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Egalitarian Thug

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20. As long as you limit the comparison to other racist, authoritarian nations, you're right.

Thu Sep 12, 2013, 03:36 PM

Sep 2013

If OTOH, you want to draw comparisons with the actually advanced nations of the earth, we are far behind and losing more ground every day.

Oh, and don't even start looking at sexism in the U.S., we're even worse there.

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Here's America not being exceptional again. [View all] warrior1 Sep 2013 OP

imagine that! gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1

America sucks and so does Obama! zappaman Sep 2013 #2

LOL Scurrilous Sep 2013 #19

Well, if we're going to play silly games... Wilms Sep 2013 #3

sad warrior1 Sep 2013 #4

What is sad? oldhippie Sep 2013 #15

I don't mean to speak for the poster leftynyc Sep 2013 #26

LOL! Wilms Sep 2013 #36

Maybe what is sad Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #38

Ain't sad to me. It's sane. Most space exploration is now in corporate hands anyway. Any nation freshwest Sep 2013 #40

As someone who grew up during the Great Space Race, Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #41

Physical restraints on the human body are key here. I don't think it's as much an issue for travel, freshwest Sep 2013 #42

I remember that moon orbit as well Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #43

But then there was this sharp_stick Sep 2013 #8

Yeah, that was cool mindwalker_i Sep 2013 #22

Fake, fake, all fake! They even made a movie about its faki-ness! For shame! freshwest Sep 2013 #23

Look Over Here... Shiny sharp_stick Sep 2013 #5

made you look warrior1 Sep 2013 #7

Putin's comments have stirred some patriot emotions on DU LittleBlue Sep 2013 #6

The fact that it hit a nerve is amusing Hydra Sep 2013 #18

you know what they say about throwing a rock at a pack of dogs.. frylock Sep 2013 #34

A perfect demonstration of what went wrong. Demanding credit for accomplishments Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #9

IKR? Hydra Sep 2013 #12

Really? A completely different nation? leftynyc Sep 2013 #28

Yes, a completely different nation. I understand your desire to pretend otherwise, but that Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #30

Are you a white male? leftynyc Sep 2013 #31

As I said, I completely understand your desire. n/t Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #32

Desire for truth? Always. n/t leftynyc Sep 2013 #33

I don't know warrior1 Sep 2013 #10

Other nations have elected black presidents and women presidents. Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #13

As long as you limit the comparison to other racist, authoritarian nations, you're right. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #20

no doubt. but that doesn't mean we can't take a step back and acknowledge some colossal fuck ups.. frylock Sep 2013 #35

According to the article ... Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #11

Umm that launch happened in the '70's. Before Reagan economics took over. liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #14

Indeed. And it was accomplished by people unafraid of logic. n/t Wilms Sep 2013 #16

what happens when it comes back? hfojvt Sep 2013 #17

Well thanks a lot NASA. OriginalGeek Sep 2013 #21

Nah, the Men in the Moon have been controlling us for thousands of years. freshwest Sep 2013 #25

All I know for sure is OriginalGeek Sep 2013 #29

This is a mess. ocpagu Sep 2013 #24

That's kind of neat treestar Sep 2013 #27

No teabaggers were harmed in the production of this technology. After all, their world is flat. freshwest Sep 2013 #37

Except we can't send anyone back up there without Russia's help n2doc Sep 2013 #39

"Patriotism is the most foolish of passions and the passion of fools." Schopenhauer Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2013 #44