"The universe has a right to be concerned..."????!!!!!!! Just how does the universe go about being "concerned"? Or are you speaking on behalf of the universe? Wow, are you the universe's representative here on earth?
If so, please be the very first person ever to provide a shred of evidence to back up the statement that a "butterfly. . . beats wings in Brazil, only to trigger a typhoon near Taiwan." (Only if the universe will authorize the release of that information, of course.)
The fact that SETI is voluntarily financed is a rather important. It means that there is no point to the article, because whoever wants to give to it will, and whoever doesn't won't, and no one else has the right to pronounce judgment on either choice. That won't prevent the busybodies of the world from spouting off with regard to how others spend their own money, of course. The rest of us should be mindful that the busybodies occasionally gain political clout, and become Nazis. There is a lot of that in this thread. To them I say: it isn't your money, and it therefore isn't any of your business.
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I agree that the U.S. government doesn't want the border closed, but for a reason opposite that implied by your argument. The economic impact of illegal immigrants is a very, very large negative number. It is paid involuntarily by American citizens in the form of tax-supported social services, and is very easy to quantify. The government wants that. Those in political power, no matter what their party, want to keep power. Americans are too wealthy, and wealthy people can't be ruled. They have fewer problems "that only the government can solve." So the destruction of wealth is the first order of business for U.S. government in the 21st century. Why else would we spend hundreds of billions of dollars waging war in the Middle East, and not only not take ALL of the oil, but not take ANY of it? Or why would we waste so much time and effort "fighting" global warming, when it is already labelled as a lost cause (i.e. we can't have any effect on it, a very true statement)? It's all about draining our wealth, so that we can't fend for ourselves. Crisis, crisis, crisis, and who will solve it? Why, the government!
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The current Administration insists that it is physically impossible to secure the U.S./Mexican border, because the illegal immigrant will find a way to get around any barrier American ingenuity can ever devise. On the other hand, Americans can't figure out how to cross the Earth/Moon border any more, despite having done it 38 years ago.
The New Moon Race therefore presents an opportunity to solve, at very little cost, a stunning array of problems. Instead of fences, simply place a few billboards (facing south) on the border advertising, in Spanish, the following: $100 an hour day labor jobs, a no-cost emergency room for every family, instant legal status, and a driver's license handed out to each person on arrival -- on the Moon.
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"The universe has a right to be concerned..."????!!!!!!! Just how does the universe go about being "concerned"? Or are you speaking on behalf of the universe? Wow, are you the universe's representative here on earth? If so, please be the very first person ever to provide a shred of evidence to back up the statement that a "butterfly. . . beats wings in Brazil, only to trigger a typhoon near Taiwan." (Only if the universe will authorize the release of that information, of course.)
The fact that SETI is voluntarily financed is a rather important. It means that there is no point to the article, because whoever wants to give to it will, and whoever doesn't won't, and no one else has the right to pronounce judgment on either choice. That won't prevent the busybodies of the world from spouting off with regard to how others spend their own money, of course. The rest of us should be mindful that the busybodies occasionally gain political clout, and become Nazis. There is a lot of that in this thread. To them I say: it isn't your money, and it therefore isn't any of your business.
Problem is, they're not green.
I agree that the U.S. government doesn't want the border closed, but for a reason opposite that implied by your argument. The economic impact of illegal immigrants is a very, very large negative number. It is paid involuntarily by American citizens in the form of tax-supported social services, and is very easy to quantify. The government wants that. Those in political power, no matter what their party, want to keep power. Americans are too wealthy, and wealthy people can't be ruled. They have fewer problems "that only the government can solve." So the destruction of wealth is the first order of business for U.S. government in the 21st century. Why else would we spend hundreds of billions of dollars waging war in the Middle East, and not only not take ALL of the oil, but not take ANY of it? Or why would we waste so much time and effort "fighting" global warming, when it is already labelled as a lost cause (i.e. we can't have any effect on it, a very true statement)? It's all about draining our wealth, so that we can't fend for ourselves. Crisis, crisis, crisis, and who will solve it? Why, the government!
The current Administration insists that it is physically impossible to secure the U.S./Mexican border, because the illegal immigrant will find a way to get around any barrier American ingenuity can ever devise. On the other hand, Americans can't figure out how to cross the Earth/Moon border any more, despite having done it 38 years ago. The New Moon Race therefore presents an opportunity to solve, at very little cost, a stunning array of problems. Instead of fences, simply place a few billboards (facing south) on the border advertising, in Spanish, the following: $100 an hour day labor jobs, a no-cost emergency room for every family, instant legal status, and a driver's license handed out to each person on arrival -- on the Moon.
In Soviet Russia, goose cooks you!