Shuttle coverage, ****** style

[blade_runner]

Have you seen this?<br /><br />http://www.sierratimes.com/05/08/12/163_231_6_86_70759.htm<br /><br />He apparently wrote a follow-up article.

 

[rsp1202]

NASAWatch was kind enough to post this originally, and it might be appropriate for the here and now:<br /><br />The McLaughlin Group, broadcast weekend of Aug. 13-14, 2005. Exchange between Eleanor Clift (liberal) and Tony Blankley (conservative):<br /><br />MS. CLIFT: It is too risky to send human beings out in that thing [the Shuttle]. I think Commander Eileen Collins was terrific, how cool she was under all of the tension of this little piece of foam, going out with the tweezers and fixing this, doing back flips.<br /><br />MR. BLANKLEY: The man went outside to fix it.<br /><br />MS. CLIFT: I'm sorry. She was the commander. She was the commander. And I would not demean her --<br /><br />MR. BLANKLEY: She was busy giving environmental speeches.<br /><br />MS. CLIFT: Oh, boy. I would not demean her position.<br /><br />MR. BLANKLEY: She was up there exploiting her position to give her environmental screed. I thought that was very inappropriate of her.<br /><br />MS. CLIFT: This is breathtaking what you are saying.<br /><br />MR. BLANKLEY: She was talking about seeing the environmental damage out there.<br /><br />MS. CLIFT: Tony, you aren't qualified to carry her -- what do I say? She doesn't wear a jock strap. Her brassiere, okay?<br />

 

[lampblack]

I missed this when it was first posted. But I'm glad it got bumped, as I (for one) wouldn't have wanted to miss getting to smell such an aromatic pile of fertilizer. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /> <br />Lee R. Shelton IV strikes me as a Bubba with an internet connection and a lot of time on his hands. He probably listens to talk radio. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Rush Limpball -- I mean, Rush Limbaugh -- hadn't first mentioned Collins' effrontery in saying kind things about the environment.<br /><br />The *great* thing about the web is that anybody with an opinion has the power to get it out there. And the *awful* thing about the web is that anybody with an opinion...<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[mattblack]

I saw this a couple months ago. It was **** then, but it's compost now. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>One Percent of Federal Funding For Space: America <strong><em><u>CAN</u></em></strong> Afford it!!  LEO is a <strong><em>Prison</em></strong> -- It's time for a <em><strong>JAILBREAK</strong></em>!!</p> </div>

 

[blade_runner]

This was his follow-up:<br /><br />http://www.sierratimes.com/05/08/12/163_231_6_86_70759.htm

 

[rvastro]

This guy's opinions are not the standard beliefs of conservatives on space exploration-at least where I live. This guy needs to wake up and notice that we are living with finite resources and we need to find alternative energy sources. One of the astronauts, Charles Bolden I think, mentioned the appearance of the atmosphere when pollution is present. He also said that it appears as thin as the skin of an onion from orbit. In my opinion astronauts and cosmonauts need to share this with us because until we leave the earth and colonize the Moon and Mars, this is the only place we have to live, and we need to take care if it.

 

[blade_runner]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>...because until we leave the earth and colonize the Moon and Mars...<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote>When do you see that happening? I will admit that I've never quite understood the optimism behind extraterrestrial colonization. If we are having trouble maintaining what we have now, how can we be expected to start from scratch somewhere else? It is a fascinating topic, however.

 

[nacnud]

<font color="yellow">When do you see that happening?<br /><br /><font color="white">As soon as it becomes profitable to do so</font></font>

 

[rsp1202]

Talk show moments like these, especially since this was obviously unscripted unlike much of the rest of the show, was particularly amusing. Collins being dissed for expressing similar sentiments that many astronauts have shared over the years was ludicrous. As for her specific remarks, at least she could see first-hand what she was talking about, while Blankley was stuck in a cloud of his own pollution. Nothwithstanding those statements, I agree that Blankley couldn't carry her water.

 

[nacnud]

I just tryed to read those articles, but couldn't. Too much crap. Probably only writes like that to get the website hits up. Don't bother visiting.