Re: Bigelow Aerospace to offer $760 million for spaceship

In article <47a8372e.2843243167@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
simberg.interglobal@xxxxxxxxx (Rand Simberg) wrote:

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:31:46 -0600, in a place far, far away, Joe
Strout <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

In article <479e5706.2785858863@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
simberg.interglobal@xxxxxxxxx (Rand Simberg) wrote:

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:52:21 -0600, in a place far, far away, Joe
Strout <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

Well, what can I say, except to vote for a strong fiscally conservative
candidate next year... which these days, usually means a Democrat.

That's a joke, right?

Nope. For the last 30 years or so, we have:

Carter (D): reduced the national debt as compared to GDP
Bush (R): increased the debt
Regan (R): increased the debt
Clinton (D): reduced the debt
Bush (R): increased the debt (in fact broke all deficit records)

Why do you have the absurd belief that the president is responsible
for the state of the debt, and that Congress plays no role?

Of course Congress plays a role, but so does the Administration, and the
clear correlation here is with the Administration in power. (And, BTW,
Bush II enjoyed a firmly Republican-controlled Congress as well while
running up the debt to record highs, so you can't blame it on a
Democratic Congress either.)

What's next, the "that's just a 30-year coincidence" defense?

I am not now, and have never have been, a Republican. I've only voted
for a Republican for president once in my life. I simply think that
the notion that a Democrat will be fiscally responsible is insane.

I can only guess that you've only voted for any president once in your
life (or, you've been voting for even more right-wing third-party
candidates). Your responses here have been clear for years: anything
done by a Republican administration is good, anything done by a Democrat
is bad, and any facts, logic, or evidence to the contrary you explain
away as well as you can (even when, like in the example above, such
explaining-away hasn't got a leg to stand on). You're about as far
right as you can get without actually thumping a bible or becoming
incoherent.

I'm an independent myself, and would cheerfully vote for a Republican if
I thought he (or she) could do a good job -- as Gov. Schwarzenegger has
on many issues, for example. But our record-breaking national debt is
already having a detrimental effect on the economy, and is going to
really start screwing things up if we don't turn it around soon (if you
won't take it from me, then take it from Alan Greenspan [1], who I
believe is a Republican). The record is clear, and quite frankly, I
don't believe we can afford another Republican president right now -- or
certainly, not one who's anything like the last three.

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/business/15cnd-greenspan.html

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