"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:49:46 -0600, in a place far, far away, "Joel"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
as to indicate that:

Greetings,
As we move towards 2005 there has been a certain amount of introspection
regarding the direction of space exploration as we close out the first 5
years of the 21'st century. I hope the US will fulfill its destiny & that
our exploration program can live up to its full potential (which it is not
doing now).

One way to achieve this goal is to remove the great distractions that have
prevented us from having a more successfull plan of space & lunar
exploration . One distraction is alcholism which should call for a new
plan
of prohibition. Another project is to curtail or eliminate the tidal wave
(or tsunami) of hard core pornography that has flooded our nation. A new
plan of censorship would include stopping the production & distributuion
of
x- rated videos, & porn magazines. Also closing strip clubs, bringing
about
more enforcement against prostitution, & outlawing internet porn.. One
more
project is to eliminate gambling - which diverts tens of billions of
dollars
a year away from Lunar & space exploration.

Because of the Republican victories I now feel empowered to promote this
new
plan as well as an ultra conservative right wing economic agenda - which
includes a renewed space program. Hopefully the new NASA administrator &
all
Americans will try to grasp these new ideals, otherwise we will just
continue on a path of expensive space failures.

Well, now, that was...different.

So all that's been keeping us out of space was booze, porn and
gambling?

Who knew?

Well, when you consider it we spend alot more on all of that then we spend
on space exploration.