Considered by most clever people to be wildly improbably when it was proposed.
A triumph when it was achieved. For a moment the burdens of a weary world lightened.
Then it turned out that establishing a presence on the moon was not the first step in America's race for the stars. True, that had been (and remains) the dream of geeks like me. But it turned out that for most people, putting twelve men on the moon for what amounted to little more than a few days was just a box they wanted to check. The United States gave up on keeping humans on the moon -- walked away from all we had achieved -- because calm, consistent, level-headed excellence is boring.
Man on the moon. Golf on the moon. Driving around on the moon.
Yadda, yadda, yadda.
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Yes, "the Gringrich rules" still apply...
Also trumps boyfriend from Russia trying to save face as the radiation spreads...and they will both lets thousands and more suffer just to keep their face makeup smooth and shinny...and on it goes.
Being lead by an idiot who has no idea what to do in the face of mounting mt Everest sized self inflicted problems...some days sure are better than others...
Yes, "the Gringrich rules" still apply...and Gingrich goes all the way back to 1619 to try and reapply...Grigrich really is a runny, gooey pile of name your own excrement...
Crass opportunism is adorable when cats do it, but not so much when supposedly grown-ass women engage in it. On the other hand, I shouldn't be surprised, considering Judith Regan go her start at the National Enquirer.
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