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• Healthcare Reform in the United States

  Tue Jul 28, 2009
  • Hi RNoel!

• NASA: Shut it down

  Sun Nov 18, 2007
  • Hi FL Independent! Thanks for the comment. NASA will not be able to help when a large meteor hits the earth. The Bruce Willis movie you saw was not a documentary.

• NASA: Shut it down

  Sun Nov 18, 2007
  • Hi Tedd! Thanks for weighing in. I'm all for the hurricane warnings and most of the things you mentioned. I just don't like paying for it. Sub all that stuff out to private contractors and it will get done better, faster and cheaper.

• NASA: Shut it down

  Sun Nov 18, 2007
  • LOL! You are of course referring to non-abelian gauge theory. It's unlikely that a Luddite would grasp the meaning, but tossing that theory around with quantum chromodynamics is bound to attract some "special" ladies.

• NASA: Shut it down

  Sun Nov 18, 2007
  • Hi Space Guy! Here is the link to the "NASA Throws Lavish Parties" article I referred to: http://nhchris.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/10/1088276-nasas-luxury-at-your-expense

• NASA: Shut it down

  Sun Nov 18, 2007
  • Hi Cash! Thanks for reminding me about Tang and the upside down pens. LOL....I had to look up what a luddite was....always happy to get some new knowledge.

• NASA: Shut it down

  Sun Nov 18, 2007
  • I don't know how you can factor in or factor out "secondary contributions" or other creative mathematics to justify any cost to the taxpayers. The free market would determine those adjustments after NASA closes it's doors.

• NASA: Shut it down

  Sun Nov 18, 2007
  • I like your suggestion about having the ability to proportionally select how our tax dollars are spent on government programs like NASA. I wonder it something like could ever be workable....."if they can put a man on the moon...." Thanks for the comment.

• NASA: Shut it down

  Sun Nov 18, 2007
  • Hi Craig! Thanks for your comments. I am pulling my head out of my ass right now. Perhaps you should have NASA launch a probe up yours to determine how many light years your panties have travelled into your intestines.

• NASA: Shut it down

  Sun Nov 18, 2007
  • The NASA infrastructure could be sold off to private enterprise. The "worthwhile/profitable" operations will survive.