tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post2726440603387517057..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Here's $150 Billion. Call Someone Who Cares.James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-57816500976562176022009-07-22T07:11:41.900-04:002009-07-22T07:11:41.900-04:00when the soviets had their tube-based space progra...when the soviets had their tube-based space program, we were still using tubes too.Dave Kielpinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05137244695127182583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-67075646629912449322009-07-22T00:36:28.397-04:002009-07-22T00:36:28.397-04:00How come it couldn't find a nice domestic Nazi...<i>How come it couldn't find a nice domestic Nazi spokesmodel? </i><br /><br />Ann Coulter is probably available.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-22676377251231627412009-07-21T14:03:00.910-04:002009-07-21T14:03:00.910-04:00"Anyway, here's a thought, Tom: why don&#..."Anyway, here's a thought, Tom: why don't you pay for the next round if it's so important? "<br /><br />How many times have your philosophical opponents used the same argument to crap on the NEA, HUD, EPA, etc., etc.?<br /><br />The majority decides the priorities via elections...isn't that the way it works?<br /><br />Well, supposed to, at any rate.Solius123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-35539714008876018332009-07-21T11:06:32.129-04:002009-07-21T11:06:32.129-04:00I'm a big believer in continuing to put humans...I'm a big believer in continuing to put humans in space (if not necessarily according to how we've been going about it lately (and certainly forget about people on Mars for the near term)), but this was a funny post nonetheless. Great title and opening paragraph, especially.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-55044619748377213552009-07-21T09:51:30.397-04:002009-07-21T09:51:30.397-04:00Well here's where I disagree with you. The Sov...Well here's where I disagree with you. The Soviet space program was hardly a joke. <br /><br />The success of the program should be judged on what it achieved, not on the technology it used. If anything, I find it more impressive that they did so much with so little in the way of technology.<br /><br />The most useful space technology today (launching satellites) owes more to the Soviets thanTMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972726941993291842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-47890688122466485842009-07-20T20:46:18.702-04:002009-07-20T20:46:18.702-04:00You read The Right Stuff three times? Why for god...You read The Right Stuff three times? Why for god's sake?lawguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534424484513054742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-88251472588081156882009-07-20T20:39:31.882-04:002009-07-20T20:39:31.882-04:00You're a Lowell George fan, to boot? No wonder...You're a Lowell George fan, to boot? No wonder I lurk here.Veritas78noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-62369027810824814032009-07-20T19:45:13.541-04:002009-07-20T19:45:13.541-04:00Wait a minute!! You mean that after 50+ years ther...Wait a minute!! You mean that after 50+ years there are people who haven't figured out Hef's taste in women. What part of blonde, dumb, and pneumatic don't they understand?Uncle Omarenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-53033239418982823972009-07-20T17:37:57.507-04:002009-07-20T17:37:57.507-04:00Well, I remember space food sticks and tang too. ...Well, I remember space food sticks and tang too. Funny I didn't recognize the Fat Man in the Bathtub 'cause I saw him play a couple of times which means I saw him more than any of the other icons excepting RST of whom I've lost count of the shows. Oops, that's not true, saw Tom Waits a bunch a times too. While I enjoyed Little Feat back when they had a front man I can never guitarist manquénoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-79173172271185782142009-07-20T16:16:55.586-04:002009-07-20T16:16:55.586-04:00And no revival of Space Food Sticks, if you please...And no revival of Space Food Sticks, if you please.<br /><br /><br /><br />oops, too late: http://www.victoryseeds.com/candystore/space_food_sticks.htmlheydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-37506391392133592622009-07-20T16:04:10.662-04:002009-07-20T16:04:10.662-04:00But don't you see? We had to beat those commi...But don't you see? We had to beat those commie rat bastards to the moon...otherwise, we would have been subjected to a moon-gap disadavantage. And we had to find work for our Paperclip Nazis. We saved them from Nuremberg for a reason. Von Braun and Dorberger, et al. Swell fellows, really.Tim Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09725008638928981678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-12976110305522966412009-07-20T13:46:01.851-04:002009-07-20T13:46:01.851-04:00A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the...A rat done bit my sister Nell.<br />(with Whitey on the moon)<br />Her face and arms began to swell.<br />(and Whitey's on the moon)<br />I can't pay no doctor bill.<br />(but Whitey's on the moon)<br />Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.<br />(while Whitey's on the moon)rageaholnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-17250370385934812932009-07-20T13:16:06.312-04:002009-07-20T13:16:06.312-04:00Exactly.
Free enterprise is the greatest gift the...Exactly.<br /><br />Free enterprise is the greatest gift the world has ever known.<br /><br />Why can't free enterprise pony up and make itself a gift to other worlds, too?<br /><br />Let the government that money for health care in America.rifflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09166475012791861563noreply@blogger.com