Comments on: DeLay wins

By: Donald F. Robertson

Donald F. Robertson — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:05:21 +0000

Thanks, Chance. I have to say that my thought while reading the article was, if this thing actually did make it to orbit, especially if it happened more than one or two times, how did they keep it a secret? Suborbital flights, of course, would be easier to hide.

— Donald

By: Chance

Chance — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:01:10 +0000

About the blackstar, I read that article, but I have no other knowledge of it beyond rumors and what not. The concensus around my office by all the ex-air force guys is that the AF either never built a working craft or it didn’t work that well if they did.

As to the other topic, I love how people put words in my mouth. No where did I claim that Delay was equivelant to Hussein. I simply stated that a particular set of qualities (being effective and getting things done) may be necessary qualities for a representative, but they are not sufficient qualities. I then used Hussein as an example of this contrast between necessary and sufficient. And despite the objections raised earlier he is a good example. Multiple decades of control and only an external invasion could get him out, not internal dissent or more subtle policies. Sorry, that’s effective in pretty much any objective observors book.

By: Pa Kent

Pa Kent — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:42:37 +0000

I have a plan to build a TSTO Tractor/Hay Bailer. I have a plan, that is what is important.

I will use my down on the farm personality to convince people to back my plan.

I will be plowin’ my patch on Mars in nuthin’ flat!

By: Thomas Lee Elifritz

Thomas Lee Elifritz — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:13:34 +0000

Deep down you are all a bunch of political money weenies, and most of you would sell out in a minute if you thought some corrupt politician would back your space exploration fantasy. (snicker)

By: Greg Kuperberg

Greg Kuperberg — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:43:36 +0000

Donald: Obviously the only reason that Tom DeLay ever cared about NASA was that JSC was near his district, then in his district after he penciled it in. You can expect Lampson to care about NASA, just as he always has, if he wins the election. I know that my views on spaceflight are not popular in the Lampson campaign office, but all sides ought to agree that honesty is a step in the right direction.

By: Cecil Trotter

Cecil Trotter — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:41:11 +0000

So DeLay is the equivelant of Hussein?

You people are so out of touch with reality it is pathetic.

By: Chance

Chance — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:37:22 +0000

I’m not going to get into a pissing contest. Suffice it to say that your logic has an ends-justify-the-means vibe to it that I disagree with. When you make a deal with the devil, you get burned.

By: Mark R. Whittington

Mark R. Whittington — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:30:13 +0000

Chance – No he wasn’t. Saddam failed at his various wars of conquest and eventually lost his own country. Shortly he will lose his life.

By: Chance

Chance — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:21:02 +0000

Hey, Saddam Hussein was also effective and got lots of things done. Shall we reinstall him?

By: Mark R. Whittington

Mark R. Whittington — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:01:26 +0000

“Is this really the kind of guy that we want to be championing the cause?”

Yes. He’s effective and gets things done.