For those with partisan thinking only, maybe it is same o same o. That is not what drives my assessment of Obama or anybody else in Washington. I know it is difficult for some of the opposition to even think that way....as I said you are entitled, but your allegation about the basis for this thread or any other opinion you refer to is wrong.

Of course we know the "taxi" is temporary!!! Is that supposed to make it OK? Well it does not for me as well as a lot of the people in the space and related businesses.

I said last year I would reserve judgment on Obama until his first state of the union address. My opinion, along with many others, is he did not and is not fulfilling the promises made during his campaign. He has not stepped out and changed Washington one bit. If you really want to talk about same old same old, how about addressing his not doing business in Washington for the better, as promised. In fact he has brought what some refer to as the Chicago style back room politics to the equation. Get er done no matter what it takes (really....NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES!!!) and oh by the way hurry up.

VK I understand the budgeting issues....however the continuation of space exploration as a national priority, to me is no different than budgeting for a war. Some how or another this country, when it was half the population could play what ever war game was on the screen at the time as well as play catch up in space and leap frog the the lead position as we should be.
There is no doubt in my mind it could be again. Unfortunately the budget is a meaningless measure for the government. They have arbitrarily chosen to ignore it (due today as a matter of fact) since there is so much unknown in it....and most importantly there is far too much embarassing information in it they do not want to address going into the campaign season. Isn't that convenient? The budget is not what drives an issue or not in Washington. It is the politics.

NASA is a failed organization? Sounds like partisan rhetoric to me. Maybe it needs to be fixed in some regards....not shut down.

I hold Obama accountable no differently than I did any executive who ever worked for me. And if they were not cutting it, I was not/am not one to pussy foot around. One owns the job and ALL that goes with it from day one.

And, ijusluvit, I never knew what their party was nor did I care then. I did not care then what color or religion they were either. My assessment of Obama doing the job is based in the same fashion. I know that is disappointing and difficult for partisan minded people to grasp.

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