Originally Posted By mawnck >>It looks like some disagree with everything she(and other popular villains) says<< They're batting 1000 on the stupid-o-meter. What are we SUPPOSED to do with that? >>while not having the slightest idea what she is talking about.<< Guilty as charged. Neither does she. And as usual, the layers of stupidity must be examined carefully to get the full impact. Thanks, Barboy, for separating out the layers for us: >>The USSR created Sputnik<< Yeah ... >>Sputnik was a huge burden on Soviet resources<< Obviously not. By the way, you are aware that Sputnik was a hollow sphere with a battery operated radio transmitter in it, right? All it did was transmit beeps for two weeks until the battery ran out. Freaked us out anyway. We're SO predictable .... >>The USSR relied on a centrally planned economy to pay for that project<< So? They relied on a centrally planned economy to pay for everything. And our space program was funded by taxes. Which I understand are also not popular with the Palinistas. >>The USSR ultimately broke down largely because of that economic model<< Says you. >>Thus, the US should not have its 'Sputnik' moment due to the colossal public expenditures associated with it and instead have a 'Spud nut' moment based on successful private ventures.<< Would that be the moment in the mid 70s when the Spudnut chain went out of business, leaving a few dozen locations to eke out a living independently? If this is Palin's idea of a successful private venture, I'll stick with Sputnik, thanks. I LOVE Van Sustern's facial expressions. You can practically hear her brain screaming "HER PEOPLE FED US THESE PREPARED SOFTBALL QUESTIONS AND SHE'S SCREWING THEM UP ANYWAY! HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE HAVE TO PATRONIZE THIS TWIT?"
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Her facial expression are hilarious. I'm surprised that no one has brought this comment from Sarah, "That was another one of those WTF moments, when he so often repeated this Sputnik moment that he would aspire Americans to celebrate". WTF? Celebrate?
Originally Posted By ecdc >>By the way, you are aware that Sputnik was a hollow sphere with a battery operated radio transmitter in it, right?<< There's a YouTube video of a guy who sends an iPhone into space to record video before it crashes down to earth. Whole thing cost him a few bucks, apart from the iPhone.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 "Richland, WA is the heartland of America?" Well, it is kinda Leave-it-to-Beavery in the uptown where the Spudnut shop is...and Spudnuts are the most fantastic things in the whole world, if you have never tried them. As far as Palin goes, calling her an idiot is slanderous to idiots everywhere. It would really be nice if once, just once, she and/or Bachmann would actually keep their mouths shut if they do not know what they are talking about.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I was appalled to hear Sarah Palin use the term "WTF". That was one of my favorite acronyms, and now, she has completely ruined it for me.
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> By the way, you are aware that Sputnik was a hollow sphere with a battery operated radio transmitter in it, right? << Only slightly more advanced than 'Balloon Boy 1'.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 Daboy is right,if it wasn't for our space program we never would have had tang! TANG,the real "right Stuff"
Originally Posted By plpeters70 A few pages explaining some of the benefits we enjoy thanks to the Space Program: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/50th/50th_magazine/benefits.html" target="_blank">http://www.nasa.gov/50th/50th_...its.html</a> <a href="http://techtran.msfc.nasa.gov/at_home.html" target="_blank">http://techtran.msfc.nasa.gov/...ome.html</a> Just in case anyone doubted its worth...
