Why does this surprise you? It was a democratically controlled Congress
that killed Apollo and nickeled and dimed both the shuttle and ISS to the
point of irrelevance. The doctrinaire republicans are not automatically our
friends but it is very clear who our enemies are.


"Mark R. Whittington" wrote in message
ink.net...
"What we need to do as we enter this dawn of the 21st century, is not talk
about going to the Moon or even to Mars. We need to go to the Moon right
here on Earth by creating the jobs, building the high value-added jobs of
the future, making clear that no young American in uniform ever ought to
be
held hostage to America's dependence on oil in the Middle East," he said.


http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.../NEWS09/102260
100/-1/NEWS

A vote for Kerry appears to be a vote to keep Western Civilization planet
bound and to yield the future to the Chinese.

--
Mark R. Whittington
http://curmudgeons.blogspot.com
Co-author of Nocturne, a Novel of Suspense
http://www.xlibris.com/nocturne.html
Author of Children of Apollo
http://www.xlibris.com/childrenofapollo.html