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Category Archives: Political Commentary
French Profits
I suspect that the phrase is an oxymoron, sort of like “French victory.” Anyway, if anyone would know how economically crazy the French are, it would be Veronique.
[Wednesday afternoon update]
I’m shutting down comments on this post, because it seems to have become a spam magnet.
Stop The Giant Woman Attack
This is a great ad for Murtha’s district.
Albion’s Continued Fall
Mark Steyn, on the decline of democracy in the UK:
So much for those Yank-style televised leaders’ debates only a couple weeks back. Instead, Britain will end up with a leader who didn’t participate in the leaders’ debates, presiding over a coalition that wasn’t on the ballot, implementing a platform no party ran on, yet committed to transformative electoral reform for which there is no mandate.
But other than that, it’s a great plan, and system.
[Update a few minutes later]
Five reasons a Labour/Liberal government will collapse.
[Update a few minutes later]
Looks like the deal has already fallen apart, and Cameron will be the next PM.
NASA’s Murky Future
I have some thoughts over at AOL News today on the political uncertainty of the human spaceflight program.
Twenty Years Too Late
…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.
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.