Bush wants Mars

Oh, it hurts. It hurts so bad. I so want to see a man on Mars or a moonbase sooner rather than later.On the other hand I also want a sports car. And there's a reason that both of those things shouldn't happen right now - financial responsibility. Space exploration is a peace-time activity. We can't afford the two wars we're fighting now. And now he wants to pay for Wagon Train to the Stars, too?

Do you suppose it has anything to do with the fact that being able to see billions of years into the distant past makes it difficult to support a 6000 year old earth?

You know, I did something like that back in freshman year, but I don't remember what probe it was for. (I didn't think it was a lander.) Is there any way to look it up?

It's called "humor." Do they have that where you are? And we'd all be on board for it, if we're weren't rebuilding at least two nations on our own dime. I don't understand how Bush thinks he can pay 80 billion here, another there, throw in a space program, and still cut rich folks' taxes. What is that, crack-math? (Maybe we could make ends meet if Bush paid in what went up his nose in his National Guard days.)