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Decline----Shuttle (in which America has invested 30 years) --In Museum--Just INSANE
Decline—–Shuttle (in which America has invested 30 years) in Museum–just INSANE.
Posted on February 8, 2012 by Bob
Decline Is Our Guaranteed Future
Over the past week, there’s been a lot of debate over Gingrich’s moon-base pledge, and over the justification for spending anything at all on space exploration. I’ve tried to step around the questions surrounding the rationales for spaceflight in this item — but Wayne Hale, who used to head up NASA’s space shuttle program, provides a provocative perspective in a posting to his blog, titled “What Would Rick and Gus and Dick Want?”
http://waynehale.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/what-would-rick-and-gus-and-dick-want/
The title is a reference to the anniversaries of the Columbia tragedy (helmed by Rick Husband), the Apollo 1 fire (with Gus Grissom as commander) and the Challenger explosion (commanded by Dick Scobee). Here’s some of what Hale says:
“It is impossible to build a business plan on exploration of the unknown; some decisions aren’t amenable to the quarterly profit and loss statement. Seward’s folly, Jefferson’s gamble, Teddy’s canal – they were all the butt of jokes and sarcasm. Yet, America, the land of opportunity, was not built by skeptics. America was built by people who were willing to risk everything on a dimly perceived future. Facing the unknown frontier changed Americans and made us what we are. We would be a lesser people if our great-grandparents had not chosen those challenges. The cost was high and many did not live to see the results of their gamble. But as a nation we continued on and became great.
“Now where is our frontier? Making corporate profits on Wall Street by moving money around? Now what will inspire our children? Playing video games that are made in overseas sweatshops?
“You know better than that. Without the challenge of a frontier, stagnation, mediocrity and decline is our guaranteed future.”
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Which is worse, outsourcing jobs or our national security? The Obama Administration decided to do both.
AJS believes that it is time to fight back. Send a letter to Congress to demand this careless action by the Obama White House be investigated and reversed.
Americans for Job Security is outraged by the Obama administration’s recent decision to turn its back on the proven American aerospace manufacturing community and instead award a $1 billion defense contract to Embraer, a Brazilian owned and operated aircraft manufacturing company.
Our nation has seen a lot of reckless actions come from the Obama White House over the last three years, but this one could be the most damaging.
Why would we ever want to send our taxpayer dollars abroad to outsource both our national security and valuable manufacturing jobs?
Raising even more questions is the fact that the administration has refused to provide any justification or explanation for their decision to award the contract to a company that is currently under investigation by the Department of Justice and the SEC for corruption and bribery.
Join with us as we fight for the American workers and the brave men and women of our military who deserve the best that America can provide them. Click here to send a letter to Congress.
The Obama administration should be working to create jobs here at home, not in Brazil. And this outrage is even more prominent when those jobs are building aircrafts that will be used to protect our homeland.
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Red State 3/9/11: Trust American National Security to Brazil?
“The Brazilian government’s direct control over Embraer would put the production of the light attack and reconnaissance aircraft at the mercy and whim of Brazil’s political leaders who too often do not see eye to eye with the United States on foreign policy issues.”
Forbes 5/10/11: The Obama Administration Fights To Create Jobs In Brazil
“President Obama and his administration have tied the hands of America’s job creators and stifled domestic growth through an endless stream of new regulations and a lack of confidence in American-made goods. His audacity must be questioned–especially as he moves to outsource national security and fund an effort in Brazil that he won’t permit at home.”
Breitbart’s Big Peace 9/8/11: Let Americans Make American Planes
“It would be great to hear President Obama commit to giving U.S. military contracts to U.S. companies. Doing so would strengthen the American economy, create much needed, well-paying U.S. jobs and be in the best interest of our men and women in uniform.”
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