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In Leaked Email, NASA Chief Vents On Shuttle Program's End

Posted by timothy on from the just-jealous-of-garriot dept.

jerryasher writes "In a leaked memo, NASA Administrator Mike Griffin discusses 'the jihad' to prematurely terminate the Shuttle and what that means for the International Space Station. One implication: there may come a long interval when only our Russian Allies are aboard the Space Station. Add that bit of irony to your new cold war kit and then wonder why Griffin discusses why we wouldn't sabotage the Space Station, and how and why the memo got leaked in the first place."

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  1. Re:So let's stop faffing around by bmo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Why do it now? Why not let the next administration decide?"

    Because the problem is so large, and such an emergency, that it /must/ be dealt with right now. Word is that that without the bailout, we had two weeks before the shit hit the fan.

    It's true what's been said, that Fannie and Freddie were "too big to fail." Failure without a buyout would have caused...utter chaos - literally runs on the banks not seen since 1929.

    And I'm not kidding about criminal lack of oversight. We already know the books were cooked over there to make things look rosier than they were.

    The CEOs of Fannie and Freddie lost their jobs because of that. BFD. They probably deserve jail time, but I won't hold my breath.

    I lived through the RISDIC crisis, and this is the same stuff, just writ REALLY LARGE. 9 percent of all home loans, nationally, in arrears or in default? What? Here in Rhode Island, it's 32 percent. Apparently that's for real, and this stuff has just started. Trust me, this has just started.

    And we still want to go to Mars. Har. Unlikely.

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    BMO

  2. Re:So let's stop faffing around by bmo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Somehow, I suppose the occupation of Iraq must be profitable after all, otherwise it would only be logical to withdraw troops from there. Same for Afghanistan."

    We need a -1 Naive tag.

    You need to read up on the Project for a New American Century.

    http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqletter1998.htm

    Please note the date.

    Please note who the members of PNAC are and who signed the Mission Statement.

    http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm

    Let me know when you finish screaming.

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    BMO