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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:43 PM Original message |
Ok, just off the phone with a friend--Obama/NASA |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. I guess no one cares about the economy in Florida...interesting. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. OK I just got off the phone with a guy I know in American Samoa and |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. We'll see about that. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. double post delete |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. HOOOOTTT!!! |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm not sure |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. There is some on KOS..but kind of vague... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Actually, I'd think Houston more than Florida |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Good question. |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Here's an older article about it... |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. Give $1B to Rutan and he'll put a man on Mars in 5 yrs. NASA has quantity not quality. |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. It took a little searching. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Well, that's soft on Space |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Yeah, huh? |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. But it's not just 5 years that would be affected, |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I don't know. |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. You missed the point; |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Believe me new blood in NASA is a GOOD THING!!! |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. That's not a point. |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #51 |
67. In the meantime the Chinese will be way ahead of us. |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Indeed. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. do you have any actual facts about Obama's "questionable space policy" or just the vague |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I believe I was clear in my OP. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. great, thanks. maybe it's about funding. Bread and butter issues are getting more important |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oh, Jesus. Your friend would have us believe that a candidate's "space policy" should be |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. NASA is very important to Florida... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That is just nasty. |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. She's not my candidate. See my sig line. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. The manned program should be scrapped |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Tell that to the Floridians who have jobs there... |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. It's not welfare ... scramble like the rest of us...NASA voted Bush. And those days are gone |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. You're wrong. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. The manned program is sucking up precious dollars that could go to science |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Agreed |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. 2020 if Obama wins... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. The way NASA has been going these last few years |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
56. NASA has been working on the "New" Shuttle since '86 (how would I know that) |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Indeed they have |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Submarine-building is economically important to my state. But I'd be goddamned if I'd |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Are you fucking kidding? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. I give up. I'm invoking Redstone's Rule #3: Never argue with someone who has |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Good deduction on your part.. one of the nastiest posters here and one who ran a lot off from their |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. What ever... |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. LOL.. so now its bad to support ALL our candidates with time and money and |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. No, you just hopped around the candidates like a bunny rabbit. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. You would if you were a submarine builder, though. Or you had a huge |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #44 |
62. No, I would not. I vote for presidential candidates based on what I think they'll do for ALL |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. If you say so, fine. I have no reason to doubt you. However, you must know you are in the minority. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Uh-huh. One vote for one specific candidate results in the loss of one specific job. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Why are you getting angry with me? |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I'm not getting angry with you. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
73. What the hell are "black" issues? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. I don't know if this statement is true or not |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Exactly. |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
48. The difference is that NASA is not a viable business. It's a money pit |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
70. Look, I am not 'defending' the viability of the agency. All I am saying is |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. "A President Like My Father" that sent us to the moon |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. What's a questionable space policy? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. Florida has no delegates |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. LOL |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Absolutely, it's over; get over it FL (writing live from WPB) |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Me too.... |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. NASA is really outdated |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. Anyone know what percentage of Florida's delegates the NASA vote accounts for? |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. You fucking people are amazing..... |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Been there done that ... welcome to the new GLOBAL ECONOMY of Bush and CLINTON |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Yeah, and I bet YOU |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Nope, all I remember is the H1-Bs Clintons brought in. and NAFTA. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
61. All politics is local. It's not just "self absorbtion" |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
75. We are all losing our jobs thanks to poor trade policies. |
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sidwill (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
57. This NASA premise is absurdly silly |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Yeah, well, then you didn't read the article that I posted. |
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sidwill (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. You are grasping at straws |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Oh, so it's OK, then.... |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. The Space Industry isn't that big a deal. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
64. They did make wise decisions in 2000 and 2004 /nt |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
74. Info here... |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Very interesting. |
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