embarrass NASA. If we wait for all the money in the U.S. government to develop space travel, we'd best hunker down and build shelters that will protect us against the falling debris, which is about the most the modern incarnation of NASA is likely to produce. The NASA that went to the moon was pure-D Republican -- just look at those guys in the photos -- and the freedom they had to execute will never be seen again within any U.S. government operation. Certainly not one run along Democrats' principles.
The full faith, credit & resources extracted from the American people at large (that's what "government" is) are to be used to create exactly which non-extractive, non-polluting energy solution again? When you answer, remember that nuclear is off the table.
And when that R&D money is taken from Americans, half skimmed by politicians of the bipartisan conspiracy along with their lobbyist buddies, and then half of the remaining wasted on bureaucratic arguments over things like whether any particular photo is grounds for dismissal, and the last remaining 25% is tossed in the general direction of research (so long as it meets the PC standard established mostly by those scientific geniuses from Hollywood), you can be absolutely sure that no matter how you dice it, how you spin it, what you "offset" from, the ultimate burden will fall onto the poor, the less able, the disenfranchised.
Final note: batteries do not "power" cars. Obama needs to go back to grade school. Batteries store power that is loaded into the car from ... what was that again? Something the government is going to discover that all the scientists and engineers (including millions of Democrats) have overlooked??
For extra credit, name some major technological development that originated with government. Penicillin? Telegraph? Railroads? Automobile? Radio? Transistor? Internet? anything???? Like almost everything Obama says, it sounds great until you think about it for just a minute. It's the delivery that seduces, not the content. Take whatever he says, and imagine the Dali Lama saying it, and see how it sounds before you run out and vote for it.
-- an Independent with Libertarian leanings who is pretty disgusted with what the Dems have turned into since he was a young, idealistic warrior.