Okay dammit, that does it, while I am a staunch supporter, Bush has simply crossed the line with this one. He has officially lost my vote.

"Robotic explorers have found evidence of water, a key ingredient for life on Mars and on the moons of Jupiter.

At this very hour, the Mars exploration rover Spirit is searching for evidence of life beyond the Earth. Yet for all these successes, much remains for us to explore and to learn. In the past 30 years, no human being has set foot on another world or ventured farther up into space than 386 miles, roughly the distance from Washington, D.C., to Boston, Mass....

(subsequent text has been truncated to avoid having to type blah, blah, blah)


"Today I announce a new plan to explore space and extend a human presence across our solar system. We will begin the effort quickly, using existing programs and personnel. We'll make steady progress, one mission, one voyage, one landing at a time...

(subsequent text has been truncated to permit reflection on this common sense approach to space exploration as opposed to some whacky liberal plan involving fleets of starships going where man has never gone before...also more blah, blah, blah.)


"Also the moon is home to abundant resources. Its soil contains raw materials that might be harvested and processed into rocket fuel, breathable air or the main ingredient in blue cheese salad dressing."

--Text of the President's remarks at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. January 13, 2003

Also the moon is home to abundant resources. Its soil contains raw materials that might be harvested and processed into rocket fuel, breathable air or the main ingredient in blue cheese salad dressing." --Text of the President's remarks at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. January 13, 2003

Is there anyone who doesn't think that we'll someday be mining iron ore in the asteroid belt?
We're human, and we need natural resources to get by. When someday we have the ability to obtain those resources on other planets, we'll do it.
Hell, even Lando Calrissian ran a tabana gas mining operation on Bespin.

Damn BUSH!!! anyone with 1/10 of a brain {that leaves out the entire left wing} can SEE!!! it's all Bushes fault, if not george jr. the george sr. or maybe jeb or that horrible woman babs bush!!! somewhere somehow there is a bush behind this!!!!

I would help pay the cost of sending GWB to the moon ( Cheney could go along as a guest).

I would help pay the cost of sending GWB to the moon

Yeah, you could go along and show'em around your old stompin' grounds, Col!

Wait, can it be? The Col actually posts something with.. humor? Is that, *gasp*, personality? Granted, it is still digging at Bush, but I think anyone can see how the overall tone of the conversation changes when we are dealing with a human instead of a propaganda-spewing robot.

I think if the Col opted to spend, oh, a single digit percent of his time around here focusing on something besides venom and hate, the rest of his message might be easier to swallow.

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As for the Mars thing, you all are so out of the loop. We conspiracy theorists know that we have been on Mars for years. The government covertly sponsers all this "We never landed on the Moon" junk. In reality we have huge underground complexes on Mars that serve as prisons for those who threaten the Illuminati and the rest of the world's shadow government.

Also, that's where we meet with the ancient astronauts that created our species to begin with. As they see we are ready for new technology, they give it to us there. Haven't you ever wondered why our videogames get better and better? Don't you wonder where the technology comes from to make things like velcro and the nifty light in your refridgerator that only comes on when you open the door?

You go on believing your cultural myths. Go on thinking that it is "aliens" who kidnap and anal probe people, when in reality it is Senate Democrats. You believe just what they want you to believe. Me, my tin foil hat is screwed down tight.

Go on thinking that it is "aliens" who kidnap and anal probe people, when in reality it is Senate Democrats

jeez i wish i could stop laffing at this sentence long enuff to remind myself it aint funny.

jeez i wish i could stop laffing at this sentence long enuff to remind myself it aint funny.

Yes it is.
You just don't have enough of a sense of humor to think it's funny, king.