I don't drink beer, keep the huntin dawgs under the porch, and generally jest balance the keyboard on my stomach. But that's OK; I envision you as a fat ugly skank who graduated from a two year community college, lives with a bunch of other losers , get high every weekend, and has a job in a department store in sales.
RA has a habit of being polite to everyone...especially when he shouldn't waste the time and effort. Fortunately, I am not so afflicted.
No you're no in the least afflicted with politeness, intelligence, wisdom or knowledge, but it has been my observation that the dumber the person is, the more oblivious to their own faults they are. You obviously think a lot of yourself, well I guess someone has to do it and I'm sure no one else is willing.
Now that we've gotten the obligatory flame which occasionally livens up a dull discussion sometimes, (and I see discussions with you are dull) out of the way. I knew that you wouldn't understand my point or if you did you'd simply ignore it to continue thumping your no doubt unappealizing chest. No matter how long the list of so-called NASA wonders is, it doesn't alter the fact that the money would have been better spent by the people who earned it, and no doubt the Russians could give an equally long list of the triumphs of central planning and like US central planning would be just as big a list of things that cost 100 times as much as they should. and things that shouldn't have been done in the first place I especially like the golf ball aerodynamics. Really enriched my life NOT. I wonder how much that cost? Probably didn't cost you very much because looking in my crystal ball I see that you're one of those "taxpayers" who pays almost no taxes. No wonder you're for space exploration.
Now don't you feel like a silly arse? Nevermind...just pop another can o' Bud and keep whining about *needless* space expenditures.
Yep needless expenditure. Manned space flight is a complete waste of resources and a giant boondoggle, glad you acknowledged it.
You may live in Georgia, sir, and you may fancy yourself some sort of Southern gentleman, but in truth you are a disgrace to the South. Chiggers live in Georgia too, and even they have better manners than you do.
While I agree that a gov't funded program is to be deplored, we both know that if NASA were abolished tonight, the feds would transfer its funding to some other programs, which are no better, and which are almost certainly worse. There are many times when I ask myself what business the feds have with a program like NASA (other than its obvious defense benefits), and I am reminded that Jefferson spent government funds on the Lewis & Clark expedition, the sole function of which was exploration of a far frontier. So until the free enterprise system rises up and claims the space industry as its own, I am reluctantly content to let the feds continue the space program in their blundering way.
Please don't bother responding. I have no wish to converse with you. I am posting to you this time only to defend the lady against your boorish conduct. You owe her an apology. If you were a man, you would face up to it.
You know, attacking how the tax funds are spent really doesn't do squat to stop the taxation, which is presumeably a goal we all hold in common here. You've already stipulated that you don't care if the space program is beneficial or not, so then why belittle it? If you put half the effort into reducing taxation as you do in bitching about the Space program, we might actually be able to get a politcal movement going that could effect some positive changes.
In a perfect libertarian world, the Federal gov't. wouldn't tax us, and it wouldn't spend money on Foreign Aid, Welfare, Education, Housing and Urban Renewal, Art, Science, the Space Program, or the Helium Fund. I yearn for such a day, even though I'm a big fan of science, Space exploration, and occasionally, helium.
But bashing the folks who are currently receiving the funding and are doing something more useful than polishing hubcaps isn't going to get us any closer to that dream. Your sentiments for a smaller, less expensive government are spot on, but your actions are counter-productive toward that end.
Lastly, your remarks about P_W's education and intelligence are so far removed from reality that it would take a space probe to find out where you are coming from. That was yet another immature, uncalled for, and counter-productive action on your part.
If you really want a smaller, less intrusive and expensive government, then focus your efforts on helping the rest of us who are interested in the same thing achieve that lofty goal, and quit bitching and moaning about every little thing that you don't see as being valuable to you.
Or are you all talk, no action?
Well, not quite. Finishing her PhD in Geochemistry this year.
My, my...struck a nerve, did I? Good, maybe the rush of adrenalin will clear the cobwebs out of your long-unused synapses.
As to a listing of my accomplishments (which I am quite proud of), here you go:
And to counter the assertion that I am a fat, ugly skank, I have been offered a job as a playboy bunny, however, I demurely declined as I wished to become a scientist (a statement intended just for my fellow "Thugs").
As far as living with a bunch of "losers", my family will be quite offended by your claim. I do not get "high" on weekends or any other time, and my husband and I bring home close to 6-figures in annual gross income, own a house and do not have any significant indebtedness (other than a mortgage). We contribute significantly to the United States Tax Coffers.
No matter how long the list of so-called NASA wonders is, it doesn't alter the fact that the money would have been better spent by the people who earned it.
Please do all of us hard-working, taxpaying, NASA-supporting citizens a favor and REFUSE advanced medical care, should you ever need it...which may be in the very near future as you are obviously a prime candidate for a Darwin Award. Since you resent having to pay for NASA's R&D, you shouldn't use it.
BTW, I can shoot a fly off the end of a woodpecker's nose at 50-yards. Care to visit so we can discuss NASA at closer range?