Comments on: On the outside looking in http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/11/on-the-outside-looking-in/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-outside-looking-in Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Rand Simberg http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/11/on-the-outside-looking-in/#comment-302626 Thu, 13 May 2010 04:59:50 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3470#comment-302626 The sad truth is that amightywind is the smartest self-proclaimed “tea partier” out there. I know this is hard to fathom, but it’s true.

I think that’s unlikely, because I know a lot of Tea Partiers, and none of them are as moronic and ignorant (and cowardly — they use their own names) as “abreakingwind.” Actually, if you care about such things, the Tea Partiers seem to be better educated than the general population.

And for those deranged by Fox News, that source is the New York Times.

]]> By: Bennett http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/11/on-the-outside-looking-in/#comment-302618 Thu, 13 May 2010 04:08:21 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3470#comment-302618 The sad truth is that amightywind is the smartest self-proclaimed “tea partier” out there. I know this is hard to fathom, but it’s true.

]]> By: amightywind http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/11/on-the-outside-looking-in/#comment-302533 Wed, 12 May 2010 20:56:54 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3470#comment-302533 I applaud the use of the term because it is so revealing of those who fancy themselves moderates. I creates disproportionate polarization in favor of the conservative cause. So spew away, and on election day you will be gang tea bagged.

]]> By: Rand Simberg http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/11/on-the-outside-looking-in/#comment-302506 Wed, 12 May 2010 19:26:59 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3470#comment-302506 I’m more concerned about the level of discourse by people who call people concerned about federal spending and the Constitution “teabaggers.” I have a word for such, too, but I’m polite enough not to use it in public.

]]> By: Vladislaw http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/11/on-the-outside-looking-in/#comment-302501 Wed, 12 May 2010 18:57:54 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3470#comment-302501 “yeap thats the level of discourse of the tea bag people.”

Are you suggesting that teabaggers think with their teabags?

]]> By: Robert G. Oler http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/11/on-the-outside-looking-in/#comment-302493 Wed, 12 May 2010 17:51:07 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3470#comment-302493 They are both foxy…

yeap thats the level of discourse of the tea bag people.

Robert G. Oler

]]> By: amightywind http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/11/on-the-outside-looking-in/#comment-302444 Wed, 12 May 2010 12:23:46 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3470#comment-302444 Fox News is destroying its competitors in lame stream (funny Sarah!) cable news. They are succeeding by serving the news entertainment needs of a grossly under served center right America. Gretchen Carlson grew up in the town in which I now live. Rep. Michelle Bachmann was her nanny! They are both foxy.

The Gubment is now spending 5% more as a percentage of GDP than any time since WWII. The electorate (and markets) will demand that that decrease precipitously. We tea partiers will support HSF in the coming new order because it is tantamount to supporting the military.

]]> By: Robert G. Oler http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/11/on-the-outside-looking-in/#comment-302401 Wed, 12 May 2010 05:53:49 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3470#comment-302401 Stephen C. Smith wrote @ May 11th, 2010 at 9:22 p

Fox News sort of lost it for me during the time after 9/11. They were interesting until then but after 9/11 the “Terror” infatuation was absurd…of course there was always the video of Laurie Dhue either pole dancing or being paraded around in manacles.

The most depressing thing the other day I saw was someone forwarded me a clip of John bolton of all people beating up on Obama (on Fox) for recess appointments. “Gretchen” just nodded her head. (Bolton was a recess appointment).

what will be interesting in the politics of all this is to see how many of the tea party people make it to office and then how many are willing to grind up more spending for the space program…

I dont think it will be that many.

(actually it is clear that with tax rates lower then at anytime since the 50’s…we are not over taxed)

Robert G. Oler

]]> By: Robert G. Oler http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/11/on-the-outside-looking-in/#comment-302387 Wed, 12 May 2010 04:16:21 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3470#comment-302387 We are about to disperse forever the only workforce in the world that knows how to maintain reusable spacecraft.

first off the workforce doesnt have a clue how to maintain a reusable spacecraft. a Salvagable one maybe …a 737 or F 22 is reusable. The shuttle is not reusable.

Second. the workforce is to expensive. We dont need them.

Robert G. Oler

]]> By: Christopher http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/05/11/on-the-outside-looking-in/#comment-302379 Wed, 12 May 2010 02:38:07 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=3470#comment-302379 so we must keep the shuttle because we have the only workforce in the world that knows how to operate the shuttle?

and the fuel might cost $850 k but that massive standing army required to support the rube goldberg-ian monster that is the shuttlein runs up the tab by several orders of magnitude per launch.

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