Yeah, I wasn't sure if that really mattered in terms of traveling. But isn't it great that even the hint of a Mars mission has a lot of people talking about this stuff and getting excited.
If its true, it has the possibility of getting a lot of people very motivated. We could see a return to the just-do-it attitude of the late 50's and 60's that made the Mission to Moon possible.
I just hope it happens in my lifetime. The power of it happening would inspire the world.
First of all, nice rhyme. Don't know if it's original or not, but well done.
*sigh*
You people are so engrossed in current pop culture that you forget that there is a whole lot of good stuff out there that predates you.
You probably like the lyrics because a guy named Gil Scott-Heron used the same styling when he started recording what were probably the first rap albums. His most famous Album, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" includes the semninal "Whitey on the Moon", of which your parent poster referenced:
A rat done bit my sister Nell. (with Whitey on the moon) Her face and arms began to swell. (and Whitey's on the moon) I can't pay no doctor bill. (but Whitey's on the moon) Ten years from now I'll be payin' still. (while Whitey's on the moon) The man jus' upped my rent las' night. ('cause Whitey's on the moon) No hot water, no toilets, no lights. (but Whitey's on the moon) I wonder why he's uppi' me? ('cause Whitey's on the moon?) I wuz already payin' 'im fifty a week. (with Whitey on the moon) Taxes takin' my whole damn check, Junkies makin' me a nervous wreck, The price of food is goin' up, An' as if all that shit wuzn't enough: A rat done bit my sister Nell. (with Whitey on the moon) Her face an' arm began to swell. (but Whitey's on the moon) Was all that money I made las' year (for Whitey on the moon?) How come there ain't no money here? (Hmm! Whitey's on the moon) Y'know I jus' 'bout had my fill (of Whitey on the moon) I think I'll sen' these doctor bills, Airmail special (to Whitey on the moon)
But Britain's chief science adviserr says global warming is true, so it must be. Right ?
I mean he's a "Sir" so he must be special.
I wonder if he graduated from the same British bastion of learning that employs a professor who rejected an Israeli's application for a position because of Israel's policies.
I like the British people generally, but some of them are smoking some seriously good shit.
Carly Fiorina is at the forefront of the Outsourcing movement and has recently said that "American Workers are not gauranteed" jobs.
Fuck that bitch.
Americans are probably buying half of HP's damn products. Why the fuck should we prop up her multi-millions while she advocates the elimination of the middle class ?
All you people who voted Republicans into offices, you're reaping what you've sowed. The majority of you will be white trash in a few years.
At least you'll fit in with the NASACR audience that you condescendingly patronize now to feel patriotic.
I feel sorry for the ESA. This failed mission coupled with NASA's tremendous success has to gall the ESA and many Europeans. Whether they want to admit it or not, Europeans judge themselves by how they do in comparison to Americans. They failed in this endeavour.
I believe we should have a World Space Agency but that won't happen until Europe and China and India to a lesser degree get a handle on their inferiority complexes and stop trying to prove they can do what the Americans can do and start working together in a cooperative manner.
Europeans seem to be very jealous and bitter of America's successes. That's an indication of a failed society, I think. The amount of propoganda that comes out of Europe reminds me of Nazi Germany in many ways.
Are you living in the same world as the rest of us?
America used to be diplomatically effective without having to use force. They did so by leading the way with treaties like SALT, SALT II. They were the prime funders of the UN. They were signatories to most international treaties.
Today, America is effective because it has told everyone that YOU ARE WITH US OR AGAINST US. You don't win mindshare that way. You win resentment.
If you don't see what's going on with the EU, the leftist governments in South America, the rampant hostitlity towards America in teh Middle East and Southeast Asia...well, all I can say is you need to play less videogames and look out your window.
Let's be honest. France, and Europe in general, is much more egalitarian and pays much more attention to human rights than America does these days.
I remember a time when the world looked to the US for guidance. But somewhere in the mid 70's, the shift began to turn. The disenfanchised dixiecracts who were offended with the Civil Rights laws passed in the 60's began dismantling them slowly. They also began retracting US foreign policy from one of engagement to one of hostile rapproachment. Executions became legal again.
Europe has continued to move forward and has aggressively acted to prevent fascism from rearing its ugly head again. It appears the US is going to learn the hard way.
It means that I'd make my home whereever I felt was appropiate and start thinking in global terms rather than focusing on the 100 mile radius that I usually move in, like most provincial Americans.
Face it, Americans are ignorant and Bush knows it. That's why he's able to do the things he has already. He learned the Reagan lessons very well:
Preach patriotism to the average white people.
Preach money to the rich, powerful people.
The average white people are too busy waving flags and singing the anthem to realize their futures aren't worth a damn. Their jobs are disappearing and their standards of living are diminishing each day.
But they're TRUE AMERICANS. That's all that really matters, doesn't it?
I wouldn't be surprised if Bush gets Congress to repeal the limit on Presidents serving more than two terms. Bush seems determined to become King of America.
The things he and his cronies are doing are the very things that led the founding fathers to revolt against the British.
What Bush is doing is a slap in the face to the spirit of the American revolution and the America character that seems to have died sometime soon after Reagan became president.
I love America, but I don't love what it's becoming. At some point I may have to vacate and become a citizen of the world.
Bush is a typical power-hungry politician. He has put Mexico on the backburner until election year, precisely to court their votes.
How he can do this after the news came out that a Mexican Diplomate based in Lebanon was arrested and charged with giving fake passports to Lebanese trying to get into the U.S. I'll never know.
It doesn't mean I don't agree with the fingerprinting of international visitors, but I agree that illegal immigration needs to be addressed honestly.
Of course it will make us safer. During the trial run they picked up over 20 people guilt of various crimes (one was a convicted rapist) and a couple of people using assumed identities. Were these people terrorists? Probably not. Is it a good thing they weren't allowed in this country? Hell yes.
Anything that makes the lives of anyone up to no good a bit more difficult makes us safer. Anyone crying that it doesn't make us ABSOLUTELY SAFE is foolish and doesn't need to be taken seriously.
Not to be funny, but what's the battery plan for the new mini iPods? I'd love to get an iPod but I can't justify it it's going to cost $100 to replace a battery for a $200 device.
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The US goverment isn't very good at sticking with one plan that long.
In 1961 Kennedy said we'd make it to the moon by the end of the decade. They seem to have stuck through that plan.
Yeah, I wasn't sure if that really mattered in terms of traveling. But isn't it great that even the hint of a Mars mission has a lot of people talking about this stuff and getting excited.
If its true, it has the possibility of getting a lot of people very motivated. We could see a return to the just-do-it attitude of the late 50's and 60's that made the Mission to Moon possible.
I just hope it happens in my lifetime. The power of it happening would inspire the world.
First of all, nice rhyme. Don't know if it's original or not, but well done.
*sigh*
You people are so engrossed in current pop culture that you forget that there is a whole lot of good stuff out there that predates you.
You probably like the lyrics because a guy named Gil Scott-Heron used the same styling when he started recording what were probably the first rap albums. His most famous Album, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" includes the semninal "Whitey on the Moon", of which your parent poster referenced:
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey's on the moon)
I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.
(while Whitey's on the moon)
The man jus' upped my rent las' night.
('cause Whitey's on the moon)
No hot water, no toilets, no lights.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
I wonder why he's uppi' me?
('cause Whitey's on the moon?)
I wuz already payin' 'im fifty a week.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Taxes takin' my whole damn check,
Junkies makin' me a nervous wreck,
The price of food is goin' up,
An' as if all that shit wuzn't enough:
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face an' arm began to swell.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Was all that money I made las' year
(for Whitey on the moon?)
How come there ain't no money here?
(Hmm! Whitey's on the moon)
Y'know I jus' 'bout had my fill
(of Whitey on the moon)
I think I'll sen' these doctor bills,
Airmail special
(to Whitey on the moon)
They sent it at the right time? Wasn't Mars recently at its closest to Earth in 30,000 years?
But Britain's chief science adviserr says global warming is true, so it must be. Right ?
I mean he's a "Sir" so he must be special.
I wonder if he graduated from the same British bastion of learning that employs a professor who rejected an Israeli's application for a position because of Israel's policies.
I like the British people generally, but some of them are smoking some seriously good shit.
Carly Fiorina is at the forefront of the Outsourcing movement and has recently said that "American Workers are not gauranteed" jobs.
Fuck that bitch.
Americans are probably buying half of HP's damn products. Why the fuck should we prop up her multi-millions while she advocates the elimination of the middle class ?
All you people who voted Republicans into offices, you're reaping what you've sowed. The majority of you will be white trash in a few years.
At least you'll fit in with the NASACR audience that you condescendingly patronize now to feel patriotic.
I guess you won't be traveling to any country that requires fingerprinting for visas.
Have a nice, provincial life.
I feel sorry for the ESA. This failed mission coupled with NASA's tremendous success has to gall the ESA and many Europeans. Whether they want to admit it or not, Europeans judge themselves by how they do in comparison to Americans. They failed in this endeavour.
I believe we should have a World Space Agency but that won't happen until Europe and China and India to a lesser degree get a handle on their inferiority complexes and stop trying to prove they can do what the Americans can do and start working together in a cooperative manner.
Europeans seem to be very jealous and bitter of America's successes. That's an indication of a failed society, I think. The amount of propoganda that comes out of Europe reminds me of Nazi Germany in many ways.
Don't kid yourself- they still do.
Are you living in the same world as the rest of us?
America used to be diplomatically effective without having to use force. They did so by leading the way with treaties like SALT, SALT II. They were the prime funders of the UN. They were signatories to most international treaties.
Today, America is effective because it has told everyone that YOU ARE WITH US OR AGAINST US. You don't win mindshare that way. You win resentment.
If you don't see what's going on with the EU, the leftist governments in South America, the rampant hostitlity towards America in teh Middle East and Southeast Asia...well, all I can say is you need to play less videogames and look out your window.
Don't kid yourself- they still do.
Are you living in the same world as the rest of us?
Let's be honest. France, and Europe in general, is much more egalitarian and pays much more attention to human rights than America does these days.
I remember a time when the world looked to the US for guidance. But somewhere in the mid 70's, the shift began to turn. The disenfanchised dixiecracts who were offended with the Civil Rights laws passed in the 60's began dismantling them slowly. They also began retracting US foreign policy from one of engagement to one of hostile rapproachment. Executions became legal again.
Europe has continued to move forward and has aggressively acted to prevent fascism from rearing its ugly head again. It appears the US is going to learn the hard way.
It means that I'd make my home whereever I felt was appropiate and start thinking in global terms rather than focusing on the 100 mile radius that I usually move in, like most provincial Americans.
Face it, Americans are ignorant and Bush knows it. That's why he's able to do the things he has already. He learned the Reagan lessons very well:
Preach patriotism to the average white people.
Preach money to the rich, powerful people.
The average white people are too busy waving flags and singing the anthem to realize their futures aren't worth a damn. Their jobs are disappearing and their standards of living are diminishing each day.
But they're TRUE AMERICANS. That's all that really matters, doesn't it?
I wouldn't be surprised if Bush gets Congress to repeal the limit on Presidents serving more than two terms. Bush seems determined to become King of America.
The things he and his cronies are doing are the very things that led the founding fathers to revolt against the British.
What Bush is doing is a slap in the face to the spirit of the American revolution and the America character that seems to have died sometime soon after Reagan became president.
I love America, but I don't love what it's becoming. At some point I may have to vacate and become a citizen of the world.
Is this some kind of special File Selector? Why is such a big deal being made about it?
Yeah, Utopia is nice.
Oh, THAT I AGREE WITH !!!'
Bush is a typical power-hungry politician. He has put Mexico on the backburner until election year, precisely to court their votes.
How he can do this after the news came out that a Mexican Diplomate based in Lebanon was arrested and charged with giving fake passports to Lebanese trying to get into the U.S. I'll never know.
It doesn't mean I don't agree with the fingerprinting of international visitors, but I agree that illegal immigration needs to be addressed honestly.
Of course it will make us safer. During the trial run they picked up over 20 people guilt of various crimes (one was a convicted rapist) and a couple of people using assumed identities. Were these people terrorists? Probably not. Is it a good thing they weren't allowed in this country? Hell yes.
Anything that makes the lives of anyone up to no good a bit more difficult makes us safer. Anyone crying that it doesn't make us ABSOLUTELY SAFE is foolish and doesn't need to be taken seriously.
We'll never stop them all, therefore we shouldn't do anything.
Brazil is acting like a pissy kid who's upset because he got shitty presents at Xmas. Their reaction makes them look like impotent crybabies.
If you have a problem with the fingerprinting, cancel your next American trip and go to Brazil. It's as simple as that.
Holy shit, did you just equate unlimited international travel with human rights?
Then why bother with visas at all? Everyone should be able to go anywhere they want.
You are some kind of idiot.
The cow was from Canada after all. Canadians. I hate those bastards.
Is this a card that you can plug in your PCMCIA slot ?
Also, does the iPod work with computers that only have USB 1.1 (Windows XP machine) /
Not to be funny, but what's the battery plan for the new mini iPods? I'd love to get an iPod but I can't justify it it's going to cost $100 to replace a battery for a $200 device.