…but we finally got a Cold-War victory parade. Of course, the fight against fascism/socialism in general remains never ending. It’s a fight against human nature.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
The Death Spiral
…of the welfare state. When something can’t continue, eventually, it doesn’t. They’re running out of other peoples’ money.
An Interesting Letter From Lyles
There are two points about this letter from General Lyles to Frank Wolf about NASA’s funding priorities. First, if I were Congressman Wolf, I wouldn’t know what to do with it. It seems pretty vague on actual recommendations:
The burden of proof thus now lies with Congress and NASA to define and to develop a human spaceflight program that does not re-inflict damage on the breadth of NASA’s activities and that serves the nation well. It is possible to do this.
If you don’t think that such a program exists now, it would be helpful it if were a little more specific about in what way it’s deficient. If it’s possible to make it so, couldn’t the general have provided a little guidance? It’s not clear exactly what the source of his unhappiness is, other than that he thinks that manned space is now “under-resourced.” What does that mean? Just send more money?
The other interesting thing about the letter is that he sent it to Frank Wolf, the ranking member, rather than Alan Mollohan, the chairman (who may lose his primary tomorrow). Is this a sign, like David Obey’s resignation, that he expects Wolf to be committee chairman next year?
Red State Update
Laughing, so they don’t cry about Nashville. Note the guy on the right’s garb, though, and how he’s disrespecting Mexicans.
The Farmers And The Cowboys
Langley’s Doris Hamill has some useful thoughts over at The Space Review about NASA’s challenge in changing its culture (and subcultures) for the new policy direction.
Breaking The Government Manned Space Monopoly
Thoughts on the new policy from Alex Gimarc, over at the American Thinker.
The Left’s War On Science (Cont.)
More thoughts on the Harvard law controversy, from Peter Berkowitz. I wish that the student had stood up for her beliefs. She had nothing to apologize for, and in doing so, she only encouraged more of this anti-scientific oppression. In fact, I wish that she’d file a defamation suit against Minow. That might get these idiots’ attention. I wonder if FIRE is on the case?
[Looking……..]
Nope, don’t see anything. Maybe we should establish a legal fund. Of course, you probably won’t do very well in law school if you sue your dean for libel. Which is why she was so quick to needlessly apologize.
Also, this seems related somehow. The continuing struggle of the left to understand the Tea Partiers:
It’s like watching a 3 year old struggle with a jigsaw puzzle for AGES 14 AND UP.
The 3 year old thinks he’s grown up enough to do the puzzle, but after hours of frustration, throws the box of pieces at the wall in anger and screams “RACISTS!”
Well, they’re sure not going to learn how to do it at Harvard.
[Mid-morning update]
Via Derb, here’s an interesting piece by a refugee from a school of education, anonymous for obvious reasons, on the three views of racial disparity — the “progressive” view (and the only one acceptable in education colleges), the “values” view, and the “Voldemort” view. If we had schools of education based on the latter two views, we’d be a lot better off, but the very notion would be an oxymoron, which is why schools of education should be razed to the ground.
A New Space Blog
Looks like it’s been around since January, but Alan Wasser draws my attention to Colin Doughan’s Space Business Blog, where he has an interview with Alan on space property rights.
Refined Carbohydrates
…worse for you than saturated fats?
I’ve thought this for years. The fataphobes, particularly the ones at the FDA, have a lot of illness and death to account for. The food pyramid is one of the big causes of the obesity epidemic, and it’s still awful, even with recent improvements. Of courses, we have a problem in that a healthy diet is an expensive one.
We Control The Horizontal
We control the analog output.
OK, I don’t get it. I don’t take the input for my audio receiver and recording devices from my television — it comes from my satellite receiver. Functionally, the television is just a video monitor. Are they saying that they’ll be cutting off analog output on the satellite receivers/cable boxes as well?
[Update a few minutes later]
OK, I think I understand now. They’re saying “set top-boxes,” so I guess that means the cable box (though apparently satellites are going to be a separate issue). That would probably also apply to digital fiber from Verizon or AT&T. And the sets that are affected are the ones without digital inputs? I still don’t see how this prevents piracy, unless you don’t have HDMI or other digital inputs to your DVD recorder.