Re: NASA competes with Private Enterprise?

On May 10, 9:00 pm, Fred J. McCall <fmcc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Eric Chomko <pne.cho...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:On May 7, 12:02 am, Fred J. McCall <fmcc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>
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:But your quote:
:
:>
:> --
:> "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
:> -- Charles Pinckney
:
:Yes, you have posted it many times and I hadn't really thought about
:it until now.
:
:My first thought is to cite Patton, or at least George C. Scott
:playing Patton. "No dumb son-of-a-bitch won a war dying for his
:country. Wars are won by making some other poor son-of-a-bitch die for
:his country." (or thereabouts). Anyway, doesn't Pickney's comment
:ignore being on the receiving side of tribute? IOW, we sure as hell
:would ACCEPT millions in tribute. And we do!
:

Pinckney understood the difference between 'for' (we are allocating
resources to pay) and 'from' (we are receiving as income).

Too bad you missed my point by focusing on Pickney. I thought you ex-
Navy guys with nuke experience were supposed to be sharp. Write your
own tickets and all that. And here you are average as hell. No wonder
W is one of your heroes. LOL!

Eric


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