Re: Retooling the Vision for Space Exploration

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:05:15 -0800 (PST), in a place far, far away,
Willie.Mookie@xxxxxxxxx made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:


My hope is that by doing the right thing now, the US might take a
position of true leadership in the world, and begin to reverse ts long
decline..

If anyone doubts the contributions native Americans could have given
mainstream US culture, I would ask them to read Black Elk Speaks or
Sacred Pipe - to understand those aspects of native American culture
that would have made of the US a nation capable of living up to the
great hopes and dreams of its founding fathers. Had we not invaded
Mexico in the 1840s we very well likely would not have had the Civil
War. Had we embraced all the cultures God blessed us with within our
borders, we likely would have avoided the Great war the wars the
followed.

Really? You mean like those charming cultures that flayed all the
skin off people, keeping them alive as long as possible, or buried
them up to their necks on ant hills with honey on their heads after
cutting off their eyelids, in the hot sun?

Sure, no more wars with God-blessed cultures like that.
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