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Homer Hickam wrote October Sky that became the film "Rocket Boys".

His entire life, is an example of what is so great about America. And why America must plan to do great things and inspire our young!

Is it surprising that Obama would tear down NASA like he is tearing down the rest of the nation?????

Breathtaking in it's stupidity indeed!

1 posted on 02/09/2010 8:41:08 AM PST by Names Ash Housewares
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Correction became the film October Sky.


2 posted on 02/09/2010 8:43:41 AM PST by Names Ash Housewares
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Every day presents us with another new book title for a history if the Obama administration.


3 posted on 02/09/2010 8:44:41 AM PST by denydenydeny (The Left sees taxpayers the way Dr Frankenstein saw the local cemetery; raw material for experiments)
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To: Names Ash Housewares

This is what happens when you have children running the White House.

I’ve heard we’re going to have to hitch a ride with Russia in order to get to the space station.

USA - World Super Power - I think not!


4 posted on 02/09/2010 8:45:11 AM PST by jakota (®)
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Barack Hussein Obamah is no JFK !! bump


5 posted on 02/09/2010 8:46:37 AM PST by TexasCajun
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Oh, let’s quit beating around the BUSH, this was all
about doing away with any chance of GWB being put down
in the history books as a visionary, some one who
advanced mankind by moving off planet.

Obama will make his mark in history right along side
Carter and Clinton as the trio that were most destructive
of American Ideals, and way of life, the world is
a worse place for their doing it.


6 posted on 02/09/2010 8:48:08 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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"You can't be a great country without doing great things and a great thing would be to return to the Moon and build a laboratory there and open it up to the world,"

The writer is naive if he believes Obama sees America as a 'great country'. Nor does he want it to accomplish great things.

7 posted on 02/09/2010 8:49:37 AM PST by bcsco (Obama is the navel of his own universe.)
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Breathtaking in it's stupidity indeed!

Equal, only, to the number of them.

9 posted on 02/09/2010 8:54:02 AM PST by depressed in 06 (Tea parties today, Lexington tomorrow.)
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The United States Government in its current condition will NEVER return to the Moon. The private sector will have to do the heavy lifting, and guess who is going to get in the way of that?


10 posted on 02/09/2010 8:55:40 AM PST by Michael Barnes (Call me when the bullets start flying.)
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You want a moon base, just pass a simple law, “No Taxes to be paid by any company who can establish a permanent and sustained residence on the moon”

Lockhead and Boeing would be there tomorrow....


14 posted on 02/09/2010 9:03:41 AM PST by GraceG
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It was actually smart, if Obama’s goal is to make sure Americans have little reason to be proud of their country (just like Mrs. Obama).

The moon shot was a great moment for America.

Of course Obama despises that.


15 posted on 02/09/2010 9:04:52 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Part of the reason Obama won Florida was because of his promises to Senator Nelson and the folks over at NASA and in Brevard and Volusia county.

YOU LIE B.O.


16 posted on 02/09/2010 9:06:11 AM PST by My Favorite Headache
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"Is it surprising that Obama would tear down NASA like he is tearing down the rest of the nation????? "

obama's crotch salute
"This photo should tell every American all they need to know about barack hussein obama."


18 posted on 02/09/2010 9:10:14 AM PST by FrankR (Those of us who love AMERICA far outnumber those who love obama - your choice.)
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"You can't be a great country without doing great things and a great thing would be to return to the Moon and build a laboratory there and open it up to the world," Hickam said on Tuesday's MetroNews Talkline.
Hickam says he's angry about the cut.
"It's really a foolish decision to take away the goal of going back to the Moon. I can certainly see figuring out a better way of doing it, but simply to take away the goal, I think, is so shortsighted and so foolish that it's almost breathtaking in its stupidity."

So, Homer, go.

No one is stopping you.

(Homer apparently depends on The Government for inspiration.)

But if you go, please take Stretchface, Harry and Bawney Fwank with you.

21 posted on 02/09/2010 9:15:35 AM PST by skeptoid
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The $4 billion that was taken away from NASA has been given to “community organizers” like ACORN. This is an outrage. Stripping away resources from the most innovative and productive, to give to groups who consolidate the power of the irresponsible and unproductive.


22 posted on 02/09/2010 9:15:39 AM PST by lady lawyer
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I met this gentlemen in Huntsville, Alabama at the space flight center several years ago. My son had his picture taken with him. Homer is a 1st class scientist and a true gentlemen. He is so far over BO’s head in intellect the kenyan village idiot can’t be compared to a real rocket scientist. God Bless this man for speaking out.


25 posted on 02/09/2010 9:23:56 AM PST by Neoliberalnot ((Freedom's Precious Metals: Gold, Silver and Lead))
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This is Obama throwing a bone to the far left and claiming deficit reduction at the same time. The left hates space exploration because they see it as imperialistic.

Columbus hangover, I call it.


28 posted on 02/09/2010 9:49:08 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Gone Galt and loving it)
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Obama is right on this one. A country with trillion dollar deficits should not squander billions more on sending a man to the moon. We did it 40 years ago, what’s the point of doing it again? What did we get from doing it last time?


29 posted on 02/09/2010 9:49:40 AM PST by reaganaut1
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31 posted on 02/09/2010 10:02:10 AM PST by colorado tanker
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almost breathtaking in its stupidity

Pretty much sums up everything about Obama.
37 posted on 02/09/2010 3:17:55 PM PST by aruanan
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To: Names Ash Housewares
Homer Hickam wrote October Sky that became the film "Rocket Boys".

His entire life, is an example of what is so great about America. And why America must plan to do great things and inspire our young!

Is it surprising that Obama would tear down NASA like he is tearing down the rest of the nation?????

Breathtaking in it's stupidity indeed!

******

I guess when India and China eventually announce plans to put men on the moon in a couple of years, the President of the United States, whoever that would be, will finally say something like this:

"You know, this might be a good time to make plans to send men back to the moon at a time when China and India also plan to send men to the moon, using the expertise of engineers and scientists trained in the United States."

46 posted on 02/10/2010 8:40:08 AM PST by john mirse
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