1, We cannot afford any of this nonsense. Space exploration is NOT nonsense but thinking we can afford it purely is.

2. In the last week, President Obama who continues to support EXPANSION of the H-1B visa program once again said that we have a shortage of high tech engineers and thus we need to import lower paid hi tech engineers to this country. This despite employers openly admit that they use this program because the engineers come cheaper. Read a quote which is dated a few years ago from someone in India who referred to it as the "outsourcing visa". Either our President is out of touch or just doing the bidding of those who promise money and/or votes.


We then add the NYT article on the outsourcing by Apple to China and we are simply kidding ourselves.

We are NOT serious about any of this stuff. Our leaders, from the WH through congress just play games with words and we suck it up depending on who says it. This is NOT simply a critique of the President, although you would expect that the CHIEF executive would be better informed, BUT it is a critique of our congress who thinks on such a shallow plain thus how is this even in conversation.