Because of people with your attitude everything he does is treated like its got the mark of the beast on it weather it benefits the rest of us or not. So personally I hope he seperates himself from it as much as possible, SO PEOPLE LIKE YOU WONT BE ENCOURAGED TO KILL IT.

Justin, dont fall into the trap so many others do...

You seem to think I would oppose a push for space by Bush just because it is Bush proposing it... look at my past posts, Justin..... I have said several times that space exploration is about HUMANITY not politics.... I WILL SUPPORT EITHER PARTY'S _LEGITIMATE WHOLE HEARTED_ SPACE INITIATIVE!!!!! GET IT, JUSTIN?

My beef is that I am seeing no follow through by this administration, and I think it is a crass attempt to woo us....

I am NOT some political wuss, I did not believe the weak promises clinton made either... Politicions are morons, they do not see the true potential... so unless I see a well thought out plan I will assume it is political BS...

But Justin, Dont you _dare_ assume I am such an IDIOT that I would oppose one of the things I think is most important to humanity because of which IDIOT i think is the lesser of two evils in the white house... If you assume all that disagree with you are that evil, you wont be able to have an intelligent discussion...

We have common ground.... DONT YOU DARE INSULT ME by saying I would throw my primary belief away because I dont vote republican.... I have my political beliefs, but I have priorities far beyond politics... I would hate to see the chinese dominate space, but if it them or no one I would support it... We need to move out there, and if it is a screwed up country like china I think human nature will correct it...

I dont post here for the 'witty' political discussion.....at heart we all want to se us do more out there, quite frankly I think the only reason we have such a diverse group here is because we all think that exploring space surpasses politics...

I am kinda stunned that you dont see that, justin...

This sound fair to you? You try to stop assuming I am some luddite (an assumption that could not be more wrong) I will try to stop assuming that you are a political parrott that assumes that every 'leftie' only cares about politics....DEAL?

I am getting really tired about talking about the REAL issues ans being called a leftie and being dismissed....like you just did