tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post741561780765258204..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Gee, Why Waste Money in Space?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81691013972386174152011-07-14T10:59:58.924-04:002011-07-14T10:59:58.924-04:00Well, if the Federals cannot borrow the money from...Well, if the Federals cannot borrow the money from the "Market", guess they'll just print it, then?desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12948111229276753212011-07-14T10:30:24.812-04:002011-07-14T10:30:24.812-04:00.
"Cantor and Company picked a fight, won, a....<br /><br /><i>"Cantor and Company picked a fight, won, and do not know how to admit victory."</i><br /><br />but Doug asks,<br /><br /><i>Please explain:<br /><br />What was won?</i><br /><br /><br /><br />Doug try to keep up.<br /><br />Last year, Boehner set up what he said was the GOP acceptable requirements for a budget deal, 85% spending cuts/15% revenue increases. The deal Obama offered, if you can believe the press and CBO amounted to a 83/17 split, what we used to call 'good enough for government work'.<br /><br />He has now gone back on that offer and said no tax cuts. <br /><br />Cantor, the majority leader, denounced the the results of the 'snaller fix' proposed by the Biden commission because it also included provisions to cut loopholes and subsidies to the rich. He took his ball and left the talks all the while complaining that the deal wasn't big enough anyway, it didn't have enough cuts.<br /><br />This is the same sneering clown who said the GOP has already comppromised because they are even talking about raising the debt ceiling, ignoring the fact that the debt ceiling merely pays for past sins, the same sins he, McConnell, and Boehner voted for in the past. Now this nitwit has the gall to call Obama out because he has decided to play by the GOP play book.<br /><br />McConnell has been playing politics with this one right along, going along with the leadership in the House that claims they do not have the votes to raise the debt limit.<br /><br />Now when the Chamber of Commerce and other business leaders challenge him to 'do his job' and legislate he folds like a cheap suit and offers to dump the whole decision on Obama so he can blame him later. I suppose you would call that leadership. It sure isn't doing his job.<br /><br />What did the GOP give up? They pretty much had the deal in hand that Boehner asked for last year.<br />In working with Biden, they complained the deal wasn't big enough and included revenue so Cantor walked and said Obama and Boehner would have to come up with a deal. When Obama and Boehner came up with the outline of the 'big deal', Cantor didn't like that either and said let's go back to the 'smaller' Biden deal, the negotiations he earlier walked out on.<br /><br />The GOP turned down the deal Boehner asked for when they got it. They turned down the Biden deal before it suddenly looked more attractive. They turned down the 'big fix' Boehner and Obama came up with. Then they talk about dumping all responsibility for the credit ceiling on Obama. Then Cantor says lets go for a temporary fix something the GOP refused to even consider a month ago.<br /><br />How can you take these guys seriously?<br /><br />They are not interested in reducing the deficit. It's all pure bullshit, the ideology of the nitwits in the Tea Party more interested in their own ideology than in the welfare of the country.<br /><br />Time to wake up and drink the coffee Dougo.<br /><br />.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65437682164719917052011-07-14T08:47:43.931-04:002011-07-14T08:47:43.931-04:00Retail Sales +0.1, and jobless claims 408,000, tho...Retail Sales +0.1, and jobless claims 408,000, though not great, didn't signal a plunge off the bridge.<br /><br />GDP won't be large for the 2nd qtr (probably in the 1.0 to 1.5% range,) but it probably won't go negative.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34424447112387268552011-07-14T07:25:13.260-04:002011-07-14T07:25:13.260-04:00The need to increase satellite capacity and capabi...<i>The need to increase satellite capacity and capabilities—communications and reconnaissance—is forcing many militaries to turn to commercial operators. In July 2010, the U.S. issued a solicitation for communications satellite services under the Future Comsatcom Services Acquisition (FCSA) program. Multiple contracts could be worth up to $3.5 billion over five years. FCSA will consolidate contracts previously awarded by individual agencies as well as state and local governments.<br /><br />U.S.-based DigitalGlobe and GeoEye each have contracts under the EnhancedView program to provide remote-sensing data to the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. If all options are exercised, each company could be awarded more than $3.5 billion in the next 10 years. </i>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90121619189090666622011-07-14T07:19:18.450-04:002011-07-14T07:19:18.450-04:00Asia, in a decade, will have 12.5% of the commerci...Asia, in a decade, will have 12.5% of the commercial/military space utiliziation market.<br /><br /><i>the U.S. spends an enormous amount on military space compared with the rest of the world. Overall, the Pentagon is expected to spend $4.2 billion on space procurement and $4.1 billion on research and development in Fiscal 2011. <b>In the next 10 years, the U.S. will account for 77% of global military satellite sales; </b>Europe will be a distant second, with 9.3% of sales. Countries such as Russia, China and Israel are increasing their military space spending and, by the end of the 10-year forecast period,<b> Asian countries will outpace Europe with 12.5% of the market.</b></i><br /><br />That's both China and Japan, with a 12.5% market share.<br /><br /><br />US with 77%<br /><br />Find another reason to be afraid.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27200060105632453072011-07-14T07:14:57.848-04:002011-07-14T07:14:57.848-04:00NASA's been flying forty year old technology. ...NASA's been flying forty year old technology. It represents the style of the 20th century, not the 21st.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39054047572759367012011-07-14T07:13:07.497-04:002011-07-14T07:13:07.497-04:00NASA is not the US space program.
No, not at all.
...NASA is not the US space program.<br />No, not at all.<br />It is just a jobs program, while the real work, and budget are in the US military.<br /><br /><i>The Pentagon’s first National Security Space Strategy and its recently released budget request for space are attempting to prioritize procurement and operations after a decade of problematic performance. But work still needs to be done.<br /><br />The Air Force’s unclassified space budget saw a nearly 10% boost in fiscal 2012—to $8.7 billion—from the $8 billion request in fiscal 2011. A portion of this is intended to increase and stabilize the buy of Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles (EELV) as the government assumes the role of sole supporter of the United Launch Alliance and its massive industrial base in light of an unrealized commercial market.<br />...<br /><br />He stopped short, however, of suggesting that the Pentagon could curtail its buy of Global Positioning System III satellites, being developed by Lockheed Martin; this request is for $978 million in development and procurement. </i>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-531361961187029612011-07-14T05:21:57.067-04:002011-07-14T05:21:57.067-04:00Take a horseback ride it soothes the soul. While I...Take a horseback ride it soothes the soul. While I agree with you, you can drive yourself crazy with this stuff. Dotter has never been happier and maybe we should all learn something from her.<br /><br /><br />dwrnlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86065856751325562512011-07-14T03:06:36.267-04:002011-07-14T03:06:36.267-04:00We are now expected to believe that the same priva...We are now expected to believe that the same private market that transferred American jobs, manufacturing and technology to China will somehow beat the Chinese Government in space.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88233445098900984202011-07-14T03:00:34.179-04:002011-07-14T03:00:34.179-04:00You have been hearing me for years railing against...You have been hearing me for years railing against the threat from China about the absurd situation of allowing massive Chinese trade surpluses and then the Chinese purchase of US Sovereign Debt. This allowed the Chinese to leverage military expansion and the demolition of the US industrial base. China has eclipsed US trade in the Americas. Now China is well on the way to militarizing Space. There is no US job growth and the Chinese economy is expanding at 9.5%.<br /><br />We are told not to worry. Why do I worry?Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.com