That is true - and truly frightening. Sigh. The really hard part here, is to sound like a patroitic american (I am, I am also a veteran) without sounding like the ESR/Gun Nut/"I love my country but I fear my government" crowd. How do we turn this around?
Don't kid yourself. Big business owns you, and your elected representatives, and they have more money than you to spend on these things. The electorate will become more and more apathetic until people just quit paying attention anymore, and then things will get really really bad. That in turn will lead to serfdom, and the next generation will rebel against it. Just my theory.
This is EXACTLY the kind of good press Nasa needs right now - Hopefully, if we can avoid further mishaps, we can get the kind of funding we need to put people on Mars in my lifetime. If we can find water on the planet, think of the possibilities.
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Ouch. Is that like the mullet rule? "If you sound like Katz, you must stop posting immeadiately and commit suicide."
That is true - and truly frightening. Sigh. The really hard part here, is to sound like a patroitic american (I am, I am also a veteran) without sounding like the ESR/Gun Nut/"I love my country but I fear my government" crowd. How do we turn this around?
Don't kid yourself. Big business owns you, and your elected representatives, and they have more money than you to spend on these things. The electorate will become more and more apathetic until people just quit paying attention anymore, and then things will get really really bad. That in turn will lead to serfdom, and the next generation will rebel against it. Just my theory.
This is EXACTLY the kind of good press Nasa needs right now - Hopefully, if we can avoid further mishaps, we can get the kind of funding we need to put people on Mars in my lifetime. If we can find water on the planet, think of the possibilities.
Those who are willing to sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither.