[Coco] Jingo - Jango - Mars

[James C. Hrubik, Sr.]

On Thursday, January 15, 2004, at 06:06  AM, <arikboke at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I've noticed a bit of the "jingoist" streak in some of these posts.  
> Somewhat
> unworthy for people living in, arguably, the most advanced nation in 
> the world
> in the year of our Lord, 2004.  Neither the Chinese nor anyone else 
> has TAKEN

There's nothing wrong with looking at the world through clear lenses.  
I live in a country where I still have far more freedom and "goodies" 
than I could have anywhere else in the world.

The plain fact is that no other country in the world - and that 
includes Canada and Mexico - will stand up for the rights of the people 
of the US of A.  We have to forget all this nonsense about everybody 
loving one another ( as nice as the concept is, and not saying we 
shouldn't personally try to exercise it ) as nations and protect our 
own turf.  If we go to Mars, it will be to exercise our technology to 
keep us free, not to do some stunt.

The only reason why we haven't gone to Mars and beyond sooner is that 
our priorities have been on trying to produce some sort of Heaven on 
Earth.  Once we recognize that won't happen, we can make progress.  If 
we had scrapped half of our social programs and poured the funds into 
space exploration, we'd be leaps and bounds ahead now.  Call me a 
jingoist, but I love my country, warts and all, and I see nothing wrong 
with promoting the well-being of my fellow citizens by making tech jobs 
available over the well-being of somebody in some other country.  Help 
the furriners, yes.  Let them mess up my homeland, no.

And to make this on-topic, let's suggest to NASA that a COCO be placed 
on Mars as a memorial to Earth technology!  < G >

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