[demshateGod]

Why, huh? Why? What’s the point in doing this other than to hurt us? Will the average American voter buy his explanation?

[MCCC]

This may be one of those ‘watch the other hand’ moments.

The launch of Minuteman and all other strategic deterrents have been advertised since the beginning of missiles. This is done so that other nuclear capable countries don't mistake it for a first strike.

This site advertises the Glory Trips from Vandenberg AFB regularly. http://www.spacearchive.info/vafbsked.htm

[poobear]

“Will the average American voter buy his explanation?’

What explanation? He doesn’t take any questions except screened ones.

[BuckeyeTexan]

"The kind of education I received makes you confident in your ability to understand problems - not necessarily to have good answers but at least understand the nature of the questions."

"The way I approach problems is to say, 'What's the optimal solution?' and then work backwards. I like to start with the idea - what's true to me? Or what's the best approximation of true?"

~ Barack Obama, 2005

Barack Obama is an academic who bases decisions on theory and believes that the truth is relative to his understanding of it. He's beyond dangerous.

[NonValueAdded]

What’s the point in doing this other than to hurt us?

disengage your brain and think like a lefty for a moment. "If I lay down all my defenses and present my soft underbelly, maybe they will leave me alone. whoops, guess not."