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Mars Rover Curiosity Lands On Mars Successfully
NASA's newest Martian rover Curiosity has landed successfully on Mars. The MSL cruise craft and EDL landing team controlling the operation are located at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, in Pasadena... (www.thefloridanewsjournal.com) 기타...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
No matter what you are for or against as relates to the federal budget, nobody wants any cuts in their sector. Everyone says their projects costs nothing as opposed to the entire budget. Flawed thinking. That thinking can and probably will bankrupt the country. Cities and counties are already falling. States are next. The elected people can't get it done because they are in the vote buying business to retain their careers. At least we will know how going broke plays out by watching the European countries. Nice to have a map. As they say it's only money and isn't worth anything anyhow but people kill for and over it everyday. Keep your guns handy. Lol
No, it's not just a matter of opinion. It's not all subjective. There are hard numbers and hard facts here. The Defense Department can't say "hey, our budget is insignificant, compared to..." They just can't. They also can't say we benefit greatly from starting wars of aggression, killing hundreds of thousands of civilians, and turning the rest of the world against us.
Space exploration, on the other hand, has very real and measurable benefits in all kinds of areas. It has a real and positive effect on the economy. It's a source of pride, not shame. The rest of the world admires us for it, instead of hating us. Sure, it is tough to measure ALL the benefits precisely, but we can measure a lot of them.
We are not bankrupt because everyone wants a piece of the pie. We are bankrupt because of rampant corruption, because we set up a system where greed is the ultimate and overriding consideration, because people are too stupid and ignorant about how the government is spending their money, and so on.
Space exploration, on the other hand, has very real and measurable benefits in all kinds of areas. It has a real and positive effect on the economy. It's a source of pride, not shame. The rest of the world admires us for it, instead of hating us. Sure, it is tough to measure ALL the benefits precisely, but we can measure a lot of them.
We are not bankrupt because everyone wants a piece of the pie. We are bankrupt because of rampant corruption, because we set up a system where greed is the ultimate and overriding consideration, because people are too stupid and ignorant about how the government is spending their money, and so on.
Let me also point out another area where we have differing opinions. Once you choose to use the sword against another country there are no civilians. The military only plays that game today because it is PC correct. When your back is to the wall you will try to defeat the enemy any way you can. That's why some of our enemies use terrorism and why we have bombed many cities in the past. There are no real rules in war.
We are going to have to disagree about that. Even in war, there are "war crimes." There are rules of engagement. There is a difference between killing an enemy soldier in the battlefield and killing unarmed civilians. War is not a blank check for all kinds of atrocities.
War in and of itself could be considered a crime. Ask any ww2 vet and he will tell you they killed anything that moved- man, woman, child. You can't send people into battle and not expect them to degenerate. There is no nice way to kill anybody. Rules of engagement are for the politics of war. We had tons of rules in Nam. We broke them routinely. Rules are a good way to get your ass killed and lose.
I wish.
The "I wish" was directed towards iflyfsx's last sentence and his naivete...NOT Wallace's post. Sometimes this place slots the posts into the wrong spot.
Obviously, not all crimes will be prosecuted, but soldiers have been brought to trial and convicted. This is a fact.