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In reply to the discussion: Here's America not being exceptional again. [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)37. No teabaggers were harmed in the production of this technology. After all, their world is flat.
But my brain hurts a little looking at the graphic of the Lincoln Memorial blocking the real thing.
And the faux statue of Karl Marx looking like a Founding Father?
And all the weirdness that went with Glenn Beck's March on Washington.
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Ain't sad to me. It's sane. Most space exploration is now in corporate hands anyway. Any nation
freshwest
Sep 2013
#40
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
A perfect demonstration of what went wrong. Demanding credit for accomplishments
Egalitarian Thug
Sep 2013
#9
Yes, a completely different nation. I understand your desire to pretend otherwise, but that
Egalitarian Thug
Sep 2013
#30
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
Umm that launch happened in the '70's. Before Reagan economics took over.
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#14
No teabaggers were harmed in the production of this technology. After all, their world is flat.
freshwest
Sep 2013
#37
"Patriotism is the most foolish of passions and the passion of fools." Schopenhauer
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2013
#44