Huh. Ideologues.

(QD clicks away to Fallout 3 wiki)

Boy, are you guys in for a let down.

Well, no. JFK inspired it, Johnson supported it, but Muskie killed Apollo. We weren’t being compassionate enough to our unemployed. And so we got more “progressive”.

…the only thing conservatives can say is “See! Things haven’t changed. There’re never gonna change and everybody who hopes for change is just a woo-woo.”

No, they can also say “and Obama is a Marxist who’s going to fill the administration with black radicals.” And they can say that simultaneously with “and he’s not going to change anything.” And they can get pissy when someone gently points out that there’s kind of a contradiction there.

Look, whether or not you agree with (what you think are) the man’s political positions, he’s run an extremely efficient, well-organized and intelligent campaign, and his actions have generally been deliberate and, even when one doesn’t agree with them, well-researched and well-explained. I’ve seen people on the right and left get their panties in knots about what Obama “obviously” will or will not do, ignoring minor details like no one associated with him ever having made such a claim.

And as for the actual subject of this blog post (gasp) and blog in general, put up or shut up, folks: make a credible defense of the argument that the Obama administration is going to politicize science policy more than the Bush administration has, or stop whining. “Democrats believe in the great global warming hoax” is not a credible defense. Show me that reports from a myriad of agencies were routinely edited or suppressed under the Clinton administration or Carter administration and that people were chosen to run agencies based solely on ideology rather than competence. (Hell, show me that happening in the Reagan administration — James Watt aside, compared to the Bush group, Reagan’s was a collection of Nobel laureates.)

Granted, Democrats are historically opposed to NASA, other than… oh, what was it? I know there was some little program they pushed for, specifically that guy in the ’60s that Obama is occasionally compared to. Rhymes with “Shmapollo.” I’m sure it’ll come to me.

But think about it for a moment. Every drop of water you’ve ever drunk was once dinosaur piss!

The basis of Homeopathy: Serial dilution, with shaking between each dilution, removes the toxic effects of the substance, while the essential qualities are retained by the diluent.

So, according to homeopaths, we have the “essential qualities” of dinosaur piss in our drinking water!

BArrack observed a long time ago that it was possible to accomplish great good by learning the rules of the dominant system and working within them, as opposed to trying to destroy the system and re-write the rules. He will do what he is able to do, within the existing system of governance. I expect he will accomplish a great deal of good. I also expect it won’t be easy.

Management skill and political awareness is essential for running any large entity such as NASA but with NASA(and the EPA, FDA,etc) knowledge specific to those organizations is also crucial to successfully operating those institutions. Griffin seems to have most of that in place. Though I disagree with his statements about global warming, I also understand why he may have felt impelled to make them. As they say, that’s politics,,,

GAry 7

Please don’t misinterpret my comment. I just look at the state of our country and I don’t see anything in Washington to give me faith that ANY of them have the counties interest in mind.

Fannie/Freddie debacle, not a single person going to jail? The same people in government who are most responsible for that whole mess (Dodd/Frank) now tell me they know better than any one how to solve the problem!

Bush/Paulson give out 800 billion-1.5 trillion who really knows? No one knows who’s getting it or for what. There is NO over site committee.

They just keep taking from you and I and don’t really care what they do with the money. It aint theirs. Now we’ve got a guy who wants to take even more of the end results of my imagination, smarts and work and pee it down even more various ratholes.

If you wish to believe this new administration is going to suddenly change from every other government entity and use your money wisely and sparingly please feel free to do so.

But think about it for a moment. Every drop of water you’ve ever drunk was once dinosaur piss!
It is almost certain that you’ve also drunk several molecules of water that were once pissed out by der Fuhrer himself in a Munich brauhaus! Gaak!

But it’s just water… Like Archie Bunker once said (so-to-speak) you don’t buy beer, you rent it!
Yeah, dinosaur piss. That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it!
Rich

Na, the O is going to appoint folks from ACORN (no political hacks there) or Clinton retreads. Things are just going to be sunshine and unicorns.

Gee, just like the Bush administration appointed graduates from 4th rate law schools like Regent to high positions in the Justice Department. No best and brightest for the Rethuglicans.

Also, what the heck is the author doing reading The Daily Kos? That site is for uneducated, semi-psychotic, angry, odd people, not intelligent and logical people of science and exploration.

The definition of an intelligent and logical person in Mr. wils’ lexicon is evidently someone who listens to Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, and Sean Hannity.

Anyone care to try the NASA Urine Taste Test?

Na, the O is going to appoint folks from ACORN (no political hacks there) or Clinton retreads. Things are just going to be sunshine and unicorns.

People on this site can’t agree on manned/unmanned exploration. If the new messenger from the OBAMA at NASA doesn’t agree with you on that will they be a partisan hack also?

Keep putting your faith in bigger government, it’ll all get better. Ha!

Phil:
I believe you just instituted a “3 Strikes and You’re Out” policy…

Then, you insult me about reading the Daily Kos. Strike two.

Wanna go for three?

Also, what the heck is the author doing reading The Daily Kos? That site is for uneducated, semi-psychotic, angry, odd people, not intelligent and logical people of science and exploration.