[BartMan1]

Your argument seems to be that you don't like wasteful gov't spending unless its wasted on programs that excite your intellectual curiosity.

[Owen]

A couple of points:

We have in the past used date of signup as a clear indicator of possible DU disruptors. Given FR's longevity at this point, that method may no longer be valid. Democrat disruptors may have shown up years ago when FR first became clearly a place of influence.

In much the same way that the far left becomes displeased with Democrat left leaning centrists, we *may* have people here from the far right displeased with Bush, who is a right leaning centrist. Or we may have disruptors. If you are a disruptor and you do not wish to have your posts pulled or your membership cancelled, clearly the best way to do damage to your opposition is to make comments to create an impression of Bush being further and further away from the right. Enshroud yourself in an aura of far right conservatism. It's not new. And it is dangerous to victory.

The best defense is for everyone to remember the immortal words of W F Buckley.

"I support the most rightward candidate who is viable."

It's not rocket science.

[DMCA]

Since we have derivied a lot of benifit from the space program in the past it stands to reason that it may happen in the future. On the other hand, society doesn't derive a lot of benifit from most of the pork that congress passes.