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Neil Armstrong Criticizes Obama's Space Strategy
An anonymous reader writes "Former astronaut Neil Armstrong has issued a strongly worded rebuke of President Barack Obama, criticizing the president for proposed revisions to the US space program. Armstrong, along with astronauts James Lovell and Eugene Cernan, called the proposal 'devastating' in a letter obtained by NBC News."
I agree. I think Obama is on a quest to quell national pride in this country and change the view the world has towards the U.S. (in his mind). This explains comments he makes alluding to the U.S. being no better than any other country. It also explains his nuke policy. So it's no surprise he wants to see us ratchet back our space program. I wouldn't doubt it's designed to give other country's a chance to move forward with their own and not feel as if they're in competition with us.
I hope you're joking on all counts.
If your opinion matters, learn to spell & who Armstrong actually is.
You hear that, America? If you're dumber than Ogive17, you can starve in the streets like a dog!
Seriously, I have a science PhD and I could no more read my mortgage agreement than I could the Sanskrit subtitles of HMS Pinafore. When the person you rely on to parse your mortgage agreement have every incentive to selectively edit their comments (i.e., LIE) to you (because hey, not only is it not their money, it's not even their *bank*s money once it goes into a CDO), it's YOUR fault.
"I guess the moral of the story is, don't paint your airship with rocket fuel." -- Addison Bain
Thats one small bumble for a man...
One large Obumble for mankind...
Use your head, can't you, use your head,
You're on earth, there's no cure for that - S. Beckett
Let me try:
You're an adult. Take responsibility. You are responsible for everything you run on your computer. Period. You shouldn't run it if you don't understand every single line of code on it. If someone supplied you with bad software sue them, but you really should know the basics of software engineering before you run a program.
hmm....how does that work?
Or we can try that with medicine: ...You shouldn't get any treatment unless you understand it. If that requires graduate biochemistry, so be it. (There is no "somewhat" understand. It's like being a 'little bit' pregnant).
But let's go back to the mortgage agreement: there's more to them than what's in the contract. There are all kinds of laws affecting execution of mortgages. Industry practices. Laws on Federal/State/Local level affecting how those loans may be serviced/sold/enforced. But hey! Don't sign it if you don't understand all that!
Or how about this: You shouldn't post asinine comments unless you've thought through to the real world implications.
Posting non-anonymously because I don't care how I get moderated.
America doesn't need another morality-boost, it needs to take its head out its ass and remember for instance that anything with 'social' in its name isn't bad by definition.