Comments on: A Spacey Three-Dot Thursday http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/01/27/a-spacey-three-dot-thursday/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 30 May 2026 07:34:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/01/27/a-spacey-three-dot-thursday/#comment-12907 Michale Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:53:09 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=3389#comment-12907 <I>So does this mean Obama may finally get some credit for reaching out to Republicans? :)</I> 'course not... What were you thinking!?? :D Michale..... So does this mean Obama may finally get some credit for reaching out to Republicans? :)

'course not...

What were you thinking!?? :D

Michale.....

]]> By: akadjian http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/01/27/a-spacey-three-dot-thursday/#comment-12905 akadjian Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:37:30 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=3389#comment-12905 <i> However, to be fair, the WTF slogan (Winning The Future) actually belongs to none other than Newt Gingrich. </i> So does this mean Obama may finally get some credit for reaching out to Republicans? :) However, to be fair, the WTF slogan (Winning The Future) actually belongs to none other than Newt Gingrich.

So does this mean Obama may finally get some credit for reaching out to Republicans? :)

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/01/27/a-spacey-three-dot-thursday/#comment-12904 nypoet22 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=3389#comment-12904 WTF just about sums up my opinion too. WTF just about sums up my opinion too.

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/01/27/a-spacey-three-dot-thursday/#comment-12900 Michale Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:56:36 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=3389#comment-12900 I also must point out that it's politically risky for Obama to invoke space-based rhetoric, considering what he has done to totally decimate the US Space Program by budget cuts and political kow-towing.. Michale..... I also must point out that it's politically risky for Obama to invoke space-based rhetoric, considering what he has done to totally decimate the US Space Program by budget cuts and political kow-towing..

Michale.....

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/01/27/a-spacey-three-dot-thursday/#comment-12899 Michale Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:53:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=3389#comment-12899 <I>The Soviets didn't actually win the Space Race, that's a good place to start.</I> The Soviets were the first to orbit a satellite in space. That makes them the winner of the Space Race.. The US won the MOON RACE, however. So, Palin's statement was factually accurate... <I>As for Sputnik spending being the cause of the "inevitable collapse of the Soviet Union," well, all I can say is Ronald Reagan must be spinning in his grave over that gross factual error.</I> It's well established that the USSR was destroyed by it's massive debt and it's inability to sustain such a debt.. The Sputnik program contributed to that debt. Which doesn't take anything away from Reagan and his programs that hastened the build-up of that debt and the eventual demise of the USSR.. This statement of Palin's was also factually correct, but lacked sufficient detail to make the connection.. <I>Heh. OK, Sarah, that was funny, even I will admit. Love her or hate her, you've got to give her credit for her strongest feature: boiling down a snarky thought into a catchy phrase. So even if I don't agree with her one tiny bit, I do have to tip my hat to her cleverness. Like I said, it was a good one-liner.</I> Yea, it was hilarious.. However, to be fair, the WTF slogan (Winning The Future) actually belongs to none other than Newt Gingrich.. http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Future-Century-Contract-America/dp/0895260425 Also, a conservative in Oregon registered all the associated Win The Future domain names a while ago... So, "Winning The Future" seems to have been taken from Republicans.. Another case of plagiarism by Obama... <I>And you'd think people in Washington would have learned to check acronyms by now...</I> Amen to THAT! :D Obama must be tearing some speechwriters a new one... <I>James Bond volcano erupts. Would have included this today, if I had seen it.</I> Frak'in awesome, iddn't it!! :D Michale..... The Soviets didn't actually win the Space Race, that's a good place to start.

The Soviets were the first to orbit a satellite in space.

That makes them the winner of the Space Race..

The US won the MOON RACE, however.

So, Palin's statement was factually accurate...

As for Sputnik spending being the cause of the "inevitable collapse of the Soviet Union," well, all I can say is Ronald Reagan must be spinning in his grave over that gross factual error.

It's well established that the USSR was destroyed by it's massive debt and it's inability to sustain such a debt..

The Sputnik program contributed to that debt. Which doesn't take anything away from Reagan and his programs that hastened the build-up of that debt and the eventual demise of the USSR..

This statement of Palin's was also factually correct, but lacked sufficient detail to make the connection..

Heh. OK, Sarah, that was funny, even I will admit. Love her or hate her, you've got to give her credit for her strongest feature: boiling down a snarky thought into a catchy phrase. So even if I don't agree with her one tiny bit, I do have to tip my hat to her cleverness. Like I said, it was a good one-liner.

Yea, it was hilarious..

However, to be fair, the WTF slogan (Winning The Future) actually belongs to none other than Newt Gingrich..

http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Future-Century-Contract-America/dp/0895260425

Also, a conservative in Oregon registered all the associated Win The Future domain names a while ago...

So, "Winning The Future" seems to have been taken from Republicans.. Another case of plagiarism by Obama...

And you'd think people in Washington would have learned to check acronyms by now...

Amen to THAT! :D Obama must be tearing some speechwriters a new one...

James Bond volcano erupts. Would have included this today, if I had seen it.

Frak'in awesome, iddn't it!! :D

Michale.....

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/01/27/a-spacey-three-dot-thursday/#comment-12896 Chris Weigant Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:22:49 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=3389#comment-12896 dsws - Seems to be too big a coincidence, that's all I'm saying... For Michale: <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2011/01/japan_volcano_erupts_prompts_e.html?hpid=news-col-blog" rel="nofollow">James Bond volcano erupts</a>. Would have included this today, if I had seen it. :-) -CW dsws -

Seems to be too big a coincidence, that's all I'm saying...

For Michale:

James Bond volcano erupts. Would have included this today, if I had seen it.

:-)

-CW

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/01/27/a-spacey-three-dot-thursday/#comment-12895 dsws Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:21:51 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=3389#comment-12895 "I have to at least give her credit for a good one-liner" Agreed. "you'd think people in Washington would have learned to check acronyms" Yet you balk at the idea that they didn't check the Sputnik history of every factory-showcasing whistle stop on the itinerary? "I have to at least give her credit for a good one-liner"

Agreed.

"you'd think people in Washington would have learned to check acronyms"

Yet you balk at the idea that they didn't check the Sputnik history of every factory-showcasing whistle stop on the itinerary?

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