Posted on 01/28/2011 8:13:42 PM PST by Bigtigermike
Instapundit notes that Soviet space expert James Oberg supports Governor Palin’s comments on Sputnik:
I’m seeing up close how “Palin Derangement Syndrome” can compel otherwise intelligent people to foam at the mouth and babble nonsense to prove they’re right and she’s wrong.
The historical view is that the early Soviet victories in the Space Race led to the US response of the Apollo program, whose triumph validated the superiority of US space technology — which had profound diplomatic, military, commercial, and cultural consequences. When Reagan challenged the USSR with Strategic Defense in the 1980s, Apollo had given that challenge credibility — and the same pundits in the West and in Russian who pooh-poohed SDI had also pooh-poohed the odds of Apollo working.
Proven wrong once, they lost credibility when Gorbachyov had to decide when/.if to pull the plug on the USSR’s own hideously expensive space weapons programs (eg, Polyus-Skif and Buran). Soviet leadership came to believe, rightly or wrongly, that SDI was a lethal threat to them, based on the success of Apollo that had only been made possible by the stinging US defeats in the early Space Race, It’s more complicated, but the essence is, Palin was right: the Soviets sowed the seed of their own collapse by setting off the Space Race.
James Edward Oberg (often known as Jim Oberg) is an American space journalist and historian, regarded as an expert on the Russian space program.
That’s funny!! LOL!
Who knew laughing at Pissant would be so fun!
Palin wins, she always does.
Palin is going to win the presidency in 2012.
What did Governor Palin say about Sputnik?
Exactly. Sure, putting a dog in space has some sort of notoriety but is of dubious distinction. It’s like a swimming record that ends in death while in midstream.
I inserted some much-needed highlighting, to illuminate your potentially unintentional but nonthesess succinctly descriptive and thoroughly deserved dual entendré.
8^D
Hell, when you can make fun of the little urine formicidae and OBummer at the same time, t'is a good day ;^)
Sarah speaks the truth, and as GBeck says, the truth has no agenda. That must really frazzle the leftist vermin like hissy matthews and company.
The size of the Sputnik was 30.0 m / 98 ft (height) with a diameter of 2.99 m (9.8 ft). Its mass was 267,000 kg (590,000 lbs).
In other words, about the size of Michelle’s fat butt.
Bear.
Woods.
""Whom the Gods would destroy they first make mad."
The minds that inhabit FR are truly diabolical. In a good way of course.
You made me laugh out loud. I woke up the dog. HAHAHA
BIG watermelon! LOL
Thank you!!! I spotted it right away also, but it took me a while to ready the ping.
LOL!
8^D
for later
That’s also been a concern with me. The lie is still out there because of our pravda. I wish Sarah said pravda...there’d be wigs on the green. lol
bttt
There’s the problem.
She makes a statement. They immediately jump on it with riducule. It is chewed on for several days. Some expert quietly validates her statement. Crickets
Palin makes another statement. Groundhog Day.
Here ya go. That PDS sure limits your ability to click on a link, doesn’t it?
Sarah makes fools out of the liberals, or at least and reveals them to the rest of the World.
Every time she is several steps ahead and it drives them nuts. LOL!
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