Is it inherently immoral? Ummmm…no.
The Groundhog State Of The Union Address
Five things we don’t want to hear any more:
What is it about debt that Mr. Obama does not get? Please spare us any new programs or initiatives. We owe now $16 trillion. America is borrowing at the rate of $3 billion-plus a day. So please, Mr. President, no more Solyndras. We did not want or need Cash for Clunkers. There is no money for more expansions of food stamps. Nothing is left for student loan reprieves, high-speed rail, or anything else. To propose any new expenditure would first require some honest disclosure, like the following: “I wish to borrow $10 billion at 3% interest to lower student loan debt and I propose to pay for it by selling off 1000 new oil leases.”
The problem with these Obama initiatives is not just that we do not have the money and must borrow to pay for them, but that we feel most of them only make things worse, whether by subsidizing another mortgage for someone who is by market standards not likely to meet the loan payments and would be better off renting, or by paying some insider crony to make and sell solar panels at a loss. Again, chill on the new programs, and just start paying off what you already borrowed. Outside government, psychiatrists often treat with mind-altering medicines the unstable who compulsively charge things that they cannot pay for and do not need.
That’s just one of them.
Eric Holder Perjured Himself
Either that, or he’s a rank incompetent. Either way, long past time for him to go.
Why I Endorsed Newt Gingrich
From the Daily Kos. Of course, this isn’t really a surprise, to anyone who knows Aaron.
More On Moon Base Feasibility
Ken Chang has a story at the New York Times. I’m glad to see he’s starting to get it when it comes to orbital propellant.
Some Space Policy Advice For Mitt Romney
I have some more questions for him over at PJMedia.
Senator Grassley
…is unhappy with the (In)Justice Department: “#F&F Documents releasd Fri nite by Justice clearly show Holders people knew abt gun running days b4 I opend investigation Yet they lied.”
Transparency!
The Most Polarizing President
Evar:
Obama, by the way, holds the record for the most polarized first and second years in office, too. Which means Obama has set a record for polarization every year he’s been in office.
So now is as good a time as any to remind people one of the core claims made by Barack Obama during his presidential campaign wasn’t simply that he would heal the planet; he would also heal the nation’s political breach. He would elevate the national debate. Reason would prevail over emotion. He would do away with what he called the “50 plus one” style of governing. Obama would “turn the page” on the “old politics” of division and anger. He would end a politics that “breeds division and conflict and cynicism.” He would help us to “rediscover our bonds to each other and … get out of this constant petty bickering that’s come to characterize our politics.” He would “cast off the worn-out ideas and politics of the past.”
Yeah, he lied about lots of stuff. And the rubes bought it.
More Lunar Base Thoughts
Over at Open Market, where I also discuss the Romney advisers.
[Update late afternoon]
More from Doug Messier.
Newt needs to make an issue of this before Tuesday: “Governor Romney, you said that you’d fire someone who came up with a costly plan for lunar activities, and yet you just hired someone as a space adviser who was already fired for doing just that…”
Also, here’s Marcia Smith’s report on the Romney non-event today.
[Saturday morning update]
On the 26th anniversary of the Challenger loss, Byron York has a report on the two candidates’ space policies.
[Update a few minutes later]
“Mitt Romney would have fired Mike Griffin.” I’m guessing that Jim Muncy had some input into this, and that it may become a Gingrich talking point in the next couple days. I just fed Jake Tapper some questions to ask him tomorrow morning on This Week.
Newt’s Lunar Base
I have a piece up at PJMedia on the technical, economic and political feasibility.