Hehe, demagogues are so much fun. Limbaugh bad! Moore good! Urrr! =)
It's the same mental diarrhea, moron, just the other side of it. Moore isn't any better than Limbaugh.
Gotta love it - "I disagree with you, therefore you must be a goose-stepping [insert talking head here] flunky!!1"
Now, have you got any *real* points to bring to this thread to counter what I've said, or are you just gonna keep on banging your Michael Moore Brand Tin Cup of Righteousness?
I say it again: You've had four years to do something other than insinuate. As of now, it's been high-profile and public for FOUR YEARS. And you've got nothing.
Mainly for the same reason that when you see a Toyota vehicle, it's got a Toyota logo on it. Etc.
The US is the manufacturer, sponsor, and controller of this particular probe. When the UN kicks up an equivalent to NASA and all member nations contribute to its projects, then it can have a global marker. Until then, flags of individual nations will adorn various space projects.
I just don't see that it's causing the damage you apparently think it is. *shrug*
No need to train them to do that.. they already do. It's a base instinct, genetic memory. Sometimes the dialog box doesnt even register on their conscious minds.
Again, whatever. It's not a Voyager-style mission, it's there to take pictures and analyze things.
And when the rest of the planet starts chipping in on the cost of these missions, maybe we'll start getting more Terra-centric. Till then, the US built it, they can put whatever they want on it. A US flag, or a The Cheat sticker.
Basically, it's pointless to be disturbed about what decals are or are not on the thing. It's not there to serve as a point of contact. It's not even there as a monument that the US sent a probe there. The decals are incidental.
Why have them? - Why not? Having them or not makes no difference in the long run. So why get upset about it?
If you want to make a difference, focus on events right here at home, not whether some machine destined for a burnball of a planet has got a US flag painted on it somewhere.
Ok, time to leash the hyperbole.. in case you hadn't noticed, space is *big*. There's lots of it. We're not putting flags "all over it" by any means.
Two flag decals on a heat shield on a single bus-sized probe on a PLANET does not justify your hysterics. It signifies the device's origin. It has a historical purpose if nothing else.
Are you gonna whine this much when the Chinese start getting out there too with their own vehicles and flags and stuff? Or is it just that there's going to be a *US* flag somewhere on an uninhabitable planet that burns your gut?
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Hehe, demagogues are so much fun. Limbaugh bad! Moore good! Urrr! =)
It's the same mental diarrhea, moron, just the other side of it. Moore isn't any better than Limbaugh.
Gotta love it - "I disagree with you, therefore you must be a goose-stepping [insert talking head here] flunky!!1"
Now, have you got any *real* points to bring to this thread to counter what I've said, or are you just gonna keep on banging your Michael Moore Brand Tin Cup of Righteousness?
I say it again: You've had four years to do something other than insinuate. As of now, it's been high-profile and public for FOUR YEARS. And you've got nothing.
Yes, re-elect. You've had 4 years to do something other than insinuate that it was rigged, and you've got nothing. Nothing but empty insinuations.
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You've got a lot of RAM, there, Colonel. Be a shame if someone was to set fire to it.
Mainly for the same reason that when you see a Toyota vehicle, it's got a Toyota logo on it. Etc.
The US is the manufacturer, sponsor, and controller of this particular probe. When the UN kicks up an equivalent to NASA and all member nations contribute to its projects, then it can have a global marker. Until then, flags of individual nations will adorn various space projects.
I just don't see that it's causing the damage you apparently think it is. *shrug*
No need to train them to do that.. they already do. It's a base instinct, genetic memory. Sometimes the dialog box doesnt even register on their conscious minds.
Again, whatever. It's not a Voyager-style mission, it's there to take pictures and analyze things.
And when the rest of the planet starts chipping in on the cost of these missions, maybe we'll start getting more Terra-centric. Till then, the US built it, they can put whatever they want on it. A US flag, or a The Cheat sticker.
Basically, it's pointless to be disturbed about what decals are or are not on the thing. It's not there to serve as a point of contact. It's not even there as a monument that the US sent a probe there. The decals are incidental.
Why have them? - Why not? Having them or not makes no difference in the long run. So why get upset about it?
If you want to make a difference, focus on events right here at home, not whether some machine destined for a burnball of a planet has got a US flag painted on it somewhere.
Ok, time to leash the hyperbole.. in case you hadn't noticed, space is *big*. There's lots of it. We're not putting flags "all over it" by any means.
Two flag decals on a heat shield on a single bus-sized probe on a PLANET does not justify your hysterics. It signifies the device's origin. It has a historical purpose if nothing else.
Are you gonna whine this much when the Chinese start getting out there too with their own vehicles and flags and stuff? Or is it just that there's going to be a *US* flag somewhere on an uninhabitable planet that burns your gut?
It's just a marker that we went there, not that we own it. Sheesh, settle down.
For values of 'lunch time' that approximate '6AM', perhaps.
Yeah, but your top speed goes to shit and you have to stop to fill up the gas tank 6 times a day.
And forget about swerving around any dogs in the road...
Sounds like a good plot for "SCO and Darl's Bogus Journey"
Beauty.
Great points. Don't forget to tell them to listen to the commentaries on the DVD also - we get a ton more backstory and explanations out of those.
Yeah, just like they did in Barbershop =)
The frickin' sharks are female!
See, this is where humor and wordplay don't translate well.
Lighten up.
A "Wifey" *is* a Hubby tax.
And when they find a node, they crash their van into it.
Doesn't the Sarbanes-Oxley law require disclosure?
Two Big McTeraburger RAID meals and a Hot Optical Pie!
Load up the Sony BMGs! The DMZ (Downloaded Music Zone) is hot!
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"US is crap! Bush is a tool! Wait, what were we talking about?"