An editorial not in today's NY Times

[BeyGon]

Originally Posted by kstarnes

If we took the money from that missile we used to shoot down the satellite and the money we give to Africa, along with all of the nets, we could have provided a book on how to fish along with a fishing net, packaged together, to every hungry person on earth and they could all feed themselves.

That's one long sentence.

Best,

Kurt

Yes but that satalite would have fallen on one of the cities and killed them all.
Then what?

[kstar]

Originally Posted by BeyGon

Yes but that satalite would have fallen on one of the cities and killed them all.
Then what?

We should have never launched those expensive satellites while inner-city kids are still watching CRTs, that's the answer!

Best,

Kurt

[BeyGon]

Originally Posted by kstarnes

We should have never launched those expensive satellites while inner-city kids are still watching CRTs, that's the answer!

Best,

Kurt

I have no idea how much that satellite cost, but where do you think the money goes that is spent on something like that. It isn't just thrown out the window like some government spending , it goes back into our economy. Those provide lots of jobs here in the U.S. Plus the new technology that comes up all the time from working on these things. I don't see any of this as dead end money. Then there is the possible security factor of having them up there.

[kstar]

My posts should have been in green - I thought the sarcasm in my first one was apparent.

Best,

Kurt

P.S.: I'm with the folks who say that more money is not the solution for schools and books and teachers.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by kstarnes

If we took the money from that missile we used to shoot down the satellite and the money we give to Africa, along with all of the nets, we could have provided a book on how to fish along with a fishing net, packaged together, to every hungry person on earth and they could all feed themselves.

That's one long sentence.

Best,

Kurt

With better schools, you would have learned better grammar.