Posted on 07/08/2010 6:09:02 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
Silly me. I thought America's unparalleled space program (before the present administration began dismantling it) was a triumph of American ingenuity, technology, vision and boldness. Instead, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says its "foremost mission" is not returning to the moon, or completing a mission to Mars; rather it is improving relations with the Muslim world. Bolden says President Obama told him he also wants NASA to encourage children to study science and math, but isn't that best done by applying science and math to a robust space program?
Obama is boldly going where no president has gone before. It is a continuation of the president's subjugation of himself (bowing to foreign leaders) and the country he is charged with leading by obsequiously kowtowing to a people for whom advancement to the Middle Ages would be a step up.
The president and Bolden think it will improve relations with the Muslim world if we praise them for their work in math and science many centuries ago, but what has the Muslim world done for humanity lately? Female genital mutilation? Beheadings? Stoning of alleged adulterers? Honor killings? Terrorism? Death sentences to religious converts?
Yes, Benito Mussolini was said to have made the trains run on time, so maybe previous presidents should have praised his timetable and overlooked the torture, the censorship, the holding of women and children hostage and the police state.
I'm sure if we searched long enough, we might discover a good character quality or two in Mao Zedong, a world-class mass murderer. But let's not forget China invented the compass and woodblock printing. What are a few human rights violations compared to these positive contributions?
Perhaps if President Roosevelt had looked for some good in Adolf Hitler, World War II might have been avoided. Maybe it was our fault that Pearl Harbor was bombed. We should have appreciated the Japanese contribution to America (The cherry tree? Sushi?).
What is it about this president of ours? He doesn't seem to love America, at least not the America we knew prior to his coming to office. He pledged to change the country, but growing numbers think what we have is better than what he wants. Despite its past and current problems, most Americans are justifiably proud of their country and what it has stood for over the last 234 years. Regrets? Sure, we've had a few, but then again too few to mention compared to the blessings we have received and the blessing we have been to much of the world.
On April 3, 2009, President Obama addressed an adoring crowd in Strasbourg, France. He told them the United States "has failed to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world" and that America had "shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive" toward its allies.
Actually, it has been the other way around. America bailed out Europe twice in the last century because it elevated evil men to leadership and they started wars that engulfed the world. And America protected European economies by paying for a nuclear umbrella that protected the continent from the Soviet Union, thus allowing those who refused to pay a price or bear a burden to concentrate on their economies and self-indulgent pleasures.
If America is all that Obama makes it out to be, why do we have such an illegal immigration problem? You'd think these people would prefer Europe, or Iraq, which have contributed so much to our space program.
If NASA's "foremost mission" is no longer space, but a group-hug to Muslim nations, perhaps Congress should be asked to authorize such a change in purpose and reduce NASA's budget. Do most taxpayers want NASA to focus on inner space, rather than outer space? I doubt it. They can render their verdict on this and many other Obama policies come the November election.
Cape Canaveral will be scheduling future launches both to respect Ramadan and the Florida ‘lights out policy’ during the turtle egg nesting season.
Pity. NASA’s average IQ is easily 50 points above our senate and congress (and hundreds of points above the SUM of the White house idiots).
However, thanks to political correctness, it has been forced to lower itself to “sociology major” levels.
Sooner or later folks, we’ve gotta revolt.
Those sociology majors and others of their idiotic ilk aren’t gonna be the ones to save us.
Is his name Bolden or Beholden? You decide.
The key word here is “was”
Muslim politics aside, for the moment. This is what is wrong with having an amateur operation for an administration.
Telling kids to study math and science as a priority from the White House to NASA? Rather than demonstrating the application of math and science that makes America great?
A presidential vision? Telling people to watch the inflation of their tires? Instead of putting America on course to develop new, space-age tires that don’t require petroleum (as an example of a concept, if you’ll indulge me).
We have Sister Blister of the Holy Order of St. Scolder wagging a finger at us from the teleprompter instead of pointing to the heavens with a grand vision.
Rather than set an example for a nation of achievers, his vision is to create a nation of dufuses.
NASA was the Crown Jewel of 20th Century American ingenuity, imagination and scientific accomplishment - producing innovation in the private sector; communication, medicine etc.,.
It is also JFK’s legacy.
Let’s wait for scientists and the Dem constituants to weigh in.
Now that Iran is about five minutes from having nukes Obama wants to give them our rocket technology? Can there be any doubt now what this guy’s agenda really is?
After eight years of a bad, bad, barely literate president President Obama is boldly going to take our space program where no president has gone before, gushed host George Noory and C2C's science adviser Richard Hoagland who was Walter Cronkite's science adviser.
They got that right.
Obama’s view of NASA’s goals indicate how out of touch he is with American thought. He’s admired by European “intellectuals” because he agrees with their view that the U.S. should go away.
Obama is a traitor to America who needs to be impeached, tried for treason and sent to Gitmo to rot with his muslim buddies.
Nuke the site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
Nothing earthly is going to “save us”.
"Obama is boldly going where no president has gone before. It is a continuation of the president's subjugation of himself (bowing to foreign leaders) and the country he is charged with leading by obsequiously kowtowing to a people for whom advancement to the Middle Ages would be a step up."
"The president and Bolden think it will improve relations with the Muslim world if we praise them for their work in math and science many centuries ago, but what has the Muslim world done for humanity lately? Female genital mutilation? Beheadings? Stoning of alleged adulterers? Honor killings? Terrorism? Death sentences to religious converts?"
"On April 3, 2009, President Obama addressed an adoring crowd in Strasbourg, France. He told them the United States "has failed to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world" and that America had "shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive" toward its allies."
"Actually, it has been the other way around. America bailed out Europe twice in the last century because it elevated evil men to leadership and they started wars that engulfed the world. And America protected European economies by paying for a nuclear umbrella that protected the continent from the Soviet Union, thus allowing those who refused to pay a price or bear a burden to concentrate on their economies and self-indulgent pleasures.
Obama changed NASA’s name to No Americans in Space Anymore.
“What is it about this president of ours? He doesn’t seem to love America, at least not the America we knew prior to his coming to office.”
He hates the USA, particularly the Caucasian segment.
As the Black Panther with the night-stick in Philadelphia said, “You are about to be ruled by the black man, CRACKER”.
I keep thinking all the stuff of this administration is only a fantasy...it can’t be real or true.
But it is.
I kind of lost him in the first sentence. We haven’t had an unparalleled space program in a long time. The main item in our fleet (the shuttle, such as it is) is something that was greenlit by Nixon, at less budget than NASA asked for. We haven’t been the top dogs of space since Nixon took the cheapest of NASA’s three proposals, and cut that down to even smaller. And no president since him has had the vision to put us back on top.
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