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Posted on 02/05/2010 5:47:16 PM PST by KevinDavis
President Barack Obama's budget proposal regarding the space program is complicated, at best.
On its face, it sounds like a classic Republican plan. If the president gets his way, manned space flight will be primarily a private enterprise, with the government offering contracts to companies that can efficiently and safely take astronauts to and from low orbit, and with NASA supposedly figuring out the rest from there.
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Talk about low-hanging fruit.
The program must be shut down because Obama needs the money to create important “green jobs” for people, like digging holes and then filling them in.
The amount cut from NASA is almost exactly equal to the amount ACORN becomes eligible for under the new budget!
Who’d a thunk it....
What does the continued advancement of mankind matter when compared to getting Democrats re-elected.
I mean, IT’S ABOUT PRIORITIES, DUDE!!
Where are all of the people on the left who said Bush was anti-science? What say you on obama?
Thanks for the ping.
“The program must be shut down because Obama needs the money to create important “green jobs” for people, like digging holes and then filling them in” ... slowly.
Well they like science, but only certain type of “Science” that is approved by the left.
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