hows this for an idea?
 

instead of spending the millions of dollars it costs to send up a shuttle we spend the money on feeding the hungry or hiring new teachers or police (the non radar equiped type).
or use the money to fund recerch for altermative fuels?

Support for JPL gives a better ROI, IMHO.

Like your suggestion, but let's go one better. Bring our young kids home from Iraq, Fire Bush, Chaney, and Halliburton so they quit sucking the life blood out of our economy and our country's future, save enough from that to do all you suggested and probably still have enough to play spaceman.

Alan Poh
'77 Carrera 3.0

I say we put the homeless and liberals on shuttle missions and let them "save" (destroy another planet. So the rest of America can get on with our business

or RacerBVD could sell his stable and support a small nation for 3 years!

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or publik schools so we can be lernin to spell bedder.

I've always thought we should get a little island where liberals are free to tax as they please, make whatever laws they want, fornicate with whatever they feel like, and watch their policies fail.

Funny, I though about selling everything, and I mean everything a few years back and moving to the islands:cool: But I like my toys too much:D

hey Kevin I type with a lisp:)

"I say we put the homeless and liberals on shuttle missions and let them "save" (destroy another planet. So the rest of America can get on with our business"

"I've always thought we should get a little island where liberals are free to tax as they please, make whatever laws they want, fornicate with whatever they feel like, and watch their policies fail."

The thing I love most is the irony of this free country where anyone who questions policy is told to leave.

Oh I see. I thought you bit your tongue while you were having that thought.

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It doesn't matter; the shuttle program's been grounded...

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-space28.html

"The thing I love most is the irony of this free country where anyone who questions policy is told to leave."

It's not like we'd be exiling libs, this would be a voluntary thing where they could go and experiment. It would be great to see them be able to institute their policies as hardcore as they want to, then watch them fail, over, and over, and over. It'd be their own little petree dish of filth and immorality... but they'd call it paradise.

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Grounded not Canceled

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Yet not a soul at NASA will lose their job.................Soak it in..........Soak it in.

get NASA to perfect the solar panel and make it cheap.

how much spent on the war, sofar? let's say 300billion, round it off nice and neat. my friend got an estimate for $25k to install one on his house. that is enough money to put up 12 million solar panels. how many homes are there in the US? it would be really good for the earth, and the the gov wouldnt car about me putting SSI's on my 81 SC.

Has there ever been a richer society in the history of the world. And dont we get tax break for a bunch of this stuff?? Who in the wild, wild world of sports are we waiting for?

Hungry neighbors? Join that food bank.

Lack of teachers?? Become a literacy volunteer.

Hey, or even an auxiliary police person. (They never have radar.)

Alternate fuels? Get the snapper running on corn liquor.

If you (we) wait for the Feds, this aint never going to happen..

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it's the George Tenet plan. they're all getting medals of freedom.

..as opposed to conservative policies that sold Saddam chemical weapons, trained and funded Bin Laden, etc..

How's that been workin' out for ya, Bryan?

Pretty good, as evidenced by the 50 million peeps we freed in the mid-east. The only people upset about all of this are you guys and the terrorists. Kindof makes me feel all warm inside.

What irritates the hell out of me is that Iraq is sitting on some of the largest oil reserves in the whole world. If they got their act together they'd be one of the largest super powers in the world inside of 10 years. But no, they have the best security force in the world on hand with the best infrastructure engineering talent in the world on loan...but NOOOO...they'll run around and blow each other up and act like idiots. Ever watch this crap on TV?? The next cleric is spouting off or something blew up and there's like 1000 guys in a crowd of people out milling around in the middle of the day, in the middle of nowhere. Don't these people have anything better to do all day? Go home and do something productive. Gimme a break :rolleyes:

NASA develops much of the technology that is used to advance our consumer products considerably.

Hey, they came up with WD-40. ;)

Ahh.. No, not NASA
"WD-40 was invented in 1953, by the three members of the Rocket Chemical Company of San Diego, California. They were working on a line of industrial rust-prevention solvents and degreasers for use in the aerospace industry. WD-40 was first used to protect the outer skin of the Atlas Missile from rust and corrosion. Norm Larsen then repackaged WD-40 into aerosol cans for consumer use and the product was first sold to the general public in 1958. In 1969, the Rocket Chemical Company was renamed after its only product, WD-40"

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Well, this iteration of shuttle is due to be retired by 2010. I'd be surprised if they send another up before then. Heck, the only reason I can see putting another shuttle into orbit is for pride's sake on the part of NASA, which would be a true waste of money.

Damn! I heard that a few guys from NASA came up with it and used at home for years. Finally sold the marketing rights for public consumption. Should have looked this up on Snopes. :)

Guys - gimme a freak'n break! WD40! I can provide any of you the formula for a product that would produce a product that blows its doors off! WD40 is a freak'n scam! It stinks plain and simple!

Mike...while you're on that topic, what's your thinking on the Valvoline "syn power" (or whatever they call it) spray can lube?

My bicycle chain and I are listening (er... reading )SmileWavy

Take the money from NASA and put it to a better cause? Good idea! Lets spend it on the military and clean up the rest of the countries that harbor terrorists now...LOL

You appear to mean policies like "freedom?"

Federal budget amounts for shuttle missions and PBS are very small drops in the bucket.

Want to say money? Vote the republicans out of office, they do nothing but spend, spend, spend.

Don't make me post another chart.:cool:

Your charts might have more credibility if you didnt draw them with crayons.

If you are done with my crayons, wash them off and give them back to me. And this time I don't want them delivered to me at your arses body tempature.
:p

You might want to ask him about that first.....:D

Good point BG. My friend who spent a year in Iraq said the reason the people appear so lazy is because it is so hot. Money is a great motivator though.

I'm still waiting for all the liberal who promised to leave when President Bush was reelected and now that nasty wire reporter is saying that she will kill herself if the VP runs in 2008, I hope Dick runs and many other liberal follow her lead. But of course, very few liberals ever do what they say, so we are stuck with them and their empty threats:(

Supe, Kach, k911, Shawn, take note. That's an example of a good leftie post... Witty and with some truth.

Well played, JC, well played :)

Trying to use the "blue state" term to account for all the achievements of those states is a lil dishonest no?

Do you really think it's because of Democrats that Mass has such a low divorce rate? Or maybe because of the high percentage of Catholics that don't allow/believe in divorce? Honesty my man honesty.

Also, what percentage of the venture catitalist inside your "blue states" are actually democrats? Ok thanks.

According to U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Criminal Victimization in the United States, 2003 Statistical Tables, domestic violences is significantly (listed by region) higher in red states vs. blue states.

Could that be why the divorce rate is so high in Red States?

First on the divorce thing.. Catholics have no better or worse morals in my opinion, it's just that their religion is very strict in this one area. Also, many get their marriages annulled(not counted as a divorce) to skirt the system (John Kerry).

But anyway as to Bryans point then:

Take a look at California as a liberal bastion. It is blessed in ways that most states could only dream of...plentiful and logistically perfect ports, fantastic weather, tourism dollars, etc, etc..... Yet even they with all these "leg-ups" cannot afford the liberal programs their leaders would force on ALL states, even those like.....say Kentucky. Now, pray tell, if Cali can't afford it, how the heck is Kentucky going to do it?

And just because there exists liberal policy AND positive achievements does not mean liberal policy = positive achievements.