Re: Sputnik Sputter

I also like the irony of him calling out the space race as a moment of American
triumph while he also killing the space program.

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This is the stupidest analogy I've ever heard in a SOTU speech.  The Sputnik
moment caused a sea change in public policy, but Obamanomics seems like business
as usual to me.

regards,
-Lance


On Jan 25, 2011, at 6:05 PM, Peter T. Chattaway wrote:

> http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/greenwald/387862
>
> by Abe Greenwald
>
> Twitter is abuzz with this leaked excerpt from tonight.s State of the
> Union address:
>
>   Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the
> launch of a satellite called Sputnik we had no idea how we'd beat them
> to the moon. The science wasn't there yet. NASA didn't even exist.
>
>   But after investing in better research and education, we didn't just
> surpass the Soviets; we unleashed a wave of innovation that created
> new industries and millions of new jobs.
>
>   This is our generation's Sputnik moment.
>
> So, naturally, Obama is dramatically shrinking our ambitions for space
> exploration.
>
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