I've never read about the viability of Jupiter's moons. Recommended reading or shall I just googit?
Some interesting stuff. Like the ice oceans they believe are beneath the surface on Europa and Titan.
I've never read about the viability of Jupiter's moons. Recommended reading or shall I just googit?
So glad I listed the vets hospitals or all the money set aside to help the vets with things like PTSD. Oh wait I didn't...I wonder why? Hmm...
Does any critique of the military = disregarding vets or the benefits they are rightfully due (in my opinion) from this country?
I also like how you admit to having seen my desire to cut crap to work on the deficit but then act like I have no concern over it because I want to explore space.
"I see space as one of the few things that has even a small chance of uniting humanity. It is so full of hope and wonder."
My response to this might have been slightly off as I reference going there permanently. That, however, doesn't change the fact that it's ****ing stupid romanticized nonsense. Yeah, when we went to the moon, that really united humanity. Give me a break. The point still stands. Ignorant, selfish people don't give a **** you, me or uniting humanity. Get that through your skull you hack.
You don't have a concern over it. You want to cut money and then spend those savings on ****ing space exploration. I hate to tell you but -1 + 1 = 0.
"...and veterans receiving disability and pensions." Yeah, awesome bro.
I'm sorry, I usually love you but this idea absolutely boggles my mind. How the hell are we going to get one million people to Mars let alone 8 billion? How are we going to build enough **** there to house said people, employ said people, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera? That **** would only cost 100 times the national deficit of all countries in this world combined. And oh yeah, are we just going to stay indoors for the rest of our lives since ya know, we just can't walk around freely on Mars?
If we go there, it solves nothing. Dumb people will still be procreating in droves, there still will be lazy *** people who suck on the societal teet, and we'll be ****ing robots living in some indoor bubble, playing our game consoles, watching tv, shopping at The Gap.
This planet isn't fine but going to Mars isn't the answer. Not even close.
I've never read about the viability of Jupiter's moons. Recommended reading or shall I just googit?
My understanding is Jupiter has moons that exceed the size of ours. When the sun is large enough to be boiling away our seas, they will be close to temperate.
I am for more responsible spending. I want them to reduce the budget and deficit. However I fully recognize that there are areas that have to have money spent on them.
Here are some ways to save money:
Cut erroneaous military projects such as the "pain beam"
Stop life time pensions for members of Congress
Stop life time health insurance for members of congress
Completely remove ourselves form Afghanistan. They brought our invasion upon themselves. We should not spend a dime rebuilding them
Review all foreign aide and stop large amounts of it
Stop all "pork barrel" additions to bills. Make them make a bill for each of those items. See how many idiotic ones pass then
Leave Iraq completely
11 aircraft carriers? 11?! Surely we don't need more than 7-8
Remove the LSDP from Social Security
900 military bases? Our military is in 148 countries? Surely 150 bases is good enough and I bet we could get it down to 75 countries.
$4.5 billion to increase energy efficiency in federal buildings (GSA) (I could do it for 100 million easy)
$5 billion for weatherizing modest-income homes (they can buy it themselves)
$500 million for training of green-collar workers (if the economy demands those workers than companies will train them)
$300 million to acquire electric vehicles for the federal vehicle fleet (why not just but electric vehicles as you replace older ones? no extra money is needed)
$8 billion for intercity passenger rail projects and rail congestion grants, with priority for high-speed rail
$1.3 billion for Amtrak
$14.2 billion to give one-time $250 payments to Social Security recipients, people on Supplemental Security Income, and veterans receiving disability and pensions.
Not all spending cuts are good or right but we both know damn well that they could cut stupid crap and save billions.
Please don't trun this into a Romney or republican problem. This goes across the board and is to be laid at the feet of repubs and dems equally. This is not just Romneys or just Obamas fault. It is D.C.s.
Our society plugging money into space exploration (I'm fine it's from private funds), is the equivalent of of my uncle who's on welfare and uses his allowance on lottery tickets.
Thank you for ignoring the whole part about cutting useless spending and all of that. Well done Wes.
No I read it. Just summing things up.